Businesses are at the dawn of a fourth industrial revolution, propelled by frontier technologies and robotisation advances that make the product better, cheaper and faster than ever before. This new industrial revolution offers enormous opportunities for businesses to grow and gain sustainable development with potential benefits on a scale that is difficult to imagine. New technologies promise the possibilities of industrial upgrading and leapfrogging. Reconfiguration of world businesses environment, cheaper transportation and communication, coupled with more efficient logistics now help businesses to establish links to new global value chains. Strategic intuitiveness and the ability to quickly manage change is key to gain competitive positioning in the global context. As the capstone unit, you will integrate prior functional and interpersonal knowledge and skills acquired in previous units of the Master of Business Administration and examine international business practices and strategic management processes at an advanced level in different kinds of organisations. You will use your advanced level of knowledge and skills to analyse how organisations develop future business strategies which are influenced by domestic and international pressures. By considering the challenges facing contemporary businesses, you will examine how international business theories, strategic management concepts, frameworks and tools are used by business executives to develop a business plan and implement effective corporate transformation.

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Queries on assessment tasks, workshop discussion, case analysis at workshops, and emails

Lack of academic skills to review articles. Many students know how to write descriptive reports but not analytical plans using models and theories.

Arrange special workshops in weeks 2 and 5 to discuss reviewing articles, analysing cases, and using theories and models to answer questions. Use short cases specific to weekly topics, allowing students to find out critical concepts used in cases.

Feedback from MBA students in conversation, workshops, emails, Zoom meetings.

Relevance and positive application of international business concepts and theories.

To continue selecting new cases that deal with business strategies and challenges in a transformational business environment.

Feedback from Students; feedback and UC's observation during the case study discussion and group works.

Students are keen to learn from culturally and economically different contexts.

Cases from different countries and industries may be chosen to reveal contextual differences. Geographic conditions, level of economic development, and business practices in a changing global business environment may be introduced to generate interactive engagement.