MGMT20112 - Strategy Development and Initiatives

Showing: 2026 HE Term 1
General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit is designed to develop your ability to evaluate situations in organisations from a strategic viewpoint. The unit presents tools and techniques for strategic analysis, investigates development of strategic alternatives and decision-making, and covers issues in strategy implementation and evaluation.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 8
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.16666666666667
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: 24 credit points

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026


Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 8-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 16.666666666667 hours of study per week, making a total of 200 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Practical Assessment 30%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Practical and Written Assessment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2012 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 79.07% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 66.15% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

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.

Source: Course evaluation
Feedback:
 Require more examples

Recommendation:
 More short cases and examples will be included and also include some examples to PowerPoint slides.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Source: Course evaluation
Feedback:
 Availability of video Lectures especially for distance students.

Recommendation:
 Preparing short videos and make available recording lectures on the course website.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. evaluate and discuss the theoretical concepts and principles of strategic management, including analysis, formulation and implementation of strategies
  2. critically apply the tools and techniques of strategic management to a variety of organisations
  3. critically analyse strategic programs at different levels, such as the corporate, strategic business unit (SBU) and functional levels
  4. build on the knowledge gained from other units in the postgraduate course so that you have an integrated and well synthesised approach to business strategy
  5. critically evaluate strategic management case studies and provide credible and realistic recommendations.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
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