MGMT29011 - International Business, Strategy and Corporate Transformation

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Businesses are at the dawn of a fourth industrial revolution, propelled by frontier technologies and robotization advances that make the production 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 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 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 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.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: A minimum of 48 credit points from MBA units.

Students enrolling in this unit must be undertaking the CL84 Master of Business Administration (International).

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 3 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Jakarta
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Jakarta

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 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Group Work 40%
2. Report 60%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 14.29% 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: Self-reflection by unit coordinator
Feedback
More organized interactions on the Whatsapps platform, the de-facto favourite channel for students.
Recommendation
Continue with the lecture and workshop model. To increase interactions and offer opportunities for students learning, options for face-to-face consultations outside the regular sessions could be considered.
Action Taken
Before and after class face-to-face consultations were conducted as finally the in-person class has been reactivated.
Source: Feedback from students
Feedback
Indonesian and Asian business cases are preferred
Recommendation
A recently published textbook will be selected with contemporary cases. Cases will be chosen for discussions at workshops in consultation with the Australian Unit Coordinator.
Action Taken
The textbook in line with the recommendation has been used.
Source: Unit coordinator
Feedback
Quality of students' written work
Recommendation
Provide comprehensive feedback on assessments based on assessment criteria to help the student understand their shortcomings. Conduct a special workshop on academic writing, the use of journal articles, business reports, and referencing style.
Action Taken
Students had been forewarned since the beginning of the term to observe the quality of the academic writing and formatting. They seemed to have learned from their own experience in their previous term, the bitter lessons of ignoring these at their own perils.
Source: Unit coordinator
Feedback
Time management by full-time employed students.
Recommendation
Provide pastoral support to the students about the importance of good time management and term planning to further help them succeed in their studies while working.
Action Taken
Outside informal classroom supporting discussions had been conducted due to the reactivated in-person sessions.
Source: Assessment papers
Feedback
English usage
Recommendation
The importance of using a formal English in academic writing could not be overemphasised.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Critically evaluate concepts and principles of international business, strategic management and corporate transformation
  2. Analyse and integrate specialist knowledge pertinent to global business and economic complexity
  3. Apply cognitive and technical skills to reflect on and synthesise complex problems and apply strategic frameworks to develop and implement business strategies
  4. Communicate corporate strategy highlighting the effects of decisions on business performance
  5. Demonstrate business acumen using appropriate strategic and transformative frameworks in a socially responsible manner.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Group Work • • • • •
2 - Report • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • • • •
2 - Communication • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • • •
4 - Research • • • •
5 - Self-management • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • • •
7 - Leadership • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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