Strategic Management Major (Master of Commerce and combined Master of Commerce programs)

Description

This major offers interdisciplinary study to an advanced level in the field of strategy and management. The major exposes students to key conceptual and theoretical foundations needed to understand the process of strategy development in organisations. It allows students to combine this foundational knowledge with a variety of specialised strategy related units of study drawn from disciplines across the Faculty. Students can choose to focus on a particular aspect of strategy and management or examine a cross section of functional aspects of strategy and the connections between them. Units of study in this major focus on strategic aspects of a wide variety of functions in the organisation including human resource management, marketing, finance and supply chain management, as well as providing the opportunity for students to explore the impact of different contexts on various aspects of strategy. Students can also explore economic aspects of business strategy and the connections between strategic management and organisational change. The major is relevant to students from a variety of fields with an interest in making a significant contribution to the strategic direction of organisations. It also provides background relevant to employment in the management consulting industry.

Requirements for the major

For this major, no particular foundation level (5000) units of study are required, however particular foundation level units of study may be prerequisites for elective options in this major.

To obtain a Strategic Management major, students must complete four units of study (24 credit points), comprising:

1. two compulsory unit of study (12 credit points), as follows:
   • WORK6002 Foundations of Strategic Management
   • ECON6026 Strategic Business Relationships
2. two elective units of study (12 credit points) selected from the following list of units of study:
   • ECON6006 Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour
   • ECON6025 Strategic Decision Making
   • FINC6007 Financial Strategy
   • FINC6017 Mergers and Acquisitions
   • IBUS6001 International Business Strategy
   • IBUS6006 Comparative International Management
   • IBUS6013 Entrepreneurship: Restructuring and Renewal
   • IBUS6014 Intellectual Property Management
   • IBUS6016 Social Entrepreneurship
   • IBUS6017 Enterprise in the Creative Industries
   • IBUS6018 Business Negotiations (new unit for 2010)
   • MKTG6003 Marketing Strategy
   • TPTM6170 Strategy and Supply Chain Management
   • WORK6001 Organisational Analysis
   • WORK6026 Organisational Change and Development
   • WORK6111 Management Consulting
   • WORK6118 Managing Communication in Organisations
   • WORK6119 The Innovative Firm
   • WORK6120 Research Essay
   • WORK6130 Leadership in Organisations

Please Note:

1. The units listed above are those units which are being offered for the current year only. For details of units of study that available as electives in this major, please refer to the Faculty handbook.
2. The information listing above is the structure of the major for 2010. Students who commenced their degree prior to 2010 may be able to select elective options from other faculties for their major. They should refer to the information relating to this major as set out in the Faculty Handbook for the year they commenced their degree for details.

Availability of this major

This version of this major is available under the following degrees:

• Master of Commerce
• Master of Commerce and Master of Facilities Management
• Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management
• Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting
• Master of International Business and Master of Commerce
• Master of Transport Management and Master of Commerce

  Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Commerce or the Master of Professional Accounting may choose units from this major subject area as electives in their course.