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Corporate Strategy (BUSA90054)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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June
Overview
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Corporate Strategy refers to the overall strategy of a multi-business firm. It is different from business strategy. The individual businesses in the corporate “family” have the responsibility of determining how to achieve and sustain competitive advantage. Corporate Strategy refers to the task of the corporate “parent” and involves answering two distinct questions: 1) What businesses are we going to have in our portfolio? and 2) How is Corporate (i.e., the Corporate office) going to add value to the individual businesses? The first of these questions is normally straightforward and involves issues like scale and scope of the businesses we are in as well as the amount of diversification we wish to have. The second question is typically the more difficult. It involves not only capturing the synergies that exist among the businesses in the portfolio but also managing strategic risk. This course is designed to help managers understand strategy at the corporate level and equip them to formulate and execute Corporate Strategy.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Identify and distinguish between Business Strategy and Corporate Strategy
- Determine ways that value can be created through specific forms of corporate organization and corporate capabilities
- Evaluate corporate performance and develop ideas for improving it from a financial and market perspective
- Develop and execute a corporate strategy
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Class preparation and discussion (15%)
- Throughout subject
- Quiz (15%)
- 1 hour
- Midway through subject
- Syndicate project (30%)
- Report (equivalent of 750 word assessment)
- Presentation (equivalent of 750 word assessment)
- Midway through subject
- Final Exam (40%)
- Hurdle requirement
- 90 minutes
- End of subject
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- June
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Pre teaching start date 21 May 2018 Teaching period 14 June 2018 to 15 July 2018 Last self-enrol date 25 May 2018 Census date 15 June 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 29 June 2018 Assessment period ends 15 July 2018 June contact information
Additional delivery details
This subject is only available to students admitted to MC-BAPTME, or students with permission of the MBA course coordinator
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to students admitted to MC-BAPTME, or students with the permission of the MBA course coordinator
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Business Administration
Last updated: 3 November 2022