Strategic Issues for Management in the Asia Pacific Region

IB B893

Course Guide

IB B893

Course Guide

Strategic Issues for Management in the Asia Pacific Region

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Course Coordinators:
To be announced
Dr Joey Ng Kong Man, BBA (Hons) (CityU); Master of HRM (Monash); PhD (University of Nottingham)
Course Developer: Candace Chu Kwan-siu, Consultant

Advisory prerequisite(s)
You are advised to have already studied MGT B820.

Aims
This course aims to provide students with the means to analyse and evaluate current trends within the Asia-Pacific business community. It helps students to improve their ability to apply the current methods of analysing a complex business community, predicting future changes and assessing their likely impact. It reinforces students' articulation of the current methodologies, tools and techniques used to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of business strategies.

The course also aims to extend the knowledge students gained in MGT B820 Strategy so that they can critically analyse and evaluate the strategic management issues in the Asia-Pacific region.

Contents
This course covers the following topics:

The global environment vs. regional environments
Environment and strategy: Actuality of the Asia-Pacific region
Primary, manufacturing and service sectors
The public sector, education and national security
Planning and selection of international business strategies
Strategy analysis: Understanding and interacting with global, regional and local environments
Strategy implementation and control
Culture and strategic management issues within the regional context
New players from emerging economics
Strategic corporate social responsibility
Contemporary strategic management issues in the region

Learning support
There will be seven two- to three-hour tutorials and one four-hour dayschool.

Assessment
There are three written assignments and one examination. Students must use word processing software (such as Microsoft Word) to prepare the assignments, and submit the assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Set book(s)
There are no set books for this course.