Strategic Management

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MGT 8015BED

Course Guide
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

MGT 8015BED

Course Guide

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

Course Start Date
Spr 2025
Course Level
8000
Length in Terms
2 terms
Credits
6
Language
English
Fees ($) (including lab fees)
29,400
Future Terms
Quota and Schedule
Course Start Date
Course LevelLength in TermsCredits
Language
Fees ($) (including lab fees)
Future Terms
Spr 2025
80002 terms6
English
29,400

Course Coordinators:

Christine Wong, BEd (First Class Hons) (Nottingham of UK); MSc in Management (Business) (HKPU); Professional Member of HKIHRM; Member of CIPD (UK); DISC Certified Trainer; 中國人力資源法務師

Dr Claire Wang Yuanyuan, B.A. (Peking U); M.A. (Renmin U); PhD (HKU)

Aims

This course aims to enhance students' ability to comprehend management from a strategic perspective. It provides fundamental theoretical knowledge and practical skills in strategy and management that practitioners need to make quality decisions for developing sustainable competitive advantage for their organizations.

Contents

The course covers the following topics:

  • Introduction to strategy and strategic management
  • External environmental analysis
  • Internal environmental analysis
  • Competitive advantage and levels of strategy
  • Strategy in global environment
  • Innovation and entrepreneurial strategies
  • Corporate governance issues: stakeholders, business ethics and corporate social responsibility
  • Strategic leadership
  • Organizing and controlling
  • Managing strategic change

Learning support

There will be ten two-hour online lectures and two six-hour compulsory face-to-face day schools.

The dates for the compulsory face-to-face day schools are as follows:

SessionDate
115 and 16 February 2025 (Saturday and Sunday)
23 and 4 May 2025 (Saturday and Sunday)


The timetable above is provisional and is subject to change without prior notice. You should check the confirmed timetable via MyHKMU of the HKMU website (Current Students) before the term starts.

Assessment

There are two assignments, 2 application-based assessments (conducted during the compulsory face-to-face day schools) and one examination. Assignments should be prepared with Microsoft Word and submitted to Turnitin for plagiarism checking via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Equipment

Students will need access to a personal computer with an Internet connection.

Set book(s)

There are no set books for this course, but students will receive access to HKCGI online study material as part of the course.

Remarks

This is a two-term course starting in the Spring Term with teaching activities in the Summer Term. The course will end in the Summer Term.