MGMT 302 : Strategic Management

Business and Economics

2025 Summer School (1250) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Engages in a holistic exploration of the tensions that arise from content – the what, where, and how - in the process and context of strategy to develop skills and knowledge for addressing wicked problems.

Course Overview

MGMT 302 Strategic Management is a case-based strategy course that fits in with any of the Management, International Business or Innovation & Entrepreneurship majors. By case-based, we mean that our time together will be spent with you discussing cases. This will see you drawing on your existing knowledge together with strategic management topics provided throughout the course. Consequently, it is necessary that you are prepared to talk in class.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage II in Business, International Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management, or 15 points from ENGGEN 204, 303, SCIGEN 201, 301, 301G Restriction: BUSINESS 304

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 3: Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 5: Solution Seeking
Capability 6: Communication
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Commerce

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the many—often conflicting—schools of strategic thought by developing insights into the assumptions, possibilities and limitations of each set of theories. (Capability 3 and 4)
  2. Demonstrate the skills of defining strategic issues, critically reflecting on existing theories, creatively combining or developing conceptual models where necessary and flexibly employing theories where useful. (Capability 3, 4 and 5)
  3. Demonstrate an attitude—based on a critical, analytical, flexible and creative mindset—of challenging organizational, industry and national paradigms and problem-solving recipes. (Capability 3, 4 and 5)
  4. Demonstrate these knowledge, skills, and attitudes through discussing and deliberating real-world cases. (Capability 6.1)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Case discussions (Best 10 of 12) 80% Individual Coursework
Quizzes (Best 10 of 12) 20% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4
Case discussions (Best 10 of 12)
Quizzes (Best 10 of 12)

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15-point course, and students are expected to spend 150 hours on the course. Over the six weeks of Summer School that equates to about 25 hours per week (of which four hours per week are spent in class).

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance in class is necessary because our time together is spent in assessed case discussions. You can only effectively participate in these free-flowing discussions by being "in the room".

Consequently, the class sessions will not be available as recordings.

The activities for the course are delivered as a standard semi-weekly schedule for Summer School.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

The required textbook that contains all the readings and most of the cases used in this course is:

De Wit, B. (2020) Strategy: An International Perspective (7th Ed.). Hampshire: Cengage Learning EMEA.

This book is available either as a printed version or as an eBook. 

  • The printed edition is available through the university's books store, Ubiq.
  • The eBook is available from https://nz.cengage.com/c/ebook-strategy-an-international-perspective-7e-de-wit-bob/9781473765870/
    (Use discount code LEARN10NZ to receive 10% OFF at checkout)

Any additional cases will be available on Canvas.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

The assessment structure has been significantly changed to address the feedback from the students. 

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 21/11/2024 08:59 a.m.