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The course prepares students to undertake strategy activity as reflective practitioners and provides the conceptual background needed for research in the strategy field.
The course involves students in debating multiple perspectives on each of the major strategy issues faced by managers. The debate draws on papers by leading strategic thinkers, and applies their ideas to contemporary business cases. The cases are international in scope, reflecting contemporary global business connectedness. The course covers strategy process, content, context and purpose.This is a core course for B.Com (Honours) programmes in Strategy and Entrepreneurship and in International Business. It can also be taken as an option within the Management and Marketing programmes. Previous study of MGMT320 would be helpful but is not essential for this course.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department
MGMT443
Paul Knott
David Stiles
Wit, Bob de. , Meyer, Ron; Strategy synthesis : resolving strategy paradoxes to create competitive advantage ; 3rd ed; Cengage Learning, 2010.
Departmental Academic Policies If you require a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 32 of the Enrolment Handbook 2011 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).Dishonest PracticeThe University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty. All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.
Domestic fee $753.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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