UnitLevel 3Undergraduate

MGW3401 Strategic management

Faculty of Business and Economics

MGW3401 Strategic management is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2024 in Semester 1 at Malaysia. It needs MGW1010.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2024
Semester 1
Malaysia
Assessment
No exam
1 task
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before MGW3401

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

Prerequisites

Pass these before you enrol.

After MGW3401

No unit lists MGW3401 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.

Equivalent units

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Overview

Business environments including markets, critical success factors, and strategies employed to gain a competitive advantage; the nature of strategic management; the analysis and interpretation of business environments; the nature of competition, relative position of firms, individual strategies and their relationship to critical success factors; strengths and weaknesses related to production, finance, research and development, marketing, administration; the role of structure, controls, rewards, culture and leadership in implementation.

Offerings in 2024

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterMalaysiaOn campus

Assessment

  • Within semester assessment
    100%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    identify factors that help companies to survive and prosper

  2. 2

    compare various business models and the actual processes of managing strategies

  3. 3

    evaluate various techniques of analysing situations that require a strategic response

  4. 4

    debate the factors that lead to strategy success and failure

  5. 5

    apply strategic management concepts in particular cases.

Workload and teaching

  • Tutorials24 hours
  • Teaching approachProblem-based learning
  • Teaching approachCase-based teaching
  • Teaching approachActive learning

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.

This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.

This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.

This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.

Learning resources

Required resources

Main Source: Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, J. D., Hoffman, A. N., Bamford, C. E. (2018). Strategic Management and Business Policy: Globalization, Innovation and Sustainability . Pearson, Fifteenth Edition ( Global Edition).

Where it fits

MGW3401 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2024 handbook.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Dr Shazmin Khalid Abubakar

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for MGW3401?

You need MGW1010 before you enrol.

When is MGW3401 offered?

In 2024, MGW3401 runs in Semester 1 at Malaysia.

How much work is MGW3401?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does MGW3401 have an exam?

No. MGW3401 has 1 assessment task and no exam.

Which majors and minors include MGW3401?

MGW3401 is part of Management.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
3
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational unit
Department of Management
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 4
Study abroad
Available