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 2025 in Semester 1 at Malaysia. It needs MGW1010.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 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 2025 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 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Within semester assessment100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
compare business models and processes of managing strategies for achieving sustainable competitive advantage in global markets
- 2
evaluate techniques for analysing strategic situations, emphasizing their effectiveness in predicting outcomes in rapidly changing business environments
- 3
debate the factors that lead to strategy success and failure, considering the influence of external and internal environments on strategic decision-making in multinational corporations
- 4
apply strategic management concepts to particular cases, demonstrating their application in crafting successful strategies across diverse industries.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
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 engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
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.
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 3 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Andrei Kwok
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MGW3401?
You need MGW1010 before you enrol.
When is MGW3401 offered?
In 2025, 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 Food science and business; and Management.