Strategic Thinking: Concepts and Tools

Course aim

This course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of:

• Strategic thinking, strategic management and their impact on business processes and leadership
• Principles and methods of evidence based management decision making.

Course content

Topics covered in this course include:

• Strategic Thinking
• Strategic management models and concepts
• Strategic analysis
• Competitive advantage
• Putting strategy into action
• Strategy in diversified firms, the government sector, and not-for-profits
• Strategic entrepreneurship and innovation
• Management evidence, including quantitative and qualitative methods and data
• Business Intelligence

Textbook(s)

Rothaemel, FT 2017, Strategic management (customized eBook), 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous and Synchronous Online Discussion)	30 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	30 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Seminars 15 hours AND online 15 hours equiv.	30 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION (INTENSIVE)
External	30 hours equiv. x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Continuous assessment, Review

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.