Overview

This unit provides students with an integrative, hands-on experience in developing and executing strategies for long-term sustainable organisational performance. Students will synthesise knowledge from across the MBA program and apply it to real-world challenges in collaboration with industry partners. The unit emphasises advanced strategic thinking, leadership, and decision-making skills, equipping students to navigate complexity, drive organisational resilience, and achieve sustained success in competitive global markets.

Requisites

Prerequisites

150 credit points

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Date Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
02-March-2026
31-May-2026
Last self-enrolment date
15-March-2026
Census date
31-March-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
21-April-2026
Results released date
07-July-2026

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Develop and implement strategies that optimise long-term organisational performance, considering global and local market dynamics
  • Collaborate with industry partners to solve complex, real-world business challenges, delivering strategic and actionable solutions
  • Apply advanced leadership practices to guide teams and organisations through uncertainty and complexity
  • Develop and present professional-grade strategic management plans, demonstrating evidence-based recommendations to senior stakeholders
  • Incorporate scenario planning, risk management, and systems thinking to address challenges and opportunities in evolving markets
  • Use legal, ethical, and social frameworks to support diversity and equity regarding gender, Indigeneity, and multiculturalism when developing authentic business content

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)

On Campus Class

 2 12 weeks 24
Online Lecture (asynchronous) 1 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning 9.5 12 weeks 114
Total     150

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning 12.5 12 weeks 150
Total     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULOs
Assignment 1 Individual Pass Only 1,2,3
Assignment 2 Group Pass Only 1,2,4,5,6

Content

  • VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity)
  • Strategy development
  • Models of innovation
  • Cross functional models
  • Approaches to strategy
  • Cross-disciplinary knowledge to address complex strategic challenges.
  • Collaboration with industry partners to develop actionable, impactful solutions.
  • Leadership capabilities through applied learning and reflective practices.

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.