Individual Portfolio Questions, weighted at 50%
Group Assessment, weighted at 15%.
Individual Assignment, weighted at 35%.

Environmental analysis and contemporary decision imperatives for strategic management
Approaches, models and competing debates of organisational change
Political, influencing and negotiating skills in group and team decision-making situations
Contemporary approaches to strategic management
Strategic management models for strategy analysis, evaluation and implementation
Power, politics and debates on strategic leadership
Approaches to risk management and assessment
Competing paradigms affecting decision choice and assessment
Global and international factors affecting strategic development

1. UNDERSTAND AND EVALUATE THE ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS IMPACTING ON AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE EFFECTIVE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE PROGRAMMES

2. DEMONSTRATE A SYSTEMATIC UNDERSTANDING AND CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS THOUGH A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT MODELS AND PERSPECTIVES AND THEIR IMPACT ON EXECUTIVE DECISIONS


3. ANALYSE AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND CHANGE TAKES PLACE AND ASSESSING THE APPROPRIATE ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSES

4. EXPLORE AND EVALUATE CRITICALLY THE CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE ON STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND DECISION-MAKING AND HOW IT RELATES TO SUCCESSFUL ORGANISATION PROGRESSION IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT.

5. UNDERSTAND, CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND APPLY CONTEMPORARY IDEAS ON STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF DECISION-MAKING IN EFFECTIVE RISK ASSESSMENT DURING ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

6. UNDERSTAND, CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND APPLY COMPETING FRAMEWORKS TO MANAGEMENT THINKING AND STRATEGIC DECISIONS

7. CREATE AND JUSTIFY A CRITICALLY INFORMED APPROACH TO THE RESOLUTION OF A STRATEGIC ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE PROBLEM.

Students will engage in a variety of learning forums including:
tutor-led formal presentations, guest lectures, workshops and group based tutorials. There will also be a developmental series of group based simulation workshops and a supporting VLE for learner-managed development

In addition to the usual class-room requirements, the students will need to be able to access the labs on a regular basis and engage in e-learning activities.
Contemporary journals are essential to this development such as:
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Journal of Change Management
Harvard Business Review
Academy of Management Review
Journal of Decision Making

Brealey, R, Myers S and Allen F, Principles of Corporate Finance, 9th Edition, McGraw Hill International 2010
Burnes B. Managing Change 5th Edition, FT Prentice Hall 2009
Johnson, G. Whittington, R and Scholes, K. Exploring Strategy. FT Prentice Hall 2010
Senior B. and Swailes. Organizational Change 4th Edition FT Prentice Hall 2010