Extensions and Penalties:

No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission – 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after solutions/results/feedback have been posted.

Recommended Textbook

Johnson, G., Whittington, R., Scholes, K., Angwin, D. and Regner, P. (2017). Exploring strategy. 11th edition. Harlow, UK: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN: 9781292145129

Please note: It is recommended that you read the chapters suggested in the unit guide prior to the relevant class.

A selection of readings on Strategic Management will also be made available. Specific articles are recommended for review in connection with each class session. Optional readings (classic and contemporary) are listed below for students interested in reading further in the field of Strategic Management.

Where to purchase textbook?

The Coop Bookshop: The Coop Bookshop is our main retailer for textbooks and other related academic material. For information on textbook prices and online ordering, please refer to The Co-Op Bookshop webpage at http://www.coop.com.au

Disclaimer: MGSM does not take responsibility for the stock levels of required textbooks from preferred retail outlets and other book retailers. While we advise our preferred book retail outlet, The Co-op Bookshop, of our maximum expected number of students purchasing specific required text each term, The Co-op Bookshop and other book retailers will make their own judgement regarding their physical holding stock levels. To prevent disappointment if a  textbook is out-of-stock, we highly advise students to order their textbooks as early as possible, or if the required textbook is currently out-of-stock, place an order with the book retailer as soon as possible so that these book retailers can monitor demand and supply, and adjust their stock orders accordingly.

Technology

Access to a personal computer is required to access resources and learning material from iLearn.

Class iLearn Page

The web page for this unit can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/. You must be enrolled in this class to see the class iLearn page.

Lecture Slides

Lecture Slides will be provided to students only in soft-copy format via the class iLearn page. You must be enrolled in this class to see these items in the class iLearn page.

Readings

Readings are case studies, journal articles and news articles that your lecturer will prescribe for you to read. These will be provided to students only in soft-copy format via the class iLearn page. You must be enrolled in this class to see these items in the class iLearn page.

Other optional resources

We have also provided additional material in the iLearn unit (articles, book chapters and video links) as a resource for you. These supplementary unit materials are not compulsory and have been provided as extra resources should you be particularly interested in a topic. You must be enrolled in this class to see these items in the class iLearn page.

Optional reading resources

Below is a list of other readings related and extended beyond this unit which you may wish to look into.

• Barney, J. (1991), "Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage," Journal of Management, 17 (1), 99-120.
• Collins, J.C. and Porras, J.I., Built to Last - Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, Harper Collins, New York, 1994
• D’Aveni, R.A. & MacMillan, I.C.; Hypercompetition, The Free Press, New York, 2006.
• Gupta & Govindarajan (2000) “Managing global Expansion. A conceptual framework”, Business Horizons, 43(2), 45-54.
• Hamel, G. and Prahalad, C.K., Competing for the Future, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1994
• Hamel, G., Leading the Revolution, McGraw Hill, 2000.
• Kim, W.C. and Mauborgne, R., Blue Ocean Strategy, Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, 2005.
• Kotter, J.P. and Heskett, J.L., Corporate Culture and Performance, Free Press, 1992
• Mintzberg, H., The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning, Prentice Hall, 1994
• Montgomery, C.A and Porter, M.E., (Eds) Strategy: Seeking and Securing Competitive Advantage, Harvard Business Review, 1991
• Osterwalder, A. and Pigneur, Y., Business Model Generation, Wiley, New Jersey, 2010.
• Porter, M.E., Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, Free Press,1985
• Porter, M. (1996). "What is strategy?", Harvard Business Review, 74, 61-78.
• Porter, M. (2008) The Competitive Forces that shape strategies, Harvard Business Review, January
• Teece, D. (2007) "Explicating Dynamic Capabilities: The Nature and Microfoundations of (sustainable) Enterprise Performance", Strategic Management Journal, 28, 1319-1350.
• Thompson, A.A. and Strickland, A.J., Crafting and Implementing Strategy, Richard D. Irwin, 1995

Class sessions are scheduled from:

Tuesday evening class - 6pm to 10pm of every Tuesday starting from 7 January 2020 (session 1) until 10 March 2020 (session 10).

(The proposed program might be subject to some minor changes as the term progresses (TBA)).