MIS30150 Strategic Decision Making in the Digital World

Academic Year 2021/2022

Today’s managers are faced with the challenge crafting and implementing timely and accurate strategic decisions. In doing so, it is essential that managers make optimal use Digital Business applications for data collection, analysis, and decision making.

This applied module investigates and discusses strategic decision making utilising Digital Business applications. Combining industry standard data collection and analytics tools, such as the Bloomberg Infrastructure, students will gain important insights into sectors, industries and companies in order to draft strategic investment ideas and recommendations.

Additionally, students will play an online business simulation helping a large company to turn one of their brands' performance around by analysing data necessary to draft business strategy decisions. Students will develop an overall business strategy, grow market share, and become more profitable in the marketplace.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successfully completion of the module, students should be able to

(i) Demonstrate a deep understanding of key issues surrounding strategic management decision making.

(iii) Evaluate and discuss organisations’ market performance utilising Bloomberg’s infrastructure.

(iv) Understand the manager's role in data interpretation and business recommendation formulation utilising an online business simulation.

Indicative Module Content:

Strategic Decision Making in the context of Digital Business strategy
Virtual Team Management
Bloomberg Infrastructure
Big Data Online Business Simulation (Harvard Business Publishing)

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

24
Autonomous Student Learning

30
Seminar (or Webinar)

10
Computer Aided Lab

5
Online Learning

35
Total

104
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Mixture of synchronous online and Face-to-face lectures, Bloomberg lab sessions, and online business simulation administration. Students will be able to follow an interactive study guide utilising Augmented Reality-driven study and learning content. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Practical Examination: Online Quiz Week 4 n/a Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No

20
Assignment: Business Analytics Project and Presentation/Video Production (Online) Week 8 n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40
Continuous Assessment: Strategic Decision Making Online Simulation (Harvard Business School Publishing) Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

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