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BMGT4046S

Academic Year 2025/2026

Global Strategic Management (BMGT4046S)

Subject:
Business Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Orna O'Brien
Trimester:
Autumn and Summer (separate)
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Among the topics covered in this course include: Concept of strategic management; formulating strategy; industry analysis; competitive advantage; strategic choice; strategies in multi-business companies; the planning process and resource allocation; administrative components; people and systems.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

At this end of this module, you should:
Have acquired thorough familiarity with the principal concepts, frameworks and techniques of strategic management.
Gained expertise in applying these concepts, frameworks and techniques in order to: understand the reasons for good or bad performance by a firm; generate strategy options for a firm; assess available options under conditions of imperfect knowledge; select the most appropriate strategy; recommend the best means of implementing the chosen strategy.
Recognise ethical and social responsibility issues in the business environment and examinme ehthical and legal implications of managerial decisions and their effect on organisational stakeholders.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

80
Autonomous Student Learning

150
Lectures

20
Total

250

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students will attend classes for this module and have the opportunity to engage in active learning during these sessions. There will be in-class discussion and group work to analyse module concepts. Where appropriate, the module will incorporate case based learning.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Business Policy (BMGT4025S)


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Main Assignment Week 7 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
40
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): 2 Case Study Analyses Week 15 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
60
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

General feedback is provided to students on all their submitted assessment components.

Name Role
A Anand Naidu Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Dorota Piaskowska Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Jan Rosier Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Paramesvaran Alahakone Tutor
Dr Christina Burke Tutor
Dr John Cassidy Tutor
Ms Michele Connolly Doran Tutor
Dr Alessio Cozzolino Tutor
Mrs Edna Eugenia Da Silva Tutor
Dr Alejandro Fernandez Castro Tutor
Mr Alejandro Fernández Castro Tutor
Shirley Ho Tutor
John Hulpke Tutor
Dr Yousef Husein Eiadat Tutor
Ms Sarah Kelly Tutor
Cubie Lau Tutor
Dr Brian McGrath Tutor
Professor Federica Pazzaglia Tutor
Ajit Prasad Tutor
Rachel Sim Tutor
Dr Tedi Skiti Tutor
Professor Karan Sonpar Tutor
Chee Shong Tan Tutor
Charlene Tan Puay Koon Tutor
Siti Zarifah Tutor
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