Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Foundations of Strategy & Sustainability
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Dr Carol Janson Bond
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925
Course Coordinator Email: carol.bond@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 080.09.065
Course Coordinator Availability: On appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
This course introduces students to core business strategy models used at the local, national, and global levels of analysis. Using critical thinking, you will problem solve how to use these strategic models, theories, and frameworks individually and in teams. Using appropriate digital tools, you will extend those models through a sustainability lens in line with the UN-SDGs. You will learn to develop and design strategic business models appropriate to address business goals, as well as regulatory and socially driven expectations.
Emphasis will be placed on understanding internal and external business environments, and how they inter-relate. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-focused, agile and adaptive strategic thinking will be integrated via quantitative and qualitative methods. You will also be able to articulate how Strategy can be used to increase diversity and include Indigenous perspectives.
This course is a component of the Leadership and Strategy major and minor.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Ethical Global Citizens (1A, 1B, 1C). Adaptive (3A), Digitally Adept (4)
If you are taking this course as part of a major, this course will complement the learning outcomes you are developing in your program.
CLO1 – Identify and describe the key components of strategic management models and how they can be applied in organisations.
CLO2 – Assess and interpret suitable sustainability lenses for classical strategic management theory.
CLO3 – Outline the strategies by which government, civil society, and NGO stakeholders interpret the SDGs to drive corporate change.
CLO4 – Examine the relationship between strategic inputs, strategic actions (formulation, implementation, and evaluation) and strategic outcomes to design an SDG-aligned strategic plan.
CLO5 - Apply critical thinking and problem-solving in diverse teams to address assigned business issues at global, local, and national levels of analysis using contemporary digital technologies.
Overview of Learning Activities
This course is delivered as a blend of face-to-face activities and online learning. Learning will be supported through in-class and online activities such as: personal development activities, guest speakers/expert commentators, case studies, prescribed readings, practical tasks, seeking and providing peer feedback, and reflective praxis.
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies/Canvas: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/my-course/canvas
The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas. RMIT Library provides extensive resources, services and study spaces. All RMIT students have access to scholarly resources including course related material, books, e-books, journals and databases.
Contact: Ask the Library for assistance and information on Library resources and services: http://www.rmit.edu.au/library.
Study support is available for assistance with assignment preparation, academic writing, information literacy, referencing, maths and study skills.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting, and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows.
Assessment Task 1 - 20%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2
Assessment Task 2 - 50%
Linked CLOs: 3, 5
Assessment Task 3 – 30%
Linked CLOs: 2, 4
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on progress, outcomes and approaches, and by individual consultation.
If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures, and instructions.