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Goal: To develop a strategic innovation analysis and recommendation by applying relevant theoretical frameworks against a real-world organisation. Product: Written report. Format: Choose an organisation in which you have or have had some interest, personal contact, or experience. The task is to collect information relating strategic innovation threats and opportunities for the firm and present an analysis in the form of a 2500 word written report. More detailed guidance will be provided on Blackboard. This is an individual assessment and needs to be submitted electronically through SafeAssign. Criteria • Selection of appropriate frameworks • Level of application of theory using relevant facts and figures. • Quality of analysis • Quality of presentation Full assessment criteria will be posted on Blackboard


Course outline Code: MGT703 Title: Strategic Management Faculty of Arts, Business and Law School of Business Teaching Session: ATMC Semester 1 Year: 2018 Course Coordinator: Dr Wayne Graham 1. What is this course about? 1.1 Course description Managers must develop an understanding of the dynamics of their industries, the trends in other aspects of the organisation’s external environment, and the organisation’s internal strengths and weaknesses. They must be able to think creatively so that they can craft their strategies to develop a source of competitive advantage for their organisations. This is a capstone course that aims to expose students/managers to the topics relevant to managing their businesses strategically even in a turbulent environment. Topics covered include the analysis, development, implementation, control and evaluation steps in the strategic management process. 1.2 Course content • Role and purpose of strategy • Competitive positioning • Competitive forces • Capabilities and resources • selecting opportunities • Corporate level strategy • International context • Vehicles for growth • Strategic innovation • Business model innovation • Disruptive innovation 2. Unit value 12 units Page 2 Course Outline: MGT703 Strategic Management 3. How does this course contribute to my learning? Specific Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course you should be able to: Assessment Tasks You will be assessed on the learning outcome in task/s: Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming: Discuss the recent developments in theory, issues and practice relating to strategy. 1 and 2 Knowledgeable. Evaluate complex factual situations from a strategic management perspective. 1 and 2 Creative and critical thinkers. Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex internal and external business environments. 1 and 2 Empowered. Determine the optimal pathway for an organisation to achieve a competitive advantage using theoretical frameworks. 1 and 2 Engaged. 4. Am I eligible to enrol in this course? Refer to the Coursework Programs and Awards - Academic Policy for definitions of “pre-requisites, co- requisites and anti-requisites” 4.1 Enrolment restrictions Must be enrolled in a Postgraduate program 4.2 Pre-requisites Nil 4.3 Co-requisites Nil 4.4 Anti-requisites MBA712 and EMB762 4.5 Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills N/A 5. How am I going to be assessed? 5.1 Grading scale Standard – High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL) Page 3 Course Outline: MGT703 Strategic Management 5.2 Assessment tasks Task No. Assessment Tasks Individual or Group Weighting % What is the duration / length? When should I submit? Where should I submit it? 1 Business Strategy Report Individual 50% 2500 words Week 7, Friday, 11.59pm (AEST) SafeAssign 2 Strategic Innovation Report Individual 50% 2500 words Week 12, Friday, 11.59pm (AEST) SafeAssign 100% Assessment Task 1: Business strategy report Goal: For you to demonstrate cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply established theories to practice through interpretation of company strategy. Product: Written report Format: Choose a firm whose current business strategy situation you will analyse and answer the assigned questions, provided on Blackboard at the start of session. More detailed guidance will be provided on Blackboard. This is an individual assessment and needs to be submitted electronically through SafeAssign. Word count should not exceed 2500 words. Criteria • Selection of appropriate frameworks • Level of application of relevant theory using germane facts and figures. • Quality of analysis • Quality of presentation • Full assessment criteria will be posted on Blackboard Generic skill assessed Skill assessment level Problem solving Graduate Organisation Graduate Assessment Task 2: Strategic Innovation Report Goal: To develop a strategic innovation analysis and recommendation by applying relevant theoretical frameworks against a real-world organisation. Product: Written report. Format: Choose an organisation in which you have or have had some interest, personal contact, or experience. The task is to collect information relating strategic innovation threats and opportunities for the firm and present an analysis in the form of a 2500 word written report. More detailed guidance will be provided on Blackboard. This is an individual assessment and needs to be submitted electronically through SafeAssign. Criteria • Selection of appropriate frameworks • Level of application of theory using relevant facts and figures. • Quality of analysis • Quality of presentation Full assessment criteria will be posted on Blackboard Generic skill assessed Skill assessment level Problem solving Graduate Applying technologies Graduate Communication Graduate Page 4 Course Outline: MGT703 Strategic Management 5.3 Additional assessment requirements Plagiarism In order to minimise incidents of plagiarism and collusion, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Blackboard, are electronically checked through SafeAssign. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work that SafeAssign has access to. Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale c) You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct 5.4 Submission penalties Late submission of assessment tasks will be penalised at the following maximum rate: • 5% (of the assessment task’s identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. • 10% (of the assessment task’s identified value) for the third day • 20% (of the assessment task’s identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. • A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome. 6. How is the course offered? 6.1 Directed study hours On campus Workshop: 3 hours per week 6.2 Course activities Teaching Week / Module What key concepts/content will I learn? What activities will I engage in to learn the concepts/content? Directed Study Activities Independent Study Activities 1 Role and purpose of strategy Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 2 Competitive positioning Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 3 Competitive forces Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 4 Capabilities and resources Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 5 Selecting opportunities Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 6 Corporate level strategy Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 7 International context Assessment task 1 is due Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard Page 5 Course Outline: MGT703 Strategic Management 8 Vehicles for growth Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 9 Strategic innovation Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 10 Business model innovation Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 11 Disruptive innovation Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard 12 Integration and review Refer to Blackboard Readings as listed on Blackboard Please note that the course activities may be subject to variation. 7. What resources do I need to undertake this course? 7.1 Prescribed text(s) Nil 7.2 Required and recommended readings Lists of required and recommended readings may be found for this course on its Blackboard site. These materials/readings will assist you in preparing for tutorials and assignments, and will provide further information regarding particular aspects of your course. 7.3 Specific requirements N/A 7.4 Risk management Health and safety risks have been assessed as low. It is your responsibility to research and understand risks of specific courses and to review the USC’s health and safety principles by viewing the online induction training for students. 8. Links to relevant University policies and procedures For more information on Academic Learning & Teaching categories including: • Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs • Review of Assessment and Final Grades • Supplementary Assessment • Administration of Central Examinations • Deferred Examinations • Student Academic Misconduct • Students with a Disability http://www.usc.edu.au/university/governance-and-executive/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning- and-teaching http://bit.ly/uscLTPolicies http://bit.ly/uscLTPolicies Course outline Code: MGT703 Title: Strategic Management 1. What is this course about? 1.1 Course description 1.2 Course content 2. Unit value 3. How does this course contribute to my learning? 4. Am I eligible to enrol in this course? 4.1 Enrolment restrictions 4.2 Pre-requisites 4.3 Co-requisites 4.4 Anti-requisites 4.5 Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills 5. How am I
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Contents
Introduction    3
UBER’s strategic management of innovation    3
Innovation threats and opportunities    3
Opportunities    3
Threats    4
Pestle Analysis    4
UBER’s current growth (innovation) strategy    7
BCG Matrix in the Marketing strategy of Uber    7
McKinsey GE frameworks of UBER    9
Innovation opportunity it is currently pursuing    11
Conclusion    14
References    15
Introduction
Uber is a global taxi service and a ride-sharing company that, after facing strict gover
nment supervision and strict policies, started its service in Australia in 2015. Add to the complexity of this issue; Laws from one country to another country are not the same. Due to various scams and scandals related to border crossing and nationality, it has been listed as headline news repeatedly in front of the global brand Tarnish issues due to the wrong reasons. Uber is one of the most acclaimed internet powers and in fact, inorganic development is a startup. Uber is a company known as the company, which is mostly the owner of the car fleet, but it has no car. Uber is a ride-sharing app that replaces those who have to get out of the house to encourage taxis. The cab is now at your door. This and the fact is that low-cost pricing strategies for users make Uber constant and even favorite applications for random travelers. Many people who go to the office often choose Uber Cab instead of going to the office.
UBER’s strategic management of innovation
Innovation threats and opportunities
SWOT Analysis
Opportunities
Disagreements with the unorganized market: Uber’s Customers are not satisfied with unorganized taxis market, which offers opportunities to recover. This is the major reason for the success of recovering. Local taxi drivers are considered harsh and do not follow them.
Latest technology: UberEats App is an Uber’s Food Delivery Service
Increase in Internet Access: Since the government digitizes countries, usage of smartphones continuously increase, as well as technology-based apps like Uber can enhance their services in different countries and can expands its business all over.
Increase disposable income: When disposable income increases, customers are more eager to spend money on convenience.
Alternative Transport: UBER also launched Uber Chopper in different countries moreover also finding some other transportation equipment catering to local transport requirements. In Australia, Uber just launch an aggregator system (Conway-Smith, 2016).
Threats
Government rules are not yet clear: The main reason for disagreements between cab aggregators and in government regulators are their legal status, whether they are considered as standard taxi company or an IT company.
Maintain brand and customer conversion: Due to competition intensified, maintaining outstanding customers and drivers becomes more difficult. Any monetary benefit can affect the customers as well as drivers of recovering.
Low-profit margins: Remote drivers can help drivers get daily driving pleasure, but the drivers do not have high-profit margins, so they are easily shaken.
Uprising from unorganized markets: Unorganized markets for taxi drivers can revolt against these companies, which are driving drivers away from bread and butter from weak markets (Hempel, 2015). This resistance will affect UBER’s operations. 
Pestle Analysis
Political: Uber started a fierce political debate around the world. Many governments are concerned about the regulation of the shared economy. On one hand, although shared economies and recovery have their own advantages, they have their own drawbacks too. The rise of UBER has put a disruptive impact on the other traditional cab services providers business.
Economic: UBER is influenced and impacted by economic factors. The common financial system has simply formed more jobs for the great scale of people. It also creates distinctive job opportunities and jobs for     a lot of drivers.
Social: Social aspects of a business are as important to others. This is because both countries have mutually beneficial relationships and there is no relation to anyone. So, to recover, it is important to manage this socially acceptable as well as respectable image or reputation. It is simply based on the two things that accelerate popularity and acceptance. 
Technology: The main reason for all main things in the 21st century is technology. If not impossible, it is difficult to imagine development without technology. Behind the recovery is also excellent technique. Uber has provided a smooth ride and good experience for drivers and travelers with its excellent technique, thus capturing a large part of the riding share market.
Environmental: Sustainability and continuous development has become an important issue for many companies in the 21st century. There is a growing concern about the stability of sharing services like Uber and Life. Uber launched a pilot project called Uber Green, where drivers can request a green ride by clicking one button (Petit, 2012).
Legal: An important challenge for legal compliance companies. If companies fail to comply with the rules, then they can make big fines. The emergence of Uber challenges the legal authorities and systems, which are identifying whether the applicable law on traditional services applies to the regulation or not. Uber is also facing some legal issues, not just on tax issues, however also on HR issues. Last year, there was one case related to the minimum wage related to the two drivers.
From the beginning of elegance, Uber have developed into extensively used car services. In addition, Uber continues to grow; it has been sought to extend the scope of service to anything from one to another place, not people, however food and parcels also. Perhaps the important point is that Uber is the premier technology company. In other words, Uber itself focuses primarily on the development of Smartphone software that allows the use of its network of ride-sharing...
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