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EMBA6005: Finding Opportunity in Disruptive Technology
2026 unit information
Technology is impacting every aspect of our lives and businesses today. There are a multitude of case studies on how traditional businesses have been disrupted by technology. The savvy business leader today understands how to take advantage of this technology to grow existing businesses or create new businesses or even new markets. Those that are not adaptable do not survive. In this unit, we foster our strategic analysis and strategic option generation skills with a focus on the impact of technology and digital to existing businesses. During the two-week module, students are required to complete a project for a client company that is grappling with technological/digital challenges to its business. They will draw on knowledge about leadership, business fundamentals, technology and digital, and entrepreneurial activity developed in the previous modules. Students are also required to explore the business and social context in which technology is utilised to understand the cultural, social and broader environmental context in which it operates.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Business (Business School)
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Management Education |
| Credit points | 12 |
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EMBA6000 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Using appropriate frameworks, models and tools, identify how the future will be shaped by disruptive technologies within the complex system of the focal sector, industry or business.
- LO2. Identify the complex system of the focal area and how technological disruption will be affected by or affect key external factors such as political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors.
- LO3. Assess and prioritise at least one disruptive future business opportunity and develop a plan to capture such opportunities utilising core strategic and business planning methodologies.
- LO4. Understand and demonstrate effective decision making and leadership in a future disruption context.
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Intensive January 2025
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Block mode | Castlereagh St, Sydney | |
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Intensive May - June 2025
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Block mode | Castlereagh St, Sydney |
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Intensive January - February 2026
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Block mode | Castlereagh St, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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