MGMT 340
Agribusiness Strategic Management
Course overview
You’ll identify the major factors that impact on agribusiness management decisions and strategies you can use to manage the business.
Course information
| Prerequisites and Restrictions | You must satisfy the following requirement(s): pre-requisite
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| Available semesters | Semester 2 2026 |
| Credits | 15 |
| Domestic fees | $1,124.00 |
What you will learn
After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:
- Explain the principles of strategic management and competitive advantage in an agribusiness context.
- Apply the concepts of strategic management to the key decisions undertaken by agribusiness firms both in NZ and internationally.
- Apply strategic management concepts to the analysis of agribusiness issues across the value chain (inputs, production, procurement, processing, and marketing).
- Explain different agribusiness ownership structures and how this may impact on performance.
- Understand the nature of listed agribusiness companies and the dynamics of these companies on the sharemarket.
- Identify, understand and address problems and opportunities in agribusiness companies and supply chains.
- Know appropriate approaches, methods and tools to analyse, evaluate and solve problems related to real-world agribusiness companies and value chains.
- Apply a wholistic approach to address complex issues within multiple areas of agribusiness and food value chains.
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