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CPA Program — Global Strategy and Leadership
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Phase 1: Foundations and Strategic AnalysisYou are here
Editorial study plan: review strategy and leadership, then analyse the external environment, internal performance, stakeholders and capabilities.
Phase 2: Growth Choices and Strategy Development
Editorial study plan: examine product, service and market development, intellectual property, strategic fit, resource feasibility and risk.
Phase 3: Implementation and Emerging Business Models
Editorial study plan: study implementation plans, 7-S, change, project monitoring, ecosystems and responses to new business models.
Phase 4: Case Application and Exam Practice
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- •Successfully complete all other compulsory CPA Program subjects before enrolling in GSL
- •Maintain current Associate or CPA membership while enrolled
- •Schedule the exam within CPA Australia’s published calendar and availability
- •Meet the applicable advancement timeframe and CPA Australia’s exam policies
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Time to Get Licensed
Each CPA Program subject is delivered over a single semester, with an exam at the end.
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CPA Australia, delivered through Pearson VUE; test-centre and online appointments are subject to location and availability.
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Re-enrol in a later semester and pay the prescribed fee; a fixed day interval is not published by CPA Australia
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100 Practice Questions
Original multiple-choice practice covering strategy and leadership concepts across the seven modules; these are independent study questions.
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What You'll Study
14 chapters covering the exam topics in this guide
Chapter 1: Introduction to Strategy, Leadership and the Capstone (Module 1)
6 sections
Chapter 2: External Environment — Industry Definition, Macro Environment and Industry Structure (Module 2)
3 sections
Chapter 3: External Environment — Competitors, Strategic Groups, Uncertainty and Data (Module 2)
3 sections
Chapter 4: Internal Environment — Resources, Capabilities and VRIO (Module 3)
3 sections
Chapter 5: Internal Environment — Value Chain, Performance Drivers, Culture and SWOT (Module 3)
5 sections
Chapter 6: Product, Service and Market Development — Growth Directions (Module 4)
3 sections
Chapter 7: Product, Service and Market Development — Portfolio, Customers and Growth Methods (Module 4)
3 sections
Chapter 8: Innovation, New Product and Service Development, and Intellectual Property (Module 4)
5 sections
Chapter 9: Strategy Development — Option Evaluation and SAF (Module 5)
3 sections
Chapter 10: Strategy Development — Risk, Integrating Options and the Strategic Plan (Module 5)
4 sections
Chapter 11: Strategy Implementation — Plans, Projects, Structure and Control (Module 6)
4 sections
Chapter 12: Global Strategy, Market Entry and Leading Change (Modules 1, 4 and 6)
3 sections
Chapter 13: Strategy and Leadership for Emerging Business Models (Module 7)
5 sections
Chapter 14: Governance, Ethics, Sustainability and Case Technique
3 sections
CPA GSL Exam Details
CPA Program — Global Strategy and Leadership
Administered by CPA Australia
Exam Content Breakdown
Based on the official CPA Australia content outline
Strategy and leadership concepts, competitive advantage, organisational and global context, leadership styles and the CPA’s strategic role.
Industry definition, macro-environment trends, industry profitability, customers, markets and competitors.
Stakeholders, current performance, strategic and operational drivers, people, resources and capabilities, and combined internal/external analysis.
Innovation, new product and service development, new markets, intellectual property and the cost and resource implications of growth.
Strategic fit, evaluation of options, risk assessment, integration of options, organisational goals and performance indicators.
Implementation plans, the 7-S framework, change management, projects, monitoring and corrective action.
Business model innovation, emergent strategy, ecosystems, hypercompetition and organisational responses to technological and sustainability changes.
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What's Next After the CPA GSL?
After passing the CPA GSL, you can pursue these career paths
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