Master of Business Administration (BP9)

The MBA involves the equivalent of 12 units of study, representing 180 credit points. Total study time for the MBA is approximately 1800 hours. The course can be completed in 3 teaching periods full time or up to 6 years part time.

The Master of Business Administration is a generalist degree intended for those with some practical experience who now wish to widen their managerial knowledge and skills. The philosophy underlying this Master of Business Administration is to enable our students to deal with the many facets of management. This course aims to develop skills in critical thinking, research and analysis through individual and team based work. A feature of the MBA is that it focuses on critical areas of integration but facilitates some specialisation to accommodate specific career paths.

Graduate Courses Preparatory Program

See previous section. Complete prior to commencing Graduate program (if required).

Effective for 2008 enrolments:

Changes have been made to the structure of the MBA to rationalise elective units. One more core unit has been added and a second set of semi-core choice units -a group of 4 units from which we require students to choose 2 units. The remainder of electives are to be chosen from a reduced or limited range of generalist units.

Students who commenced their studies prior to 2008 may continue with the old structure (see appendix: Graduation checklists) but could also choose units from the new structure if they so wish.

Required Core Units

BA401	Accounting and Finance
BE904	Business Economics
BM401	Marketing
BN412	Human Resource Management
BN921	Organisations: Behaviour, Structure, Processes
BS922	Competitive Analysis

Required Capstone Unit

BN926	Strategy and Management of Change

Elective Units

A total of 5 elective units are required.

Select units from the following Group 2 and Group 3 units or from the strand sequences (pre-requisites permitting). Please note : Not all electives are offered in any one year and electives will not run if the cohort is less than 10. MPA units may not be taken as electives.

Group 2 units

Plus at least two from the following 4

BN935	Operations Management
BA925	Financial Policy
BN961	Managerial Skills Workshop
BL911	Managing the Legal Environment

Group 3 units

The remaining 3 (for generalist MBA) to be selected from the balance of group two units or the following electives :

BS928	Entrepreneurship
BN927	Creativity and Innovation
BS942	International Business
BM923	Strategic Marketing
BN930	Change Agent Strategies
BS973	Project Management

Specialisation Program Structure

Specialised Strands

Only three specialist strands (ie badged degrees) will be offered/supported and the units required for those awards are as follows.

HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT
BH901	Contemporary Issues in Health Services Management (HSM)
BH902	Policy in HSM
BH903	Leadership in HSM
BH904	Evidence-based Practice in HSM
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT *note pre-requisite
BN412	Human Resource Management (Core unit)
BN930	Change Agent Strategies
BN933	Management - Employee Relations
BN936	Strategic Human Resource Management
MARKETING *note pre-requisite
BM401	Marketing (Core unit )
BM923	Strategic Marketing
plus 2 of the following:
BM404	Marketing Service Organisations
BM924	Intergrated Logistics & Supply Chain Management
BM922	Marketing in the International Environment
Project Management we do not advise this specialisation for international students studying in Australia as it requires senior level employment in a host organisation in order to carry out the required projects). Project Management is not a "designated stream".
BS970	Project Management
BS971	Management Consultancy Project
BS973	Project Management

Please note that the Applied Research Project is not a 'designated' stream ie. the MBA testamur is not "notated".

BN931	Business Research : Methods and Practice
BN932	Minor Dissertation (equivalent to 2 units)