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Master of Business Administration (International Management) (2 Yr Program) BS9

The Master of Business (International Management) - MBA(IM) - consists of 16 units of 15 credit points each, or in the case of the Applied Research Project, 14 units of 15 credit points and one unit of 30 credit points. The MBA(IM) totals 240 credit points. One credit point represents 10 student learning hours. It is normally taken over 2 years full time or part time equivalent.

Students must complete

  • 7 Group One units (6 core plus one capstone)
  • 2 from 4 Group Two units
  • International Management Units
  • 3 remaining electives units selected from graduate program offered

Required Core Units

BA401 Accounting and Finance
BM401 Marketing
BN412 Human Resource Management
BN921 Organisations: Behaviour, Structure, Processes
BS942 International Business
BE903 Business Economics
BS922 Competitive Analysis

PLUS

Capstone Strategic Management Unit - Core Unit (taken during final semester)

BN926 Strategy and Management of Change

Group Two Units - Select two from the following four units

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

Required International Management Units

Plus any three from the following:

BE922 Economics of Globalisation
BA921 Issues in International Accounting
BL921 Managing Law in International Business
BN958 Comparative Issues in International Management
BL903 Managing International and e-Business Legal Issues
BM922 Marketing in the International Environment

Elective Units (Group Four Units)

Three remaining Elective Units to make up the required total of 16 units may be taken from a combination of remaining Group Two units, the following list or from the stranded specialisations currently offered in the existing at your location MBA. (Note: not all specialisation strands are offered at all delivery locations)

BN928 Entrepreneurship
BN930 Change Agent Strategies
BM923 Strategic Marketing
BS973 Project Management
BS981 Applied Management Project (note preclusions – BS970 & BS971)
BN927 Creativity and Innovation
BS970 Management Consultancy (note preclusion – BS981)
BS971 Management Consultancy Project (note preclusion – BS981)
BM404 Marketing Services Organisations

Specialisation Strands

Marketing

  • BM923 Strategic Marketing – plus two of
  • BM922 Marketing in the International Environment or
  • BM404 Services Marketing
  • BM924 Integrated Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Human Resource Management

  • BN930 Change Agent Strategies
  • BN933 Management - Employee Relations
  • BN936 Strategic Human Resources management
  • Note: students holding overseas accounting qualifications seeking Australian Accounting profession accreditation/membership, may include in their electives up to three nominated accounting units provided they do not overlap with BA401 and BA925

Those who complete the program as specified will be eligible for the award of Master of Business Administration (International Management)