Master of Business Administration

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Why postgraduate study?

• job security
• expand career options
• professional development
• networking

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Why study at Ballarat ?

• small classes
• access to lecturing staff
• convenient study times (evening block mode)
• specialist areas of study
• work related learning
• flexible exit points

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School of Business

• Master of Business
• Administration

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Aim

• The MBA has been designed to provide a rigorous,
  though flexible, course structure.
• There is a focus on solid theoretical
  understandings of management, the practical
  application of knowledge to business functions
  and an ability to communicate successfully.

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The Course Will

• Emphasise an innovative, independent-minded and
  internationally oriented approach to management
  education as the key to competitiveness in the
  emerging world.
• Focus on business strategy and the challenges and
  problems that arise when companies operate in the
  global arena

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Course Structure

• 12 units of 15 credit points
• (total 180 points)
• 5 core units
• 6 elective units
• Capstone unit

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Core Units

• BA401 Accounting and Finance
• BM401 Marketing
• BN921 Organisations Behaviour, Structure,
  Processes
• BS922 Competitive Analysis
• BE921 Managing in Complex Environments
• or BL911 Managing the Legal Environment
• or BE402 Business Economics

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Elective Units

• Select 1 from the following list and the other 5
  from the strand sequences and/or elective
  offerings in the Graduate program
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Managerial Skills Workshop
• Electronic Commerce and Business
• Knowledge and Information Management

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Capstone Unit

• Strategy and Management of Change

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MBA Specialisations

• Entrepreneurship
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Electronic Commerce
• Applied Research Project
• Financial Management
• Information Technology

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Entrepreneurship

• BN927 Creativity Innovation
• BS928 Entrepreneurship
• BS929 Establishing the New Venture

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Human Resource Management

• BN933 Management - Employee Relations
• BN934 Human Job Design
• BN930 Change Agent Strategies

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Marketing

• BM921 Consumer Market Research
• BM922 Marketing in the International
  Environment
• BM923 Strategic Marketing

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Electronic Commerce

• BC932 Convergent Technologies of Electronic
  Commerce
• BC936 Changing Business Paradigms
• BC938 Electronic Commerce Project

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Applied Research Project

• Research Methodology
• Minor Dissertation
• (equivalent to 2 units)

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MBA Admission

• a bachelor degree, or equivalent
• a minimum of two years work experience and
• provide a referees report
• OR
• 5 years work experience

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Entry Exit points

• The MBA program has been designed to allow
  students to enter and exit the degree at various
  points. Students who already possess a Graduate
  Certificate or Graduate Diploma may enter the MBA
  program and receive substantial credits. Students
  may also exit the program at one of three exit
  points and receive a University award.

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• Graduate
• Certificate of
• Management

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Graduate Certificate of Management

• This degree is designed for people who may not
  necessarily have a tertiary qualification but
  have substantial work experience. This is an
  ideal course for motivated people seeking to
  enhance their career opportunities and to develop
  business skills and managerial abilities in line
  with the latest advancements in business
  practice.

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• DURATION
• six months full time, part time equivalent
• 4 units
• twice yearly intake
• ADMISSION
• a bachelor degree, or equivalent and two years
  work experience
• OR substantial work experience

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Graduate Certificate of Management

• four units chosen from the following list.
• Human Resource Management
• Accounting and Finance
• Organisations Behaviour, Structure, Processes
• Marketing
• Managerial Skills Workshop
• Change Agent Strategies
• Creativity and Innovation
• Knowledge and Information Management
• PLUS any one unit from the graduate program

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• Graduate Diploma of Management

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Graduate Diploma of Management

• The Graduate Diploma is tailored to students
  from a broad range of backgrounds who have
  recently made, or wish to make the move into
  leadership roles. It provides students with a
  range of generic business skills vital to succeed
  in management.

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CONTENT

• Accounting Finance
• Organisations Behaviour, Structure, Processes
• Marketing
• Managing in Complex Environments
• Competitive Analysis and
• Three other units from Graduate program

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• DURATION
• 2 semesters full time, part time equivalent
• 8 units
• twice yearly intake
• ADMISSION
• a bachelor degree, and two years work experience
  
• OR substantial work experience and
• provide a referees report

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Your Investment
1,000 per unit Limited HECS places
available
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Master of Business Management

•  BN921 Organisations Behaviour, Structure,
  Process
• BN927 Creativity and Innovation or
• BN930 Change Agent Strategies
• BN931 Research Methodology
• BN961 Managerial Skills Workshop
• BN963 Action Learning and Action Research
  Methodology
• BN965 Action Learning Dissertation
  (equivalent to 3 units)
•  Plus four electives, usually selected from the
  Graduate Program

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Graduate Certificate of Electronic Business

• BC930 Electronic Commerce Business
• BC932 Convergent Technologies of Electronic
  Commerce
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• At least one of the following
• BN923 Knowledge and Information Management
• BL903 Managing International and eBusiness Legal
  Issues
• CP910 Collaborative Computing for Business
• CP911 Database Management Systems
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• Plus 1 unit in the Graduate Program

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Master of Electronic Business

• BC930 Electronic Commerce and Business
• BC932 Convergent Technologies of Electronic
  Commerce
• BC936 Changing Business Paradigms
• BC938 Electronic Commerce Project
• BL903 Managing International and eBusiness
  Legal Issues
• CP910 Collaborative Computing for Business 
• Plus six electives from the Graduate Management
  Program.

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