Course directors: Mr Richard Morgan (Asian business strand, international finance strand) Mr David Watson (international marketing strand).
The course
This distinctive specialised two-year part-time or one year full time course has been especially designed to provide business personnel with an in-depth understanding of current practices and future developments in international business. The Graduate Diploma in International Business is offered in an international strand, in an international marketing strand and in an Asian business strand. The course aims to provide a post-degree level of study for candidates seeking to deepen their level of knowledge and to enhance their practical skills in the international business arena from the perspective of either the finance function or the marketing function.
Objectives
The course objectives are to provide a post-degree level of study for students seeking to deepen their level of knowledge and to utilise their practical skills in the international business arena from the perspective of either the Asian business function, the finance function or the marketing function. In pursuing this aim, the course has both common and stranded educational objectives. Common education objectives of the course are to provide all students with:
* a review of the socio-economic environment of selected countries;
* an appreciation of cross-cultural aspects and international negotiating skills;
* an appreciation of international management of human resources
* an understanding of the law of international trade and its financing;
* an understanding of the functions and characteristics of international financial markets and the international trade environment;
* an understanding of marketing policy and strategy on an international scale.
The objectives of the Asian business strand are to provide:
* an overview for the Asian region's socio-economic environment with a focus on selected regional countries;
* an awareness of the economic, social and legal factors affecting Asian regional trade and finance;
* an appreciation of effective human resource management in the Asia region;
* a knowledge of the functions and characteristics of Asian regional financial markets and selected banking systems.
The objectives of the international finance strand are to provide students with:
* an understanding of the international economy and the major factors affecting trade;
* an understanding of international capital markets and corporate funding decisions;
* an understanding of accounting and of taxation law in relation to international business operations and strategies.
The objectives of the international marketing strand are to provide students with:
* an appreciation of the marketing opportunities and logistics management issues for multinational organisations;
* an understanding of market research in relation to overseas markets;
* an understanding of the methods of formulating integrated international marketing policies and strategies;
* an ability to prepare a marketing plan of action for an organisation based upon the market analysis of a selected overseas country.
Venue
Evening classes are offered at the Caulfield campus.
Credit for work done elsewhere
Please refer to the course regulations for the Graduate Diploma in International Business for details relating to credit transfers.
Course structure
Asian business strand - part-time sequence
Year one - July intake
First semester
* MGM6070 Asian management
* FIN6210 International economics
Second semester
* FIN6030 Asian economies
* FIN6190 International trade law
Year two
First semester
* FIN6050 Asian business law
* MKT6500 International market dynamics
Second semester
* FIN6040 Asian banking and finance
* MKT6531 International marketing policy and strategy
Full time sequence - July intake
First semester
* MGM6070 Asian management
* FIN6210 International economics
* FIN6050 Asian business law
* MKT6500 International market dynamics
Second semester
* FIN6030 Asian economics
* FIN6190 International trade law
* 8 FIN6040 Asian banking and finance
* MKT6531 International marketing policy and strategy
International finance strand - part-time sequence
Year one - July intake
First semester
* MKT6500 International market dynamics
* FIN6210 International economics
Second semester
* MGM6500 International management process
* FIN6190 International trade law
Year two
First semester
* FIN6260 Australian capital markets
* FIN6160 International banking and finance
Second semester
* MKT6531 International marketing policy and strategy
* FIN6230 Principles of international taxation
Full time sequence - July intake
First semester
* MKT6500 International market dynamics
* FIN6210 International economics
* FIN6260 Australian capital markets
* FIN6160 International banking and finance
Second semester
* MGM6500 International management process
* FIN6190 International trade law
* MKT6531 International marketing policy and strategy
* FIN6230 Principles of international taxation
International marketing strand - part-time sequence
Year one
First semester
* MKT6500 International market dynamics
* FIN6210 International economics
Second semester
* MGM6500 International management process
* FIN6190 International trade law
Year two
First semester
* MKT6510 International marketing and logistics
* MKT6521 Marketing, planning and opportunity analysis
Second semester
* MKT6531 International marketing policy and strategy
* MKT6541 Field project