Course director: Associate Professor Amrik Sohal
The course
The Master of Business (Operations Management) by coursework is designed to enhance and develop the skills and industry knowledge of professional staff in the manufacturing and infrastructure support industries such as trade unions, banking and finance, technology development and supply.
This course has been designed to provide business executives with key operations management knowledge and skills. It emphasises internationally competitive practices.
This combined coursework/research program of sixteen units (two years equivalent full-time) takes as its first year the course of the Graduate Diploma in Operations Management; this together with an additional eight units forms a two-year (full-time equivalent) program leading to the Master of Business (Operations Management), of which research will be a minimum of four units.
It is expected that most graduates of the course may already be working in the operations area. Many participants will already have working experience at the middle management level or expect to be promoted to a senior management position in the near future. Many will be in functional specialisations.
It is expected that graduates of this program will aspire to be promoted rapidly to senior-level operations management positions. The exposure of Australian manufacturers to increased domestic and international competition has increased the demand for highly educated individuals at senior management level.
Objectives
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
* demonstrate and apply the knowledge and skills which make excellent operations managers;
* plan the use of advanced technologies to gain and maintain a strategic and competitive advantage;
* use operations management concepts and skills to enable their companies to become internationally competitive;
* manage cross functional teams and projects and manage ongoing change.
Venue
Evening classes are offered at the Caulfield campus.
Credit for work done elsewhere
Please refer to the course regulations for Master of Business (Operations Management) for details relating to credit transfers.
Course structure
Year one, compulsory subjects
* MGM6510 Manufacturing business strategies
* MGM6520 Manufacturing management technologies
* ACC6540 Finance for advanced manufacturing
* MGM6550 People development and management
* MGM6571 Research project (two units - 10,000 words)
or
* MGM6581 Overseas study tour (two units - 10,000 words)
plus two subjects chosen from the following:
* MGM6530 Innovation in manufacturing management
* MGM6560 Manufacturing systems integration
* MGM6720 Managing organisation growth and change
* MKT6780 Marketing strategy
* One elective chosen from the Graduate Diploma in Business Management
Year two
* MKT5280 Issues in competitive advantage I
* SYM5281 Issues in competitive advantage II
* MGM7430 Business research methods Note: candidates holding the BBus(Hons) will not be required to do MGM7430 (Business research methods).
* Research thesis - on an approved topic in operations management (two units, 12,000 words minimum; three units if student holds honours-level undergraduate degree, minimum 15,000 words)
* MGM7450 Information management and quantitative decision-making
* MGM7461 Manufacturing management seminars
* MGM7471 International manufacturing