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Course
code: 0506
Course director: Professor Peter FitzRoy
The Master of Business degree is available to students on the Caulfield,
Peninsula and Gippsland campuses. The principal component of this degree is a
major thesis embodying the results of a research project. The course can be
taken as a two year full-time course, or over four years if part-time.
Areas for masters research within the four Caulfield-based departments include:
Studies in all areas of financial and management accounting, auditing, corporate finance, investments and accounting information systems,international banking and finance, treasury management and technology, prudential and legal banking regulations, corporate finance and strategic planning for financial institutions.
Studies in areas of banking law, company law, computer law and the law of privacy, contract law, intellectual property law, marketing law, money laundering legislation, securities law, taxation law and trade practices law.
Suitable research applicants with interests in issues such as human resource management, industrial relations, information management, international management, leadership, manufacturing strategies, operations management, organisational behaviour, organisational change, quality management, strategic management, systems thinking and learning organisations, will be encouraged.
Students have the opportunity to undertake research into specialised marketing topics including strategic marketing planning, marketing communication and advertising, marketing research, logistics management, agribusiness, services marketing (including customer services), industrial marketing, retail management and international marketing.
The overarching rationale for the courses is the conduct of research at the highest level of competence and expertise. Candidates are expected to develop research topics which are of significant interest to the business community, which will make a significant contribution to understanding business problems, and to produce an academically rigorous and practically relevant business-related thesis.
Applicants need to have completed an honours degree or an undergraduate business degree plus a fourth year such as a graduate diploma. Other qualifications deemed equivalent may be considered by the faculty.
The Master of Business by research is a HECS-based course. Exemptions may be available.
This degree is normally completed in four semesters of full-time study or eight semesters of part-time study.
The central element of this degree is the writing of a major thesis. Most candidates will also be required to complete a course in research methods and to present a research seminar during the course of candidature.
A major thesis of between 30,000 and 60,000 words in length is required. The thesis is examined by external examiners expert in the field.
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