Graduate Diploma of Business (Management)

• General information
• Course structure
  • Core subjects
  • Elective subjects

General information

Course code: 1741 * Course abbreviation: GradCertBus(Mgt) * Course director: Mr Richard Winter * Offered by distance education from Gippsland * Normally completed in four semesters of part-time study
The Graduate Diploma of Business (Management) is designed primarily for graduates who wish to increase their knowledge of management theory and practice. The course makes extensive use of case studies, in-house situations and workplace projects with a particular focus on Australia's current economic and social climate.
Applicants require a pass degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution, or an executive certificate offered by this faculty completed with an average grade of credit or above. Candidates may be eligible for a maximum of four credit exemptions for subjects considered to be equivalent to particular subjects in the course of study. Refer to the course director for further details.
This is a fee-paying course. Candidates should consult the School of Business and Electronic Commerce as to the 2001 course fee. Course fees are set and reviewed annually and are therefore subject to change.
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Diploma of Business (Management) at the required standard may be eligible for admission to the Master of Management degree offered by the Department of Management, Caulfield campus, or the MBA program offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics. In some instances, students may be eligible for admission to a masters degree by research.

Course structure

Normally, subjects are completed at a rate of two subjects in each of four successive semesters and each subject involves an average of 12 hours of study per week. Flexibility is ensured by permitting completion of two elective subjects in areas of professional focus.
There are six core subjects and two electives normally completed over two years of study.

Core subjects

• MGG9370 Management theory and practice
• MGG9324 Human resource management
• MGG9352 Management processes and systems
• AFG9070 Financial management
• MKG9470 Marketing management

usually followed by:

• MGG9371 Strategic management (to be taken near the end of the course)

Elective subjects

In addition, students will choose a maximum of two elective subjects from graduate-level subjects, including those listed below:

• MGG9372 Management strategy project
• MGG9325 Human resource development
• ECG9101 Economic policy
• BTG9270 Business law
• GCO8019 Computers in business
• MGG9501 Introduction to tourism
• MGG9323 Industrial relations
• MGG9303 Organisational behaviour
• AFG9144 Financial institution management
• ECG9143 Economics of money and banking
• MGG9321 Management methods and decision-making
• MGG9320 Organisational change and development

These and any other complementary graduate level, distance education elective subjects may satisfy the objectives and standards of this award and are selected, subject to availability, with the advice of the course director.

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