Postgraduate handbook 2004
Information Technology

Master of Business Administration/Master of Business Systems

Course code: 3190 + Course directors: Associate Professor Peter Reed (MBA) and Dr Peter Lawrence (MBusSys) + Caulfield and Clayton + Normally completed in five semesters of full-time study or 10 semesters of part-time study

This double-degree course aims to provide a broad-based foundation in business and management while providing existing and aspiring managers with the opportunity of developing specialist knowledge and expertise in business systems, with an emphasis on the management of business systems activities.

Entry requirements

Applicants require a degree with a minimum of a credit average (60 per cent) from a recognised tertiary institution, and a minimum of two years relevant full-time post-degree work experience (four years preferred).
This is a fee-paying course. Candidates should consult the MBA Programs office as to the 2004 course fee. Course fees are set and reviewed annually and are therefore subject to change.

Course structure

The course comprises 20 units as follows:
(a) Core units:

• MBA9001 Managerial and leadership skills
• MBA9002 The legal environment of business
• MBA9003 Economics for managers
• MBA9004 Accounting for business
• MBA9005 Corporate finance
• MBA9006 Marketing
• MBA9007 Business analysis and planning
• MBA9008 Managing people at work
• MBA9009 Information systems
• MBA5005 Strategic management
• BUS9520 Business systems A
• BUS9530 Business systems B

(b) Electives:

• Six business systems postgraduate (level 4 or above) elective units selected from the Master of Business Systems (Coursework) program.
• Two postgraduate (level 4 or above) electives from the Faculty of Information Technology

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