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Master of Business Management

Course code: 3164 + Course abbreviation: MBusMgt + Total credit points required: 72 + 6 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

Off-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

This course is designed for graduates who wish to increase their knowledge and skills associated with understanding and applying management and business theory and practice in general, and specifically in relation to managing business organisations locally, regionally, internationally and globally. Students will develop an advanced and mature level of attributes in the area of written and oral communication, enquiry, information literacy, self-direction, teamwork, global outlook, moral and social responsibility and creativity.

Entry requirements

Applicants need to have completed:

a pass degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution, or
an executive certificate from this faculty with an average of credit or above.

Advanced standing

Candidates may be eligible for advanced standing for a maximum of six units considered to be equivalent to particular requirements in the course of study. Advanced standing is restricted to study completed in the last five years. The program coordinator assesses advanced standing.

Course structure

(a) Students must complete six core units (36 points):

MGG5810 Cultural values and management practices
MGG5820 Management development for global business
MGG9370 Management theory and practice
MGG9371 Strategic management
MGX5461 Contemporary issues in globalisation
MGX9850 Human resource management

(b) Students must complete six units (36 points) from the following list:

AFG9070 Financial management
BTG9241 Employment law
BTG9270 Business law
ECG9170 Issues in labour economics
GCO4801 Business information systems
GCO5806 Internet commerce
GCO5816 Information technology management
MGG9352 Management processes and systems
MGG9325 Human resource development
MGX5551 Strategic human resource management
MGX5560 Case studies in services management
MGX5770 Business and government
MGX9160 Marketing theory and practice
MGX9220 Industrial and workplace relations
MGX9600 Managing people and organisations
MGX9670 International public policy and management
MGX9720 Managing change
MKF5290 Competitive analysis: strategy and issues
Or graduate-level units taught by the Department of Management, other departments in the Faculty of Business and Economics, or other faculties of Monash University, with approval from the program coordinator

A minimum of four 5000-level units must be studied.

Contact details

Program manager

Dr Ali Haidar

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