0028 - Master of Business Administration

This course is designed to develop knowledge and skills across a range of business disciplines to provide aspiring managers with the abilities to effectively manage or participate in the management of an organisation. In addition to providing a broad business and management foundation, the Master of Business Administration (MBA) also provides the ability to build up a specialist base within its elective offerings. Students undertake a masters degree with appropriate core skills and then have a wide choice of units to suit their own personal needs.

The learning goals associated with this course are to:

• provide managers and aspiring managers with an educational experience that will enable them to become outstanding leaders within organisations
• develop knowledge and skills across a broad range of business disciplines to enable students to effectively manage and lead an organisation
• further enhance communication, inter-personal, problem solving and critical thinking capabilities.

The course structure has two main components:

• a set of core units in the key areas of business and commerce
• six open electives.

(a.) Students must complete 10 core units (60 points):

• MBA5005 Strategic management
• MBA9002 The legal environment of business
• MBA9003 Economics for managers
• MBA9004 Accounting for business
• MBA9005 Corporate finance
• MBA9006 Marketing
• MBA9007 Business analysis
• MBA9008 Managing and leading people at work
• MBA9010 Supply chain and operations management
• MBA9050 International business

(b.) students must complete a further six graduate units (36 points) subject to the following conditions:

• the elective units may be selected from any departments of the faculty or from other faculties of the University.

The elective units may be from within a field of particular interest to the student to create a professional track in areas as diverse as:

• arts management
• business law
• corporate finance
• design management
• eco-business
• entrepreneurship
• events/sports management
• fund management and treasury
• general management and industrial relations
• global business
• health care management
• health informatics
• human resource management
• information technology
• infrastructure engineering
• international business
• investment advisory
• investment banking
• law practice management
• marketing
• medical practice management
• operations management
• pharmacy management
• public sector management
• risk management
• rural health
• taxation
• technology management
• transport and traffic.

Details of educational requirements for professional recognition can be found at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/postgrad/bus-06.html.

Students wishing to exit the Master of Business Administration early may apply to graduate with one of the following, provided they have satisfied the requirements for that award:

• Graduate Certificate in Business after successful completion of 24 points of study
• Graduate Diploma in Business Administration after successful completion of 48 points of study

Master of Business Administration