3844 - Master of Business

This course provides an innovative and industry focused alternative in postgraduate studies, with a strong emphasis upon personal development, corporate governance and social responsibility. It will suit a wide range of prospective students including candidates without prior studies in business seeking foundation business skills, as well as mid-career professionals seeking to update their knowledge in traditional business disciplines, or to extend their skills as well as specialisation in vital areas of business practice such as business sustainability, information technology and supply chain management. Students can expect to graduate from this program with a distinctive set of personal and technical skills which will enable them to assist businesses confront the increasing social and environmental constraints ahead. It can also provide at research pathway for students interested in higher degrees by research.

The learning goals associated with this course are to:

• provide students with the foundations of contemporary business and expose them to the latest research affecting organisations and society
• develop high level interpersonal and inter- and intra-personal skills
• develop the knowledge and skills to behave ethically and responsibly
• develop the knowledge and skills to contribute to debates on issues pertaining to business and society.

The course structure has three main components:

• a set of core units which provide a foundation in the key areas of personal development and corporate social responsibility
• a set of core business units
• six open electives which may used to complete a specified major, other business studies, or a research component.

The degree requires completion of 12 units (72 points) as follows:

(a.) Three units (18 points) in personal development and corporate social responsibility as follows:

(i.) one of the following units (6 points):

• GSB9001 Personal development - critical thinking and communication
• GSB9002 Personal development - managing self and relationships
• GSB9003 Personal development - professional advancement

(ii.) one of the following units (6 points):

• BTX5000 Corporate governance
• BTX5040 Legal aspects of corporate social responsibility
• MGX5030 Corporate social responsibility

(iii.) one further unit (6 points) from the units in steps (i.) or (ii.) above

(b.) three core business units (18 points) from the following list:

• AFF9020 Introduction to risk principles
• AFF9130 Financial planning
• AFF9250 Financial management theory
• BTX9020 Business law
• BTX9541 Corporations law and trusts
• BTX9651 Taxation law
• ECF9210 Introduction to international economics
• ECF9530 Economics
• ETX9000 Business and economic statistics
• ETF5480 Optimisation for managers
• ETF9121 Data analysis in business
• ETF9480 Business modelling
• GSB9004 Accounting for business
• MGX5020 Business ethics in a global environment
• MGX9600 Managing people and organisations
• MGX9720 Managing organisational change
• MGX9761 Strategic management
• MKX5123 Marketing innovation planning
• MKX5461 Contemporary issues in marketing
• MKX5741 Marketing data analysis
• MKX9160 Foundations of marketing

Not all units are available every year and a list of available units will be provided at the start of each year.

(c.) a further six graduate units (36 points) subject to the following conditions:

• a maximum of two units (12 points) may be taken from areas of study offered by another faculty
• elective units may be used to complete a specified major (36 points) from the list of majors below
• may include the research pathway listed below.

Additional degree requirements:

• students must study a minimum of four 5000-level units.

It is recommended that students consult with the course coordinator to ensure their elective units from sections (b) and (c) form a coherent study program.

Research pathway

Students must complete three units (24 points) as follows:

• MGX5000 Introductory management research methods
• MGX5901 Research report
• MGX5900 Research report (12 points)

Majors

Information technology

Six units (36 points) from the following list

• FIT5092 e-Business
• FIT5094 IT for management decision making
• FIT5101 Enterprise systems
• FIT5102 IT strategy and governance
• FIT5107 Managing business records
• FIT5157 Services science
• FIT9003 Database systems design
• FIT9006 Information technology management

Supply chain

Six units (36 points) from the following list:

• ETX9520 Quantitative methods for risk analysis
• FIT5097 Business intelligence modelling
• FIT5156 Logistics and supply chain management (not available until 2010)
• FIT5157 Services science
• FIT5160 Business process modelling, design and simulation
• MBA9010 Supply chain and operations management
• MKX5611 Advanced supply chain management
• MKX9610 Supply chain logistics
• MKX9620 Fulfilment and order management
• MKX9640 Managing supply chain inventory

Sustainability

Six units (36 points) from the following list:

• BTX5040 Legal aspects of corporate social responsibility
• BTX5100 Corporate environmental responsibility
• ENV5020 Perspectives on environmental sustainability
• ENV5040 Frontiers in sustainability and environment
• ENV537E Corporate sustainability management
• ENV541E Sustainability measurement
• MGX5020 Business ethics in a global environment
• MGX9720 Managing change
• MKF5280 Marketing environmental sustainability

The Master of Business may provide an articulation pathway into a higher degree by research program.

Students wishing to exit the Master of Business 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 after successful completion of 48 points of study.

Master of Business