Course code: 0506
Course director: Associate Professor Alan Simon
The Master of Business degree is available to students on the Caulfield, Peninsula and Gippsland campuses. The principal component of this degree is a major thesis embodying the results of a research project. The course can be taken as a two year full-time course, or over four years if part-time.
Areas for masters research within the four Caulfield-based departments include:
Studies in all areas of financial and management accounting, auditing, corporate finance, investments and accounting information systems.
Students will be provided with the opportunity to undertake research into specialised banking and finance topics including international banking and finance, treasury management and technology, prudential and legal banking regulations, corporate finance and strategic planning for financial institutions.
Suitable research applicants with interests in issues such as quality management, manufacturing strategies, operations management, systems thinking and learning organisations, organisational behaviour, leadership, international management, managerial career paths, training and development, industrial relations, and human resource development, will be encouraged.
Studies will provide students with the opportunity to undertake research into specialised marketing topics including strategic marketing planning, marketing communication and advertising, marketing research, logistics management, agribusiness, services marketing (including customer services), industrial marketing, retail management and international marketing.
Inquiries should be directed in the first instance to the course director.
The overarching rationale for the courses is the conduct of research at the highest level of competence and expertise. Candidates are expected to develop research topics which are of significant interest to the business community, which will make a significant contribution to understanding business problems, and to produce an academically rigorous and practically relevant business-related thesis.
Applicants for the Master of Business should have completed an honours degree or an undergraduate business degree plus a fourth year such as a graduate diploma. Other qualifications deemed equivalent may be considered by the faculty.
The Master of Business by research is a HECS-based course.
This degree is normally completed in four semesters of full-time study or eight semesters of part-time study.
A major thesis of between 30,000 and 60,000 words in length is required. The thesis is examined by external examiners expert in the field.
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