Bachelor of Business (Management) - BBus(Mgt)

• General
• Course objectives
• Credit for work done elsewhere
• Mode of offering
• Course structure
  • Year one
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year two
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year three
    • First semester
    • Second semester

General

Course code: 0316

Course coordinator: Ms Nell Kimberley

This course is intended for students seeking a business degree with a strong emphasis on management studies. The course willprovide preparation for the many career opportunities in the diverse fields of management in the business world.

The course offers a basic grounding in recognised business disciplines including management, with some exposure to accounting, finance, business law, marketing and economics as well as a range of specialised management skills including business planning and decision-making, human resource management, business communication, finance management and employee relations. Flexible study options in the functional areas of business will broaden students' knowledge and meet individual career needs in management, marketing or finance.

This course is offered on a full-time or part-time basis. It is appropriate for school leavers who have demonstrated exceptional academic ability or business persons wishing to complement their experience and gain a formal educational qualification.

Course objectives

On completion of this course students should:

• have a broad understanding and appreciation of management issues and how business operates in a global competitive and dynamic environment;
• have developed effective interpersonal and communication skills with continuous independent thinking;
• have developed practical, analytical and process skills within a comprehensive framework of general business areas and specialist management disciplines;
• have the ability to commence and/or develop careers in management fields within an international environment;
• have the skills, opportunity and encouragement to progress into post-graduate studies and/or research;
• be able to apply work team and technological skills to management decision making;
• be eligible for membership of the Australian Institute of Management and/or the Australian Human Resources Institute, providing appropriate subjects are undertaken.

Credit for work done elsewhere

In addition to part one, section four of the degree regulations, the following credit transfers have been standardised for the Bachelor of Business (Management):

• members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators will be granted credit for three subjects;
• holders of a recognised Certificate of Business Studies or TAFE Associate Diploma in Business Studies are eligible for credit for up to a maximum of four and eight subjects respectively in the course, to be determined by the course coordinator.

Mode of offering

Day and evening classes are offered at the Caulfield campus. Day only classes are offered at Peninsula campus.

Course structure

Year one

First semester

• AFX1110 Accounting and financial decision making
• ECX1710 Macroeconomics
• MGX1230 Business communication
• MGX1300 Introduction to management

Second semester

• ETX1640 Business mathematics and statistics
• MKX1120 Marketing theory and practice
• MGX1691 Management of organisational performance
• TBX1010 Commercial law

Year two

First semester

• ETX2111 Statistics for management*
• MKX2111 Buyer behaviour
• MGX2661 Human resource management*
• MGX2511 Quality management*

Second semester

• AFX1300 Money and capital markets
• AFX2051 Financial modelling
• MGX2621 Organisational change*
• MGX0011 Elective

Year three

First semester

• AFX2631 Financial management
• MGX2341 Employee relations*
• MGX2351 International business*
• MGX0021 Elective
• MKX3141 Issues in competitive advantage

Second semester

• MGX3401 Strategic management
• MGX3381 Managing information systems*
• MGX3681 International management*
• MGX0031 Elective

*Students must choose seven from those marked *.