Master of Business Administration - North sydney - New South Wales

As part of an articulated suite of postgraduate Business Administration courses, this program aims to build upon students' undergraduate study in the field through examination of the key dimensions of business operational tasks and processes in an environment of rapid change.

Prerequisites 1. Bachelor degree; or 2. Professional experience in management/leadership positions and member grade status of a relevant professional organisation.

Master of Business Administration

The course assists students to understand management processes in organisations in the private and public sectors. Students acquire a deeper knowledge of theoretical, conceptual and ethical issues applying to business processes. They are able to analyse, evaluate and justify business processes in a changing environment.

Specialist strands in the Master of Business Administration are available in accounting, e-commerce, information systems, international business, marketing, people management and sports management.

Students may also exit from the Master of Business Administration with the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.

Specialist Strands                Brisbane                 North Sydney               Melbourne
Accounting                         not available              available                      available
E-Commerce                       not available             available                 not available
Information Systems          not available             available                 not available
International Business       available                  not available            not available
Marketing                           available                    available                not available
People Management           available                   available                not available
Sports Management           notavailable            not available                  available

Career Opportunities

    * Accounting firms
    * Advertising
    * Computer hardware and software
    * Employment relations
    * Financial management
    * Human resource management
    * International trade and investment
    * Marketing management
    * Marketing research
    * Personal investment
    * Policy administration
    * Retailing and wholesaling

MBA

120 cp

Minimum duration: 1.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (North Sydney), NSW

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Requirements for Completion of the Degree

1.1 To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

   1. 80 cp from Core Units; and
   2. 40 cp from Electives60.

1.2 An applicant who has completed the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or Graduate Diploma in Business Administration or equivalent may be granted advanced standing.

2. Exit Points

A student who has completed the requirements prescribed for the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or Graduate Diploma in Business Administration may exit from the course with the relevant award.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Core Units
Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
ACCT600         10                Accounting for Decision-Making
BAFI600          10                Corporate Finance
BUSO600        10                Ethical Leadership (Inc: MGMT638 Leadership in Organisations)
BUSO603        10                Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility (Pre: MGMT641                                                                    Organisational Dynamics and Change Management or MGMT602                                                                    Organisational Behaviour. Inc: MGMT633 Ethics and Organisational                                                                Governance)
ECON600       10                 Managerial Economics
MGMT602       10                 Organisational Behaviour (Inc: MGMT641 Organisational Dynamics and                                                            Change Management)
MGMT605       10                 Strategic Management (Inc: MGMT640 Strategic Management and                                                                    Decision-Making)
MGMT633       10                 Ethics and Organisational Governance (Inc: BUSO603 Corporate                                                                    Governance and Social Responsibility)
MGMT638       10                 Leadership in Organisations (Inc: BUSO600 Ethical Leadership)
MGMT640       10                 Strategic Management and Decision-Making (Pre: MGMT641                                                                            Organisational Dynamics and Change Management or MGMT602                                                                    Organisational Behaviour. Inc: MGMT605 Strategic Management)
MGMT641       10                 Organisational Dynamics and Change Management (Inc: MGMT602                                                                Organisational Behaviour)
MKTG600       10                 Marketing Management

Electives

Accounting
Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
ACCT601             10             Australian Auditing and Assurance Services (Pre: ACCT600 Accounting                                                             for Decision-Making)
ACCT602             10             Accounting and Accountability (Pre: ACCT600 Accounting for                                                                             Decision-Making)
ACCT603             10             Accounting for Corporate Structures (Pre: ACCT600 Accounting for                                                                   Decision-Making)
ACCT604             10             Strategic Managerial Accounting (Pre: ACCT600 Accounting for                                                                         Decision-Making)
ACCT605             10             Strategic Resource Management (Pre: ACCT604 Strategic Managerial                                                             Accounting)
BAFI602              10             Financial Analysis and Business Valuation (Pre: BAFI600 Corporate                                                                 Finance)
LEGL601             10             Commercial and Corporations Law
LEGL602             10             Taxation Law (Pre: LEGL601 Commercial and Corporations Law)

E-commerce
                            
Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
INFO601     10     Applied Data Communications
INFO603     10     Database Systems
INFO605     10     Electronic Commerce
INFO617     10     Web Technologies
INFO618     10     Portable Applications and Network Programming

Information Systems
Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
INFO602     10     Current Issues in Information Systems
INFO604     10     Distributed Systems
INFO607     10     Information Management
INFO608     10     Information Systems and the Law
INFO609     10     Information Systems Security
INFO610     10     Management of Organisational Change
INFO612     10     Software Design
INFO613     10     Systems Development Methodologies
INFO616     10     Human Factors in Information Systems
MGMT635    10     Management of Resources: Information

International Business
Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
BAFI601             10     International Finance (Pre: BAFI600 Corporate Finance)
BUSO601           10     Entrepreneurship (Pre: 40 cp including MKTG600 Marketing Management.                                                        Inc: MGMT629 Small Business Management)
BUSO602           10     Comparative Business Cultures
BUSO604           10     Special Study (International Business)
LEGL600            10     Comparative Regulatory Frameworks
MGMT629           10     Small Business Management (Inc: BUSO601 Entrepreneurship)
MGMT630           10     International Political Economy
MKTG602           10     International Marketing (Pre: MKTG600 Marketing Management)
PERS600            10     International Human Resource Management

Marketing
Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
MKTG601     10     Corporate Marketing (Pre: MKTG600 Marketing Management)
MKTG602     10     International Marketing (Pre: MKTG600 Marketing Management)
MKTG603     10     Marketing Research (Pre: MKTG600 Marketing Management)
MKTG604     10     International Consumer Behaviour (Pre: MKTG600 Marketing Management)
MKTG605     10     Marketing Communication (Pre: MKTG600 Marketing Management)
MKTG606     10     Strategic Marketing (Pre: MKTG600 Marketing Management)
MKTG607     10     Internet Marketing (Pre: MKTG600 Marketing Management)
MKTG608     10     Services Marketing

People Management
Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
MGMT601     10     Strategic Human Resource Management
MGMT621     10     Management of Change
MGMT622     10     Quality Management
MGMT626     10     Contemporary Management Issues
MGMT627     10     Project Management
MGMT628     10     Public Sector Management
MGMT631     10     Employment Relations (Inc: PERS601 Workplace Relations)
MGMT632     10     Spirituality in the Workplace
MGMT634     10     Management of Resources: People
MGMT636     10     Problem-solving for Managers
MGMT637     10     Knowledge Management
PERS600     10     International Human Resource Management
PERS601     10     Workplace Relations (Inc: MGMT631 Employment Relations)
PERS602     10     Managing Diversity

Sports Management
Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
EXSC660     10     Policy Development in Sport
EXSC661     10     Sport Law and the Regulatory Environment
EXSC662     10     Sport in the Global Economy
EXSC663     10     Sports Marketing and Communication (Pre: MKTG600 Marketing Management)
EXSC664     10     Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management in Sport and Exercise (Pre:                                             MGMT640 Strategic Management and Decision-Making)
EXSC665     10     Facility and Event Management for Sport and Exercise
EXSC666     10     Athlete and Player Management
EXSC667     10     Sport, Culture and Politics
60 A student may undertake up to 20 cp in electives from other Master’s level degrees (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite and co-requisite requirements are met).