MANAGEMENT
The Management Program in the School of Business offers a Graduate Certificate of Management, a Graduate Diploma of Management, a Master of Business Administration, a Master of Business Administration (Honours), the joint degrees Master of Public Health – Master of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration – Master of Information Technology and PhD study.
The Management Program seeks to:
- provide good quality courses, in the area of management, which are seen as relevant to the changing needs of Australia and our Asian and Pacific neighbours;
- underpin courses with a sound research base;
- be globally aware and sensitive to the changing demands of management;
- strengthen existing links and build new links with business, commerce, government, the local community and international academic communities;
- maintain professional and ethical standards in dealings with clients and stakeholders;
- support sound business ethics, the preservation of the natural environment and the promotion of sustainable growth.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF MANAGEMENT
This is a four subject course designed to give students some core information on basic management topics. The certificate acts as an independent award but the subjects studied form a subset of the Graduate Diploma of Management and the MBA. The course is offered at the Townsville, Cairns campuses and at the Holmes College in Sydney and Melbourne.
Four subjects in total:
| CORE (two subjects) | |
| BU5001:03 | Managing Organisations |
| BU5004:03 | Marketing Management |
| Any two from the following: | |
| BU5002:03 | Accounting for Management Decisions |
| BU5003:03 | Data Analysis and Information Management |
| BU5005:03 | Financial Management |
| BU5006:03 | Business, Government and the Global Economy |
GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF MANAGEMENT
This is an eight subject course designed to give students a sound coverage of central topics in the field of management. The diploma acts as an independent award but the subjects studied form a major part of the Master of Business Administration degree. The course is offered at the Townsville, Cairns campuses and at the Holmes College in Sydney and Melbourne.
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
This is a 12 subject (36 units) course designed to give students a comprehensive coverage of topics in the field of management. The MBA facilitates specialised study in elective areas of interest as well as the full understanding of core management topics. The course draws its participants from both an international and a local base to ensure learning through shared group experience. The course is offered at the Townsville, Cairns campuses and at the Holmes College in Sydney and Melbourne.
| CORE | |
| BU5001:03 | Managing Organisations |
| BU5002:03 | Accounting for Management Decisions |
| BU5003:03 | Data Analysis and Information Management |
| BU5004:03 | Marketing Management |
| BU5005:03 | Financial Management |
| BU5006:03 | Business, Government and the Global Economy |
| BU5007:03 | Operations and Quality Management |
| BU5008:03 | Strategic Management |
| Note: These core subjects comprise the prescribed course of study for the Graduate Diploma of Management | |
| ELECTIVES *(four to be completed – not all electives will be offered in any one year) | |
| Business, Society and Environment and Sustainability | |
| BU5101:03 | Managing Legal Issues in Business |
| BU5102:03 | Business and Society |
| BU5110:03 | Business, Environment and Sustainability |
| BU5113:03 | Managing Sustainable International and Regional Industry Development |
| Human Resource Management | |
| BU5108:03 | Human Resource Management |
| BU5109:03 | Managing Employee Relations |
| Marketing | |
| BU5105:03 | International Marketing |
| BU5116:03 | Services Marketing |
| Entrepreneurship | |
| BU5106:03 | Entrepreneurship |
| BU5117:03 | Moot Corp® |
| International Business | |
| BU5009:03 | International Cross-Cultural Management (Cairns only) |
| BU5010:03 | International Business Strategy (Cairns only) |
| BU5104:03 | International Business |
| BU5107:03 | Trade and Industry Development in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| E-Commerce | |
| BU5103:03 | Management of Innovation and Technology (Cairns only) |
| BU5118:03 | eCommerce |
| BU5121:03 | e-Business and e-Commerce for Managers |
| Operations Management | |
| BU5114:03 | Projects and Special Events Management |
| BU5120:03 | Demand Chain Management (an e-Commerce Perspective) |
| Other | |
| BU5111:03 | Special Topics in Management 1 |
| BU5112:03 | Special Topics in Management 2 |
| BU5115:03 | Advanced Reading Course in Business Management |
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (HONOURS)
This is a one semester intensive offering where the students develop and complete a research-based thesis on a topic selected in conjunction with a supervisor. A high standard of presentation and analysis is expected for the award. Successful completion of this award will provide a pathway toward PhD study.
The subjects for the MBA with Honours are:
| BU5201:03 | Research Methods |
| BU5202:09 | MBA Honours Thesis |
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – MASTER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The objectives of the course are to provide theory and practical skills in accounting, finance, management, marketing and operations management; and e-business technologies, multimedia, programming, networking and software.
Students should complete subjects as follows:
| Business administration subjects to 24 or 27 units as follows: | |
| All seven of: | |
| BU5001:03 | Managing Organisations |
| BU5002:03 | Accounting for Management Decisions |
| BU5004:03 | Marketing |
| BU5005:03 | Financial Management |
| BU5006:03 | Business, Government and the Global Economy |
| BU5007:03 | Operations and Quality Management |
| BU5008:03 | Strategic Management |
| Plus one or two from: | |
| BU5104:03 | International Business |
| BU5105:03 | International Marketing |
| BU5106:03 | Entrepreneurship |
| BU5108:03 | Human Resource Management |
| BU5109:03 | Managing Employee Relationships |
| Or other elective BU subjects approved by the Head of the School of Business | |
| Computing programing subjects to 21 or 24 units as follows: | |
| CP5230:03 | Internetworking 1 |
| CP5250:03 | Network Administration 1 |
| CP5280:03 | Interactive Multimedia Principles |
| CP5310:03 | E-business Technologies |
| Plus either | |
| CP5045:06 | Computer Science Project |
| or both of | |
| CP5046:03 | Computer Science Project |
| CP5047:03 | Computer Science Project |
| Plus one or two from: | |
| CP2060:03 | Computer Graphics |
| CP5210:03 | Digital Video for Multimedia |
| CP5220:03 | On-line Multimedia Design |
| CP5240:03 | Internetworking 2 |
| CP5260:03 | Network Administration 2 |
| CP5270:03 | Multimedia and Telecommunications Topics |
| CP5290:03 | Unix – Linux Systems |
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (INTERNATIONAL) (CAIRNS ONLY)
| CORE | |
| BU5002:03 | Accounting for Management Decisions |
| BU5003:03 | Data Analysis and Information Management |
| BU5004:03 | Marketing Management |
| BU5005:03 | Financial Management |
| BU5006:03 | Business, Government and the Global Economy |
| BU5007:03 | Operations and Quality Management |
| BU5009:03 | International Cross Cultural Management |
| BU5010:03 | International Business Strategy |
| ELECTIVES | |
| Four electives to be completed from the following: | |
| BU5101:03 | Managing Legal Issues in Business |
| BU5102:03 | Business and Society |
| BU5103:03 | Management of Innovation and Technology |
| BU5104:03 | International Business |
| BU5105:03 | International Marketing |
| BU5106:03 | Entrepreneurship |
| BU5107:03 | Trade and Industry Development in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| BU5108:03 | Human Resource Management |
| BU5109:03 | Managing Employee Relations |
| BU5110:03 | Business, Environment and Sustainability |
| BU5111:03 | Special Topics in Management 1 |
| BU5112:03 | Special Topics in Management 2 |
| BU5113:03 | Managing Sustainable International and Regional Industry Development |
| BU5114:03 | Project and Special Events Management |
| BU5115:03 | Advanced Reading Course in Business Management |
| BU5116:03 | Services Marketing |
| BU5118:03 | eCommerce |
| BU5119:03 | Demand Chain Management |
| 1. Subject offerings conditional on sufficient enrolments. 2. Not all electives are offered in any one year. | |
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH–MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
(See Faculty of Science and Engineering and Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences Student Handbook.)
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
The Management Program provides appropriate supervision for a Doctor of Philosophy degree. The diversity of possible topics is considerable and the student may work within one or across other program areas (Tourism, Economics, Accounting and Finance, Management) when studying for the PhD degree.