Graduate School of Management
Master of Business Administration – Melbourne (Bundoora) (LMBAC) and Bendigo (LMBACB)
The MBA is designed to enhance the skills that participants bring to the course in order to increase their potential for creating value in the world of business and to meet the priorities of government organisations through effective public administration. It prepares graduates to tackle problems creatively in order to achieve optimum results for the organisation. Specifically, the aims and objectives of the course are:
- to provide participants with an education in the essential techniques of management
- to extend this fundamental knowledge into various areas of specialisation, and
- to achieve a balance between academic rigour and exposure to a wide variety of experience in commerce, industry and government.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline, have two years postgraduate work experience, be proficient in English and possess strong verbal and written communication skills. Applicants who have completed a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration elsewhere may receive full Advanced Standing and gain direct entry into the MBA program, subject to certain conditions. The program has intakes each year in January, April, July and September. Applicants may obtain further details and an application package by contacting the school.
Course structure
The MBA program can be taken over 15 months of full-time study or up to four years of part-time (the above applies to graduate Diploma in Business and the MBA). Students must complete 16 units, seven core and nine electives.
The School offers the following units:
Core units Unit codes
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Financial and Management Accounting | BUA4FMA |
| International Business Environment | BUA4IBE |
| Issues in Strategic Management (MBA only) | BUA4ISM |
| Management Fundamentals | BUA4MGT |
| Marketing | BUA4MKG |
| Organisational Behaviour | BUA4OB |
| Strategic Human Resource Management | BUA4SHR |
Elective units and available specialist streams
Entrepreneurship
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Business Improvement Methodology | BUA5BIM |
| Entrepreneurial Business Planning | BUA5EBP |
Finance
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Advanced Management Finance | BUA5AMF |
| Business Analysis and Modelling | BUA5BAM |
| Financial and Management Accounting (core unit) | BUA4FMA |
| Management Finance | BUA5MFN |
Human Resource Management
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Developing People and High Performance Organisations | BUA5DPP |
| Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility | BUA5GCS |
| International and Comparative Human Resource Management | BUA5IHR |
| International Employment Relations | BUA5IER |
| Strategic Human Resource Management (core unit) | BUA4SHR |
Intellectual Property Management
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Funding Technology Start-Ups | BUA5FTS |
| Strategic Management of Intellectual Property | BUA5SMP |
International Monetary Economics
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Applied Business Economics | BUA5ABE |
| International Finance | BUA5IFI |
| Money and Banking | BUA5MAB |
| Risk Management | BUA5RMA |
Management
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Corporate Strategy | BUA5CST |
| Organisational Behaviour (core unit) | BUA4OB |
| International Business Environment (core unit) | BUA4IBE |
| Issues in Strategic Management (MBA core unit) | BUA4ISM |
| The Leadership Challenge | BUA5LDC |
| Management Fundamentals | BUA4MGT |
Management Information Systems
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Advanced Management Information Systems | BUA5AMI |
| Management Information Systems | BUA5MIS |
Marketing
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Advanced and International Marketing | BUA5AMK |
| Marketing (core unit) | BUA4MKG |
| Services Marketing and Management | BUA5SMA |
Occupational Health and Safety
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Occupational Health and Safety Principles and Legislation | OCT5OHA |
| Ergonomics in Occupational Health and Safety | OCT5OHB |
| Screening and Monitoring Occupational Health and Safety | OCT5OHC |
| Occupational Health and Safety Program Management | OCT5OHD |
Not all electives will be offered each term. The School retains the right to withdraw a unit if there are insufficient enrolments.