2019 Postgraduate Courses
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Master of Business Administration Advanced | 2019

Testamur Title of Degree:

Master of Business Administration Advanced

Abbreviation:

MBAAdv

UOW Course Code:

1547

CRICOS Code:

048696M

Total Credit Points:

96

Duration:

2 years full-time or part-time equivalent

Home Faculty:

Faculty of Business

Intake Session(s):

Trimester 1, 2, 3

Delivery Mode:

On-campus (Face-to-face)

Delivery Campus:

Sydney, Wollongong

Overview

In the Master of Business Administration (MBA), students are able to integrate advanced knowledge of recent developments in business disciplines and professional practice, analyse real-world business situations, and create innovative, sustainable and judicious solutions to such challenges. Additionally, students are able to execute ideas and plans through their development of a range of organisational and communication skills.

Guided by the Faculty’s commitment to responsible and sustainable leadership, the MBA is structured around a set of ten core subjects, organised in three phases, and commences with Diagnostics, where students learn to diagnose issues in real organisations with a focus on accounting, marketing, and employee engagement and talent management; followed by Exploration, where students explore the latest thinking and practices in organisations and research worldwide while developing skills in business transformation, innovation and entrepreneurship, and financial strategy and governance; and culminates in Integration and Application, where students develop their strategic decision-making skills, undertake a real-world business project, hone their personal effectiveness as responsible leaders, and address challenges and opportunities from participant organisations through engagement in masterclasses and a conference. 

Students’ learning activities include relevant and current case studies that compare theory with examples of leading edge organisational practices, guest lectures delivered by industry professionals, peer learning and critical reflection, followed by assessments that focus on using and applying knowledge and skills in real-life settings. The collective learning experience and authentic assessments enable students to attain knowledge and skills to standards that are commensurate with those of international business education requirements, and a Level 9 AQF qualification.

The MBA (Advanced) course offers students the opportunity to specialise in their area of interest by completing additional prescribed and/or elective subjects. The course has a strategic focus designed for students who require the knowledge, competencies and managerial skills necessary to operate in a challenging and changing global environment.

Entry Requirements & Credit Arrangements

Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available from the Course Finder.

Course Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes are statements of learning achievement that are expressed in terms of what the learner is expected to know, understand and be able to do upon completion of a course. Students graduating from this course will be able to demonstrate:

CLO Description
1 Critically analyse and integrate advanced knowledge of recent developments in business disciplines and professional practice.
2 Propose innovative, sustainable and responsible solutions to complex real-world business challenges.
3 Collaborate responsibly to achieve individual and collective outcomes.
4 Effectively communicate complex concepts and information, through a range of media.
5 Critically reflect on personal ideas, practices and feedback from stakeholders.
6 Plan and execute a Strategic Business Project, drawing on relevant research principles and methods.
7 Demonstrate an appropriate depth of integrated knowledge of the specialisation area.

The Master of Business Administration Advanced Curriculum map illustrates where course learning outcomes are taught, practiced and assessed within subjects in the program.

Course Structure

In addition to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) course requirements, candidates will complete 4 elective subjects (24 credit points) from either of the specialisation disciplines listed below.

* Where specialisation includes a subject that is a pre-requisite, it must be completed prior to undertaking the other specialisation subjects.

Specialisations

Accounting 

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points
ACCY901 Accounting Foundations for Professionals 6
ACCY918 * Applied Management Accounting 6
ACCY962 * Professional Practice - Auditing & Risk Assurance 6
ACCY963 * Professional Practice - Taxation 6
ACCY901 is a pre-requisite for ACCY918, ACCY962 and ACCY963 , and must be completed prior to undertaking these subjects

Finance 

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points
FIN 961 Derivatives 6
FIN 925 Banking Theory and Practice 6
FIN 928 Multinational Financial Management 6
FIN 959 Enterprise Risk Management 6

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points
FIN 941 Financial Skills for Entrepreneurs 6
MGNT942 Insights into Innovation and Entrepreneurship 6
MGNT943 * Business Innovation Plan 6
MGNT944 Contemporary Leadership Skills for Entrepreneurs 6
*FIN 941 and MGNT942 should be completed prior to undertaking MGNT943.

Human Resource Management 

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points
MGNT908 Human Resources Development 6
MGNT930 Strategic Human Resource Management 6
MGNT969 Job Analysis, Recruitment and Selection 6
Plus ONE elective subject from the list below *:
MGNT910 Strategic Management 6
MGNT911 Organisational Behaviour 6
MGNT915 Management of Change 6
MGNT920 Organisational Analysis 6
MGNT923 Contemporary Issues in International Business 6
MGNT949 Performance Management 6
MGNT963 Management of Workplace Health and Safety 6
MGNT978 Cross Cultural Management 6
OPS 935 Project Management 6
*   Note that a limited number of elective subjects will be offered each trimester.

Marketing

Subject Code subject Name Credit Points
MARK935 * Marketing Strategy 6
MARK936 Consumer Behaviour 6
MARK940 Marketing Communications 6
MARK977 Research For Marketing Decisions 6
Students are to complete at least 12 credit points of marketing subjects before enrolling in MARK935.

Project Management 

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points
OPS 935 Project Management 6
OPS 936 * Advanced Project Management 6
OPS 938 ** Negotiation Theory and Practice for Project Management 6
OPS 939 * Project Management in Practice 6
OPS 935 is a pre-requisite for OPS 939 & OPS 936 and must be completed prior to undertaking these subjects.
** OPS 935 is a co-requisite for OPS 938 .

Supply Chain Management  

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points
OPS 908 Supply Chain Management 6
OPS 911 ** Strategic Procurement Management 6
OPS 913 * Advanced Supply Chain Management 6
OPS 928 ** Logistics Systems 6
*   OPS 908 is a pre-requisite for OPS 913 and must be completed prior to undertaking the subject.
**  OPS 908 is a co-requisite for OPS 911  & OPS 928 .

Please click the subject codes in the above table for information on sessions of offer for each subject at different locations. For information regarding timetables, tutorials, and classes please the visit the Timetables and Classes page.

Other Information

Further information is available at:
Website: http://business.uow.edu.au
Email: business-enquiries@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 4 July, 2019