Managing Globally & Locally
An introduction to managing and the nature of managerial work.Discussion of roles and characteristics of managerial work; the environment, structure and culture of organisations. The course includes the development of major theories as well as current managerial practice: ways of understanding managing, approaches to learning about managing;the nature of managerial work; environment and structure of organisations;the manager’s roles and activities.
Marketing Management
This unit introduces participants to the principles of marketing. This includes a study of the marketing concepts, consumer behaviour, marketing research, market segmentation, marketing mix strategies and selected applications. The unit also considers management of the marketing process and explores global marketing concepts.
Business Economics
The aim of this unit is for students to develop a grasp of economic theory and its applications to business management. This unit enables students to master selected aspects of economic theory and their application to business management. The unit follows a ‘constructivist’ approach to student learning through a student-centred program of study. Students select a real world enterprise or organisation that they study in depth. Each student will construct a scenario for the business they have selected and develop a 4-year competitive strategy using the tools of economic analysis acquired in unit studies.
This unit is supported by online resources and electronic communication between lecturer and students.
Managing People for Performance
This unit analyses the development of personnel management into human resource management and evaluates alternative strategic human resource management paradigms together with the increasing integration of human resource management and industrial relations. It covers the functional processes of planning for recruiting, selecting, training, developing,rewarding and retaining people at work. It explores current themes such as labour market decentralisation, deregulation and flexibility, managing diversity, occupational health and safety, and international human resource management.
Information System Challenges in Management
This unit introduces basic principles to help managers make fundamental decisions involving the use of information systems, that is,when, where and how to apply them. Areas covered in this unit include the role of management in Information Systems (IS) technology, using IS/Information Technology (IT) for strategic advantage, taking an active role in IS development and managing IS resources. Using leading edge thinking and practice in information and knowledge management, we focus on managing individuals, teams, and organisations alongside information and technology for effective and efficient business and administration. The course assumes no prior study of the separate disciplines of information systems or information technology, although certain elements of each are incorporated, especially creatively using the Internet.
Accounting for Managerial Decision Making
This unit introduces the fundamental principles of financial and management accounting and covers the basic concepts of accounting and financial statement analysis, together with the uses of management accounting in planning, control and decision making. While the focus is primarily on Australian accounting practice, the accounting issues considered in the unit may be relevant to other contexts. It is nevertheless necessary to establish relevance prior to undertaking an intercompany compaison. Ethics also form an integral part of the unit. The unit highlights effective use of financial resources as a key element in successful management and explores some of the tools that are available through the financial system of a business organisation.
Business Strategy
Strategic management is concerned with analysis, choice and implementation of strategies. Analysis involves a careful collection, examination and diagnosis of relevant facts appropriate to the correct identifi cation of alternatives. Choice is explored as a complex process concerning key stakeholders both within and outside the organisation, involving reconciliation of conflicting objectives. Implementation is approached as the translation of strategic thinking into reality. This unit deals with these issues in some depth but is also concerned with decision making process by which strategy/policy is developed. This unit distinguishes itself by not only covering the traditional strategic management aspects but also highlights the limitations of conventional wisdom. Signifi cant attention is also paid to aspects of managing change and how to operate in a dynamic environment.
Leadership & Change Management
This course aims to provide students with an understanding of a range of change strategies and approaches and various techniques used for implementing these in different organisational contexts. The unit critically examines a range of planned approaches to change including “Organisational Restructuring and Downsizing”; “Organisational Development (OD)”; “Quality Management, (QM)”; “Business Process Re-engineering,(BPR)”; “Information and Communication Technology, (ICT) implementation”; “Workplace Reform”; and “Strategic Human Resource Management, (SHRM)” . It also provides an insight into the role of the Human Resources, (HR) function, senior management, consultants and other change agents, in planning, leading implementing and communicating organisational change.
International Business
The major objective of this unit is to help students think internationally. It provides an introduction to the major social, political and economic challenges facing international businesses in the 21st century. The unit looks at the internationalisation of markets; Australia’s position in the international marketplace; and develops a strategic approach for entering the international business arena.
International Marketing
This unit examines the nature and practice of international marketing and includes an introduction to economic, political and legal dimensions.
Cultural Framework of Business
This unit will examines culture and its impact on communication, apply intercultural communication skills to specific business tasks, and will look at the implications for firms and individuals doing business in multicultural and cross-cultural environments.
International Management
This unit is based upon recognition that the management practices within organisations are no longer shielded behind national barriers and operate in a global context. During this unit, students will be given the opportunity to develop multiple perceptions of the implications for managers in managing within a cross-cultural environment. The unit will explore the basic concepts and theories which are relevant, and their limitations, to provide a platform of understanding for experiential comparisons.