B6026 Master of Business Management

This course is structured in three parts Part A: Business management foundation, Part B: Specialist studies, and Part C: Application studies. 

Part A. Business management foundation

These studies will introduce you to business management practice at an advanced graduate level. They are designed to extend your ability to manage the organisation while building on existing professional work experience.

Part B. Specialist studies

The focus of these studies is to develop your expertise in a discipline and provide the knowledge and skills needed for the capacity to work and communicate across the borders of context or discipline.

Part C. Application studies

The focus of these studies is professional and project work that can contribute to a portfolio of professional development.

Master's entry points

Depending on prior qualifications you may receive entry level credit (a form of block credit) which determines your point of entry to the course:

• If you are admitted at entry level 1 you complete 72 credit points, comprising Part A, Part B and Part C
• If you are admitted at entry level 2 (via Monash University Graduate Certificate of Business Management) you complete 48 credit points, comprising Part B and Part C.
• If you are admitted at entry level 2 (via Monash University Graduate Certificate of Human Resource Management) you complete 48 credit points, comprising Part A and Part C

Note: If you are eligible for credit for prior studies you may elect not to receive the credit and complete one of the higher credit-point options.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each teaching period.

The course comprises 72 credit points structured into three parts: Part A: Business management foundation (24 credit points), Part B: Specialist studies (24 credit points), Part C: Application studies (24 credit points). 

Part A. Business management foundation

You must complete the following four units (24 credit points):

• LEO5001 Leadership for organisational advancement
• LEO5002 Strategic management for agile organisations
• LEO5003 Innovation and new value creation
• LEO5004 Financial management and resource utilisation

Part B. Specialist studies

You must complete four units (24 credit points) from one or a combination of the following Specialist studies:

Marketing 

• MKO5916 Marketing principles in a digital world 
• MKO5601 Social media marketing
• MKO5926 Integrated marketing communications
• MKO5881 Digital marketing

 Digital Communications

• APG5191 Principles of global communications
• APG5192 Strategic communications in a digital era
• APG5193 Data analytics in communications
• MKO5916 Marketing principles in a digital world 

Project Management

• OPO5900 The organisational context of project development
• OPO5901 The dynamic context of project delivery
• OPO5902 The planning approach to project management
• OPO5903 The learning approach to project management

Advanced Project Management

• OPO5000 The rise of project-based organisations
• OPO5001 The project as a social system
• OPO5002 Project management for organisational innovation
• OPO5003 Managing project knowledge

Analytics

• ETO5510 Introduction to data analysis
• ITO4133 Introduction to Python
• MAT9004 Mathematical foundations for Data Science and AI
• ITO5197 Statistical data modelling
• or a unit from the approved list of additional units in the Graduate Certificate of Analytics

Applied Analytics

• ETO5513 Collaborative and reproducible practices
• ETO5922 Data visualisation and analytics
• ACO5160 Introduction to accounting analytics
• ACO5170 Predictive analytics in business
• or an approved specialisation unit within the Master of Analytics

Health Administration

• MPH5301 Health systems and policy
• MPH5302 Biostatistics: Concepts and applications
• MPH5308 Developing health systems
• MPH5317 Healthcare and economic management
• MPH5316 Healthcare improvement and learning systems
• MPH5318 Healthcare and financial management
• MPH5319 Managing digital health

Public Health

• MPH5301 Health systems and policy
• MPH5302 Biostatistics: Concepts and applications
• MPH5306 Foundations of health promotion
• MPH5309 Occupational health and safety
• MPH5313 Foundations of public health
• MPH5319 Managing digital health

   

Human Resource Management

• MGO5100 People and change
• MGO5110 Sustainability and performance in human resource management 
• MGO5120 Ethics and legal issues in human resource management 
• MGO5130 Diversity and inclusion  

Enterprising Leadership 

• ADO5111 Design thinking
• LEO 5101 The enterprising leader
• LEO5107 The learning leader
• LEO5108 Leadership for sustainable development

Sustainable Enterprise

• LEO5102 The sustainable enterprise
• LEO5105 Social enterprise
• LEO5106 Governance, continuity and crisis management
• MGO5130 Diversity and inclusion

Digital Enterprise

• LEO5103 The digital enterprise
• LEO5104 Enterprise analytics
• LEO5109 Innovation and change for digital transformation
• LAW5801 Dimensions of digital technology

Part C. Application studies

You must complete the following four units (24 points):

• MGO5992 Professional development
• LEO5130 Business transformation
• LEO5113 Industry project 1
• LEO5114 Industry project 2