MBA5405 Operational decision making
Faculty of Business and Economics
MBA5405 Operational decision making is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2027. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 150 hours
- per semester
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Requisites
Before MBA5405
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MBA5405
No unit lists MBA5405 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in B6016 or B9001 to undertake this unit.
Overview
Every strategy ultimately succeeds or fails through execution. In this unit, you will develop the judgement needed to design, manage and continually improve the operational systems that create value for customers and deliver organisational performance. You will explore how organisations balance efficiency, quality, resilience and innovation while responding to changing customer expectations, global supply chains, technological disruption and operational risk.
Working with authentic organisational challenges, you will apply operations and supply chain concepts to evaluate performance, improve organisational capability and respond to disruption. You will strengthen your ability to work effectively with operations specialists, critically evaluate operational data and AI-generated recommendations, and make informed decisions that balance operational, financial, strategic, customer and sustainability considerations.
Offerings in 2027
The 2027 handbook lists no offerings for MBA5405.
Assessment
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Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
evaluate operational performance using operational and supply chain information to support data-driven managerial decisions
- 2
evaluate operational analyses and recommendations generated by human and AI-enabled systems
- 3
justify business decisions by integrating operational evidence with diverse organisational perspectives.
Workload and teaching
- Seminars24 hours
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 150 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
Learning resources
Technology resources
Use of AI-enabled MBA platform
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MBA5405?
MBA5405 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MBA5405 offered?
MBA5405 has no offerings listed in the 2027 handbook.
How much work is MBA5405?
The handbook expects about 150 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does MBA5405 have an exam?
No. MBA5405 has 1 assessment task and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Organisational unit
- Monash Business School MBA
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 4
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2027