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Executive Management 7 (BUSA90511)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
September
EMBA office at Melbourne Business School
Overview
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This subject contains four components, as described below.
Mergers & Acquisitions:
M&As are important corporate events that allow companies to achieve a wide variety of strategic goals including; new market access, logistical arrangements, operational efficiencies and portfolio diversity.
This component takes a broad-based, strategic approach to M&A activity and includes the following topics:
- An overview of the M&A landscape and history
- Criteria for successful M&As
- Strategic considerations in M&A activity
- Due diligence for M&A
- Valuation in M&A – theory and application
- Regulation of M&A and deal-structuring in Australia
- Planning and implementing post-merger integration
Leading in Transformational Times:
This component is structured around the critical question: When a company is going through a transformational situation, what is Top Management‘s (TM) role in the transformation and how important are they? In addition, the subject considers both theoretical and methodological issues in addressing three major issues related to leadership of transformational situations:
- In recent years, transformation has moved to the core of the TM agenda, but what does TM really do in transformational times?
- What are the conditions of effectiveness and the practices of leadership at TM level? To investigate this question the course revisits the classical notions of legitimacy, authority and power and their new forms of enactment in contexts of transformation.
- How to organise governance systems and processes in situations of transformation?
Corporate Governance:
Corporate Governance addresses the system by which companies are directed and controlled. Structures relating to rights and responsibilities, and rules and procedures for decision-making, are covered. Governance involves the alignment of interests amongst stakeholders. This component includes the following topics:
- The governance model
- Duties and obligations – the law and practice
- Corporate sustainability
- Governance in the Asian context
- Boards and executive teams
Seminar VII:
This Executive MBA Seminar Series complements the mainstream components of the module, and is dedicated to contemporary issues and global best practice development in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Leadership and Corporate Governance fields.
Intended learning outcomes
Mergers & Acquisitions:
On completion of this component students will:
- Understand of the context in which mergers and acquisitions take place
- Recognise the importance of strategy in decisions to acquire
- Understand the importance of due diligence
- Be able to apply valuation models in M&A transactions
- Be able to illustrate the application of the price multiples and discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation methodologies in M&A
- Understand the areas of law relevant to the regulation of M&A
- Be able to analyse the different types of takeover bids that may be made and their implications
- Recognise the key issues in planning post-merger integration.
- Promote understanding of the critical importance of reaping expected synergies.
Corporate Governance:
On completion of this component students will be able:
- To review the literature on corporate governance theories, consider their application to corporate structures and define the key players
- To understand the legal obligations of directors and officers under the Australian Corporations Act and to consider the interplay of these with ASX governance principles
- To apply the principles of Corporate Governance
- To consider the topics of corporate social responsibility and sustainability and to assess their relevance to, and impact on, the law and practice around officers’ and directors’ duties in Australia
- To consider whether the governance principles and approaches discussed are transportable to different regulatory regimes and cross culturally
- To understand board structure and process
- To consider issues relating to the board and executive teams as elite decision making groups
Leading in Transformational Times:
The principal objective of this component is to provide students with concepts and tools that help them understand and apply theories of leadership in transformation situations. As part of this process they will develop competencies in the analysis, planning and execution of leadership practice in transformational contexts. On completion of this component students will:
- Possess a body of knowledge related to the impact of top management on organisational transformation;
- Possess the necessary competencies to assess the nature of transformational change and its implications for organizations;
- Be able to analyse, plan and execute leadership practice in transformation contexts.
Seminar VII:
On completion of this component students will be able to:
- Understand and discuss contemporary and advanced issues in the field
- Recognise and apply global best practice models
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90508 | Executive Management 4 | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
The components Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance and Leading in Transformational Times are equally weighted as 30% each. Seminar VII is weighted as 10%. In order to pass the subject, students are required to pass each component.
Mergers & Acquisitions:
- Syndicate Assignment (equivalent to individual 1200 word assessment), due mid-way through the module (20%)
- Final examination (hurdle requirement; 90 minutes; 1500 words) taken at end of module (80%)
Corporate Governance:
- Contribution to class learning (attendance at lectures, peer and instructor evaluation of contribution to class learning), throughout the module (20%)
- Final examination (hurdle requirement; 2.5 hours; 2500 words), taken at end of module (80%)
Leading in Transformational Times:
- Contribution to class learning (attendance at lectures, peer and instructor evaluation of contribution to class learning), throughout the module (10%)
- Syndicate Assignment (equivalent to individual 1200 word assessment), due mid-way through the module (40%)
- Individual Assignment (hurdle requirement; 1500 words), due at end of module (50%)
Seminar VII:
- Class Participation (attendance at lectures, peer and instructor evaluation of contribution to class learning), throughout the module (10%)
- Individual Assessment (hurdle requirement; Module Reflection & Application; 1500 words), due 2 weeks after the completion of the residential module (90%)
*The Individual Assessment underpins the critical application of ideas in the module to workplace practice. It is a reflective, integrative element that crystallises the executive-level learning experience.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- September
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 60 hours Total time commitment 280 hours Pre teaching start date 13 September 2018 Teaching period 15 September 2018 to 23 September 2018 Last self-enrol date 13 September 2018 Census date 17 September 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2018 Assessment period ends 23 September 2018 September contact information
EMBA office at Melbourne Business School
Time commitment details
280 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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This subject is only available to students enrolled in the MC-BAEV program
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Type Name Course Master of Business Administration
Last updated: 3 November 2022