Management

Bachelor of CommerceMajorYear: 2020

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Overview

Effective managers lead businesses and organisations in achieving their goals. Studying management equips you with the leadership, analysis, planning and decision-making skills you need to succeed from day one.

By undertaking a major in Management, you will learn about your own personal effectiveness, how to work in teams, and how to solve real organisational problems. You will understand the principles of making good business decisions, managing business operations, dealing with change, thinking globally, and acting ethically. In this major, you can choose subjects from specialist areas including business management, human resource management, international business and operations management.

Career options are many and varied, including positions in management consulting, senior business leadership positions, equity and diversity officer, human resources manager, project manager, change management specialist, recruitment consultant, manager of business process improvement, research and development management, and many others.

The Management major is also a valuable complement to studies in another area, such as accounting or finance.

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this major, students will be able to:

  • Communicate an understanding of foundational knowledge in the Management discipline
  • Apply knowledge of major theories, models and modes of analysis in the Management discipline to provide insight into complex, practical problems
  • Adopt a critical approach to the access, evaluation and use of management information from diverse sources
  • Critically review key theories, models and modes of analysis in the Management discipline
  • Apply learning to suggest solutions to complex, practical problems relating to management
  • Analyse management issues in an international context
  • Contribute to debate about domestic and global societal issues using the knowledge and modes of analysis acquired through the Management major
  • Communicate an understanding of theories, models and modes of analysis of selected areas of study outside the core discipline of management

Last updated: 18 December 2020

Structure

37.5 credit points

To obtain a major in Management, students must complete 37.5 points at level-3.

This includes the capstone subject:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BUSA30000 Business Judgement
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Note: BUSA30000 can only form part of ONE major. Students seeking a double major in Management and Marketing, must complete an additional level-3 subject in the second major (e.g. 37.5 level-3 points not including BUSA30000).

For students who commenced the Bachelor of Commerce prior to 2018, BUSA30000 is not a compulsory requirement for the Management or Marketing majors, but is highly recommended.

Subject Options

37.5 level-3 points comprising:

BUSA30000

And two level-3 management elective subjects, chosen from:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
IBUS30002 International Corporate Governance Not available in 2020 12.5
IBUS30003 Work and Conflict in the Global Economy Not available in 2020 12.5
IBUS30004 Chinese Business and Economy Not available in 2020 12.5
MGMT30002 Managing in Contemporary Organisations Not available in 2020 12.5
MGMT30004 International Human Resource Management
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT30005 Managing Strategic Change Not available in 2020 12.5
MGMT30006 Managing Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT30008 Organisations, Ethics and Society Not available in 2020 12.5
MGMT30011 Supply Chain Management
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT30012 Management Consulting
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT30013 Strategic Management
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT30015 Managing Work and Your Career
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT30017 Global Management Consulting
January (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT30018 Business Communication Not available in 2020 12.5
MGMT30019 The Future of Work
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Last updated: 18 December 2020