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Master of Business Administration (MC-BA218) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
About this course
Coordinator
Ujwal Kayande
Contact
Melbourne Business School
Currently enrolled students
Degree Program Services
Email: programservices@mbs.edu
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students should:
Have a global perspective and an awareness of how contextual differences impact business actions and performance. Achieving this outcome means that students should be able to:
- Develop recommendations for effective practices in different business environments.
- Analyse global issues that impact on business and management.
- Work effectively in diverse teams.
- Appropriately apply and synthesise key frameworks to solve business problems
- Translate management decision problems and decisions into quantitative form and conduct and interpret data analysis
- Make decisions using evidence-based approaches
Be able to analyse and respond to the internal and external environment that might affect business performance. To achieve this outcome, students should be able to:
- Appraise the broader business context that might affect an organisation's performance
- Diagnose the internal environment of an organisation
- Respond to the internal and external environment influences in order to grow business performance
Be able to integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines. Achieving this outcome means that students should be able to:
- Integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines to solve a problem
- Collaborate with business partners to apply knowledge in projects
Demonstrate a capacity for leadership. Achieving this outcome means that students should be able to:
- Develop and demonstrate leadership abilities
- Identify ethical issues
- Comprehend and apply the theory of team dynamics
- Apply ethical frameworks to management problems
Generic skills
- Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal and networking skills
- Team working skills
- Negotiation skills
- Effective evidence-based decision-making skills
- Organisational skills
- Commercial awareness and business acumen
Graduate attributes
The Master of Business Administration offers a graduate-level business education that aims to develop students’ capability to become effective general managers and leaders in a wide range of businesses and not-for-profit organisations.
- MBA graduates will have a comprehensive and integrated understanding of essential functional business disciplines
- MBA graduates will have a global perspective that is required to lead and manage businesses in a diverse and changing environment
- MBA graduates will have strong appreciation for and ability to apply evidence-based approaches in making decisions
- MBA graduates will possess a strategic mindset and frameworks to recognise and respond effectively to internal and external challenges and opportunities
- MBA graduates will aspire and possess the necessary frameworks to be ethical and socially responsible managers and leaders
Last updated: 12 November 2021