Master of Professional Management (MC-PROFMGT)

Graduates of this degree will be adept influencers and decision-makers in changing and complex organizational environments. They will engage in critical and analytical thinking to make evidence-based managerial decisions, develop solutions to organizational problems, and influence in multi-stakeholder environments.

Learning objectives to achieve this goal

On successful completion of this degree students will be able to:

• Recognise ethical implications and apply ethical principles in decision-making and problem solving.
• Employ evidenced-based techniques to support agile decision-making.
• Engage in analytic and critical thinking to obtain, synthesize, analyse, and evaluate relevant evidence and considerations when making decisions.
• Demonstrate adaptivity and creativity in developing solutions to complex organizational problems.
• Manage and influence the complex interdependencies within and between organisations at individual and collective levels.
• Engage in multi-stakeholder collaboration to create value for all stakeholders.
• Identify and navigate conflict within the organization to achieve optimal outcomes for all key stakeholders.

Graduates of this degree will integrate the human-centric and operations-centric elements of the organization to optimize individual and organizational performance.

Learning objectives to achieve this goal

On successful completion of this degree students will be able to:

• Effectively manage multi-disciplinary and diverse teams.
• Manage, lead and develop high-performance teams, linking the performance of their team/s to the achievement of organizational strategy.
• Identify, recruit and retain high-potential employees.
• Understand the needs and motivations of internal and external customers to develop a service culture within teams and the organisation.
• Manage customer relationships to deliver service excellence and optimize service recovery.
• Procure and deploy operational resources to optimize efficiency and productivity.
• Manage lean operations to do more with less.

Graduates of this degree will be strategically minded, authentic managers and leaders.

Learning objectives to achieve this goal

On successful completion of this degree students will be able to:

• Manage and lead with integrity, personal accountability and authenticity.
• Engage others through effective communication and authentic interaction.
• Engage in responsible management and leadership with an advanced awareness of social, cultural, and environmental responsibilities, and the sustainability implications of actions at individual, team and organisational levels.
• Manage and lead change that aligns with organisational strategy and delivers strategic objectives.

Academically excellent

• Knowledgeable of core aspects of management and leadership activities related to value creation in organisations; and
• Analytical in all aspects of managing and leading operations and people.

Knowledgeable across disciplines

• Intellectually curious, creative and independent in thought.

Leaders in communities

• Professional in their approach to managing and leading teams, operations and organisations;
• Effective team members and collaborators;
• Effective communicators of key ideas and theories within the discipline areas; and
• Ethical in their behaviour in management and leadership.