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Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (GD-BA) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
About this course
Coordinator
Sven Feldmann
Contact
Melbourne Business School
Currently enrolled students:
Degree Program Services
Email: programservices@mbs.edu
Future students:
Admissions Office
200 Leicester Street
Carlton Victoria 3053 Australia
Tel: + 61 3 9349 8200
Email: study@mbs.edu
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Identify the competitive, social and environmental context of business activities and evaluate their impacts on business outcomes and performance
- Compile and analyse evidence to facilitate evidence-based management decisions
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the fundamental analytical frameworks and concepts from the fields of accounting, economics, finance, statistics, marketing, operations and the social and behavioural sciences to solve business problems and inform management decisions
- Work effectively in diverse teams, manage diverse groups, and demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Have developed learning skills and strong relationships with peers, thereby creating a foundation for career development and lifelong learning.
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 Graduate Diploma in Business Administration offers a graduate-level business education that aims to develop students’ capability to become effective managers in a wide range of businesses and not-for-profit organisations.
- Graduates will have a comprehensive and integrated understanding of most essential functional business disciplines
- Graduates will have strong appreciation for and ability to apply evidence-based approaches in making decisions
- Graduates will possess an analytical mindset and frameworks to recognise and respond effectively to internal and external challenges and opportunities
- Graduates will aspire and possess the necessary frameworks to be ethical and socially responsible managers and leaders.
Last updated: 24 May 2024