Graduate Certificate in Business

Graduate Certificate in Business

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The Graduate Certificate of Business consists of four elective units designed to foster your knowledge and skills across business, business administration, finance, financial planning, change management and leadership. Develop your knowledge and skills in business through the completion of coursework and assessments where you can use and apply career-based knowledge and skills in real-life or work-based settings.

Units of study

Business Administration units

  • Marketing Management
  • Business Ethics and Sustainability
  • Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Strategic Management and Business Policy
  • Business Analytics and Visualisation

Finance units

  • Financial Analysis
  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • Corporate Finance
  • Advanced Finance

Financial Planning units

  • Principles of Financial and Investment Planning
  • Superannuation and Retirement Wealth Planning
  • Taxation Law of Australia

Change Management units

  • Agile Project and Change Management
  • Organisational Change Management
  • Technological Change and Innovation
  • Managing Change and Complexity

Human Resources units

  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Performance Management and Rewards

Leadership units

  • Art and Practice of Leadership
  • Business Consulting
Graduate Certificate in Economics for Business

Units of study

The Graduate Certificate in Economics for Business will allow you to interpret and apply key economic principles and make strategic business decisions.

This course consists of 4 units in total and can be completed in as little as eight months part-time.

  • Strategic Business Relationships
  • Competition and Differentiation
  • Business and Economic Forecasting
  • Supply and Demand Strategy for Pricing
Master of Business Administration (Economics for Business)

Units of study

The Master of Business Administration (Economics for Business) covers four specialised economic units and eight core business units.

Each unit of study lasts for seven weeks and can be completed in two years part-time.

Specialised Units

  • Strategic Business Relationships
  • Competition and Differentiation
  • Business and Economic Forecasting
  • Supply and Demand Strategy for Pricing

 

Core Units

  • Strategic Management and Business Policy
  • Business Ethics and Sustainability
  • Marketing Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Art and Practice of Leadership
  • Business Consulting

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