Unit Type: AQF 8 Core
Credit points: 6
Prerequisites: None

Unit Description:

This unit is a comprehensive introduction to the topic of leadership and professional development, addressing a broad range of issues ranging from personal leadership style, exploration of current and foundational leadership theory, through to change leadership in organisations. You will build the knowledge, skills, self-awareness and confidence to effectively lead in a variety of settings. As you grow in understanding of the role of leading in organisations, you will also develop a deeper understanding of your own leadership capacity, style and developmental needs.

Learning outcomes:

Unit Type: ACF 8 Core
Credit points: 6
Prerequisites: None

Unit Description:

Project Management is an established practice for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specified goals and meet specified success criteria for a defined project. Project management is today an established profession driven by a range of best practice standards that are globally recognised. However, the major challenge of project management is to achieve all the project goals within the given constraints of scope, time, quality and budget.

Through timetabled activities, personal study, and collaboration with your peers in syndicate work, this unit will equip you with the project management skills required to identify, explain and critically apply the key processes, terminology and concepts relevant to the project management life cycle – including AGILE methods and SCRUM. You will be able to execute independent research and exercise professional judgement in solving complex and ethical dilemmas including contemporary issues such as sustainability and environment.

This unit will comprise weekly group synchronous and asynchronous discussions and case study analysis, together with formal assessments. Assessment tasks in this unit support your effective completion of the final MBA Capstone Project – students will be encouraged to consider how the learning outcomes for this unit will inform the continued development and final implementation of their project.

Learning outcomes:

Unit Type: AQF 8 Core
Credit points: 6
Prerequisites: None

Unit Description:

This unit focuses on the topic of leading people and change, which also encompasses the more traditional area of human resource management.

You will learn effective people management techniques to develop one of the primary investments a business makes, its people. You will explore what it takes to become a leader who improves workplace communication, prepares employees for success and influences productivity, ultimately creating a positive workplace culture for a business to achieve its goals.

Learning outcomes:

Unit Type: AQF 8 Core
Credit points: 6
Prerequisites: None

Unit Description:

This unit covers the concepts, tools and techniques that managers use to make financial decisions in the contemporary business context. It is designed for the professional who will be using, rather than producing, accounting and financial information. Completion of the unit will raise your awareness of how businesses and corporate organisations make short- and long-term financial decisions.

You will learn the main responsibilities of financial managers, types of business costs, and assessment of financial statements. You will also learn how to evaluate projects, value financial securities, estimate the cost of capital and formulate capital structure and dividend policies.

Learning outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Examine and describe the functions of a financial manager in contemporary businesses and within the current regulatory and legal context.
2. Critically analyse company working capital using appropriate financial concepts and analysis techniques.
3. Critically evaluate the role and content of the four principal financial statements using effective strategies and apply accounting information for informed business decision making.
4. Evaluate future cash flows and their impact on long- and short-term business decisions.
5. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of project and capital asset evaluation and appraisal concepts and make investment decisions using appropriate capital budgeting techniques.
6. Evaluate corporate financial decisions related to capital structure and dividend policy aimed at maximising the value of the firm using appropriate tools and methods.