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will be equipped with suitable skills necessary to
continue with further postgraduate study in taxation and
finance.
As candidates will already be established in business careers,
it is expected that the key vocational outcomes will arise
from better current job performance as well as new
opportunities opening in the broader fields of management,
accounting, taxation and finance within their current
organisations.
Entrance requirements
In order to be accepted into this course, applicants must
have:
a recognised undergraduate or postgraduate degree in a
discipline other than business and a minimum of four
years practical business experience; or
at least two years practical business experience at middle
management level and a good track record as judged by
the selection panel.
BC410
BC411
BC412
BC413
Course structure
lntroduction to Taxation
Taxation Entities, Issues and Planning
lntroduction to Finance
Investment Analysis
Progression to the Graduate Diploma
in Corporate Finance
Students who perform well in the Graduate Certificate in
Taxation and Finance will usually gain credit for up to four
subjects in the Graduate Diploma in Corporate Finance.
Fees
The Graduate Certificate in Taxation and Finance is a full-fee
paying course.
lnnovation and Enterprise
courses
The Centre of lnnovation and Enterprise was established in
1991. The Centre is designed as a self-contained entity
dedicated to excellence in innovative education. The Centre
is currently housed within the Division of Business,
Humanities and Social Science.
The Centre has built ~ts own pool of full and part-time
professional educators dedicated to teaching the
management of innovation to practising managers. A key
feature of all its programs is the use of 'pracademia' (team
teaching between a practitioner and an academic).
The Centre's aims are to provide its students with the
necessary skills and understanding to start and grow
businesses, and for existing corporations to introduce an
innovative culture.
There are currently a number of students undertaking PhDs
and Masters by research, and the Centre has an active
consultancy division.
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Graduate Certificate in Enterprise
Management
Career potential
This proclram recoqnises the need to educate middle
managers within existing organisations in the management
of innovation based on four key skill areas:
marketing aspects of innovation management
organisational behavioural aspects of innovation
management
financial planning (cash flow projection and
management)
innovation strategy leading to an integrated business
plan.
The program provides a sound theoretical base in all four
areas and the ability to apply that theory to management of
an innovative profit centre, new product development,
systems change or other project requiring professional
management of activities new to, or different from, the
established activities of the firm.
The program is designed for employees of organisations who
have been charged with responsibility for creating and
operating a genuinely new venture with high growth
potential. The new venture may challenge existing company
management practices and will require the ability to manage
the innovation process.
The program also provides for articulation of accredited
subjects info higher level degree programs offered by the
Centre of lnnovation and Enterprise.
Admission requirements
Applicants should comply with one of the following:
a. There are no prerequisites other than discipline and
commitment by an employee to a task, role or projects
requiring skills in the management of innovation. A
tertiary qualification would be an advantage.
b. Applicants may be admitted to the program at the
considered discretion of the Head of the Division.
The graduate certificate provides the basic entry level for
people seeking careers and qualifications in the management
of innovation or it may serve to broaden the skills of
managers qualified in other tertiary disciplines.
Duration of course
The program is designed to be completed within one
calendar year of commencement of the first subject.
Course structure
Subjects are block taught in a modular structure and the
course structure is as follows:
Hours per
module
EF810G Marketing for Innovation 42
EF811 G Financial Planning for Innovation 42
EF813G Organising For Innovation 42
EF814G Strategy and Business Planning 42
Each subject is taught in two x three-day block modules (i.e.
seven hours per day)
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