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A092
Masters degrees
Master of Business (Information
Technology)
The Master of Business (Information Technology) involves four
years part-time study.
Course objectives
This course builds on the Graduate Diploma in Management
Systems to provide additional management and business
knowledge for students. The primary aim is to enhance the
participants' ability to function as top level managers,
advisers and consultants to industry and government.
Emphasis is placed upon:
understanding the business potential of the latest
developments and innovations in information technology;
forecasting potential information technology trends for
organisations;
selecting, evaluating and measuring the effectiveness of
information technology solutions;
planning and controlling the changes brought about in
organisations by the introduction of strategically
important systems; and
conducting research into an area of information
technology selected by the student.
Course structure
The Graduate Diploma in Management Systems forms the
first two vears of the Master of Business (Information
~echnolo~~). Candidates in that course wishing to proceed to
the Master of Business (Information Technology) should
choose the elective pair:
BH604 Management Organisation and People
BM602 Strateaic Manaaement
First and second year;
Graduate Diploma in Management Systems.
Third year (Masters course)
Semester I
84703 Technological Forecasting
BT708 Technoloav -. and Innovation
Semester 2
BH707 Management of Strategic Change
BT707 lnformation Technoloav Effectiveness
Fourth Year
BT802 Project and Thesis
Admission requirements
Entrance requirements are as specified for the Graduate
Diploma in Management Systems.
For progression from the Graduate Diploma in Management
Systems to the third year of the Master of Business course,
students would normally be expected to have attained an
average of at least credit throughout their Graduate Diploma
in Management Systems studies.
Students with honours degrees in business or computer
science may be granted advanced standing by exemption
from appropriate subjects. Provision is also made for transfer
of subject credits to, and from, other cooperating institutions
in Melbourne for approved equivalent course content.
~091 Master of Business (Organisation
Behaviour)
This is a four year part-time degree by coursework and minor
thesis. The first two years are the same as for the Graduate
Diploma in Organisation Behaviour; year three comprises a
further four coursework subjects and the final year is devoted
to the preparation, under supervision, of a minor thesis.
The objectives of the Masters degree are:
to extend the learning objectives of the graduate
diploma into further domains of organisation behaviour
and
to develop the capacity of participants to conduct
applied research into behavioural issues in organisations.
Entrance requirements
Entry is open to those who have satisfied to an appropriate
standard the requirements of the Graduate Diploma in
Organisation Behaviour (or its equivalent).
Admission is determined by a selection committee and places
are limited. The potential for and interest in doing applied
research is an important selection criteria. Accordingly, each
applicant is asked to attach to the application form a detailed
curriculum vitae and a personal statement.
Course stiucture
Years one and two
Graduate Diploma in Organisational Behaviour
Year three
BH708 Processes of lnquiry and Research in
Oraanisation Behaviour 1
BH709 ~rckesses of lnquiry and Research in
Organisation Behaviour 2
BH710 Processes of lnquiry and Research in
Organisation Behaviour 3
BH711 Processes of lnquiry and Research in
Organisation Behaviour 4
These subjects have a generic structure and the content may
vary from year to year. The general aim is to develop mastery
in the research aspects of the manager's role that concern
organisation behaviour.
Year four
BH802 Organisation Research Project and Thesis
(under supervision)
Master of Business Administration
(MBA)
This is a general management program which meets the
career needs of organisational leaders now and towards the
year 2000.
Participants in the program focus, on responsibility and
success in a rapidly changing world, on the need to make
proper use of new technologies, on the need to export, and
on the skills of people management. In addition they will
develop an integrated knowledge of the practical
applications of the key business disciplines such as Financial
Management, Economics, lnformation Technology, Marketing
and Strategic Planning.
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