Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Full-Time/ Part Time)

Course details

The Graduate Diploma in Business Management (GDBM) programme has been designed to prepare students to achieve a business organisation's sustainable strategic advantage and maintain its effectiveness. It aims to develop critical thinking, problem solving and decision skills that are used in managing a successful business and to work effectively with different organisations and cultures.

The programme is of particular interest to people aspiring to middle level managerial roles in large organisations and for those who have a leadership role in smaller organisations. It will also benefit small business owners or entrepreneurs who need the know-how in managing a profitable business.

What will I learn?

This programme provides an in-depth focus on the key business management functions and allows for the acquisition of specialist functional skills and knowledge.

At the end of the programme, the student is able to:

• Explain the principles, concepts and techniques of business management.
• Apply the specialist knowledge of business management of organisations in both the private and public sectors.
• Demonstrate the ability to draw on the specialised knowledge covered in the programme contents.

Examinations & Assessment

All students are required to sit for a written examination for all modules at the end of each term. Students must fulfil the attendance requirement of at least 90% for each module before they are considered eligible to take the end-of-semester examinations.

The candidate will be allowed to sit for the supplementary examination(s) for the module(s) that they have failed in the main examination. However, a supplementary examination fee applies.

To repeat a failed module, a student must attend classes and pay a re-module fee before he/she is considered eligible to take the examinations.

A student may only re-sit the same module twice. However, the student must complete the GDM course within three years of registration, which is from the commencement of the first semester.

All examination questions and the marking of scripts will be moderated and/or examined by the Marketing Institute of Singapore Training Centre Examination Board before they are released to students. The decision of the Board is final and no correspondence will be entertained.

Award of Certificate

Students who paid all the necessary fees and passed all examinations shall be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Business Management and be allowed to use the designatory letters “Grad Dip B M” after their names

Programme Structure & Curriculum

Modules

• Marketing Management 
• Human Resource Management and Development
• Operations Management
• Financial Management
• Strategic Management 
• International Business Management

The delivery of modules may not follow the sequence as depicted above.

Entry Requirements

All applicants must possess:

• A degree or similar professional qualifications from a recognised university/institution, or
• A diploma from a polytechnic with at least 2 years of working experience,
• The equivalent qualifications from other regional countries

The Marketing Institute of Singapore Training Centre Academic Board reserves the right to change the above requirements and selection at its sole discretion.