Master of Business Administration Central Area, Central

Course details

Undertaking the FederationUniversity Australia’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program will promote networking opportunities, provide a solid foundation to advance your career and help you manage, innovate and operate in a variety of leadership roles.

As a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Management Education (PRME), studying the MBA with The Business School will provide you with the skills to lead an ethical, socially responsible and sustainable business.

The MBA is a generalist’s degree intended for those with some practical experience who now wish to widen their managerial knowledge and skills.

The philosophy underlying this type of MBA is to enable our students to deal with the many facets of management. The program aims to develop skills in critical thinking, research and analysis through inpidual and team based work.

A feature of the Federation UniversityAustralia's MBA is that it focuses on these critical areas on integration whilst allowing some specialisation to accommodate specific career paths.

This program offers a number of unique benefits:

• Innovative and flexible approaches to learning and teaching;
• Is integrative across functions and disciplines;
• Allows specialisation through specific strands;
• Draws on a broad based faculty with access to expertise outside the University; and
• Links theory and application.

COURSE STRUCTURE     

Required Core Courses

• Accounting and Finance
• Business Economics
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Organisations: Behaviour, Structure, Processes
• Competitive Analysis
• Business, Society and the Planet
• Strategy and Management of Change

Elective Courses (Specialised Strand)

Upon completion of the Core Courses, one Specialised Strand comprising 4 Elective Courses should be completed.

I.    Marketing

• Strategic Marketing
• Marketing Service Organisations
• Integrated Logistics & Supply Chain Management
• Entrepreneurship

II.   Health Services Management

• Contemporary Issues in Health Services Management
• Policy in Health Services Management
• Leadership in HSM
• Evidence-based Practice in HSM

III.  Human Resource Management

• Change Agent Strategies
• Strategic Human Resource Development
• Management - Employee Relations
• Entrepreneurship

Other Electives:

• Creativity and Innovation
• Financial Policy
• International Business
• Management Consultancy
• Management Consultancy Project
• Managerial Skill Workshop
• Managing the legal environment
• Marketing in the international environment
• Operations Management

MODE OF DELIVERY          

This course is wholly delivered in Singapore. Students will have access to local lecturers and resources provided by Nanyang Institute of Management.   

There will be a combinaton of Lectures, Tutorials, Workshops, Seminars and Presentation. Students may also be given additional work to complete outside of a schedule classes.Resources and materials provided for students will include lecture notes and refernces for further reading in books,publication,articles and websites.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS          

Candidates should, in general, have:

• A Bachelors degree or equivalent, or an appropriate professional qualification and normally a minimum of 2 years relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in English language (International students must have a TOEFL of 550 or IELTS 6 or equivalent to enter the program)
• However, candidates who do not meet the above criteria may apply to enter the program if they have 5 years relevant work experience at management level and are assessed by the Graduate Programs Coordinator as being able to successfully complete the program and make a positive contribution to the learning environment.

Source:  Federation University Australia 2012 Graduate Handbook

ASSESSMENT & AWARDS  

Assessment for most modules comprise of coursework, tutorials, tests and written examinations.

The coursework may include tests, practical assignments, research projects and/or tutorial participation.  Upon passing all 12 modules, a student will be awarded the Federation University Australia Master of Business Adminisration qualification.