Master of Management

Summary

Advance and deepen your knowledge within a specialised field of management and extend your intellectual, leadership and strategic capabilities. You can choose to specialise in marketing, information systems, digital business, hospitality or finance. Take the next step in your career or use this programme as a pathway to doctorate studies.

More detail about this qualification

Complete your Masters of Management, a 180-credit programme, in either 18 months full-time or up to 5 years part-time.

Choose between a research or coursework pathway. Research pathway includes a thesis, dissertation or applied research project.

Courses in this programme will help you advance and deepen your knowledge within the management discipline. It will extend your intellectual, leadership and management capabilities.

Take this next step in your career and/or use this programme as a pathway towards your doctorate studies.

Graduates of the Master of Management programme will be able to:

• Communicate effectively (orally, visually and in writing) with people of different cultures
• Work effectively in bicultural and multicultural teams and exercise leadership as required
• Engage in rigorous intellectual analysis, criticism and problem-solving
• Apply advanced knowledge in management studies and associated intellectual, leadership and strategic capabilities to practical and new situations
• Critically evaluate current literature and research findings in management studies and their application in organisations
• Identify, analyse and address ethical issues in leadership and management in practical and applied situations
• Plan, execute and complete a piece of original research or an applied research project, relevant to industry stakeholders
• Undertake further postgraduate study

What you will learn Compulsory courses BUS8400 Research Methods in Management - 15 credits

Learn the required skills to undertake academic and applied management research using a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods and to identify and manage their limitations and associated ethical issues.

Elective courses Marketing Specialisation BUS8404 Consumer Behaviour – 15 credits

Introduction to advanced research in consumer behaviour and audience behaviour as it relates to the receiving and processing of advertising communications, and to provide a foundation for critical thinking for the development of marketing communication strategies.

BUS8416 Strategic Marketing – 15 credits

Formulate strategies and recommendations for a product or service, based on sound analysis of relevant key markets and corresponding environments.

Digital Business Specialisation BUS8423 Analytics and Data Science for Managers – 15 credits

Examine the role of data analytics and data science for contemporary business and digital strategies, together with the sources and meaning of data for business decision makers.

BUS8424 New Technologies and Digital Business Models – 15 credits

Examine the impact of disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Blockchain on business strategy expressed by the business model. Introduces you to the use of the new technologies to innovate and transform a company to a new digital business model.

Finance Specialisation BUS8407 Financial Analysis – 15 credits

Evaluate a range of financial methods and approaches to make financial decisions.

BUS8411 Investment Analysis – 15 credits

Expose ākonga to broader and deeper treatment of investment methods to enable ākonga to work as finance professionals or become sophisticated individual investors.

Information Systems Specialisation BUS8402 Business Analysis - 15 credits

To enable students to manage all aspects of business process development.

BUS8409 Information Management - 15 credits

To develop a managerial perspective on the strategic use of information systems (IS) in organisations in order to manage information as a critical resource through planning, developing, implementing and evaluating information.

Hospitality Specialisation BUS8405 Contemporary Issues in Hospitality - 15 credits

Discuss and analyse complex implications of contemporary issues in hospitality management and their impact on the industry, based on sound understanding of advanced concepts, theories, applications and current research in hospitality management.

BUS8415 Strategic Hospitality Management - 15 credits

Suggest strategies to improve efficiencies in hospitality operations management by critically analysing existing business models.

Career options

Graduates of the Master of Management may find employment in business, education, government, health, hospitality, industry or the community sectors as a Business Analyst, Business Development Specialist, Genera...