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Masters degrees by course
work and minor thesis
Master of Business (Information
Technology)
The Master of Business (Information Technology) involves
four years part-time study.
Course objective
The aim of this course is to provide a formal, structured
program, covering the major areas of the broad field known
as lnformation Technology as applied to business, but with
the flexibility to allow cross-disciplinary studies within the
Swinbume course, i.e. Master of Applied Science
(Information Technology) and Master of Engineering
(Information Technology) and, where appropriate, special
electi~s to be undertaken at other associated institutions.
This course is intended for career students who aspire to
management level positions or in management consulting
with software houses or management service organisations.
During the course, students will develop:
the high level capacity and independent analytical skills
necessary to assess the impad of information technology
on an organisation, the people in it and its implications
for commerce, industry and government;
the capacity to understand the information technology
needs of an organisation, and the ability to manage its
selection, introduction and operation within the
organisation;
an understanding of the technology of information
processing and its application in technical or
management tasks.
In general, graduates will have enhanced skills in developing
and applying advanced information technology systems in a
wide range of industrial, commercial and public sector
applications.
Course structure
The Graduate Diploma in Management Systems forms the
first two years of the Master of Business (Information
Technology). 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 Strategic Management
Firrt and second years
Graduate Diploma in Management Systems.
Third year (Masters course)
Semester 1
BQ703 Technological Forecasting
BT708 Technology and Innovation
Semester 2
BT707 lnformation Technology Effectiveness
BH707 Management of Strategic Change
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.
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Master of Business
(Organisation Behaviour)
This is a four-year part-time degree by coursework and minor
thesis. The fimt two years are the same as for the Graduate
Diploma in Organisation Behaviour; year three comprises a
further four units of coursework 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 behwiour and
to develop the capacity of participants to conduct
applied research into behavioural issues in organisations.
Entrance requirements
Entty 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 structure
Years one and two
Graduate Diploma in Organisational Behaviour
Year three
BH708 Processes of lnquiry and Research in Organisation
Behaviour 1
BH709 Processes of lnquiry and Research in Organisation
Behaviour 2
BH710 Processes of Inquiry and Research in Organisation
Behaviour 3
BH711 Processes of lnquiry and Research in Organisation
Behaviour 4
Thme subjects have a generic structure and the content may
vary from year to year. The general aim is to dwelop mastery
in the research aspects of the manager's role that concern
organisation behaviour.
Year four
BH802
Organisation Research Project and Thesis (under
supelvision)
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.
Graduates of this course will be equipped to move rapidly
into positions of responsible organisational leadership. They
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