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Degree of Master of Enterprise lnnovation
(by
coursework)
Degree of Master of Enterprise lnnovation
(Singapore program) (by coursework)
Degree of Master of Emerprise
Innovation (by research)
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
yo72 Graduate Certificate in Enterprise
Management
Career potential
This program recognises the need to educate middle
managers within existing organisations in the management
of innwation based on four key skill areas:
marketing aspects of innovation management
organisational behavioural aspects of innovation
management
financial planning (cash flow projection and
management)
innovation strategy leading to an integrated business
plan.
The program provides a sound theoretical base in all four
areas and the ability to apply that theory to management of
an innovative profit centre, new product development,
systems change or other project requiring professional
management of activities new to, or different from, the
established activities of the firm.
The program is designed for employees of organisations who
have been charged with responsibility for creating and
operating a genuinely new venture with high growth
potential. The new venture may challenge existing company
management practices and will require the ability to manage
the innovation process.
The program also prwides for articulation of accredited units
into higher level degree programs offered by the School of
lnnovation and Enterprise,
Admission requirements
Applicants should comply with one of the following:
a. There are no prerequisites other than discipline and
commitment by an employee to a task, role or projects
requiring skills in the management of innwation. A
tertiary qualification would be an advantage.
b. Applicants may be admitted to the program at the
considered discretion of the Dean of the Faculty.
The graduate certificate provides the basic entry level for
people seeking careers and qualifications in the
management of innovation or it may serve to broaden the
skills of managers qualified in other tertiary disciplines.
Duration of course
The program is designed to be completed within one
calendar year of commencement of the first unit.
Course structure
Units are block taught in a modular structure and the course
structure is as follm:
Hours per
module
EW1 OG Marketing For Innovation 42
EF811 G Financial Planning For Innovation 42
EF813G Organising For Innovation 42
EF814G Strategy and Business Planning 42
Each subject is taught in two x three-day block modules (i.e.
seven hours per day).
yo73 Graduate Certificate in Training
Management
Career potential
The program is designed for people interested in the use
and effects of training in the innovation process but will be
of particular value to employees of organisations who have
been charged with the responsibility of developing training
interventions to support organisational change.
The courses in the program cover four key aspects of
training management.
principles and planning of training interventions
design and development of training programs
innwation and training
administration and evaluation of training.
The program provides a sound theoretical base in all four
areas and the major projects and exercises undertaken in the
program will provide the opportunity for participants to
apply their learning to their own or other organisations. A
tangible outcome of the program will be some actual
training programs designed and detailed ready for
implementation.
The program prbvides for articulation of accredited units into
higher lwel degree programs offered by the School of
lnnovation and Enterprise.
Admission requirements
Applicants should comply with one of the following:
a. A first degree in any discipline and commitment by an
employee to a task, role or project requiring skills in
training management.
b. Applicants who lack a first degree may be admitted to
the program at the considered discretion of the Dean of
the Faculty.
Duration of course
The program is designed to be completed within one
calendar year of commencement of the fint unit.
Course structure
Units are block taught in a modular structure and the course
is as follows:
EF820G Planning of Training Programs 36
EF82 1 G Program Design 36
EF822G Training Innovation and Evaluation 36
EF823G Administration of Training 36
Each course is taught in two x three-day block modules (i.e.
eight hours per day), plus a half day of examination and
waluation (four hours).
yo81 Graduate Diploma in Management
Career potential
The course is designed to prepare professionals who, being
more extensively educated in management of enterprise and
innovation, are able to take up management positions more
quickly after graduation, become more innovative in their
leadership of Australian enterprise, have and achieve
heightened goals, are more able to improve their individual
professional practices and hence are more likely to
contribute significantly to their work, their profession, the
economy and society.
Studies include the environmental and social impacts of
successful professional practice, personal skills such as speaking,
negotiating, communicating, team working and leadership
as well as the more conventional business, financial and
marketing studies.
The course work and the case studies at graduate level
relates management principles and practice particularly to
the technology learnt during an undergraduate course.
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