Course Guide - Edith Cowan University

class to investigate the leadership of change within a workplace
with which they are familiar as a progressive action research
assignment to apply their learning.
MBA5604
15 Credit Points
Managing People for Performance
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit examines the management of people as key
organisational assets in achieving high performance organisations
and competitive advantage. Managing people from both a
strategic and operational perspective is covered showing that
Human Resource Management (HRM) is for both specialists and
line managers. The link between HRM, strategy and performance
is explored along with developing high commitment people
strategies and the impact which this can have on organisational
performance. Key research and case study material is covered.
The contribution of HRM functions and activities such as
resourcing and staffing, HRM planning, training and
development, performance and reward management and
compensation and effective people management is covered.
MBA5605
15 Credit Points
Information System Challenges in Management
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Increasingly high demands are made on business managers to
develop process and product innovations in rapidly changing,
global markets. There is a considerable range of strategic
responses which may improve operational effectiveness and
address threats and opportunities in the business environment.
Underpinning many of these strategies is information technology.
This unit introduces basic information systems principles and
terminology to help managers understand how information
technology can be used to formulate responses to strategic and
operational challenges.
Using leading edge thinking and practice in information and
knowledge management, we focus on understanding business
issues and requirements and linking these to the potential of
information technology.
MBA5606
15 Credit Points
Marketing Management
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit provides a foundation for understanding marketing
management at a post-graduate level. This includes a study of the
principles and practices of contemporary marketing planning
which are critical to the success of every organisation. A strategic
and tactical approach is taken in the development of the unit. The
management of the marketing process will be the focus, with a
sound coverage of global concepts and impacts. The unit provides
students with a broad comprehension of the key marketing
practices relevant to businesses today.
MBA5607
15 Credit Points
Business Economics
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
The aim of the unit is for students to develop a grasp of economic
theory and its applications to business management. This unit
enables students to master selected aspects of economic theory
and their application to business management. The unit follows a
‘constructivist’ approach to student learning through a studentcentred
program of study. Students select a real world enterprise
or organisation that they study in depth. Each student will
construct a scenario for the business they have selected and
develop a 4-year competitive strategy using the tools of economic
analysis acquired in unit studies.
MBA5620
15 Credit Points
Managing Globally and Locally
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit is an introduction to managing in organisations. It will
be achieved through a critical discussion of the roles of managers
and characteristics of managerial work; the environment, structure
and culture of organisations. The course includes the of the
analysis of the evolution of management as well as the analysis of
current managerial practice: ways of understanding managing,
approaches to learning about managing; the nature of managerial
work such as planning, organising, leading and controlling. The
course will also critically examine the management of the
organisation’s internal and external environments, the structural
control of organisations. This unit will also examine the manager
as a person, their roles and activities.
MBA5621
15 Credit Points
Leadership and Change Management
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
The capability to lead change is critical for ambitious
organisational managers working in complex 21 st century
organisations. This unit aims to take the theories and approaches
to leading and managing change off the page of texts and into the
workplace practice. This unit examines both the strategies and the
practices of leading change to generate a critical understanding of
effective change leadership and process management in diverse
contexts. It aims to build practitioner capability through the
experience of exploring multiple case studies of change agent
methodologies and practices. The class interaction will help the
student build a taxonomy of different change approaches and
practices, through analysing organisational case studies, and
determining best fit change options for specific contexts.
Participants will review the capabilities underpinning successful
change leadership and make a personal self-assessment and
development plan. Participants will use frameworks developed in
class to investigate the leadership of change within a workplace
with which they are familiar as a progressive action research
assignment to apply their learning.
MBA5622
15 Credit Points
Managing People for Performance
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit examines the management of people as key
organisational assets in achieving high performance organisations
and competitive advantage. Managing people from both a
strategic and operational perspective is covered showing that
Human Resource Management (HRM) is for both specialists and
line managers. The link between HRM, strategy and performance
is explored along with developing high commitment people
strategies and the impact which this can have on organisational
performance. Key research and case study material is covered.
The contribution of HRM functions and activities such as
resourcing and staffing, HRM planning, training and
development, performance and reward management and
compensation and effective people management is covered.
MBA5623
15 Credit Points
Finance for Business Decisions
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Financial decisions are made to create value. This unit is designed
to develop an understanding of how value creation is critical to a
firm. It examines the critical role the finance manager plays in
providing support to the various areas within the organisation in
determining the use of limited resources to obtain optimal reward.
The unit will introduce you to the basic analytical skills required
to evaluate assets and investments and make corporate financial
decisions. The functions of the capital market and financial
institutions, and the tools used in the valuation of securities traded
within the markets will be examined. The unit will introduce you
to capital budgeting techniques and risk analysis through the use
of appropriate case studies. It will also look briefly at some
contemporary issues facing the finance manager like corporate
governance and ethical dilemmas.
MBA5624
15 Credit Points
Accounting for Managerial Decision Making
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit addresses the fundamental principles of financial and
management accounting, financial statement, analysis, and the use
of management accounting in planning, control and decision
making.
The unit has a 'user' focus. It is not concerned with the
preparation of accounts (i.e. debits and credits, and journal
entries), but rather the interpretation of financial information.
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