Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

This unit is supported by online resources and electronic
communication between lecturer and students.
MBA5230 15 Credit Points
Management of Organisations V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Prerequisites :
MBA5110 Principles of Management V
MBA523A Management of Organisations V or
MAN4010 Management IV
The unit analyses the development of personnel management into
human resource management and evaluates alternative strategic
human resource management paradigms together with the
increasing integration of human resource management and
industrial relations.
It covers the functional processes of planning for recruiting,
selecting, training, developing, rewarding and retaining people at
work. It explores current themes such as labour market
decentralisation, deregulation and flexibility, managing diversity,
occupational health and safety, and international human resource
management.
MBA5290 15 Credit Points
Management of Organisations V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Prerequisite :
MBA5180 Principles of Management V
This course will examine business organisations from a variety of
perspectives in order to facilitate the development of critical and
creative ways of thinking essential for the management of
organisations. This course also assists students to develop a
critical awareness of the dynamics and difficulties associated with
the management, design and structure of organisations in
complex, global and uncertain environments. The study of
organisations has had its genesis in the writings of management
and organisational psychology but it also draws on other
disciplines such as sociology, anthropology and economics. While
the study of organisations is said to be multi-disciplinary the
general approach of the literature draws extensively from the
traditional management literature. The traditional literature
focuses on the structural aspects of organisations; however, it
tends to neglect the role of the informal organisation. Therefore
issues such as control, power, politics, diversity and the more
subjective concepts such as the perceptions of people who work
within organisations may act as barriers to the development and
management of effective and sustainable organisations tend to be
overlooked.
MBA5330 15 Credit Points
Principles of Human Resource Management V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
The unit analyses the development of personnel management into
human resources management and evaluates alternative strategic
human resource management paradigms together with the
increasing integration of human resource management and
industrial relations. It analyses the functional processes of
planning for, recruiting, selecting, training, developing, rewarding
and retaining people at work. It analyses and evaluates specific
current themes such as labour market decentralisation,
deregulation and flexibility, managing diversity, occupational
health and safety, and international human resource management.
MBA5340 15 Credit Points
Business Strategy
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Prerequisite :
MBA5620 Managing Globally and Locally
The unit introduces, outlines and explores the major themes,
models, principles and practices of strategic management. This
will include and emphasise the contrast between conventional
intended strategy and the new concept of emergent strategy. The
unit commences with a review of a strategic management model
and three ways or “lenses” of examining strategic management in
organizations and then moves to the description and discussion of
each major element in the strategic management model. It also
covers the strategy development processes and the emergent
theory embedded in chaos/complexity.
MBA5350 15 Credit Points
Knowledge Management V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Prerequisites :
MBA5110 Principles of Management V
MAN4010 Management IV
This unit develops core practical skills for executives, managers
and IS practitioners working in knowledge based environments
with high levels of technological advancement and discontinuous
change. The unit focuses on the practical challenges of
knowledge management (KM) involving the creation, use,
interpretation and sharing of a variety of 'knowledges' for
competitive advantage and social value. The course combines a
study of techniques for knowledge creation, development of
strategic intelligence and organisational 'corporate memory' and
'intellectual capital' for creation of intangible value. The unit will
adopt an orientation toward current industy practice forums with
experienced multidisciplinary KM practitioners.
MBA5481 15 Credit Points
Business Strategy V
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Prerequisites :
MBA5180 Principles of Management V
MBA5183 Market Analysis V
MBA5185 Financial Reporting and Analysis V
Conventional strategic management is concerned with analysis,
choice and implementation of strategies. Analysis involves a
careful collection, examination and diagnosis of relevant facts
about the internal and external environment as as basis for making
strategic choices or decisions. Choice is explored as a complex
process involving customers, competitors, suppliers and a range of
key stakeholders both within and outside the organisation. Choice
is also influenced by issues and dilemmas and reconciliation of
conflicting priorities. Implementation is approached as the
translation of strategic thinking into reality. This unit deals with
these issues in some depth but is also concerned with decision
making process by which strategy/policy is developed. It focuses
on a range of strategic management perspectives from Porter's
conventional Market Based View (MBV) and Barney's Resource
Based Views (RBV), through to the Stakeholder View (SHV) and
theories chaos and emergence in dynamic Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) enabled environments.
MBA5600 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
MBA5601 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.
270 ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2008