Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

Performance measurement and financial statement analysis are
employed to facilitate ethical internal decision making. The unit
adopts a case study approach to highlight the effective use of
financial resources a a key element in successful management and
explores some of the tools that are available through the financial
system of a business organisation.
MBA5602 15 Credit Points
Managing Globally and Locally
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Management is a complex and often controversial subject.
Organisations both large and small need to continually innovate,
challenge the traditional assumptions and be prepared to confront
the status quo. Organisational leaders are being presented with a
vast array of new opportunities in the ever-changing global
economy. The objective of this course is to provide an
introduction to managing and explain the nature of managerial
work. This will be achieved through discussion of the roles of
employees, the structure of organisations and how organisations
work. The course recognises the development of major theories as
well as current managerial practice; ways of understanding
managing; approaches to learning about managing and the nature
of managerial work such as planning, organising, leading and
controlling. The course will also critically examine the
management of the environment and the structural control of
organizations, as well as the manager’s roles and activities.
MBA5603 15 Credit Points
Leadership and Change Management
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
Prerequisites :
MAN4010 Management IV
MBA5602 Managing Globally and Locally
The capability to lead change is critical for 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 and into the workplace practice. The student will explore the
strategies and the practices of leading change to generate a critical
understanding of change methods and processes in diverse
contexts. The unit also builds change agent capability by
exploring multiple case studies of relevant tools and
practices. Class interaction will be used to generate a taxonomy of
different change approaches and practices through presentation of
research project findings and discussions of direct change
management experiences. Participants will also review the
capabilities underpinning successful change leadership and make
a personal self-assessment and development plan.
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
This unit enables students to master selected aspects of economic
theory and their application to business. Students select a real
world enterprise or organisation that they study in depth. Each
student will 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
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