Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration is an early exit point for those enrolled in the Master of Business Administration (MBA).

The program aims to broaden knowledge and skills for students entering with a qualification in an unrelated discipline, while students from a related discipline will deepen their existing knowledge and skills.The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration provides recent graduates with the opportunity to acquire contemporary business knowledge and skills to take up leadership roles with private, public and non-for-profit organisations.

This program will provide you with the specialised knowledge and skills to manage the operational needs of organisations by interpreting and negotiating processes for the financing, production and marketing of goods and/or services, and contributing to strategic management.

You will be provided with various opportunities to employ business design thinking to provide innovative solutions to contemporary business problems.This program provides learning experiences to apply management theories and concepts across core business operations.

You will be involved in a variety of face-to-face and online learning activities, which include lectures, simulations and other experiential activities, including seminars, individual and team presentations, preparing business reports and preparing and presenting business consulting projects.

The program also provides podcasts, video and discussion forums that are accessed online through the learning management system.This program emphasises practicalities and skills to address real work issues in contemporary business settings.

The program is a pathway to success in business for recent graduates with only a few years of working experience.This program is delivered on campus and is an exit-only program.

Entry into this program is via the Master of Business Administration.

Please see Entry Requirements for further information.

Students who are planning to exit with this award (exit early), please ensure that you have completed the WIL course BUSM4163 Business Consulting.

Stage A:

Complete the following Four (4) Courses:

AND

Stage B:

Complete the following Three (3) Courses:

Complete the following One (1) Capstone Course:

GD079 Graduate Diploma in Business Administration is an exit award only for the Master of Business Administration. It is available to students upon successful completion of the eight (8) courses (96 credit points) specified in the program structure.

Entry into this program is via the MC199 Master of Business Administration.

The range of program learning outcomes addressed in the program improves graduate employability by responding to the expectations of employers.

In this program you will apply design thinking and analytical tools, develop leadership capacity and design-based strategies to create and address a range of organisational issues as a global manager.

On the successful completion of this program you will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate and reflect on contemporary issues, theories and practice within complex and uncertain business environments 2. Apply design thinking and analytics tools to develop innovative solutions to business problems 3. Develop leadership capacity and technology proficiency with an awareness of legal, ethical social, economic and environmental implications in an age of digital disruption 4. Demonstrate high level interpersonal skills, including collaboration, consulting, critical thinking and persuasive communication (oral and written), in a range of contexts 5. Apply research principles and methods to business problems, and make reasoned judgments about contemporary business practice