Management

In the Bachelor of Business – Accounting major, you will achieve strong foundation skills and knowledge required to successfully enter the workforce as an accountant. Upon graduation, you would be equipped with a specialist understanding of accounting and its associated business fields. This profession has seen a major shift in recent times, from a strictly financial focus of economic accountability, to a more complex role within business organisations and management.

As identified by Andrew Norton in Grattan Institute’s report ‘Mapping Australian Higher Education’, there is a demonstrable skills shortage for qualified individuals across a broad range of business disciplines that needs to be satisfied. In addition to that, generally, the demand for higher education in Australia has been on the rise in the last decade and is still growing rapidly.

In the Bachelor of Business – Information Systems major, you will gain technical and analytical skills, as well as, the ability to assess, evaluate, and communicate the key aspects of information systems as an enabler of modern organisations. You will also study key commerce courses, such as accounting and management. 

In the Bachelor of Business – Information Systems major, you will gain technical and analytical skills, as well as, the ability to assess, evaluate, and communicate the key aspects of information systems as an enabler of modern organisations. You will also study key commerce courses, such as accounting and management.

In the Bachelor of Business – Information Systems major, you will gain technical and analytical skills, as well as, the ability to assess, evaluate, and communicate the key aspects of information systems as an enabler of modern organisations. You will also study key commerce courses, such as accounting and management. 

In the Bachelor of Business – Information Systems major, you will gain technical and analytical skills, as well as, the ability to assess, evaluate, and communicate the key aspects of information systems as an enabler of modern organisations. You will also study key commerce courses, such as accounting and management. 

In the Bachelor of Business – Information Systems major, you will gain technical and analytical skills, as well as, the ability to assess, evaluate, and communicate the key aspects of information systems as an enabler of modern organisations. You will also study key commerce courses, such as accounting and management.

This course equips you with knowledge of the legal regulation of companies, and with skills to analyse the legal and ethical challenges arising in the conduct of business.   Study of the legal regulation of companies covers corporate governance and director’s duties, shareholders meetings, financial reporting and disclosure obligations, as well as the company’s relations with outsiders.  You will develop your skills in legal analysis through examination of case studies in contemporary failures of corporate governance.  Study of the ethical challenges arising in the conduct of business covers the major ethical paradigms against which modern business is commonly evaluated, including capitalism, environmentalism and corporate social responsibility.  You will develop your skills in analysis and critical evaluation through the examination of case studies involving examples of contemporary challenges to business ethics, such as supply chain exploitation, multi-national tax avoidance and market manipulation. By the end of the course, you will be able to compare and contrast legal and ethical analyses of these challenges.

This course is designed to help you develop in-depth understanding of the cross-cultural knowledge and skills required to work and manage across borders and cultures, capabilities that are essential in today’s globalised business environment. In this course, you will learn the theories which explains the similarities and variations in business behaviour across national cultural boundaries.

This course provides conceptual frameworks for systematically understanding the notion of culture, cultural synergies and differences, and convergence and divergence in cultural norms and values. This course also explores practical solutions for managing in cross cultural business contexts. It incorporates topics that highlight the impact of culture in the international business environment, the multiple dimensions of culture and implications for management, issues in communicating and interacting across cultures, comparative leadership styles, negotiating across cultures and working in global teams.

The course will also draw attention to more recent changes in the global business environment, especially in relation to emerging economies and the developing world, and the implications for international business.

In this course, you will focus on understanding the behaviour of people at work. The concepts and theories taught in this course are useful for managers in understanding and solving people related workplace issues and problems. The topics that are covered in this course aim to influence you to become people-oriented managers. You will also learn the foundation for the understanding of human behaviour in organisations, providing you with a comprehensive exposure to organisational behaviour theories, research and workplace issues.

The assessment tasks that you must complete, will provide an explicit explanation and understanding of the link between theories presented in this course and organisational problems/management practice. Also, throughout the course, you will engage with case studies using critical thinking questions to critique and apply management concepts in any scenario providing them with a deeper learning experience.

This course covers the key practical and theoretical aspects of strategic management. It provides an overview of the disputes in strategic management, offers an effective overview to the field, and addresses the potential benefits and limitations of strategic management. This approach allows for the development of knowledge and skills in the areas of strategic analysis, strategic choice, and strategic implementation. You will compare contrasting theoretical perspectives on strategic management and their implications as well as apply a series of strategic tools to determine industry and company structures.

On a macro level, strategic management is concerned with the long-term direction, scope and performance of an organization. As such it draws on other disciplines (e.g., marketing, finance, economics, organisational behaviour) already covered in the Bachelor of Business program. Whether the overall ‘strategy’ of an organization emerges from the interplay of functional departments or is a ‘grand plan’ devised by one group, its implementation takes place at the functional/process level where goals, plans and actions need to align with other departments as part of a coherent orientation. Hence all managers need to understand how their roles and functions are part of the overall strategy of the organization.

This course aims to provide you with an understanding of the nature of enterprise and entrepreneurship. It introduces the role of the entrepreneur, innovation, and technology in the entrepreneurial process. You will learn how to identify good opportunities then create, communicate and capture value from those opportunities.  This includes innovation in corporate and non-profit settings. Emphasis will be placed on the setting of new venture formation. 

The course is not about small business or lifestyle businesses but instead focuses on the development of growth-oriented businesses whether they are for-profit or not-for-profit. Entrepreneurship is both a way of thinking and of doing.  It involves “building something from nothing”.  Successful entrepreneurs know how to manage and mitigate uncertainty and risk.

The course content is relevant to those individuals thinking about starting a business or who are already in business – large or small – who are interested in commercialising their own innovations or of others, and those who advise entrepreneurs or engage in policy making in the entrepreneurship area.

This course will provide you with experiential learning opportunities to develop real skills in analysing business opportunities and articulating these opportunities in different modes.

This course focuses on the effectiveness of leadership and change management skills at an individual and organisational level. Leadership and change management are increasingly seen to be the key factors affecting the performance of contemporary organisations and are important areas of study in the fields of management and organisational behaviour. Effective leadership and change management of organisations are important to professional practices, multinational organisations, and public sector and not-for-profit organisations.

This course will integrate theoretical and practical aspects of change management to enhance capabilities in the design, development and implementation of change management strategies. This course will cover aspects of leadership and change management theory and practice relevant to organisations from an international perspective. It will examine theoretical aspects from both traditional and critical perspectives. The course will cover the personal aspects of leadership, leaders as relationship builders and leaders as organisational shapers.

In this course, along with core topics in leadership, you will learn about identifying the need for change, assessing change options, planning for change and then implementing and managing change process through to successful outcomes.

The theory and application of fundamental concepts of time value of money, the relationship between risk and return, portfolio theory of investment, and capital structure are examined in detail. You will apply these concepts and assorted financial tools to value stocks and bonds, estimate the cost of capital and implement the discounted cashflow technique to make capital budgeting decisions.

This course is designed to help you develop your understanding of the analytical approaches corporate managers use in making financial decisions to maximise firm value. This course begins by examining the different ways in which companies can be structured and the differing types of ownership that exist. A discussion of both the role of the financial manager within an organization and the roles of financial markets is used to provide a unified framework for all the topics discussed later in the class. The remainder of the course is broken into two parts. The first emphasizes the problems faced by a financial manager within an organisation.

Later, this course looks at financial markets and their role in pricing a firm’s securities and determining the cost of capital. The study of the problems faced by a financial manager begins by examining financial cash flows. This discussion emphasizes the importance of cash flows to firm value and the difference between cash flows and accounting measures of firm performance.

Afterwards, the principles and applications of financial mathematics are introduced, including the time value of money and the law of one price. Finally, the course will look at net present value and how firm managers should decide which potential projects to pursue.

The course develops distinct conceptual frameworks and specialised tools for solving real-world financial problems at both the personal and corporate level. Illustrations from real-life corporate practices are used to highlight the importance and relevance to business success.

This course will build on the fundamental knowledge of accounting procedures gained in prerequisite course(s). The main aim of this course is to introduce the fundamentals of Managing Information Systems – with particular emphasis on the accountant’s perspective. This course will critically enhance the knowledge that you require to examine and evaluate accounting information systems, both manual and computer based. The basis of the course is the accurate recording of all transactions following the globally accepted principles of double entry accounting. You will be able to make informed judgements on how internal control is critical to the performance and activities of small businesses in relation to their accounting information systems. On completion of this course, you should be able to design an effective accounting information system necessary to meet the needs of a typical small business.

This course provides you with an introduction to, and overview of, fundamental concepts of tax law in Australia. This course is designed to provide you with the ability to interpret and apply taxation legislation, judicial interpretations and policy, and taxation practice. The aim is for you to learn about the complexity and comprehensiveness of the Australian taxation system demands that tax considerations must be taken into account in nearly all business decisions. Additionally, you will enhance your ability to solve tax problems through the development of skills in interpreting legislation and cases and in finding the applicable law, as well as developing a systematic approach to responding to such problems.

The main topics in this course provide introduction to, and overview of, fundamental concepts of income tax law. including Introduction to Taxation and income tax, capital gains tax, fringe benefits tax, and goods and services tax; Jurisdiction to Tax; Assessable Income, including taxation of capital gains and losses; Non-Assessable Income; Deductions; Tax Accounting; Tax Treatment of Tax Entities; Anti-avoidance; and Tax Administration.

This course will introduce you to asset and operations management in the hospitality industry, exanimating aspects of strategic planning and policy making in relation to asset management and engineering functions in hospitality properties. Key issues covered include design and operations of hospitality facilities, and elements such as maintenance, technology, occupational health and safety, and conservation. The greening of the hospitality industry and its economic sustainability underpin the course topics.

In this course, you will cover a wide range of topics relevant and unique to tourism and hospitality marketing from both the macro and micro perspectives. From the macro perspective, the nature of the tourism and hospitality industry and its challenging products will be discussed. From the micro perspective, diverse topics from marketing elements to supply chain management for consumer satisfaction will be discussed. Distinguishing topics in this course include: experiential marketing, strategic marketing, tourism and hospitality market analysis, the tourist decision-making process, relationship marketing, promoting tourism and hospitality products.

In this course, you will be introduced to the design and management of effective and efficient systems for proper conveyance of hospitality services.

You will learn the concept of hospitality ‘service’ and ‘experience’ management where the customer is the center of the organisation. You will study the links between a range of functions within the organisation to facilitate effective strategies and service management techniques for hospitality-related enterprises. This course takes a student-centered approach and aims to develop students’ teamwork skills.

This course introduces you to the basics of programming, where you learn sound programming techniques such as pseudocode and algorithm design.

By using a hands-on approach, you will learn about the construction of code, application of best practices for programming, and use of testing and debugging techniques. By the end of this course, you as part of team will be able, to formulate computational problems using representations such as sets, functions and logical specifications to solve traditional business problems.

Throughout the duration of this course, you will be given the opportunity via journal entries to reflect on the material and discuss important aspects in the subject. In addition, a major component of the subject assessment will provide you the experience to work in groups to deliver a software design, a program, and a presentation.

This course introduces you to the concept of information and communication security and its significance in the current business world.

The course addresses the security measures designed to preserve the accessibility, confidentiality, and integrity of electronic data. By using a hands-on approach, you will learn about security controls that are currently available such as encryption protocols. By the end of this course, you will be able to analyse and recommend information and communication security requirements in a business environment cognizant of corporate legal and regulatory environments.

Throughout the duration of this course, you will be given the opportunity via journal entries to reflect on the material and discuss important aspects in the subject. In addition, a major component of the subject assessment will provide you the experience to work in groups to develop an information security report for an organisation incorporating contemporary information security standards.

This course introduces you to the fundamentals of website development, key web technologies, web formats, W3C standards and accessibility standards.

By using a hands-on approach, you will construct web pages demonstrating a working knowledge of the latest HTML version, Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) standards and JavaScript. By the end of this course, you will be able to formulate and recommend web technology solutions in a business context.

Throughout the duration of this course, you will be given the opportunity via journal entries to reflect on the material and discuss important aspects in the subject. In addition, a major component of the subject assessment will provide you with an opportunity to firstly propose a website design that substantiates web technology requirements for a business and secondly to develop a website based on the design specifications using HTML 5, Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) standards and JavaScript.

This course is designed to help you develop in-depth understanding of the cross-cultural knowledge and skills required to work and manage across borders and cultures, capabilities that are essential in today’s globalised business environment. In this course, you will learn the theories which explains the similarities and variations in business behaviour across national cultural boundaries.

This course provides conceptual frameworks for systematically understanding the notion of culture, cultural synergies and differences, and convergence and divergence in cultural norms and values. This course also explores practical solutions for managing in cross cultural business contexts. It incorporates topics that highlight the impact of culture in the international business environment, the multiple dimensions of culture and implications for management, issues in communicating and interacting across cultures, comparative leadership styles, negotiating across cultures and working in global teams.

The course will also draw attention to more recent changes in the global business environment, especially in relation to emerging economies and the developing world, and the implications for international business. 

This course focuses on contemporary issues and emerging trends in management that are relevant to staff and managers in a complex, dynamic and uncertain business environment.  This course adopts a holistic approach to understanding contemporary issues by drawing upon the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in other courses in Bachelor of Business program. This course provides you with an opportunity to integrate the knowledge acquired in other courses on the program and to review and evaluate current issues facing organisations and managers.

Some of main areas covered in this course are technology and digitalisation, diversity and inclusion, globalisation and multiculturalism, emotion management, and change management.

Throughout the course, special emphasises is placed on developing your research, diagnostic, analytical and communication skills to examine and discuss selected management topics.

This course covers the key practical and theoretical aspects of strategic management. It provides an overview of the disputes in strategic management, offers an effective overview to the field, and addresses the potential benefits and limitations of strategic management. This approach allows for the development of knowledge and skills in the areas of strategic analysis, strategic choice, and strategic implementation. You will compare contrasting theoretical perspectives on strategic management and their implications as well as apply a series of strategic tools to determine industry and company structures.

On a macro level, strategic management is concerned with the long-term direction, scope and performance of an organization. As such it draws on other disciplines (e.g., marketing, finance, economics, organisational behaviour) already covered in the Bachelor of Business program. Whether the overall ‘strategy’ of an organization emerges from the interplay of functional departments or is a ‘grand plan’ devised by one group, its implementation takes place at the functional/process level where goals, plans and actions need to align with other departments as part of a coherent orientation. Hence all managers need to understand how their roles and functions are part of the overall strategy of the organization.