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Admission

Local applications for the course must be made through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Futher information on courses is available on the Local Admissions section of the UWS website.

International applications should be made directly to the University. Further information on courses is available on the International Admissions section of the UWS website or contact internationalstudy@uws.edu.au.

Undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and minimum two years proven managerial/professional work experience post degree; OR
Undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and minimum three years general work experience post degree; OR
An approved three-year diploma with industry work experience component; OR
A TAFE advanced diploma (or equivalent) and normally a minimum of five years professional business work experience; OR
An approved Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (or equivalent) with a passing grade average.

Although not mandatory, a GMAT score of 550 or a BMAT score of 142 will be favourably considered where additional evidence is required.

Applicants whose first language is not English must meet one of the following English language proficiency levels (or an equivalent level on another measure approved by the SGSM) for entry to the program:

IELTS - overall band score of 6.5 with no sub-band score below 6.0
TOEFL - 600 (paper-based) with minimum 4.5 TWE or 250 (computerised) with minimum 4.5 Essay Rating
Provide written documentary evidence that tertiary studies were conducted entirely in English

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 60 credit points.

The Diploma comprises six units, all of which are presented at the same academic level as The Sydney MBA.

Core Units

Marketing Management

Marketing Management is designed to provide an introduction to the key concepts, principles and practices that constitute the Marketing discipline. It will develop a focus on marketing as a business philosophy underpinning the activities of the firm.

Value Chain Management

This unit introduces students to the concept of the value chain and its management. The unit explores the strategic issues of the role of the value chain in developing, maintaining and growing a business. It will enable participants to understand what is required and the business models that will have to be adopted.

Managing People

This unit locates the management of human resources within its theoretical, philosophical, historical, regulatory, social and organisational contexts. An integrated model of strategic human resource management is developed whereby the strategic link between managing people and corporate planning is demonstrated. The unit also examines the ways in which the various HR processes are inter-related and introduces debate on the future directions of people management in the modern organisation.

Financial Management

This unit is a foundation course in financial management in the corporate context. It examines corporate financial decision-making by exploring sources of business finance and means of evaluating alternatives. The unit has a particular focus on financial risk management.

Contemporary Organisation Behaviour

Courses in organisational behaviour usually concentrate on the responses of organisational participants to the stimulus of organisational phenomena such as structure, technology and management processes. Such an approach has been heavily influenced by behaviourist and humanistic psychology and functionalist sociology, and suffers from the limitations of these approaches. Given the social formation of organisations, an interactionist approach is offered. The interactionist model holds that meaning lies both within society and within individuals and is inculcated in individuals through the processes of socialisation. The individual, however, is by no means passive and seeks to impose meaning on organisational phenomena. Group behaviour is explained in terms of shared provinces of meaning as individuals collectively confront their life situations. The implications of such interactions for organisations are explored.

Accounting Perspectives for Management

This unit focuses on the analytical uses of accounting information by managers. It emphasises the role of both financial and management accounting in measuring, processing and communicating information that is useful in making economic decisions.

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration is a high quality stand-alone university accredited program. It also serves as part of the progression path into The Sydney MBA. The diploma builds upon the certificate by elaborating on the knowledge base involved in the challenging areas of managing people and financial management.

Constructed not only to be practical and applicable in day-to-day management practice, it is an ideal program for anyone that seeks to understand the essence of management and business administration.

Duration

6 Months FT/ 9 Months PT

Location

Westmead

How to Apply

All domestic applications for entry to UWS postgraduate courses must be made through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Step by step instructions are available on on How to Apply pages.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have one of the following in order to gain entry to the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration:

Undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and minimum two years proven managerial/professional work experience post degree; OR

Undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and minimum three years general work experience post degree; OR

An approved three-year diploma with industry work experience component; OR

A TAFE advanced diploma (or equivalent) and normally a minimum of five years professional business work experience; OR

An approved Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (or equivalent) with a passing grade average.

Special Requirements

Although not mandatory, a GMAT score of 550 or a BMAT score of 142 will be favourably considered where additional evidence is required

Course Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 60 credit points.

Other UWS PG Courses

M Business Administration
GC Business Administration

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