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Qualification

Postgraduate
Duration

8 months full time or equivalent part time
Units

4
Start Date

Mar, Jul, Nov

Overview of the course

If you are looking to stand out from your cohort of managers, consider the Swinburne Graduate Certificate in Management as your next step to a distinguished career.

This qualification will ask you to step outside of the confines of traditional management to hone the sought-after skills of problem solving and critical thinking. It will ensure you have the essentials for career advancement, help you think like an entrepreneur, and set you apart from the rest.

Course work will further your understanding of how organisations work, how to capitalise on opportunities and how to deliver on projects. You will become more innovative and agile than the average player; a real contender for future leadership professional opportunities.

Completion of the Graduate Certificate in Management is a pathway to our Master of Business Administration. If you transfer, any applicable units you have successfully completed will be credited towards your MBA.

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What are the entry criteria?

Entry requirements

Submit a resume demonstrating:

A recognised bachelor degree in a related discipline

A recognised bachelor degree in any discipline PLUS a minimum of two years equivalent full-time relevant professional experience

A minimum of three years equivalent full-time relevant professional experience.

Courses are only available to Australian and New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and humanitarian visa holders.

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Course Units

Behaviour in Organisations (HRM60016)

Opportunity Discovery (ENT60006)

Opportunity Discovery

ENT60006

Unit code: ENT60006
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit provides the fundamental knowledge base and skills necessary for anyone wishing to study or work as an innovator and/or entrepreneur. The processes and evaluation techniques taught in this unit can be applied to entrepreneurship and innovation in any context: new businesses, existing businesses (small or large), not-for-profit, public service. The unit aims to critically reflect on real world innovations and entrepreneurial practice using key ideas, concepts, models, procedures, tools, methods and literature in the innovation and entrepreneurship disciplinary environment. Design and discovery principles are applied in order to discover and test product-market fit.

Content

After successfully completing this unit, you will be able to:

Apply coherent and advanced knowledge concepts, techniques and tools in regards to discovery and development of entrepreneurial opportunities
Apply the fundamentals of entrepreneurship to develop business skills and apply for customer development
Critically analyse business models in startup development and develop skills in building business models
Demonstrate integrity, ethical conduct, accountability, respect and a developing awareness of professional practices and cultural norms in a global and sustainable context
Work collaboratively in groups analysing, presenting and applying a range of startup tools in order to discover and develop the opportunity.

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Designing for Change (FST80008)

Project Management for Innovative Outcomes (PRM60002)

Project Management for Innovative Outcomes

PRM60002

Unit code: PRM60002
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 12.5 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit demonstrates the decisions and tasks that emerge during the phases of the entrepreneurial life cycle. The unit also aims to provide students with an understanding of the importance of developing project management capabilities and competences within an entrepreneurial venture in such a way that it captures organisational learning and influences, as well as establishing a process that clearly aligns project selection to enterprise strategy. The unit will critically analyse personal opportunities to develop entrepreneurial activities within the student’s own role.

Content

Understanding terms: What is an entrepreneur, an intrapreneur and a professional manager. What are their characteristics and traits?
The role of the enterprising leader in project management
The entrepreneurial life cycle and the role project management plays
Determinants of a viable entrepreneurial project
Conditions which stimulate the emergence of enterprise and entrepreneurship
Understanding the strategic orientation of your enterprising business
The benefit(s) of feasibility studies
Negotiation within the entrepreneurial firm and project management
How to understand and analyse risk in entrepreneurial ventures and during its life cycle
Managing and dealing with limited resources
Funding sources for entrepreneurial projects

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Career opportunities

Executive General Manager

Develops strategies and policies to achieve future business goals.
Operations Manager

Take a lead role in the management of producing goods and services. Oversee the distribution of products and find areas of improvement to strengthen business operations.
Strategic Manager

Provides a strategic approach and insight into business operations.

Learning outcomes

Leadership

Develop knowledge of management concepts using critical thinking
Entrepreneurship

Utilise advanced knowledge to discovery and development of entrepreneurial opportunities.
Organisational Behaviour

Examine organisational problems and issues relevant to organisations operating in a global and diverse workplace.
Communication

Understand how to communicate proficiently to a variety of audiences.
Project Management

Become an enterprising leader in the delivery of projects.
Problem Solving

Apply problem solving and decision making methodologies to a business challenge.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this Course students will be able to:

Apply coherent and developed knowledge of management concepts in diverse contexts and applications using critical thinking
Apply problem solving, design and decision making methodologies to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems with reference to established frameworks
Communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences, function as an effective member or leader of a diverse team, and use the basic tools and practices of management within project work
Demonstrate integrity, ethical conduct, accountability, respect and a developing awareness of professional practices and cultural norms in a global and sustainable context

Course rules

To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate of Management students must complete 50 credit points comprising of:

Four (4) units of study (12.5 credit points each)

Volume of Learning
The Graduate Certificate of Management consists of a total of 4 units (50 credit points). Units normally carry 12.5 credit points (cps). In each standard teaching period, four (4) units normally constitute a full-time load of 50 credit points and two (2) units normally constitute a part-time load of 25 credit points

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Frequently asked questions

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Do I have to purchase learning materials?

For students undertaking a degree, most of your learning materials are included with a free license provided to you by Swinburne Online. However, in some cases, you will be notified via your student email that you will need to buy specific software or eTexts. For TAFE Business students, all of your learning materials will be available online and are covered by your course fees. You won’t need to purchase any further materials.
Which units should I start with?

When you enrol to study a degree with us, you will nominate how many units you would like to select per teaching period, based on a recommendation from one of our Course Consultants. From here, our enrolments team will allocate you automatically to the units they feel will be best suited to your needs, so you don’t need to worry about choosing units. If you want to choose something different than what you are allocated to, that is no problem, just get in touch with our Student Liaison Team and they will take care of it for you.
Do I need to be logged on to study at specific times?

You won’t normally have to be online at a specific time. Your course material is available for you from the beginning of each teaching period and you can work through it in the hours that suit you.

There are some live webinar sessions that run approximately once a month. These are a special opportunity for students to sign in at the same time as their tutors, normally before an assessment deadline. It gives you the chance to ask any questions relating to the assignment in real time and hear other student’s questions and thoughts. We understand that students won’t always be able to make these sessions, so they can be replayed the next day.

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Graduate Certificate in Management