Business Administration (Exec) - 8355
Program Summary
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Contact: admissions@agsm.edu.au
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Typical Duration: 3.5 Years 
Typical UOC Per Semester: 6
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 96
Award(s):
Master of Business Administration (Executive)
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Program Description
The MBA (Executive) program is designed for professionals looking to develop their career. It is ideal for those who are looking to accelerate in their chosen career or those who have become interested in learning again and bringing that learning to their workplace.
To qualify for the Master of Business Administration (Executive) candidates must successfully complete two stages:
- Stage 1 (48 units of credit – UOC): candidates must complete 8 foundation courses, with a weighted average mark (WAM) of 65% or higher to progressto Stage 2 of the program.
- Stage 2 (48 UOC): candidates must complete five courses.
Stage 1:
Stage 1 provides the foundation knowledge required for completion of the AGSM MBA (Executive). By providing a thorough grounding in the core business disciplines, students are prepared to move beyond functional areas and to begin to view organisations holistically, and to prepare students for leadership positions.
Stage 1 consists of one compulsory starting course and 7 foundation subjects.
Stage 1 consists of one compulsory starting course and 7 foundation subjects.
Compulsory first course:
- MNGT6370 Foundations of Managerial Skills (6UOC)
Foundation courses (can be completed in any order)
- MNGT6210 Accounting & Financial Mngt (6 UOC)
- MNGT6232 Data Analysis and Statistical (6 UOC)
- MNGT6251 Marketing Management (6 UOC)
- MNGT6275 Managing People & Organisation (6 UOC)
- MNGT6302 Economics in Management Pract (6 UOC)
- MNGT6321 Corporate Finance (6 UOC)
- MNGT6582 International Business (6 UOC)
OR
- MNGT6583 International Business Experience (6UOC)
Progression to Stage 2
An overall weighted average mark (WAM) of 65% or higher across all Stage 1 courses qualifies you for progression to the final stage of the MBA (Executive) Program.
Stage 2:
Stage 2 continues the development of personal leadership attributes and prepares students to become executives of large, established organisations, or leaders of small entrepreneurial start-up firms.
Students enter Stage 2 via MNGT7480. The course assists students to identify useful models for making sense of their managerial experiences and for developing the capacity to think and act as leaders. Personal, tacit theories about what works (from experience and previous learning) are unearthed and discussed against management research insights to instil an evidence-based approach to management.
Students enter Stage 2 via MNGT7480. The course assists students to identify useful models for making sense of their managerial experiences and for developing the capacity to think and act as leaders. Personal, tacit theories about what works (from experience and previous learning) are unearthed and discussed against management research insights to instil an evidence-based approach to management.
On the successful completion of MNGT7480, students enter the Strategic Management Year.
The design of the Strategic Management Year is organised around the fundamental executive level problems in the organisations. Unlike heads of particular functions (R&D, productions, sales, marketing, finance, etc.) executives always need to consider the implications of an action for the entire organisation. For this reason, the Strategic Management Year develops holistic and integrative thinkers who readily take a cross-functional perspective. The Strategic Management Year uses a problem based learning approach so that the program is more like a learning laboratory and less like a traditional classroom taught course. To equip students to be able to act as executives the course simulates, to the extent that it is possible, the tasks and challenges they will face.
It covers the fundamental issues of positioning an organisation within a dynamic environment, and creating an organisational design that will deliver the organisation’s strategy.
The key questions that students consider are:
The design of the Strategic Management Year is organised around the fundamental executive level problems in the organisations. Unlike heads of particular functions (R&D, productions, sales, marketing, finance, etc.) executives always need to consider the implications of an action for the entire organisation. For this reason, the Strategic Management Year develops holistic and integrative thinkers who readily take a cross-functional perspective. The Strategic Management Year uses a problem based learning approach so that the program is more like a learning laboratory and less like a traditional classroom taught course. To equip students to be able to act as executives the course simulates, to the extent that it is possible, the tasks and challenges they will face.
It covers the fundamental issues of positioning an organisation within a dynamic environment, and creating an organisational design that will deliver the organisation’s strategy.
The key questions that students consider are:
- What are the key characteristics of the environment in which my firm operates?
- What options do I have in positioning my firm within that environment?
- How well does my current strategic position fit with the environment?
- Why is my organization not performing as well as it could?
- What options do I have in designing my organisation?
- How well does my current organisation design fit with my strategic objectives?
- What are the future strategic options for my firm?
- How can I transform my organisation to better fit a changed environment and to meet the challenges we face in the future?
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Throughout the Strategic Management Year students will develop the following critical skills for becoming an effective executive.
- understand and apply concepts related to general management, in their own and other organisations, focusing on the interdisciplinary application of course concepts and frameworks
- identify similarities and differences between strategic roles and lower level functional manager roles, as well as how these roles work together towards achieving the organisation’s fundamental objective
- think critically by identifying assumptions and utilising a range of data gathering and analysis techniques to solve management problems
- demonstrate systematic and creative approaches to decision making, including in their workplace
- communicate ideas and information logically and concisely in writing, oral presentations and class demonstrate an understanding of leadership skills, including reflection on their personal leadership style, and of the challenges of working effectively within a team
- demonstrate an awareness of working with diversity and of the relevance of management issues in a global context
- demonstrate an understanding of ethical dilemmas of management problems
Program Structure
Stage 2 consists of 5 compulsory subjects.
- MNGT7480 Leadership (6UOC)
- MNGT7491 Strategic Management 1 (10.5 UOC)
- MNGT7492 Strategic Management 2 (10.5 UOC)
- MNGT7493 Strategic Management 3 (10.5 UOC)
- MNGT7495 Strategic Management 4 (10.5 UOC)
Academic Rules
Please refer to Program Structure for the Academic Requirements relating to this program.
Fees
For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website: UNSW Fee Website.
Entry Requirements
Please refer to the AGSM MBA Program website for further detail.
Further Information
Please note that these requirements may be subject to change.
Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Current students are to refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for program requirements.
Please contact the AGSM MBA Programs Admissions at:
Postal Address
Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Current students are to refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for program requirements.
Please contact the AGSM MBA Programs Admissions at:
Postal Address
AGSM MBA Programs
UNSW Business School
UNSW Sydney
NSW 2052
Phone: (02) 9931 9490
Fax: (02) 9931 9205
Email: admissions@agsm.edu.au
UNSW Business School
UNSW Sydney
NSW 2052
Phone: (02) 9931 9490
Fax: (02) 9931 9205
Email: admissions@agsm.edu.au
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