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Master of Business Administration (International)
Postgraduate | TAS-MBA-MAS | 2024
Equip yourself with everything you need to lead
Build the skills that will enable you to achieve. Your MBA gives you the options you need for business success locally, nationally and globally. Choose from specialisations including marketing, entrepreneurship, finance and business research.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 2 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 16
- Price from
- $44,370
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Master of Business Administration (International)
About this degree
Upon completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate self-evaluative managerial capability by reflecting on the impact of managerial behaviours and decision making about sustainable, ethical and socially responsible business practices
- Critically evaluate business theory, practices and principles to support analysis of their efficacy, in uncertain organisational contexts
- Communicate evidence-based arguments in both written and oral formats across diverse audiences to ensure mutual understanding and accuracy
- Resolve complex organisational challenges in local, regional and global contexts by integrating critical analysis, managerial and leadership capability, and relevant theory
- Conduct and communicate research into current or emerging topics relevant to organisations locally, regionally or globally
As a person with managerial experience in business, the Master of Business Administration will provide you with the opportunity to enhance current skills and develop a broad suite of capabilities required for senior management. Recognising that organisations are operating in increasingly complex and ambiguous business landscapes, the course offers scope to develop innovative ideas, to critique prevailing thought and establish ethical perspectives associated with contemporary organisations across private, public and third sectors (e.g., social enterprise). You will be prepared for senior roles with professional capability to amplify opportunities to positively influence organisational trajectories and/or provide guidance and insight to others in roles such as senior management, leadership or consulting.
Recommended study pattern
Transition Subjects
- TAS-BFA503 Principles of Financial Management
- TAS-BMA501 Managing Contemporary Organisations
- TAS-BMA507 Marketing in Society
- TAS-BMA583 People, Work and Wellbeing
Core Subjects
- TAS-BEA674 Data and Business Decision Making
- TAS-BEA683 Economics for Managers
- TAS-BMA701 Leadership and Change Management
- TAS-BMA799 Strategic Management
Research/Project
- TAS-BMA702 International & National Business Experience
- TAS-BMA727 Data Analysis and Research Methods
- TAS-BMA798 Business Project (double credit points)
Specialisations or Specialist Subjects
Students may want to study a specialisation or select a mix of subjects from each specialisation
Leadership and Organisational Capability
- TAS-BMA613 Leading Capability Development in Organisations
- TAS-BMA614 Leadership, Process and Capability
- TAS-BMA725 Leadership and 'Place'
- TAS-BMA726 Contemporary Issues in Organisational Leadership
Sustainable Business
- TAS-BFA757 Socially Responsible Investing
- TAS-BFA758 Organisational Social Responsibilities
- TAS-BFA759 Managing and Reporting Sustainability Related Performance
- TAS-BFA760 Sustainability Related Governance and Assurance
Organisational Resilience
- TAS-HSP504 Leading Resilient Organisations
- TAS-HSP505 Crisis Management
- TAS-HSP601 Protective Security
- TAS-HSP602 Business Continuity Management
Specialist Subjects (select four subjects from the following)
- TAS-BFA757 Socially Responsible Investing
- TAS-BFA758 Organisational Social Responsibilities
- TAS-BFA759 Managing and Reporting Sustainability Related Performance
- TAS-BFA760 Sustainability Related Governance and Assurance
- TAS-BMA613 Leading Capability Development in Organisations
- TAS-BMA614 Leadership, Process and Capability
- TAS-BMA725 Leadership and 'Place'
- TAS-BMA726 Contemporary Issues in Organisational Leadership
- TAS-HSP504 Leading Resilient Organisations
- TAS-HSP505 Crisis Management
- TAS-HSP601 Protective Security
- TAS-HSP602 Business Continuity Management
Award requirements
Satisfactory completion of 16 subjects, as required in the schedule, within 2-5 years from commencement.
Degrees are usually made up of core subjects and electives. Some degrees include a choice of majors, so you can focus your studies on a specialisation.
This list is a general overview. Download the full Degree Guide for more information.
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Entry requirements
For entry into the MBA (International), students must meet the following criteria:
- Completed undergraduate degree of an Australian higher education institution or the equivalent standard in any other institution ; OR
- Completion of the Graduate Certificate of Business Studies at the University of Tasmania, or an equivalent qualifying Graduate Certificate* ; OR
- Completion of an AQF Level 6 qualification and a minimum of three (3) years senior managerial experience.
*a qualifying Graduate Certificate is any Graduate Certificate from an Australian higher education institution, or the equivalent from any other institution.
Completed AQF6 Advanced Diploma or equivalent
Minimum of three (3) years senior managerial experience. Refer all applications to UTAS
The University of Tasmania grants credit and recognition of prior learning that may include formal and/or informal prior learning. More information is available here. https://www.utas.edu.au/study/apply/admission-requirements/recognition-of-prior-learning
Career opportunities
MBA graduates are leaders in business – locally, nationally and globally. An MBA gives you the skills required to lead and achieve in your chosen field in both a general management and specialist context.
Our graduates have excellent career prospects. 90% of postgraduate students from business and management courses find full-time work within 4 months of graduating (Source: 2017 Graduate Outcomes Survey).
Notable alumni:
- Daniel Leesong, Founder, Coal River Farm
- Raz Haroon, Managing Director, Gloo Advertising
- Anne Bennett, Marketing and Communications Manager, Ashgrove Cheese Pty. Ltd.
- Michael Patterson, General Manager, Telstra Tasmania
Career outlook
- Chief Executives and Managing Directors:
- Unknown average
- General Managers:
- Unknown average
- Importers, Exporters and Wholesalers:
- $93K to $120K
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