MGT306 Enterprise Leadership

The management of organisational operations is imperative for effective decision-making, strategic implementation, and outcomes. Leadership is different, however, as it focuses on the skills, qualities, and ability of individuals to manage teams and inspire people thus ensuring sustainable successes and the achievement of organisational goals. In this unit your knowledge of leadership principles, functions and practices that facilitate motivation will be enhanced thereby making achievement of objectives and strategy implementation possible. You will examine and assess differing enterprise perspectives and theories and be equipped with the ability to understand how a leader deals with complexities in the workplace.

MGT307 Globalisation and Sustainable Futures

The environment, climate change and sustainability affect all communities and organisations.  Understanding sustainability issues and their potential management is vital for sustainable global businesses. In this unit you will identify recent global developments and sustainability initiatives undertaken by various governments and other relevant organisations. You will be introduced to a range of national and multilateral initiatives and perspectives on climate change and sustainability.  You will learn how to apply globalisation and sustainable practices to enable organisations to pursue new opportunities, address sustainability risks and achieve strategic competitive advantages. You will be introduced to the strategic role of leadership in fostering globalisation, resilience, and sustainable practices within a context of organisational risk and opportunity.

MGT309 Quality Assurance Management

Quality assurance and management are essential for continuous improvement. In this unit you will be introduced to various perspectives, concepts, and theories in total quality management (TQM). You will focus on how mechanisms can be embedded into every stage of the corporate process that ensure quality output. In this unit, specific emphasis will be given to several key components including quality planning, controlling, assurance and improvement. You will learn about quality management, revisiting the meaning of “quality” in an automated and data-driven world. You will be able to analyse and evaluate selected cases in quality assurance and management systems for continuous improvement and accreditation.

MGT310 Digital Transformation in Business

The contemporary and dynamic digital environment has been disruptive for businesses. Many organisations may not even realise that their strategies are outdated in the context of digitising their business processes. The power of the digital age creates new value for customers and equips businesses, which adapt and remodel themselves, with the ability to outperform their competitors. In this unit you will examine and assess modern strategic tools and techniques that lead to transformation of knowledge and skills founded in digital innovation and disruption. You will be introduced to the latest technological developments that will successfully lead business through transformative processes.

MGT311 Resourcing for the Future Workforce

In this unit, you will be introduced to the practices of recruiting, hiring, positioning, and managing an organisation’s workforce. Applying these practices will assist managers in creating, implementing and overseeing policies governing employees. You will apply the principles that underpin an organisation’s workforce functioning, which directly impact employees and performance. You will examine the links between business strategies and workforce management. Furthermore, you will investigate several frameworks and techniques used in HRM including workforce strategies and plans, attraction, recruitment and selection, managing diversity and work/life balance, human resource development, performance management, retention, and evaluating the effectiveness of the future workforce function.

ACC312 Accounting Theory and Practice

In this unit, you will examine and evaluate what constitutes accounting theories and related frameworks to understand, analyse and assess contemporary accounting practices and issues. You will consider a range of topics including regulation and conceptual framework, application of selected accounting standards for reporting in Australia, measurement theories, positive and normative accounting theories, corporate governance and ethics, comparison between principle-based international standards (IFRS) and rule-based US standards (GAAP), climate-change related sustainability disclosure issues and Integrated Reporting (IR). You will be able to locate, investigate and interpret a contemporary accounting issue using the relevant interpretative theoretical lens.

MGT313 Managing Across Cultures

In a dynamic and globalised business environment, understanding of contextual knowledge, communicative skills and practices are crucial to effectively managing in an international context. In this unit you will develop your knowledge of the principles, norms, values, and practices which are essential to manage businesses in cross-cultural settings. You will identify and assess how different cultures manifest unique linguistic and symbolic communications which have implications for managers, multicultural contexts. In this unit, you will appraise the religious, social, political and ideological dimensions that are necessary for international business.