Bachelor of Business (Management)

Organisational Behaviour examines individual, group and organisational behaviours and the influence these have on each other.

This subject is based on developing skills that can help you navigate through these processes and behaviours. The focus is on participation, to guide students to both reflect on and develop their own skills to become better managers, as well as employees.

This subject introduces students to the dynamic relationship between business and society, with an emphasis on the Australian context. Students will examine how businesses interact with government, communities, and stakeholders, and how ethical, governance, and social responsibility principles shape decision-making.

The subject also explores Indigenous perspectives and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Students will gain insights into managing diverse stakeholder interests and issues while preparing to engage with sustainable business practices through case based and collaborative learning activities.

This subject explores how existing businesses can be transformed through strategically designed organisational renewal. Students will develop a transformative mindset through analysis of organisational design, systems, structures, processes and communities. The subject considers the external environment with an evaluation of culturally diverse and indigenous perspectives.

Students will gain insights into contemporary models of organisational transformation and explore their application to events such as mergers and acquisitions, digital pivots and product evolution. The design of the subject emphasises active, project-based learning through presentations, team activities and managerial reflective practice.

Managing Operations is a comprehensive subject that focuses on the importance of operations in creating competitiveness and dynamic capabilities for individual organisations and organisations connected through supply chains and logistics processes within a global context.

The subject is designed for students interested in enhancing their knowledge and skills in designing and improving critical operational processes used by organisations to provide products and services to customers. It encompasses internal and external operations for manufacturing and service organisations; their strategic choices; and tactical and operational decision-making processes for the management of critical and extended resources.

The latest qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques, online business simulations and international case studies are used to practise problem solving processes to address challenges of a global nature in the business world.

This subject explores the nature and essence of strategy and how this is created in various organisational, industry and economic contexts. The complexity of the strategy process, content and context means that there is not one clear position on strategy. The impact of this complexity on managers seeking to develop a strategic thinking capability is examined.

The paradoxes and debates in the field of strategy are explored in an effort to understand the concept of sustainable competitive advantage. Students will utilise the theoretical knowledge presented in a dialectical enquiry framework to undertake strategic analysis, and develop a selection of strategic options, for case study scenarios and in a team strategy simulation.

This is an engaged subject that requires students to undertake real-world projects to support selected industry or community partners.

The subject blends in-class and online activities as well as individual and group work, with self-directed problem-based learning. The focus of students’ learning is on sustainable business, including the economic, social and environmental dimensions of business. The in-class workshops support students to conduct the required engagement activities with industry or community partners.

As a third-year subject, attention is given to students’ application of the knowledge and skills already acquired in their degree programs, and on the practice of business management skills.

This subject introduces students to the complexities of managing in the changing economic, political, legal, technological and socio cultural factors that influence management practice. By addressing issues of cultural awareness, this subject provides an organisational behaviour approach to managing in a dynamic global environment.

Management practice and theoretical knowledge are linked in this subject through experiential based learning and assessment activities such as critical analysis of contemporary media, research and case studies.

This subject equips students with the knowledge and skills to lead organisational change. As change agents, students will investigate theories and models of change management, and critically analyse the complexities of transformation, with a focus on leadership abilities.

Students will analyse power dynamics, resistance to change, and develop engagement and communication strategies that foster trust and readiness. This subject prepares future leaders to navigate different environments through critical reflection, providing solutions for organisational change via collaborative learning activities.

This subject explores the links between innovation and entrepreneurship in the context of dynamic domestic and global environments. It develops an understanding of how to initiate a business venture, taking advantages of real and perceived opportunities and mobilising the required resources.

To this end, different theories and perspectives on innovation and entrepreneurship are examined and applied to authentic business scenarios. The knowledge and skills learned in this subject will enable future entrepreneurs to start businesses and create value in the process of transforming innovations into goods or services.