Master of Business Administration (37O1)

This specialisation will equip you with the insights to meet global challenges through the development of strategic organisational capability. You’ll be encouraged to critically investigate and evaluate traditional and unorthodox approaches to leadership, as well as Indigenous knowledges. Generating an expansive view of the role of leaders and leadership will prepare you with the capacity to question traditional approaches for more creative and contemporary means of achieving organisational outcomes and stakeholder value.

You will develop deep insight into the emerging capabilities required by leaders to ensure their organisations are ready for uncertain times and can solve complex organisational problems. Drawing on new research exploring leadership behaviours, indigenous perspectives, the centrality of place and exploring real-time, live global issues, this specialisation offers a distinctive insight into the role of modern leaders in developing capable organisations.

Using personal data drawn from psychometric tests, you will identify where your own leadership capabilities will be tested, where they bring value and what professional development might enhance your capacities now and into the future. 

The specialisation is made up of four specialist units that are delivered as part of the ‘mastery’ elements of the MBA course and constitutes 50 credit points of the 200 credit point course.

The Organisational Resilience specialisation requires the completion of 50 credit points.

Organisational resilience refers to an organisation’s ability to adapt, evolve, respond, and recover from short-term shocks and to shape itself to respond to long term challenges. This specialisation focuses on resilience, crisis management, corporate security, and business continuity and prepares managers and leaders to respond appropriately to disruption on workforces, enterprises, economies, and individuals. It will prepare you to respond to challenges associated with natural hazards such as severe weather events, and human threats such as cyber-attacks, in a manner that protects your people, your organisation, and stakeholders.

Learn from a teaching team that are conducting cutting edge international research on organisational resilience with industry leaders. Importantly, you’ll also learn from our four adjunct senior lecturers that are all currently resilience practitioners within industry and provide subject matter expertise. Have access to a knowledge bank of over 50 national and international practitioner insight videos from experts working in organisational resilience roles that will complement the theoretical component with real-world examples. In a virtual environment, meet your academic teaching team, our adjunct senior lecturers, and your fellow students in series of optional real-time discussion exercises where you will use scenario planning techniques with your fellow students to explore a contemporary resilience issue. Finally, complete assessment tasks that can provide tangible outputs for your business.

Available: Online only.

If you are an onshore international student seeking to complete this specialisation please seek course advise to ensure the required level of on-campus study can be completed in your course.

Sustainability is no longer simply associated with how an organisation uses its resources. It is now a focus expected to be embedded throughout any organisation, from its treatment of people within and outside the organisation, to the impacts of its products and services on customers and the environment. This holistic view of sustainability also comes with a requirement to understand and report on sustainability-related metrics drawn from every activity a business undertakes. These metrics will affect how a business performs from the perspective of its customers, investors, competitors, industry partners, and employees. Therefore, embracing sustainability is not only essential for the planet, but also for business success.

In the Sustainable Business specialisation, you will explore the nature of organisational social responsibilities; approaches to managing and reporting sustainability-related performance; how to establish appropriate sustainability related governance and assurance mechanisms; and, how to invest in a socially responsible manner. These all combine to provide key insights and knowledge for managing an organisation sustainably.

Your learning material has been developed by internationally recognised research leaders in the field who have close ties to professional accounting bodies, industry associations, and relevant government departments. In addition to the international connections, they draw on Tasmania’s business leaders and their experiences developing globally competitive brands, people who have kept a permanent eye on sustainable business practices while achieving great growth and success. No prior knowledge in organisational sustainability is required, and the material is compelling both to those with and without experience in the area.

The specialisation is made up of four specialist units that are delivered as part of the ‘mastery’ elements of the MBA course and constitutes 50 credit points of the 200 credit point course.