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Study undergraduate certificate business & management online with Curtin University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Data and Analysis

Data Analytics Concepts

Business Intelligence

Psychology of Leadership

Introduction to Psychological Design and Statistics

Training and Development

Applied Contract Law

Consumer Psychology

Business Finance

Sustainability, Climate Change and Economics

Students discover how the rules of contract formation and operation apply in the business world. Students learn how to understand common business contractual terms and implications to develop an appreciation of how contracts are used to allocate risk. Global, technological, social and ethical issues in relation to contracts are explored and finally, students learn about common law rules dealing with disputes and damages and how businesses resolve contractual disputes in the real world.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://www.curtin.edu.au/students/essentials/rights/academic-integrity/aip/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Sharpen your understanding of contract law principles. Learn how contracts are formed, negotiated and performed. Explore the circumstances in which a contract can be terminated. Focus particularly on the role of the contract in the business world.

This subject introduces marketing to postgraduate students from diverse discipline areas. It initiates students into the marketing discipline by highlighting the principles fundamental to both consumer and business decision-making. Students acquire knowledge of marketing theories, frameworks and strategies, which equip them to analyse, evaluate and create strategic initiatives in the marketplace. Students have opportunity to hone their professional skills in leadership, collaboration and problem-solving in communications with their peers and industry clients. Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Synergising Marketing

The purpose of this subject is to provide students with a capstone experience where they draw on their previous subjects throughout the MBA journey to tackle a major global strategic issue relevant to their sector. The MBA equips students with knowledge, learning and new skills to understand the broader business aspects managers require. In doing so, various aspects of business management are addressed, including organisational behaviour, financial decision making, economics, marketing, operations management and strategy. The MBA capstone subject requires students to identify a global strategic issue at a level of importance such that the issue can significantly change the way organisations in a sector operate in the future. Students are tasked with identifying and framing the global issue and developing a pathway that draws on strategy, and at least three (3) other disciplines (e.g. finance, human resources, marketing), to identify how their organisation will address the issue. Students who complete the subject will be better prepared to put in place actions that consider the dynamics of a changing global business environment, the broader context of an organisation and how different functions need to be aligned and integrated to solve complex strategic challenges. As this is a subbject focused on synthesis, integration and the application of previous learning across the entire MBA, no new content will be introduced. However, an assessment overview, facilitated reflection opportunities, student discussion and/or relevant industry engagement will be provided.﻿Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

MBA Capstone

The purpose of this subject is to develop skills and competencies for creating, implementing and monitoring organisational strategy. The subject explores the practices and concepts that drive the choices and actions that lead to a successful strategy. Through the introduction of appropriate theoretical models and relevant practical frameworks, students will understand the fundamental building blocks of strategy, which will allow them to put in place solutions to developing and implementing better strategies and monitoring their effectiveness. Both classic strategy principles and contemporary strategy thought will be explored. Using problem-based learning, students who complete the subject will be better prepared to develop strategies aimed at achieving long-term sustainability.﻿Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Organisational Strategy

The purpose of this subject is to develop skills and competencies for leading and managing business sustainability in the global context. The unit explores both challenges and opportunities inherent in the interface between economic, environmental and social requirements, and applies key theories, concepts, frameworks and solutions to those requirements. Students will understand how economic, environmental and social requirements are integral and interrelated parts of the global and geo-political landscape within which businesses operate. Using problem-based learning, a grounding in business ethics and guidance from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, students who complete the unit will be better prepared to develop actions aimed at achieving business sustainability while considering a global perspective. Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Global Business Sustainability

This subject develops leadership competencies for current and future organizations in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world. It introduces and identifies effective strategies for risk, crisis and emergency management, business continuity planning and enables understanding of contemporary legal constraints and enablers. It develops the skills required to lead others and engage in reflective practice in these contexts by examining contemporary global business cases/leader responses.This will include examination of the micro/meso and macro influences on VUCA leadership outcomes. Using problem-based learning students will create a ‘live’ public relations message to manage stakeholder perceptions and responses in a business/ industry crisis. Students will also develop a business continuity plan, incorporating relevant cultural, legal and economic constraints and facilitators.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Leadership in Crisis and Recovery

In this subject students will engage with Operations Management definitions and their contribution to supply and value chains. Key concepts and tools that students will identify include supply chain drivers and components, value management, capacity planning and scheduling, process management and manufacturing quality. Analysis tool will also be applied to inform decisions that may improve the value and competitive advantage of a company.﻿Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Strategic Operations Management

This subject introduces MBA students to contemporary leadership theory and practice, including emergent leadership theories, ethics and governance, cross-cultural leadership and the role leaders play in building sustainable organisations. The focus is on the challenges leaders face in global organisations. Subject content is responsive to the increased complexity and rapid pace of contemporary society which demands higher, more ethical and more innovative levels of leadership. A multidimensional approach is adopted to critically analyse leaders and leadership, which includes doing, seeing, talking, reading and writing about leadership. Activities require students to integrate and synthesize these five leadership activities to demonstrate the development of theory from practice and practice into theory.﻿Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Fundamentals of Leadership

This subject focuses on the way in which businesses have approached the diverse and increasingly complex agenda of social and environmental management, evaluating the degree of influence these pressing issues have on business activities. It offers comprehensive grounding in sustainability management issues including strategies, accountability, policies, auditing and reporting. Given appropriate tools and an exposure to international and local sustainability issues, students will use real-life business industry situations to formulate corporate sustainability management policy. It provides capacity building for students to be future generators of sustainable values for business and community. Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Responsible Leadership

The leadership role at the level of philosophical thinking and linking personal leadership discoveries with philosophical and ethical thought. Classical and contemporary philosophy in Eastern and Western traditions, models and influences, and their impact on personal philosophies of leadership. Development of a personal framework for leadership philosophy translation of theories into practical applications for the workplace.﻿Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject, you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Philosophy and Ethics

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