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Study Graduate Diploma in Business Administration online through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

The Graduate Diploma of Business Administration (On Demand) offers a unique perspective on global leadership, enhancing your existing business knowledge. This program is designed to provide maximum flexibility, allowing you to study at your own pace while acquiring crucial business leadership skills that can be immediately applied to your career. The Graduate Diploma of Business Administration (On Demand) serves as both a standalone qualification and a stepping stone to pursuing a full On Demand - Master of Business Administration.Tailor your study to your lifestyle thanks to our innovative digital learning system, accessible from anywhere with 24/7 personalised support. With all your course materials online, and the option to study full or part time, on-campus, online or a blend of both it&#39;s all about flexibility.Course duration: 1 years full time, 2 years part time.Top-ranked MBA school - Ranked Tier-1 by CEO Magazine in 2025, placing our MBA program among the world’s best.EFMD member - As a member of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), our business courses are globally connected and internationally recognised.

Elevate your career potential or take a step towards your MBA. You’ll gain strategic skills and industry insights to expand your business knowledge. Seize the opportunity to redefine your career trajectory. Make an impact in the world of business.

Graduate Diploma of Business Administration -On Demand

Torrens University&#39;s Graduate Diploma of Business Administration deepens your business knowledge with a global leadership perspective. Develop strategies to drive business growth and build up your dynamic leadership skills to advance your career. The Graduate Diploma of Business Administration course is a pathway to a full MBA or MBA (Advanced), as well as a solid stand-alone qualification.Tailor your study to your lifestyle thanks to our innovative digital learning system, accessible from anywhere with 24/7 personalised support. With all your course materials online, and the option to study full or part time, on-campus, online or a blend of both it&#39;s all about flexibility.Course duration: 1 year full time, part-time options available.Online MBA ranked 21st globally - Our online MBA is ranked 21st in the world by CEO Magazine (2025), recognising its world-class quality and career-focused outcomes.Top-ranked MBA school - Ranked Tier-1 by CEO Magazine in 2025, placing our MBA program among the world’s best.EFMD member - As a member of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), our business courses are globally connected and internationally recognised.Learn from award-winning lecturers - Our MBA lecturers were named the Most Inspirational MBA Lecturers in 2023 and 2024 by MBAus, the professional body for MBAs in Australasia.

Build dynamic leadership skills and future-proof your career. You’ll gain insights from experienced academics and industry partners. Study at a top ranked MBA school. A valuable stand-alone postgrad business qualification or pathway to a full MBA.

Graduate Diploma of Business Administration

Enhance your ability to lead and influence in the public sector with the Graduate Diploma in Public Administration. This program equips professionals with the strategic knowledge and practical skills needed to navigate complex government systems, drive policy innovation, and implement effective public service initiatives. Designed for those aspiring to leadership roles in government, non-profits, and policy-making institutions, this diploma provides a pathway to higher qualifications while offering real-world insights into governance, policy analysis, and organisational management. Whether you&#39;re looking to advance within your current role or transition into the public sector, this program empowers you to make a lasting impact in your field.

Work on the core skills required to manage the business of government. You’ll cover public management theory and ethics, and explore current ideas around public policy. Tailor your course with electives including economics and environmental policy.

Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Administration

Contract Administration

Managing Contracts

Regulatory Challenges

Taxation Administration

Graduate The Digital Economy

Graduate Technology, Innovation and Societies

Business Intelligence

Business Finance

Small Business Accounting

This subject will focus on the tax administration of the Australian taxation system. The subject is designed to introduce students to the way in which the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) administers income tax legislation and associated legislation such as the Taxation Administration Act.
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>.

Get to know the building blocks of Australian tax. Understand how the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) works – including income tax legislation and the Taxation Administration Act.

Fundamentals of Tax Administration

In this subject you will be introduced to the regulatory environment in which applied science enterprises operate. In particular, you will explore the regulatory challenges of product safety, biosecurity and environment protection, as well as business practices inherent in product development, manufacture and commercialisation. You will gain familiarity with various bodies (including local, state and federal government) that regulate applied science enterprises, learn how various tools including Australian and international standards support regulatory compliance by business, and apply your knowledge to explore questions of compliance in work-based scenarios.

This subject explores the nature of contracts in business to business relationships. You will examine the legalities surrounding contracts, including different types of contracts and important clauses. You will also learn the processes involved with contract administration, including contract variations, performance management and dealing with contract disputes, both from a contractor and client perspective. Through a case study analysis, you will investigate and resolve issues related to supplier performance and dispute resolution. As a major assessment task, you will develop an organisational contract management artefact to assist others with managing contracts.

No matter what construction profession you enter, a fundamental knowledge of law and contract administration is essential to your career.  Law touches upon the construction industry in many ways through legislation, law of contract, law of torts and equity law. This course builds upon the legal knowledge you have acquired in the Introduction to Contract Administration course. You’ll gain a good working knowledge of the key provisions of standard form commercial building contracts in Australia, using the Australia Standards 4000 (AS 4000) General Conditions of Contract as a foundation. UniSA Online’s 10-week short courses give you the flexibility to up-skill in a certain area, stay current with developments in your field, diversify your knowledge, or even explore a new direction in your career – without having to commit to the time and cost of a full university degree.  This is a second-year course from UniSA Online’s Construction Management degrees. When studying this course as a &quot;single subject&quot;, prior knowledge from BUIL 2029 or equivalent will support your success.Delivered 100% online, you’ll be able to study where and when it suits you. Access online academic and student support seven days a week, fit study around work and life commitments, view learning resources 24/7, and log in to the interactive online environment anywhere, any time and on any device. Should your course have an exam it will be scheduled for Australian Central Standard Time or Australian Central Daylight Time, depending on the time of the year.

Bring your basic legal knowledge of contracts to this construction management course. You’ll dive deeper into the laws and standards that govern construction projects. Work out key legal responsibilities when it comes to payment, variations, and more. 

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 provides an applied approach to the key components of integrated logistics systems, such as procurement, inventory management and transport, whilst also viewing the system holistically. The strategic focus of the subject enables analysis of impacts on logistics activities including disruptive forces such as geopolitical issues and the effect and adoption of emerging technologies. The necessity of the centrality of the customer to effective and efficient logistics operations is an important feature of this subject, as is the decision-making when trade-offs are required between customer service and costs.

Business Logistics

Corporate finance covers important long-term financial decisions made in business organisations. In this subject you will examine Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and gain an advanced and integrated understanding of how to create sustainable value in corporate firms through long-term financial decisions. In the first part of this subject, you will focus on financial analytical techniques such as financial mathematics, valuation of bonds and shares and the relationship between risk and return. In the second part, you will explore the way these financial analytical techniques apply to long-term financial decisions. You will gain the skills and knowledge needed to determine what type of assets to invest in, how to raise the necessary funding, how to choose the mix of debt and equity, and how to reward shareholders.

Corporate Finance

This subject provides students with the fundamental and advanced concepts, tools and skills needed to understand the emerging role of business analytics and operations research in organizations. Emphasis would be given to problems in maritime logistics and transport, retailing and procurement. It allows students to understand and apply advanced business analytics tools in a computer-intensive environment and to communicate with analytics professionals to effectively use and interpret analytical models and results for better decision making. There is a descriptive, predictive and prescriptive approaches offered in the subject. Along with this, it discusses the fundamentals and advances of operations research as a discipline area related to simulations and decision-making processes using intelligent methods.

Business Analytics and Operations Research

Business Continuity Management is the holistic management process that identifies potential threats to an organisation and the likely impacts to business operations that may be caused if those threats materialise. This fully online subject provides you with a thorough understanding of the concepts and practical applications of Business Continuity Management. You will gain an appreciation of the issues and elements that underlie the practice of Business Continuity Management and draw upon theoretical concepts, real life case studies and relevant standards. This subject will provide you with the knowledge and skills to translate and communicate theoretical concepts in Business Continuity Management to tangible outputs for industry. This subject, together with protective security, crisis management, and the ability to lead resilient organisations, are collectively the underpinning foundation for enhancing organisational resilience. The subject provides you with an understanding and the requisite skills that will be interrelated with these subjects should you proceed further with your postgraduate studies in organisational resilience.

Business Continuity Management

This subject covers a range of legal topics relating to the business environment. It combines topics that are necessary for a consideration of business and corporate law including: an introduction to legal systems; contract law principles (including breaches and disputes);varied business structures, the law of agency, competition and consumer law; and basic corporate law and governance principles. The subject teaches students how to work through commercial disputes by identifying and addressing the relevant legal issues. These are essential skills for those wishing to work in both the fields of accounting and business management.

Business and Corporate Law in Practice

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