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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

Psychology of Leadership

Organisational Culture

The Management of Business Processes

Management and Organisation

Managing Organisations and People

Financial Accountability and Management

Leading and Managing Organisations

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Organisational Behaviour

Business Decision-Making

This subject introduces the foundations of risk analysis, risk management, and contingency planning at an organisational level. The subject explores the foundations of risk across many industries and disciplines, examining the risk analysis process, contingency planning, business continuity and disaster recovery. By exploring the implications of current incidents in areas such as security, manufacturing, transportation, construction, and primary and secondary industries, you will gain insight into strategic and tactical decision making to avoid harm.

Risk and Security Management

This course considers the global manager&#39;s environment including the functions of management and the skills required to operate in the dynamic business world of today. The course offers an introduction to major management concepts needed in global operations, such as organisational structure, systems, control mechanisms and talent management. It outlines pathways for global management career and highlights the prerequisite managerial skills, in particular communication, negotiations and teamwork in physical and virtual environments. All themes include cultural considerations, illustrated on examples from around the world, and introduce newly evolving trends. Students should not enrol in this subject if they have previously completed 2005IBA Comparative Management, 3004IBA Intercultural Management or 2129IBA International Management at Griffith University.

International Management

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

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

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

Development of key leadership and management skills with the goal of enhancing managerial effectiveness. Development of effective strategies for organisational learning, coaching, time management, negotiation, stress management and communication, clarifying personal and professional vision, as well as examining the developing roles of managers in regional and global environments.﻿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>.

Managerial Effectiveness

The subject serves as an introductory platform to business processes. It offers both conceptual and practical guidance for achieving competitive advantage by managing business processes. The Management of Business processes involves the deliberate and collaborative design, management and goal definition of end-to-end sets of activities that create value for customers.Key aspects of business processes at the management, operational and support level are investigated and supporting theories explored looking at the work of Taylor, Harmon, Davenport, Hammer and Porter to name some. By taking a holistic view of the organisation, that transcends vertical, horizontal, external and geographical boundaries, this unit provides a road map for guiding organisations to analyse, re-design and improve business processes. Finally, the effects of the application of Information Systems on business processes are investigated in terms of how the processes themselves are captured and become an integral part of the technology.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed 2128IBA The Management of Business Process at Griffith University

Get a snapshot of the business processes companies use to deliver products and services to consumers. Break down the production and marketing stages. Identify the role management plays. See how technology is improving production and service systems.

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