Course results for Curtin University Postgraduate Business & management Subjects

Explore effective and adaptive leadership. Learn to apply psychological principles to solve business problems. Through various psychological processes, unpack management and leadership topics including power, diversity, and resilience.

Calling on psychology theory and practice, explore culture’s influence on business and management. From the way businesses are structured, through to what motivates people to work, deep dive into the relationship between leadership and culture.

Uncover the problems that project management teams face when they don’t pay attention to time management. Focus on effective strategies such as activity sequencing. Juggle time constraints using Gantt charts and specialist software.

Identify where economics crosses paths with policies for climate action and sustainable development.Strip economic approaches to sustainability down to their essence. Unpack the taxation system. Look at local and global climate change initiatives.

Draft a plan for your master project in a research area of your choice. Build on your outline while investigating the literature and relevant materials.Undertake this subject before or in conjunction with Advanced Discipline Project 2 (INFM610).

Oversee the monetary side of the project development process. Tally up cash-flow management, cost estimations and overall budgeting. Familiarise yourself with the tools, theories and techniques you’ll need to create and implement a project budget.

Reveal the mental, physical, emotional and social behaviours people engage in. Expose effectiveness of diverse people in project groups. Personalise attitudes and values and get emotional about mood. Uncover leadership and probe power and politics. 

Gain perspective on real industry projects in professional settings from idea to execution. Analyse a case study to contrast initiation and planning ideas. Scope out and communicate project management concepts and processes. Consider costs and risk.