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Ready to launch your corporate career—or even start your own business? Learn what it takes to motivate teams, make strategic decisions and solve organisational problems by studying business management online.
We’re here to help you explore your study options with different university business schools. Compare course offerings that will push you ahead in the industry, like real-world internships and professional mentorships.
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PostgraduateCUR-PSB520
100% online
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
Starts 26 Aug 2024
UndergraduateUSA-BUSS2081
100% online
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
Starts 16 Sep 2024
UndergraduateGRF-IBA201
100% online
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
Starts 15 Jul 2024
UndergraduateUAD-COM1001OUA
100% online
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
Starts 20 May 2024, 02 Sep 2024
Next enrolment closes 12 May
Online management & leadership degrees
UndergraduateGRF-BUS-DEG
Get the professional skills employers are looking for
Learn how organisations work and visualise where you fit in. Get familiar with financial documents, risk, and business comms. This business course gives you a 360-degree view of business strategy. Specialisations include marketing and management.
100% online
3 years full time or part time equivalent
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
Available majors
- Marketing,
- Human Resource Management,
- Management,
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
- Sport Management,
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
PostgraduateUSQ-MCR-MAS
Manage the challenges of cyber security in modern businesses
Leverage digital technologies to enhance and protect businesses. Get strategic with governance, risk, and compliance frameworks. You’ll cover key cyber security standards and frameworks, and gain skills to respond to and recover from cyber incidents.
100% online
2 years full time or part time equivalent
UndergraduateTUA-ENT-DIP
Entrepreneurial expertise to launch your own business
Build a thriving start-up. Work in an innovative setting. Leverage your curiosity. With entrepreneurial business skills, the choice is yours! Explore innovation principles and learn to apply them across various settings. Create new services and products.
100% online
1 year full time or part time equivalent
UndergraduateTAS-AGB-DIP
Boost your career options in contemporary agriculture
Developed with experts, this gateway into the industry covers agribusiness essentials. You’ll get to know current commercial aspects of agriculture. Broaden your options beyond farm management. Explore the value chain, financial concepts, and more.
100% online
1 year full time or part time equivalent
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
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If you’re weighing up these two study areas, it helps to understand what makes them different. While both specialisations will help you become a well-rounded manager, they help you develop in separate areas:
- A business management degree is people-centric and teaches you how to lead teams and influence the culture of an organisation. You will build your understanding of core business areas such as accounting and marketing so that you can confidently build relationships across multiple departments.
- A business administration degree, on the other hand, covers the operations side of business and focuses on the mechanics of running an organisation. Generally, you can choose to specialise in one area such as finance, marketing, technology or human resource management. You can browse online business administration courses through Open Universities Australia.
It depends on where are in your career—and where you want to be.
If you’re new to study and you’d like to understand the business world, then it’s worth considering an undergraduate qualification like a Bachelor of Business (Management) or a Bachelor of Applied Business (Management). You’ll learn the fundamentals of business before majoring in management, which will equip you to enter the industry of your choice.
If you’d like to upskill so that you can move into a management role, there are several options available. You can:
- Take a short management course to quickly upgrade your knowledge, especially if you want to work on something specific like your presentation skills, decision making or interpersonal skills.
- Enrol in a general postgraduate management course, like a Master of Management, to develop your leadership abilities across business disciplines.
- Specialise in an area of management such as human resource management, hospitality management or supply chain management.
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Studying management online can benefit your lifestyle and career, especially if you already work full-time in your industry. You can fit study around your professional life and apply what you learn immediately, which can help you progress in your role faster.
Your course will also teach you learn how to build relationships and collaborate on tasks remotely. This will give you an advantage in future leaderships roles, given many managers are now required to lead from a distance.
A business management degree can help you become a leader across a wide range of industries. Depending on the course that you choose, you could explore opportunities in finance, marketing, human resource management, healthcare, hospitality and government, to name a few.
Common roles for graduates include:
- General manager
- Business manager
- Project manager
- Risk manager
- Business development manager
- Management consultant
Here at Open Universities Australia, we make enrolling online as straightforward as possible. To get started, find the course for you by browsing the options on this page. You can also compare different qualifications using our handy comparison tool, or request help from one of our student advisors.
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Upskill without committing to a whole degree upfront. Or enrol in a full degree, but take it a subject at a time. We’ll introduce you to flexible study options you didn’t even know about, so you can fit uni around what matters to you. - You’ll graduate with the same qualification as an on-campus student
Once you enrol through us, you’ll study online with the university that provides your degree. This means that when you complete your qualification, you’ll graduate with the same degree as on-campus students. - We’ll help you navigate the university world
Our friendly student advisors will be your guide every step of the enrolment journey. They'll help you compare universities, choose a course, provide documentation and understand your finance options.
- You can enrol without entry requirements
What do you learn in a business management course?
A business management course will give you a holistic view of the business world, and teach you how to succeed as a hands-on leader.
Depending on the course you choose, you can expect to cover:
- People and project management
- Organisational structures
- Strategic planning and problem solving
- Business data and analytics
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Core business areas such as accounting, economics, marketing and information systems
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