This subject requires on campus attendance. Refer to Additional Requirements for more information.
Executive Consulting
PostgraduateRMI-BUSM45242023
Course information for 2023 intake
Implement strategic project briefs for clients, both internal and external to your organisation.Draw on business design thinking. Ensure that you continue to demonstrate sustainable and ethical work practices. Reflect on your work and your career path
Enrolments for this course are closed, but you may have other options to start studying now. Book a consultation to learn more.
- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Executive Consulting
About this subject
On the successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:
- Create a strategic project brief in an ethical sustainable manner using business design thinking to provide solutions and recommendations to a client’s organisation
- Apply interpersonal skills to work in teams and to communicate effectively with clients
- Critically reflect on your executive career potential and lifelong learning.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
In this subject you will develop the knowledge and skills needed by executive leaders to design and research strategic project briefs to meet clients’ needs both internal and external to your organisation. You will also reflect on the progression of your career, identifying actions required to achieve your career goals as an executive and lifelong learner.
This subject includes a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience. You will undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice; and be involved in authentic engagement with partner organisations that include industry feedback.
This subject also provides you with a capstone experience, which will provide you with the opportunity to integrate, critically reflect on and consolidate what you have learnt in your program.
This subject requires on-campus attendance in Melbourne. Attendance on the first weekend is compulsory.
- Assessment 1 (Linked CLOs: 3) (40%)
- Assessment 2 (Linked CLOs: 2, 3) (20%)
- Assessment 3 (Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3) (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:
RMI-BUSM4527-Managing Business Operations (no longer available)
RMI-BUSM4521-Design Thinking for Business (Executive) (no longer available)
and one of
- RMI-OMBA650-Financial Management
RMI-OMBA220 (Not currently available)
and one of
- RMI-OMBA660-Creating Business Strategies
RMI-OMBA120 (Not currently available)
and one of
- RMI-OMBA620-Marketing
RMI-OMBA210 (Not currently available)
and one of
- RMI-OMBA610-Accounting for Business Decisions
RMI-OMBA220 (Not currently available)
and one of
RMI-OMBA630-Leadership and Ethics (no longer available)
RMI-OMBA130 (Not currently available)
RMI-OMBA200 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
- Attendance requirements - Face-to-face intensive over 4 days
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.