Master of Applied Commerce (Operations Management)

• Across the range of business disciplines with a focus on operations management;
• Necessary to manage typical production and operations functions;
• Necessary to manage in a commercial environment with an operations management focus; and
• In management, production and operations systems and methodologies.

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to demonstrate the following attributes and skills:

• Oral and written communication skills, developed through seminar presentations, and discussion and submission of reports;
• Application of theories to practice and problem solving, developed through discussion and exercises in seminars and submission of reports;
• Collaborative team work through preparation of contributions to seminars and assessed reports;
• Interpretation, analysis and critical thinking skills, developed through exposure to a combination of case studies, examples, exercises and problem solving activities; and
• Information discovery and retrieval skills from a variety of structured and unstructured sources including the Internet.

Six business foundation subjects:

An undergraduate degree in any discipline, or equivalent, plus at least one year of documented work and/or professional experience.

Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)

Personal Statement

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Please note: Entry to the Master of Applied Commerce (Operations Management) will not be available from Semester 1, 2007.

Assessment
Students must pass all twelve subjects to qualify for the Master of Applied Commerce (Operations Management) 12 Subject Program.

Graduate Diploma in Applied Commerce
Students enrolled in any of Master of Applied Commerce programs who are either unable, or who choose not to continue with their students, may be eligible to exit with a Graduate Diploma in Applied Commerce. Students must have successfully completed four core subjects and four elective subjects, and be in good standing to be eligible to be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Applied Commerce.

Graduate Certificate in Applied Commerce
Students enrolled in any of Master of Applied Commerce programs who are either unable, or who choose not to continue with their studies, may be eligible to exit with a Graduate Certificate in Applied Commerce. Students must have successfully completed three core subjects and one elective subject, and be in good standing to be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Applied Commerce.

Students who are enrolled in the 16 subject streams of any of the Master of Applied Commerce programs must have successfully completed the two fundamentals subjects, in addition to the above requirements to be eligible for the award of the Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate.