Master of Business and Information Technology

Business Savvy, enabled by IT. The Master of Business and Information Technology is designed to provide the essential business skills for leaders and professionals in the digital firm. The program provides a combination of core business knowledge together with essential skills in IT management. The program is ideal for graduates seeking managerial or commercial roles, not just in IT directly, but in any organisation seeking to develop strategic competencies and industry leadership through effective use of IT.

1. Learning Goal

Graduates of this degree should be able to analyse and evaluate financial and market information to enable evidenced based business and IT decision making.

Learning objectives to achieve this goal

On successful completion of this degree students should be able to:

• Describe and explain the fundamental principles of markets;
• Describe and analyse the processes involved in generating accounting and financial information for decision making; and
• Evaluate competing IT investments.

2. Learning Goal

Graduates of this degree should be able to analyse an organisational situation from both a business and information technology perspective.

Learning objectives to achieve this goal

On successful completion of this degree students should be able to:

• Analyse business requirements to enable the design of information technology solutions;
• Define and evaluate appropriate information technology solutions to a range of business problems; and
• Evaluate alternative information technology solutions in terms of business and technical criteria.

3. Learning Goal

Graduates of this degree should be able to problem solve effectively as project leaders, analysts and managers in the IT and business context.

Learning objectives to achieve this goal

On successful completion of this degree students should be able to:

• Explain the business application of IT for competitive advantage;
• Explain key business processes underpinning organisational activities and the role and operation of information systems in supporting these business processes;
• Prepare a business case and understand how to initiate and plan a proposed IT system; and
• Analyse key drivers of project success, training and leadership in project environments.

Students must commence enrolment with one core subject:

At least two subjects each from the:

Business foundation group and the
Business Information Systems Group

At least one subject each from the:

People/Organisations Group
Management of Technology and Operations Group and
Management Issues Group

Additional elective subjects

Students enrolled in the 12 subject program may select four additional elective subjects from any group, subject to consultation and with the permission of the Program Director of the Master of Business and Information Technology.

Group 1 Business Foundation

Group 4 Management of Technology and Operations

1. The Selection Committee will evaluate the applicant’s ability to pursue successfully the course using the following criteria:

• An undergraduate degree in any discipline, or equivalent, and at least one year of full-time relevant work and/or professional experience since completion of the undergraduate degree or equivalent;
• The applicant’s submitted statement of intent in seeking entry; and
• Performance on the GMAT unless the applicant has met one if the approved conditions for GMAT exemption.

2. The Selection Committee may conduct interviews and tests and may call for referee reports or employer references to elucidate any of the matters referred to above.

For the purpose of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Description, Course Objectives and Generic Skills of this entry.

The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

On successful completion of this degree graduates will be:

• Adept at analysis and evaluation of financial and market information to enable evidenced based business and IT decision making;
• Able to analyse an organisational situation from both a business and information technology perspective;
• Effective problem solvers as project leaders, analysts and managers in the IT and business context;
• Proficient in professional knowledge and skills in business information systems in preparation for entry into the profession;
• Competent at analysing and evaluating financial information to enable evidenced based business decision making;
• Strategic and critical thinkers in relation to business and IT issues in organisations and markets;
• Problem solvers in business information systems through the application of appropriate theories, principles and data;
• Effective communicators of business information systems ideas, concepts and solutions to peers and the wider community;
• Able to conduct basic research and to retrieve business and information technology information from a variety of sources;
• Collaborative in work practices in the integration of business and IT; and
• Effective project leaders, analysts and managers in the Business and IT context.

On successful completion of the Master of Business and IT program graduates should be:

• Proficient in professional knowledge and skills in business information systems in preparation for entry into the profession;
• Competent at analysing and evaluating financial information to enable evidenced based business decision making;
• Strategic and critical thinkers in relation to business and IT issues in organisations and markets;
• Problem solvers in business information systems through the application of appropriate theories, principles and data;
• Effective communicators of business information systems ideas, concepts and solutions to peers and the wider community;
• Able to conduct basic research and to retrieve business and information technology information from a variety of sources;
• Collaborative in work practices in the integration of business and IT; and
• Effective project leaders, analysts and managers in the Business and IT context.

Graduate Diploma in Business and Information Technology
Students may be eligible to exit the Masters program and take out the Graduate Diploma in Business and Information Technology. Students must have completed eight subjects as approved by the Academic Director of the program.

Graduate Certificate in Business and Information Technology
Students may be eligible to exit the Masters program and take out the Graduate Certificate in Business and Information Technology. Students must have completed four subjects as approved by the Academic Director of the program.

Assessment
Students must pass all twelve subjects to qualify for the 12 subject Master of Business and Information Technology.
Students must pass all eight subjects to qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Business and Information Technology.
Students must pass all four subjects to qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Business and Information Technology.