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Master of Business Administration (Health Services Management) CF42
Duration: 3 years part-time.
Mode: Multi-modal (Health courses external only).
Fees: Full-fee paying.
Location(On-Campus): Not offered internally.
Courses/Units of Credit: 12 courses/96 units of credit.
Faculty: Business & Law; Arts, Health & Sciences; Informatics & Communication.
Entry: Direct.
Accreditation: Nil.
Practicum/Work Placement: Nil.
Residential School: Nil.
Exit Awards: Nil.
Contact: Program Coordinator on 07 4930 9839, or Program Administrator
on 07 4930 9681.
The Master of Business Administration (Health Services
Management) is designed to prepare health service managers to apply
contemporary management and business knowledge and perspectives
in an interdisciplinary manner to the dynamic health service environment
in which they are likely to find themselves as managers. The program
follows the structure of the MBA offered by the Faculty of Business & Law.
The program has been designed for students from a wide variety of
educational and professional backgrounds.
Applicants must have:
- a sound
bachelor's degree from any faculty at an Australian university
or college, together with at least 2 years' work experience
in a management capacity in the health science industry;
- an honours degree or a degree with distinction in any
of the health sciences from an Australian university or college;
or
- a bachelor's degree and a graduate diploma
in any of the health sciences from an Australian university or college,
or
- qualifications which are deemed equivalent.
The program consists of 10 courses of study from the Faculties
of Business & Law, and Informatics & Communication
plus 2 electives.
There is considerable flexibility regarding the order in which
the student wishes to study these courses.
Students must complete:
| Code |
Course |
| 5 Business & Law
Core Courses which include: |
| MGMT20093 |
Managing in a Dynamic Environment |
| MGMT20112 |
Strategic Formulation & Initiatives |
| plus at least
3 of the following: |
| MGMT20094 |
Organisational Analysis |
| ECON20024 |
The Economics of the Asia Pacific |
| MGMT20074 |
Integrating Organisational Processes |
| MGMT20095 |
Asia Pacific Business |
| MGMT20113 |
Strategy Implementation |
| 5 Health Core
Courses which include: |
| HLTH20026 |
Management of Health Services |
| HMGT20006 |
Health Economics |
| plus 3 of the
following: |
| HLTH20007 |
Performance Measurement in Health
Care |
| HLTH20008 |
Using Casemix Data for Decision
Support |
| HLTH20009 |
Health Information Science |
| HLTH20010 |
Health Planning, Policy & Program
Evaluation |
| COIS19071 |
Research Methods |
| 2 electives from any of
the three Faculties. |
The program aims to develop in students:
- a sensitivity to changes taking place in the health service
environment induced by globalisation, institutional and technological
development, economic and social restructuring, strategic orientations,
workplace and labour market reforms;
- a familiarity with dimensions of the management and
administrations of health service delivery through the integration
of relevant disciplinary perspectives within the core courses of
study;
- a capacity to perceive and analyse the dynamics of different
health service delivery environments in order to select and implement
appropriate business and management records; and
- the recognition of and a respect for the ethical considerations,
both legal requirements and social responsibilities, in the exercise
of management authority and in the conduct of business entrepreneurship.
There will be a non compulsory workshop in MGMT20112 Strategy Formulation & Initiatives.
Non-compulsory workshops may be held in other Business & Law
courses. Workshops are held at Rockhampton, Sydney, Melbourne, and
Brisbane.
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