The choice of courses, and the order in
which they are taken, is not prescribed, however participants
are advised to plan their program in consultation with
Student Support. Note that from 2006 onwards all new
MBT degree participants are required to take at least
one of two capstone courses: Strategic Management of
Business and Technology, and Management of Innovation
and Technical Change.
MBT structure and capstone courses
All MBT participants are required to take at least
one of two capstone courses: Strategic Management
of Business and Technology and Management of
Innovation and Technical Change.
Management of Innovation and
Technical Change is offered in Semester 1.
Strategic Management of Business and Technology
is offered in Semester 2.
Capstone prerequisites:
· Graduate Certificate (7333) students are not
permitted to enrol.
· Graduate Diploma (5457) students must complete
at least six courses (36 units of credit) before enrolling.
· Masters (8616) students must complete at least
eight courses (48 units of credit) before enrolling.
In order to help participants better plan their choice
of courses and the most logical order in which to study
them, courses are categorised as 'Business', 'Technology'
or 'Integrated' courses.
About the MBT review process
After a significant period of wide consultation and
re-examining the aims and outcomes of the MBT Program,
the MBT Managment Committee and UNSW Academic board
signed off on recommendations for the MBT from 2006.
The changes were part of the first formal review of
the Program since it was launched 13 years ago. The
review, initiated by the MBT Management Committee looked
at the academic integrity, structure and direction of
the Program, while maintaining the flexibility desired
by MBT's participant cohort of mature and busy professionals.
Input was gathered from discussions held among the Management
Committee, Deans of the Australian School of Business
and the Faculty of Engineering, academics, participants,
alumni and from focus groups and online surveys. MBT Program
aims, graduate outcomes and target market needs were then
re-articulated.
The whole aim of the formal review was to improve the
quality of the Program. There was a wide concern that
while the Program provided flexibility of course choice,
the many inherent pathways to completion meant that participants
could graduate with degrees that appeared to vary widely.
Before reassessing the structure MBT decided to re-examine
the Program aims, what kind of graduate attributes should
be attained, what participants want from the Program,
and how best to achieve this.
In line with the outcomes of the review, all MBT courses
are continually revised to include the following three
key principles:
Principles of individual MBT Courses:
- All courses should integrate examples from a range
of business and technology environments.
- All courses should reflect real-world application
of concepts which can be enhanced through class interaction.
- All courses should be applicable and use examples
relevant across organisational contexts, eg, multinational
corporations and small to medium enterprises in both
public and private sectors.
The 2007/2008 Review
The following revisions have been completed for Semester
2 2008:
GBAT9103 Business Management for a Sustainable Environment
GBAT9112 Business Management of OHS Risk
GBAT9125 Fundamentals of People Management
GBAT9123 Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
GBAT9119 Managing for Organisational Sustainability
GBAT9113 Strategic Management of Business and Technology
GBAT9127 Supply Chain Management
GBAT9109 Sustainable Energy Management
The following new course is offered for the first time
in Semester 1 2008:
GBAT9130 Enterprise Risk Management
The following revisions have been completed for Semester
1 2008:
GBAT9117 E-Business: Strategy and Management
GBAT9125 Fundamentals of People Management
GBAT9120 Accounting: A User Perspective
TWO CAPSTONE COURSES:
As a result of the MBT curriculum review two capstone
courses were been developed, specifically designed to
be undertaken towards the end of either the Grad Diploma
or Master of Business and Technology. The aim of the
capstone courses is to enable graduates to synthesise
all their learning across the MBT program, and to achieve
a common understanding of the Master of Business and
Technology qualification. Both capstone courses assume
knowledge of concepts encountered in a number of other
MBT courses and the assignments have been designed to
apply your learning not only from the capstone course,
but also across your MBT program coursework completed
to date. It is strongly recommended that if you have
not completed at least six MBT courses if you intend
to exit the MBT at the Grad Diploma level, or eight
courses if you are working towards the Masters, you
should defer enrolment in either capstone course until
a later stage of your degree.
GBAT9104 Management of Innovation and Technical Change
GBAT9113 Strategic Management of Business and Technology
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