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Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, a candidate will be able to:

Course learning outcomes Graduate qualities
1. Apply advanced knowledge and understanding of key concepts, techniques and trends in one or more fields of business practice, to identify the challenges and opportunities involved in diverse contexts.
Depth of disciplinary expertise
2. Identify, critically evaluate and respond independently and strategically to assumptions, propositions and debates within one or more fields of business practice.
Critical thinking and Problem solving
3. Effectively and persuasively deliver tailored outputs to a variety of audiences, in response to complex problems within one or more fields of business practice.
Communication (oral and written)
4. Apply advanced knowledge and understanding of quantitative and qualitative approaches for problem solving, contemporary digital technology trends, and identify implications of emerging workplace technologies.
Information and Digital literacy
5. Apply advanced knowledge and understanding of insights and evidence to identify strategically appropriate and innovative solutions within one or more fields of business practice.
Inventiveness
6. Value the diversity of perspectives when addressing complex problems, to support the development of a culturally appropriate and informed representation, that is inclusive and culturally responsive.
Cultural competence
7. Identify diverse skill sets and backgrounds in collaborating with others to help manage ambiguity. Interdisciplinary effectiveness
8. Generate ethically, responsible and socially aware decisions, and apply understanding of broader environmental, social and governance imperatives.
Integrated professional, ethical and personal identity
9. Work collaboratively and confidently with others (including external agencies) from a variety of leadership and management perspectives.
Influence