Edith Cowan College

This course develops highly skilled global managers and leaders in an international business context, who can contribute to organisations in an effective and responsible manner. In today's globally competitive environment, it is essential to build organisational capability by creating a climate and culture conducive to innovation and advancement. The course provides students with the ability to respond to challenging situations in complex and modern organisations. It also builds and further develops problem-solving skills, and effective interpersonal and relationship management skills.

This coursework Masters is designed for students seeking a comprehensive postgraduate degree in applied finance and financial management. The course prepares students to work in the dynamic financial services industry. The course focuses on how individuals, financial institutions, businesses and governments make borrowing, lending and investment decisions. Students will learn how to identify, analyse and interpret financial information and use industry-relevant databases and software. The financial services industry demands graduates who can think critically and have an analytical approach to problem solving; attributes that students will develop through this course.

This course develops excellence in people management, to enhance the ability of leaders and managers to make meaningful contributions to organisational success. It provides students with the ability to respond to people management challenges within contemporary organisations, and develop skills in communication, teamwork, critical thinking and problem-solving. This coursework degree will ensure graduates are business-driven HR professionals, with expertise in people management.

A unique course in Western Australia, the Master of International Hospitality Management brings together business and management principles in relation to the hospitality industry. Students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills for a career in senior management in the international hospitality industry. In this course, students will have the opportunity to undertake a four-month internship in their final semester, allowing them to apply their non-technical skills in an Australian work context. The course includes business units as well as applied hospitality units, including marketing, events management, international business and stakeholder management.

This course is relevant to both information technology (IT) and non-IT professionals who wish to develop their skills in relation to information and communications technology and their application to business. Management Information Systems (MIS) describes the broad opportunities for supporting the application of technologies to business. This course specifically addresses the business and technology issues arising from enterprise use of IT and covers technological, managerial and strategic issues. Students have the opportunity to select units to specialise in the area of data analysis for managerial decision-making, enterprise systems or program management.

The Master of Marketing and Innovation Management is a unique course in Western Australia, developing marketing managers who are able to tackle complex business cases in national and international contexts. Students in this course will be able to create value for an organisation, their customers, their partners and society at large. They will be equipped with the skills and knowledge required for a career in customer, product, brand and revenue management, and the skills to research the needs of customers, bring new and innovative products to market, manage channel partners and manage customer satisfaction and loyalty. This Masters course provides students with the skills, theory and practical experience to audit a market, identify opportunities, and create, implement and manage marketing processes and plans.

ECU's Master of Project Management is offered within the School of Business and Law, so the course has a strong business focus. It is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills of project management principles and practice to design, implement and lead a diverse range of projects in almost any industry. The course aims to enable you to critically apply theory and principles to practice by examining real world project management cases and examples in a collaborative environment facilitated by academics and industry practitioners. You’ll have the opportunity to research contemporary project management issues and approaches in order to solve complex problems. In this course, our mission is to be inclusive and enrich society through high-quality teaching and research, where you’ll be able to contribute to the advancement of the project management profession and to the wider community.

Supply chain and logistics managers are a vital part of many businesses, managing and executing operations in the procurement, warehousing, inventory management and transportation of goods. This unique course is designed to advance careers in logistics, transportation, distribution, operations and production management, while providing an option to specialise in either information systems or cyber security for supply chain and logistics management. Both of these specialty streams are at the cutting edge of developments in the sector today. The course will sharpen commercial awareness in supply chain and logistics management and develop competencies for analysis, effective decision making, communication and ethical practice.