24 monthsProgramme duration
49,200 AUDTuition Fee/year
Mar, Jul, NovStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Business and Management Studies
Degree
MBA
Study Level
MBA
Study Mode
Blended
Wherever you are in your career – and wherever you want to go next – La Trobe's Global Master of Business Administration (GMBA) can help you reach your goals.
Specifically designed for early-career and emerging professionals from diverse international backgrounds, you'll accelerate your professional development and broaden your career opportunities – both domestically and internationally – when you build global business acumen, get hands-on experience, and grow your professional network.
To help launch your career, you'll cultivate a deep understanding of best-practice management and strategic business knowledge. With globally orientated subjects, you'll focus on cross-cultural awareness, organisational effectiveness, sustainability, and emerging technologies in business such as artificial intelligence (AI). You'll further enhance your expertise with options to specialise in the business field you're interested in.
Learn in dynamic and collaborative workshops, enriched by exposure to industry-informed, real-world learning activities strategically designed to get you career-ready. Aligned to current – and future – industry demands, you'll gain invaluable understanding of contemporary and emerging businesses through interaction with academics, peers and industry experts, as well as hands-on, practical experience through an industry placement.
You'll learn:
Specifically designed for early-career and emerging professionals from diverse international backgrounds, you'll accelerate your professional development and broaden your career opportunities – both domestically and internationally – when you build global business acumen, get hands-on experience, and grow your professional network.
To help launch your career, you'll cultivate a deep understanding of best-practice management and strategic business knowledge. With globally orientated subjects, you'll focus on cross-cultural awareness, organisational effectiveness, sustainability, and emerging technologies in business such as artificial intelligence (AI). You'll further enhance your expertise with options to specialise in the business field you're interested in.
Learn in dynamic and collaborative workshops, enriched by exposure to industry-informed, real-world learning activities strategically designed to get you career-ready. Aligned to current – and future – industry demands, you'll gain invaluable understanding of contemporary and emerging businesses through interaction with academics, peers and industry experts, as well as hands-on, practical experience through an industry placement.
You'll learn:
- Global strategic thinking, global marketing and consumer behaviour - Develop strategies that can be adapted to diverse cultural, economic, and political environments. Adapt marketing strategies to diverse cultural, demographic, and economic conditions.
- Financial management - Acquire financial skills, including financial analysis, introductory accounting, and investment strategies.
- Supply chain and operations management - Gain knowledge of global supply chain management, logistics, and operations in a global context.
- Ethics, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) - Understand the importance of ethical practices in a global business environment and analyse sustainable business practices and their implementation internationally.
- Leadership and organisational behaviour - Understand organisational behaviour in a global context, including team dynamics, conflict resolution, and motivation strategies.
- Digital transformation, business analytics and technology - Explore the role and impact of emerging technologies and automation in modern business management, and learn how to use data analytics, business intelligence and AI tools to inform decisions.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Business and Management Studies
Degree
MBA
Study Level
MBA
Study Mode
Blended
Wherever you are in your career – and wherever you want to go next – La Trobe's Global Master of Business Administration (GMBA) can help you reach your goals.
Specifically designed for early-career and emerging professionals from diverse international backgrounds, you'll accelerate your professional development and broaden your career opportunities – both domestically and internationally – when you build global business acumen, get hands-on experience, and grow your professional network.
To help launch your career, you'll cultivate a deep understanding of best-practice management and strategic business knowledge. With globally orientated subjects, you'll focus on cross-cultural awareness, organisational effectiveness, sustainability, and emerging technologies in business such as artificial intelligence (AI). You'll further enhance your expertise with options to specialise in the business field you're interested in.
Learn in dynamic and collaborative workshops, enriched by exposure to industry-informed, real-world learning activities strategically designed to get you career-ready. Aligned to current – and future – industry demands, you'll gain invaluable understanding of contemporary and emerging businesses through interaction with academics, peers and industry experts, as well as hands-on, practical experience through an industry placement.
You'll learn:
Specifically designed for early-career and emerging professionals from diverse international backgrounds, you'll accelerate your professional development and broaden your career opportunities – both domestically and internationally – when you build global business acumen, get hands-on experience, and grow your professional network.
To help launch your career, you'll cultivate a deep understanding of best-practice management and strategic business knowledge. With globally orientated subjects, you'll focus on cross-cultural awareness, organisational effectiveness, sustainability, and emerging technologies in business such as artificial intelligence (AI). You'll further enhance your expertise with options to specialise in the business field you're interested in.
Learn in dynamic and collaborative workshops, enriched by exposure to industry-informed, real-world learning activities strategically designed to get you career-ready. Aligned to current – and future – industry demands, you'll gain invaluable understanding of contemporary and emerging businesses through interaction with academics, peers and industry experts, as well as hands-on, practical experience through an industry placement.
You'll learn:
- Global strategic thinking, global marketing and consumer behaviour - Develop strategies that can be adapted to diverse cultural, economic, and political environments. Adapt marketing strategies to diverse cultural, demographic, and economic conditions.
- Financial management - Acquire financial skills, including financial analysis, introductory accounting, and investment strategies.
- Supply chain and operations management - Gain knowledge of global supply chain management, logistics, and operations in a global context.
- Ethics, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) - Understand the importance of ethical practices in a global business environment and analyse sustainable business practices and their implementation internationally.
- Leadership and organisational behaviour - Understand organisational behaviour in a global context, including team dynamics, conflict resolution, and motivation strategies.
- Digital transformation, business analytics and technology - Explore the role and impact of emerging technologies and automation in modern business management, and learn how to use data analytics, business intelligence and AI tools to inform decisions.
Admission Requirements
79+
6.5+
58+
176+
Academic entry requirement
Prerequisites
2-year full-time or part time equivalent
To be considered for admission to this degree you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
completion of an Australian bachelor degree or equivalent in any discipline.
OR
completion of the Postgraduate Qualifying Program (PPN001)
1.5-year full-time or part time equivalent
To be considered for admission to this degree (with 60 credit points of admission credit applied) you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent), or higher level qualification in a business or related discipline (e.g. business and commerce).
OR
completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) in any discipline plus a minimum of two years *relevant work experience *Relevant work experience: Applicants applying based on work experience are required to provide a detailed Resume, outlining their employment history and relevant work experience. Relevant work experience is business experience in a managerial or leadership position with business oversight
1-year full time or part time equivalent offered to domestic students only
To be considered for admission to this degree (with 120 credit points of admission credit applied) you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
completion of an Australian graduate diploma or higher in a related business discipline (e.g. business and commerce).
OR
completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent), or higher level qualification and a minimum of three years of *relevant work experience (or part-time equivalent), plus:
*Relevant work experience: Applicants applying based on work experience are required to provide a detailed Resume, outlining their employment history and relevant work experience. Relevant work experience is business experience in a managerial or leadership position with business oversight
Prerequisites
2-year full-time or part time equivalent
To be considered for admission to this degree you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
completion of an Australian bachelor degree or equivalent in any discipline.
OR
completion of the Postgraduate Qualifying Program (PPN001)
1.5-year full-time or part time equivalent
To be considered for admission to this degree (with 60 credit points of admission credit applied) you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent), or higher level qualification in a business or related discipline (e.g. business and commerce).
OR
completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) in any discipline plus a minimum of two years *relevant work experience *Relevant work experience: Applicants applying based on work experience are required to provide a detailed Resume, outlining their employment history and relevant work experience. Relevant work experience is business experience in a managerial or leadership position with business oversight
1-year full time or part time equivalent offered to domestic students only
To be considered for admission to this degree (with 120 credit points of admission credit applied) you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:
completion of an Australian graduate diploma or higher in a related business discipline (e.g. business and commerce).
OR
completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent), or higher level qualification and a minimum of three years of *relevant work experience (or part-time equivalent), plus:
- professional certification in a related discipline, or
- other recognised learning
*Relevant work experience: Applicants applying based on work experience are required to provide a detailed Resume, outlining their employment history and relevant work experience. Relevant work experience is business experience in a managerial or leadership position with business oversight
2 Years
Mar
Jul
Tuition fees
Domestic
37,400 AUD
International
49,200 AUD
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