Overview
The AGSM Graduate Certificate in Digital Innovation is a complete stand-alone qualification and can be undertaken as a pathway to an AGSM Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. It has been designed for individuals who wish to build and develop their strategic abilities around entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. It provides … For more content click the Read More button below.
Digital innovation is empowering many people to create solutions and drive change. In addition, the speed at which entrepreneurs can disrupt established business practices is causing more organisations to adopt agile and entrepreneurial methods for developing and managing new technology, products and services.
The Graduate Certificate in Digital Innovation is focused on streams of digital innovation and entrepreneurship and offers individuals new managerial techniques and tools for effective organisational management in changing environments. Students learn to re-imagine the way in which business is done through digital technology and to employ managerial innovations such as agile methods and insight generation and design thinking for creative problem framing and solving.
Individuals with entrepreneurial aspirations will be attracted to the start-up creation and corporate innovation concepts structured throughout the program. Courses will uniquely link students with innovators, venture capital (VC) groups, and successful start-up CEOs and provide the opportunity to visit start-up capitals in Silicon Valley and China.
Graduates will have explored the impact of technology on organisational strategy, the diffusion of technology, and technology disruption and be introduced to the stages of the entrepreneurial life cycle with the ability to translate venture opportunities into a well-crafted plan and pitch. Positioned with an understanding of financial strategies to support new business and how to design experiments using minimum viable products, graduates will be equipped to look at strategies and opportunities for breakthrough innovations.
The program provides a flexible and collaborative learning environment with courses offered in face-to-face and online delivery modes.
Learning Outcomes
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Business Knowledge: Students will make informed and effective selection and application of knowledge in a discipline or profession, in the contexts of local and global business.
- Professionals
- Leaders
- Scholars
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Problem Solving: Students will define and address business problems, and propose effective evidence-based solutions, through the application of rigorous analysis and critical thinking.
- Leaders
- Scholars
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Business Communication: Students will harness, manage and communicate business information effectively using multiple forms of communication across different channels.
- Scholars
- Professionals
- Global citizens
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Responsible Business Practice: Students will develop and be committed to responsible business thinking and approaches, which are underpinned by ethical professional practice and sustainability considerations.
- Professionals
- Global citizens
Program Structure
Students must complete 24 UOC when taken as a standalone program.
Core Courses6 Units of Credit:
Prescribed Electives18 Units of Credit:
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Admission Requirements
Entry Requirements
Minimum Entry Requirements
Program Requirements
Progression Requirements
These students must meet a progression requirement of a weighted average mark of 65, to be upgraded to the full Masters program as the program provides a pathway into AGSM Master of Business Administration programs (MBA Executive or MBAX), with course credit provided for these courses in the MBA.
For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression
Associated Programs
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Postgraduate Pathway
Master of Business Administration - MBA8625 - Business Administration (Part-time)
Nested Postgraduate Program
Master of Business Administration - MBA8625 - Business Administration (Part-time)
Professional Outcomes
Career Opportunities
Managers, Management Consultant, Management and Organisation Analysts, Business and Systems Analysts, and Programmers
Program Fees
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