Overview
The Master of Business Administration in Policy Leadership provides the opportunity to provide students of 8625 Business Administration (Part-time) (i.e. the 'MBAX') with the fundamental skills, knowledge and attributes required of C-suite executives, managers and leaders who wish to work as senior public administrators, public service executives and policy managers, … For more content click the Read More button below.
The Australian Public Service needs to build its capability to adapt and transform to be ready for the big changes and challenges that government will face in the foreseeable future. This includes building its professionalism and expertise, architecting future-oriented data and digital infrastructures, streamlining government organisations, and nurturing collaborative partnerships needed to resolve society-wide problems.
This specialisation will help future public-sector leaders, and those working with the public sector. It will develop the capability to influence and/or design robust policy, underpin policy by strong analysis and decision making, and lead in complex and disrupted environments. Its focus is on guiding policy through, and across, multi-level and multiple stakeholder sectors.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analyse the nature and dynamics of a range of policy systems using examples.
2.
Assess future needs in a policy area, articulate a process of continuous learning for those needs, and describe a flexible leadership approach.
3.
Describe the features of best practice project/program governance and management, as well as provide examples of applying these skills in practice.
4.
Demonstrate a high-level understanding of the core ideas of network governance in complex policy systems using examples.
5.
Apply sound business practices in public sectors settings, including demonstration of project governance, risk mitigation and stakeholder management principles in practice.
6.
Interrogate and analyse different data sources for reliability and validity as policy evidence, as well as demonstrate skills in data visualisation for political and policy decision-makers.
Available in Program(s) Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:
Master of Business Administration - MBA8625 - Business Administration (Part-time)
Specialisation Structure
Students must complete 36 UOC.
Core Courses24 Units of Credit:
Prescribed Elective Courses12 Units of Credit:
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You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.
Additional Information
This specialisation is a collaboration between UNSW Business School, UNSW Canberra School of Professional Studies and UNSW Canberra School of Business.
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