Master of Business Information Management (DMBF)
The
Master of Business Information Management will enable information management professionals to
more easily make the transition from middle management to executive roles in
the public and private sector.
The program will challenge
participants to examine information management principles, risks and
benefits in the context of information being one of four primary business
assets (along with physical, financial and human assets).
Importantly, graduates will gain the knowledge and confidence to become
entrepreneurs in their organisations, capable of identifying opportunities
to assist the business they are employed in, become more administratively efficient and
customer-centric through the application of new technology, governance and
cultural change initiatives.
The need for change
The
recent proliferation of information and records management centric
legislative and regulatory requirements on issues such as privacy,
commercial disclosure and inviolate evidence of corporate decision-making,
for both public and private sector organisations, is facilitating the need
for more highly skilled information management professionals.
The management of a more complex governance framework along with
ever-changing organisational cultural and customer requirements is driving
the need to apply more sophisticated technological solutions to manage the
increasing amount of digitally born information created and received within
businesses.
Executives are gaining an increased awareness that they need
information management professionals that have a much broader skill and
knowledge base, in particular, project management, records and archival
management, pragmatic decision-making, risk management, marketing,
networking, people management and governance, as well as traditional IT
skills and knowledge for such roles.
Program design
The
Master
of Business Information Management: can be a
complete18-month Master qualification, in which students enrol directly; or
it can be taken as an extension of the Graduate Diploma in Business Information Management qualification in which case it is a
single Study Period if a student studies full-time.
Students have the choice to complete a full
coursework program or elect to undertake a a minor thesis or a project.
If a student elects to undertake a minor thesis please note that although the
title of the thesis course includes the word computing this does not mean
that you have to select a research topic which is associated with computing.
The course title is simply reflecting the name of the School.
At the successful completion of the Masters program you will be eligible to
graduate or to apply for entry into the newly developed and specifically
designed Doctorate of Information Technology
Management. If accepted into this innovative program credit for
your previous studies will be assessed and awarded as deemed by the Program
Director.
Applications
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Australian applicants need to apply via Gradstart - applications opened on the 11th August 2008. Please note that SATAC will obtain a copy of your transcript from the relevant university. If it is a university that SATAC doesn't recognise they will contact you and request a copy of your academic transcripts.
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International applicants are able to apply to undertake this level of the program from their own country studying fully online or can apply to study onshore in Australia - via UniSA Apply Online..
Entry requirements
- A three-year degree or an equivalent qualification
- Successful completion of the Graduate Diploma in Business Information Management or an equivalent qualification
- International student requirements - - please click here for detailed information.