Effective management enables businesses and organisations to achieve their goals. Management is more than just the leadership and control exercised by senior executives – management skills are practised by people in all roles and are valuable at every stage of your career.
Regardless of your primary profession, you will probably take on management responsibilities at some point, usually sooner rather than later. Studying management equips you with the leadership, analysis, planning and decision-making skills to succeed from day one. Key management responsibilities include:
- Providing direction through leadership, strategic planning and decision-making
- Recruiting, training and managing staff, and developing the capabilities of the organisation
- Developing efficiency, quality and innovation in operations in a global context
- To fulfil these responsibilities successfully, managers need specialised knowledge. They need to know what makes organisations successful, and how to analyse, manage and improve performance in a range of organisational areas.
Management studies are an ideal starting point if you are seeking a career in the fields of human resource management, international management, operations management and organisational development. They are also a valuable complement to studies in another area, such as accounting or finance.
In this major, you can choose subjects from the following management specialist areas:
- Business management
- Human resource management
- International business
- Operations management.
Careers
Graduates of the Management major are well prepared for careers in the following areas:
- Business process improvement and quality assurance
- Management consulting
- Operations and supply chain management
- Organisational development and change
- Project management
- Roles in government and not-for profit organisations
- Roles spanning remuneration and benefits, recruitment, employee and industrial relations, training and development; occupational health and safety; and equity and diversity management.
Entry requirements for the Bachelor of Commerce
Access Melbourne allows you to be considered below the Clearly-in Rank. Guaranteed entry is available to eligible students from a rural area or disadvantaged financial background. i
Access Melbourne can help you gain a place in a course, even if your ATAR is below the Clearly-in Rank. Eligible students must apply through Access Melbourne and meet prerequisites.
Prerequisites
Units 3 & 4: A study score of at least 25 in English/English Language/Literature or at least 30 in EAL, and at least 25 in Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics.
Students may be eligible to progress into the 3-year Master of Engineering, subject to completing prerequisite subjects. Applicants intending to major in Actuarial Studies or who intend to complete the Master of Engineering following the Bachelor of Commerce are strongly encouraged to complete VCE Specialist Mathematics Units 3 and 4 or equivalent. If VCE Specialist Mathematics has not been completed, students wanting to undertake the Master of Engineering will incur the cost of undertaking an additional Mathematics subject through the University's Community Access Program (CAP). International applicants intending to commence a major in Actuarial Studies from mid-year (July) must, at a minimum, meet the requirements to enter MAST10006 Calculus 2 which requires a study score of at least 29 in VCE Specialist Mathematics 3/4, or IB Higher Level Analysis and Approaches with a score of at least 4 or equivalent, or if attending Trinity College, successful completion of Mathematics 2. If these requirements are not met students are advised to begin at start-year intake (February) the following year.