Graduate Certificate of Management

Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission to the course, applicants must present one of the following:

• A bachelor's degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 4.0/7.0.
• A graduate certificate or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 4.0/7.0.
• A graduate diploma or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 4.0/7.0.
• 24 units of courses in a postgraduate program with a minimum GPA of 4.0/7.0.
• GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test), completed no more than five years before the time of application, with a minimum score of 550 (minimum 5.0 in Analytical Writing)and a minimum of three years full-time, relevant work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program.
• GRE General test, completed no more than five years before the time of application, with a minimum score of 155 for Verbal Reasoning, 155 for Quantitative Reasoning and 4.0 in Analytical Writing and a minimum of three years full-time, relevant work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program.
• A minimum of five years of full-time, relevant work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program.
• A minimum of five years of full-time, relevant work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1, including at least three years of documented experience in a managerial role.
• A minimum of 10 years of full-time, relevant work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1.

Enrolment in a sponsored ANU Management Program offered by the College of Business & Economics with a partner organisation in the Australian Public Service:

• In at least a substantive APS level 4 position with a Diploma of Government completion.
• Or a substantive APS level 5 without a Diploma of Government.

And a completed ANU Management Program CV template containing:

• Responses to application questions.
• Curriculum vitae identifying periods of full-time and part-time employment experience.
• Names and contact details of two referees who can verify the experience.
• In addition to providing written support from the SES-level APS Branch or Regional Manager (or alternative SES position as appropriate).

Ranking and English language proficiency:At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is competitive. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry. In line with the university's admissions policy and strategic plan, an assessment for admission may include competitively ranking applicants based on specific academic achievement, English language proficiency and diversity factors. Applicants will first be ranked on a GPA ('GPA1') calculated using all but the last semester (or equivalent) of the bachelor's degree used for admission purposes. If required, ranking may further be confirmed based on one of the following:

• For admission purposes, a GPA ('GPA2') calculated on the penultimate and antepenultimate semesters (or equivalent) of the bachelor's degree is used.
• Demonstrating higher-level English language proficiency.

Before enrolment in this ANU program, all students who gain entry will have their bachelor's degree reassessed to confirm that they have met the minimum requirements.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

Graduates from the Graduate Certificate of Management are:

• Modern organisations' complexity challenges managers in the private or public sectors.
• Entrepreneurs from a range of industries.
• Professionals from diverse backgrounds need management knowledge and skills to enhance their career prospects.
• Management consultants seeking leading-edge thinking on management practice, policy advisers designing, implementing or evaluating policies.
• Management, leadership, consultant, coordination or administration positions in areas such as sales, advertising, marketing, corporate services, tourism, hospitality, health, welfare, social services, administration, public relations, policy, planning, production, education services, customer services, facilities and construction.

Who go on to become:

• Managers
• Officers in the Australian Public Service
• Consultants
• Entrepreneurs
• MBA students

Learning outcomes

After completing their studies, graduates will have the skills and knowledge to:

• Properly identify the problems and challenges faced by the different management functions within organisations using an evidence-based approach.
• Critically discuss evidence-based opportunities and innovative solutions from various disciplines to address challenges organisations face in complex management, business and market environments.
• Critically analyse disciplinary concepts, theories, knowledge and information from different sources and stakeholders using evidence-based tools and reasoning.
• Gauge the increasing significance of digital technologies in creating business and management opportunities and solutions for decision-making.
• Ascertain appropriate innovative management and disruptive business strategies based on relevant evidence and research.
• Develop an appropriate evidence-based multidisciplinary portfolio of business solutions that incorporates the influences of a changing and increasingly complex global business and management environment.
• Implement evidence-based multi-disciplinary business solutions that are appropriate and relevant to the context.
• Professionally engage ;with broader business and community stakeholders using an evidence-based platform to inform and communicate with them and bridge theory and practice.
• Recognise ;the proposed new evidence-based multidisciplinary business model's organisational, social and ethical implications for behaviour and decisions.
• Reflect on their learning experience to demonstrate that they have effectively achieved the learning outcomes set for this program.
• Present an integrated and culminated learning experience supported by research, both orally and in writing.