The intense pressures on businesses today challenge business-as-usual paradigms and in so doing bring into question the relevance of significant areas of business and management theory. In this complex and dynamic environment, industry-based solutions to often unprecedented problems facing the global economy and business activity can be explored and evaluated through a program design that builds on core aspects of management practice. The Graduate Certificate of Business Management offers a postgraduate qualification with a foundation in management in complexity and sustainable marketing practices. Students can choose from a wide variety of specialisations in critical aspects of business practice for their two elective requirements. The Graduate Certificate of Business Management is a modern business qualification designed to equip students with the skills, knowledge and attributes in management that are immediately applicable in specialist and high demand industries. Course structure The Graduate Certificate consists of four units of study (subjects). All four units must be satisfactorily completed to attain the Graduate Certificate award. Each unit involves 36 hours of class time, usually studied for three hours on one night per week for one semester, or as fortnightly Saturday workshops. This course available part-time with all classes scheduled outside of normal working hours. The Graduate Certificate of Business Management may also be studied full-time. This Graduate Certificate is also available online - students holding an international student visa are required to study full-time and on campus. Career opportunities Most graduates will already be established in business careers, so through successful completion of their Graduate Certificate may be able to expect better current job performance, promotion, and new opportunities in a broader business and international business environment. Aims and objectives The Graduate Certificate of Business Management will introduce conceptual frameworks that embraces sustainable business practices (integrating commercial, environmental and people dimensions of organisational goals and practices). This approach provides a basis for developing critical thinking skills associated with the role and functions of management in the current complex and shifting business environment. The Graduate Certificate of Business Management has an entry requirement that includes business experience, affording students some understanding of the business context as a basis for exploring the foundation units of management and marketing, and also for developing their chosen business specialisms. The course prepares students to move into and access management roles in all industry sectors. Upon successfully completing the Graduate Certificate of Business Management, students will be able to: 1. critique and apply developed knowledge of the functions of management and complex and contextual environmental pressures, that impact on mangers’ roles from the perspective of general and/or specialist manager 2. apply analytical, critical and technical skill sets enabling students to clearly define business problems and develop a range of possible solutions drawing on a wide evidence base 3. apply a managerial and emergent leadership skill set and knowledge base to influence a range of stakeholders using a variety of presentation media