Master of Business Administration in Design Thinking

Appeals to nondesign related practitioners and graduates who wish to upgrade their practice by including design ability as the means to understand and apply the role of empathy in usercentred innovationIt provides students with advanced crossdisciplinary design knowledge and skills They will be introduced to design thinking as a means of exploring ways of investigating and understanding complex challenges and userfocused methods of generating ideas Students will be encouraged to view the design process as a collaborative activity that generates innovative outcome through empathybuilding and prototypingLearning OutcomesReflect critically on advanced design philosophies principles methods and processes to demonstrate mastery of interdisciplinary design practice or scholarship AQF Masters CW 123Apply communication and collaboration skills to design innovative contributions to interdisciplinary design practice or scholarship AQF Masters CW 678Use high level self management skills to initiate plan and execute a substantial design project AQF Masters CW 910Apply advanced design research processes and methods to investigate evaluate and synthesise complex problems concepts and theories in interdisciplinary design projects AQF Masters CW 45

All applicants are required to have a Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of three years of relevant supervisory/management experience; or equivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience of which at least three of these years must be at a supervisory/management level.Successful applicants with a Graduate Certificate qualification or higher in Business/Commerce may seek reduced course duration by applying for recognition of prior learning.One or more of the specialisations in this course has admission requirements. Refer to the specialisation for more information.Academic admission requirements (Band 6) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:Bachelor degree; orEquivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience.