Holmes Institute

Graduate Diploma in Business

Duration 1 year

OVERVIEW

Course Structure and Content

Enhance your undergraduate degree with versatile business expertise. Holmes’ Graduate Diploma in Business is designed to provide you with a global business perspective, broadening your career options and paving the way to take on our Master of Business Administration (MBA). This post-graduate course encapsulates the knowledge and skills demanded in the globalised business environment of today. It is designed for both aspiring managers and people currently employed in business or management.

The GDB is designed to provide knowledge and skills embedded in contemporary business practice in an advanced course of study for both graduates and experienced managers. The course aims to develop graduates capable of generating strategic and creative solutions to problems in business and the public sector requiring a familiarity with interdisciplinary analysis. Graduates are in high demand in the public sector and small and large corporations in fields involving their initial expertise linked with accounting and finance, entrepreneurship, marketing or human resource management. Graduates may choose to set up small businesses as self-employed entrepreneurs. The course creates networking opportunities with cohorts of achievement oriented students and delivers strong return on investment for graduates.

The course can be completed in 1 year of full time study over two study periods. On completion of this course, there is the guaranteed pathway into the Holmes Master of Business Administration (MBA) which can be completed in just a further 6 months of full-time study.

Core Subjects

Accounting for Business Decisions
Economics for Business
Finance for Business
Statistics for Business Decision Making

Electives

Business and Corporate Law
Choose one unit from the fifteen units below:
Competitive Strategy
Corporate Accounting (prerequisite HI5001)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
International Business Across Borders
International Trade and Enterprise
Leading and Managing People and Relationships for Performance
Legal Aspects of International Business and Enterprise
Leveraging Information Technology for Business
Management and Organisations in a Global Environment
Managerial Accounting (prerequisite HI5001)
Managing Across Borders
Managing Operations and Supply Chains
Marketing Management
Strategic Information Systems for Business and Enterprise

PATHWAYS

The business world is constantly evolving, with issues such as changing technology, greater global mobility and increasing competition all factors in this process. As a business owner or professional, you need to understand the core business principles that help you succeed and stay ahead in today’s fast-paced world.

This program includes study in finance and budget control, marketing, global management and business strategy.

As well as guiding you towards bigger management roles, the Graduate Diploma of Business is a pathway to further study, including Holmes Institutes’ Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. Graduates receive eight units of credit towards the MBA.