Bachelor of Business

This program is offered via Open Universities Australia (OUA).

Each year is made up three Study Sessions. In Year 1/Study Session 1, this program is structured to introduce students to the very wide range of business disciplines that are necessary for an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of business analysis and problem solving. From Year 2/Study Session 1, this program contains more advanced level courses and is structured to enable students to choose either one or two majors.

The following majors are available in the Bachelor of Business via OUA.

Are you a sport fan? Imagine turning your passion into a fulfilling and exciting career. In this major, you'll develop specialist knowledge of the sport industry and gain solid business skills to enable you to manage professional and not-for-profit sport organisations and clubs.

Logistics and supply chain management plays a crucial role in business. In this major, you'll learn how to source the best materials for the best price, develop good relationships with suppliers and customers, monitor the movement and storage of raw materials, maintain inventories of stock, and track goods from their point of origin to the final customer.

If you're creative, a good communicator and a quick thinker, marketing is for you. You'll gain perspective on how a market works; its audiences, drivers, barriers and consumer behaviour. You'll also learn about data-driven decision making and identifying target markets. Learn to stay ahead of competitors with effective promotion and advertising.

HR management professionals work with people to help them with their careers. In this major, you'll learn about selection and recruitment procedures, staff training, development, performance management, and organisational change. You'll be able to advise organisations on their staffing needs to enable them to deliver their core business.

If you like to plan, organise, lead and direct people to achieve a specific goal, then management is for you. You'll learn about management's core functions: communication, planning, teamwork, strategy, human resources and self-development. You'll also develop analytical, communication and decision-making skills to add value to any organisation in a range of areas.

Do you have a creative idea for a new product or service and want to launch your own business or start-up? In this major, you'll learn how to be an effective, innovative and dynamic manager, and a graduate with the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to develop and manage a successful business.

Further information is available by contacting either of the following areas:

• Open Universities Australia (OUA)
• Griffith (OUA) Services

Competent and competitive in many areas, graduates will be able to select from a wide range of career options within the public and private sectors.

Sport Management
Sport is big business. You'll find opportunities in government departments, local national and international sporting clubs and event management organisations. There are also positions in sport tourism, marketing, media and athlete representation.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management
You'll be able to work as a logistics and supply chain manager, purchasing manager, business or strategy manager, or export and import operations manager.

Human Resource Management
You'll graduate qualified with a degree recognised by the Australian Human Resources Institute and will be equipped for a career as a human resource manager or consultant. Human resource professionals work in many sectors including business management, counselling, workforce planning and policy, and recruiting and training staff for the public and private sectors and non-government organisations.

Management
Good managers are needed across all sectors and in businesses of all sizes. With this qualification, you can apply your business management knowledge to an area of personal interest and you may find work in roles such as a business manager in human resources, strategy, planning and policy, and training and development.

Marketing
You will be prepared to work in any industry or organisation that needs to promote its products or services, including entertainment and fashion, tourism, advertising, public relations, and business consulting. You might work as a brand manager, marketing manager, advertising account manager, market research analyst, public relations manager, or sales manager.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
You'll have an understanding of strategic and operational issues involved in a career in self-employment, or in small business. Create a career by moving from employment to self-employment, pursue the long-term growth of a high-potential new business venture, or become a serial entrepreneur, starting and selling new business ventures repeatedly.

Griffith University awards credit for prior learning which may relate to prior formal learning or prior informal and non-formal learning. For further information, please visit the following website prior to registering in any units of study:

• Griffith OUA Services

To assist with your application, Griffith's Credit Precedent Database will give you a guide to the credit that you may be entitled to by listing equivalent courses in which the University has previously awarded credit.

• View credit precedents for this program