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Entrepreneurship Institute of Australia

About
Gibaran Graduate School of Business
Adelaide, South Australia

The Gibaran Graduate School of Business consists of the following:

  • Gibaran Graduate School of Business (GGSB)
  • Entrepreneurship Institute Australia (EIA)
  • Tourism Institute Australia (TIA)
  • Australian Institute of Business Administration (AIBA)

The above institutions are authorised to offer management development programmes which lead to qualifications and degrees accredited within the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF).

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) provides a nationally consistent framework for all qualifications issued by higher education institutions as well as universities.





Management Qualifications & Degrees available from
The Gibaran Graduate School of Business

The Gibaran Graduate School of Business Academic Pathway


Entrepreneurship Institute Australia
Entrepreneurship Institute of Australia (EIA) is a prestigious city campus-based international entrepreneurial institute with degree conferring powers based in Adelaide, South Australia. It specializes in work-based and entrepreneurial management development, using action learning principles and action research methods.

EIA offers professional development in entrepreneurship and intrapreneurial leadership in organisations through its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes specialising in entrepreneurial management.

EIA concentrates on entrepreneurial development courses and offers the Bachelor of Business Administration as well as a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Management, both of which are fully accredited by the Accreditation and Registration Council of South Australia and also accredited under the Australian Qualifications Framework.

Both EIA and Gibaran are accredited by the South Australian Government under the Australian Qualifications Framework to offer degrees and management qualification courses. EIA concentrates on entrepreneurial development courses, whereas Gibaran's focus is on work based management learning and research degree courses, including the Master of Management, the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programmes.

In addition, EIA offers professional development courses in various aspects of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurial leadership in organizations, including:

  • New Venture Creation;
  • Entrepreneurship;
  • Entrepreneurship and International Marketing;
  • Franchising; and
  • Analysing Entrepreneurship Case Studies
Approved Examination Centres currently offer EIA programmes in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kuching & Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia.

EIA's core objectives are:
  • To impart concepts, skills and values of
    entrepreneurship through innovative learning strategies;
  • To introduce to young people the challenge and
    opportunities of
    entrepreneurship;
  • To stimulate corporate entrepreneurship in
    organisations;
  • To work closely with Gibaran to contribute to the
    growing knowledge of entrepreneurship, using action
    research and the case study methodology;
  • To provide a platform for successful and experienced
    entrepreneurs to share their experiences; and
  • To continue the work of Gibaran in the development of
    Indigenous people in entrepreneurship.
EIA currently offers the following qualification courses:
  • Diploma of Management (Entrepreneurship);
  • Advanced Diploma of Management (Entrepreneurship);
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (Entrepreneurial Management);
  • Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management;
  • Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurial Management; and
  • Master of Business Administration (Entrepreneurial Management).

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Entrepreneurial MBA
The Entrepreneurial MBA is designed for those who want to be the best prepared in their profession as entrepreneurs in their own right or as corporate intrapreneurs. Specifically aimed at working adults, it combines the convenience of directed reading with the participant/faculty interaction that comes with intensive workshops. MBA Course Overview
The 12 month MBA course has been designed to:

  • provide participants with knowledge of a broad range of management issues to
    enable them to be effective entrepreneurs or managers;
  • reinforce the management learning through an entrepreneurial-based management
    assignments;
  • cultivate among participants the effective use of action learning principles through
    work-based entrepreneurial assignments; and
  • enable participants to learn the action research method through a work-based
    entrepreneurial project.

The curriculum also emphasises problem solving, analytical and communications skills in coursework and an independent research/writing project. The highlight of the course is the workshops for conceptual input reinforced by tutorials.

All coursework is based on high quality, up-to-date texts and readings which provide a balanced learning experience.

Course Content
The current subjects for the Entrepreneurial stream are as follows:

  • Entrepreneurship
  • New Venture Creation
  • Entrepreneurship and Globalisation
  • Franchising
  • Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
  • Strategic Management
  • Strategic Human Resource Managements
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Legal Issues for Managers
  • Strategic Operations Issues
  • Strategic Finance Issues
  • Entrepreneurial Project
Subject Descriptions

Entrepreneurship
The objective of the subject is to provide participants with an in-depth knowledge of the concept of entrepreneurship in the context of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial organisations and entrepreneurial countries.

New Venture Creation
This subject features the process of creating successful new ventures, including evaluating the opportunity, designing strategies, forming the entrepreneurial team and developing strategies for financing.

Entrepreneurship and Globalisation
This subject is designed to expand participant's understanding of the role of entrepreneurs in global business development. The subject will also examine issues in operating across international borders in a global context

Franchising
The objective of this subject is to provide participants with the concepts, dimensions and processes of franchising and licensing.

Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
This subject will provide the participants with a systematic study of how individuals and groups behave within an organisational setting and the impact of leadership on this behaviour. This subject will provide participants with a comprehensive, scholarly and in-depth knowledge of the dynamics of leadership. It will also address how individuals and groups behave in organisations.

Strategic Management
The aim of this subject is to provide the participant with an in-depth knowledge of the principles and practice of corporate strategy formulation built around a systematic approach to strategic management.

Strategic Marketing
This subject is designed to provide participants with an in-depth knowledge of the marketing concept and the major principles, techniques and theories relating to the strategic practice of marketing, including development and implementation of competitive marketing strategies.

Strategic Human Resource Management
This subject provides an understanding of the formal relationship between the employer and employee and of the techniques and methods aimed at making the relationship more effective.

Legal Issues
The objective of this subject is to provide the participants with an awareness and understanding of the critical legal issues that relate to an organisation, thus enhancing the formulation and implementation of strategies for the organisation.

Strategic Operations Issues
The aim of this subject is to provide participants with an in-depth knowledge of Strategic Operations Issues that are critical for the operations of an organisation, to the end that the operations may become more efficient and effective.

Strategic Finance Issues
The subject is designed to prepare participants for effective and efficient planning and management of financial and resource requirements and targets. The subjects are adapted for specific requirements of government, non-profit and entrepreneurial organisations.

Entrepreneurial Project
The objective of this subject is to enable participants to undertake a major entrepreneurial project. They will use their knowledge of action research/case study research as a method of implementing the project and recording the process.

Entry requirements
For admission into the course, applicants normally must have:

  • an acceptable bachelor degree or a relevant professional qualification conducted at a standard equivalent to a bachelor's degree;
  • at least two years' significant work experience; and
  • access to a workplace in which they can undertake the on-job component of the course or the entrepreneurial projects



News...

EIA Entrepreneurial MBA featured in the New Sunday Times
29th August 2004

Full New Sunday Times Editorial Text which appeared in the Learning Curve Section
on August 29, 2004

Get an entrepreneurial MBA through Excel Open Learning

THE Entrepreneurship Institute of Australia is dedicated solely to the development of entrepreneurs and corporate intrapreneurs in Australia and internationally.

EIA, an approved Institution of Higher Education established in Adelaide, offers the BBA to Entrepreneurial Management programme as well as the post-graduate Entrepreneurial MBA qualification and unique training programmes specialising in Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Management.

It is a recognised Degree Conferring Institution with all its qualifications accredited by the South Australian Government within the national Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), which provides a nationally consistent framework for all qualifications issued by higher education institutions.

EIA also offers post-graduate qualifications in entrepreneurial management for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurial leadership in organisations. The Entrepreneurial MBA, a 12-month programme which fosters Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Futuristic Thinking, is designed for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs or adults who want to be best prepared in their profession. The programme offers a broad spectrum of knowledge to handle management issues.

The Entrepreneurial MBA programme will help business-minded individuals in obtaining the best in an increasing competitive market setting. The launch of this MBA programme in Malaysia is timely and in line with the Government's call for the development of more entrepreneurs here.

EIA through a collaboration agreement with Excel Open Learning and Excel College of Training an Development Sdn Bhd will deliver EIA's Executive Development Entrepreneurial MBA Seminars and Intensive Workshops over four days during one weekend per month in Malaysia. This Entrepreneurial MBA Seminar series can be completed in a short a period of 12 months and meets the needs of working adults expecting flexible schedules and quick course completion.

For more information, contact Excel Open Learning at KL: 03-22832241/42, Penang: 04-2641239/40, Ipoh: 016-4818854, Johor Baru: 016-3344940, East Malaysia: 016-4972127 or email: excelctd@streamyx.com


EIA Entrepreneurial MBA featured in The Sun
5th October 2004

Full text of The Sun's Editoral which appeared on Tuesday,
5th October 2004.

MBA for Entrepreneurs (and Corporate Intrapreneur)

It used to be that business studies was just that, business studies. Today, there are institutions of higher learning specialising in different types of business studies.

The Entrepreneuriship Institute of Australia (EIA) in Adelaide, South Australia is one degree-conferring institution dedicated to the development of entrepreneurs and corporate intrapreneurs.

The EIA offers the Entrepreneurial MBA, the Bachelor of Business Adminisration (BBA) in Entrepreneurial Management, training programmes on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial management.

The good news is that the EIA Entrepreneurial MBA and BBA would be launched in Malaysia soon - the MBA this month and the BBA in December. This was made possible with the collaboration of EIA with Excel Open Learning and Excel College of Training & Development Sdn Bhd.

This is in line with the Government's call for more entrepreneurs. The Government announced a RM600 million allocation for "franchisepreneurs" recently.

"Entrepreneurial management programmes are very popular in western countries as they help foster creataive thinking," said the Entrepreneurial MBA programme director in Malaysia Jimmy Peh.

"The Entrepreneurial MBA is a futuristic programme designed to develop creativity, innovative and futuristic thinking in managers. We need executives and managers to not only think creatively but entrepreneurially as well. They must be able to think outside the box," said Peh.

The Entrepreneurial MBA is specially designed for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs, and adult learners who want to be well prepared as entrepreneurs or corporate intrapreneurs. - L.E. Teoh
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For more information, call Excel Open Learning at 03-22832241/42 (KL), 04-2641239/40 (Penang), 016-4818854 (Ipoh), 016-3344940 (JB), 016-4978187 (Sabah and Sarawak) or e-mail: excelctd@streamyx.com

 

 

 

 

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