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Entrepreneurship Institute of Australia

About
Gibaran Business School
Adelaide,
South Australia

The Gibaran Business School consists of the following:

Gibaran Business School (GBS)
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 Business School

The Gibaran Business School 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:

EIA currently offers the following qualification courses:

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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:

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:

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
29^th 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

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EIA Entrepreneurial MBA featured in The Sun
5^th October 2004

Full text of The Sun's Editoral which appeared on Tuesday,
5^th 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

Bachelor of Business Administration

- BBA in Entrepreneurial Management – 2 Year compressed programme
- BBA in Entrepreneurial Management – 1 Year Degree Completion Programme

Course Overview
Entrepreneurship Institute Australia (“EIA”) offers professional development in entrepreneurship and intrapreneurial leadership in organisations. EIA also offers undergraduate and postgraduate course specializing in entrepreneurial management. It is based in Adelaide, South Australia and is accredited by the South Australian Government within the Australian Qualifications Framework to offer qualification courses.

The BBA (Entrepreneurial Management) is designed for those who want to be the best prepared in their own profession as entrepreneurs in their own right or as corporate Intrapreneurs. Specifically aimed at working adults and university graduates with limited work experience, it combines the convenience of directed reading with the participant/ faculty interaction that comes with intensive workshops.

Course Outcomes
The BBA course has been designed to:

Assist participants to acquire a systemic understanding of the underlying principles and concepts relating to the various aspects of the course;
Develop in participants the ability to review, consolidate, extend and apply the knowledge and techniques learnt from a range of sources to real entrepreneurial organizational situations; and
Build capacity for self-directed and life long learning and the confidence to pursue a higher level of studies.

Course Content
The BBA which is normally offered over a period of three years has been compressed for delivery over two years. The subjects are listed below.

Year 1	Year 2
Information and Communications	Leadership Issues
People I	International Marketing
Operations I	Strategic Management Principles/ Practice
Finance I	Ethics and Social Responsibility
Entrepreneurship	Contemporary Legal Issues
Marketing – Principles/ Practice	Electronic Commerce Marketing – Principles/ Practice
People II	Small Business Management
Finance II	Creativity and Innovation
Operations I	Entrepreneurial Issues
	Integrated Project (1 and 2)

The summaries of the subjects for year one and year two of the Entrepreneur BBA are set out below.

Each subject involves the presentation of a body of knowledge by faculty with extensive managerial and/ or entrepreneurial experience. The learning approach uses lectures, video presentations, case studies, group discussions and directed reading.

As an action- oriented learning approach is used in the delivery of the course, participants are encouraged to apply theory to practice by completing the assignments and the Integrated Projects. In this way, they maximise their entrepreneurial management skills and potential.

Assessment
For each subject other then the Integrated Projects, participants will complete an assignment and an examination. For each Integrated Project, the participants will complete a major assignment comprising a real- life entrepreneurial/ intrapreneurial venture. Participants will utilise the skills and knowledge gained during the duration of the course to undertake hands- on research in a new business enterprise or an existing workplace.

Fees
The fee for the course is set out in the insert. It covers tuition, course notes and assessment.

Faculty
The Entrepreneurial BBA subjects are facilitated by a highly qualified and experienced team of facilitators who are committed to the ideals of entrepreneurial management development.

BBA Subject Summaries- Year 1 and Year 2

Year 1	Year 2
Information and Communications This subject develops skills in managing conflict and negotiations, facilitation skills with group problem solving and decision making and the management of effective working relationships.	Leadership Issues Participants are encouraged to develop strategic leadership behaviours through self awareness and self management strategies to optimise achievement of goals and manage more effectively in conditions of change. Decision making strategies that facilitate the taking of difficult decisions by leaders is also addressed in this course.
People I This subject provides opportunities to develop skills in managing and developing teams, planning, organising and controlling work to effectively achieve goals and in establishing goals for performance measurement.	International Marketing The purpose of this subject is to enable participants to identify and employ strategies and actions to effectively identify and capitalise on opportunities in overseas markets. It covers the identification and evaluation of business opportunities and the development of plans to access and service overseas business opportunities.
Operations I This subject involves the development of efficient and effective operations in organisation through customer service, productivity, innovation and change.	Strategic Management Principles/ Practice The purpose of this subject is to develop the strategic thinking skills of participants through preparation of a strategic management project plan for the organisation.
Finance I This subject provides an understanding of what is required for effective operational and finance performance reporting and budgeting and the importance of optimising financial performance through reducing costs and improving efficiency.	Ethics and Social Responsibility Participants are introduced to the concepts of corporate social responsibility and develop a code of business ethics for implementing in an organisation.
Entrepreneurship This subject enables participants to create environments than foster intrapreneurial, entrepreneurial and innovative cultures in organisations. It provides tools for analysis of an organisation’s internal and external environments and the use of sound and creative concepts for forecasting possible future organisational and environmental states and associated opportunities and threats.	Contemporary Legal Issues The subject helps participants identify contemporary legal issues that relate to their workplace, the potential impacts and what actions can be recommended.
Marketing – Principles/ Practice The marketing project involves the establishment of operational strategies and tactics to meet the marketing objectives of an organisation.	Electronic CommerceMarketing – Principles/ Practice The purpose of this subject is to enable participants to identify and employ strategies and actions to enhance the creativity and innovation of organizations. The management of innovation within firms, new product development, and manage research and development will also be addressed in the course.
People II This subject covers the recruitment, selection, induction, training and development of staff as well as the development of skills to effectively manage grievances, disputes and workplace issues.	Small Business Management The purpose of this subject is to enable participants to identify and employ strategies and actions to effectively manage a small business. This subject enables participants to know the challenge of owning and managing a small business, plan and organise a small business, select and lead its employees, market its goods and services, plan and control its finances, and provide present and future security for the business.
Finance II Participants learn about the identification and application of financial management fundamentals in the operations of organisations. There is a maximising financial returns to expenditure, and investment in operating and capital assets.	Creativity and Innovation As the world becomes ever more reliant on the efficiencies promised by new technologies, participants learn how to analyse and evaluate the advantages and problems with electronic commerce and develop effective strategies for its use in their organisation.
Operations I Operational activities are examined with the intent of achieving effective and efficient management of operations, logistics, cultural diversity, risk and projects.	Entrepreneurial Issues The purpose of this subject is to enable participants to understand current issues in entrepreneurship. This subject enables participants to evaluate trends in thinking about core entrepreneur leadership issues like mastering entrepreneurship, creating and launching the business venture, financing the new venture and managing growth and creating harvest options.
	Integrated Project (1 and 2) This is a major consolidating subject where participants use the knowledge they have gained to develop entrepreneurial projects for an organisation (which could be their own) and provide a detailed business plan for implementation of the projects.

Entry requirements
For admission into the course, applicants must:

have gained the Year 12 South Australian Certificate of Education or equivalent and have attained at the examination for that Certificate the aggregate marks determined from time to time by the Registrar or such other qualification or experience as may be acceptable to the Registrar, and
have an innovative or entrepreneurial project which could be private sector/public sector/community based, or have access to a workplace in which they can undertake the on-job components of the course, and
have adequate literacy and numeracy skills.

Overseas participants are required to demonstrate proficiency in English, equivalent to 550 or better on TOEFL or 6.0 or better on IELTS. Participants who do not have the Year Twelve qualification or experience but have been employed for a minimum for three (3) consecutive years, are currently employed and satisfy the other entry requirements may be advised to enrol in the Diploma of Management and Advanced Diploma of Management programme before progressing to Stage 3 of this course.

Course Duration
The duration of the course is the equivalent of three academic years of full-time study or six academic years of part-time study. The course can also be delivered in an accelerated mode over two years.

Assessment Strategy
Assessments for each subject will normally include a written assignment and an examination.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL is normally granted to participants who have completed relevant subjects at undergraduate level.

Recognition given to the Course
The award of the Bachelor of Business Administration (Entrepreneurial Management) is accredited within the Australian Qualifications Framework, thus guaranteeing academic rigour and very high standards

Gibaran Business School Participants Base
Past and present participant on programmes delivered by the Gibaran Business School range from project administrators, team leaders, middle managers, senior managers and chief executives. Some of the national and international companies they come from include:

Australia Post
Australian Red Cross
Santos Limited
South Australian Ambulance Services
Department of Education, Training and Employment
South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service
South Australian Tourism Commission
EDS
Westpac Banking Corporation
Newmont Mining
South Australian Community Housing Authority
Australian Institute of Management
The Australian Institute of Export
Aboriginal & Torrens Strait Islander Commission
Aboriginal Employment, Education & Development Branch
Anangu Pitjantjara Land Council
Internal Revenue Commission (Papua New Guinea)
Eastern Pretect Pty Ltd (Singapore & Malaysia)
Global Carriers Bhd (Malaysia)
Chief Minister’s Department, Sarawak (Malaysia)