The Griffith MBA is ready for the 21st century. This is a presentation made to the Griffith International Summit on the 26th June.

1. Griffith MBA – Our MBA is building for the 21st Century
MBA courses built on old assumptions are increasingly unable
to bridge the gaps between managers’ beliefs and hopes as
human beings” (Bubna-Litic & Benn, 2003; p.32)
Responsible Leadership, Sustainable Business Practices,
Global Orientation

2. Old School Ties? – Old School Thinking
Environment
Social
Economic
Old School
Environment Social
Economic
Less Old

3. New School Thinking
“there are no inputs from outside and no outputs to the outside;
indeed there is no outside at all” (Boulding, 1966, p.2),
“It is quite simple wrong to regard action on the psyche, the
socius, and the environment as separate…[to present these areas
as if they are separate is]…acquiescing to a general
infantilisation of opinion” (Guattari, 1989, pp.134)
Mutual embedding may be “so obvious…all human organisations
are embedded within the natural environment and all of those
which have human managers and other employees, also contain the
natural environment in their respective biophysical bodies” (Starik
& Kanashiro, 2013, p.8/9)

4. New School Thinking…
Environment
Social
Economic
No boundaries….

5. Where our MBA is going….
We are all no more physical
than we are digital
An MBA that works for me as I study
(authentic assessment)
An MBA that fits lifestyles
(digital/physical – flexible delivery)
MBA that fits my hopes and dreams as a
whole human being not a partial one
An MBA that can come to me
(I don’t find it, it finds me)

6. Building the 21st Century Business School….

7. How you work….
That’s how our MBA and the 21st Century Business
School will work….
MBA21C

8. Griffith MBA – MBA21C

10. MBA21C

11. Screenshots

12. Course Structure
1. Sustainability & Systems Thinking
Start
2. Accounting and Reporting
3. Economics
4. People Management
5. Responsible Leadership
6. Finance
7. Marketing
8. Business Law
Middle
Plus 3 electives
9. Strategy & Innovation
End
Courses delivering in fully flexible mode
You can study online, face to face or a mixture
Authentic Assessment
(Face to face sessions delivered on weekends and evenings)

13. MBA Videos – Embedded…

14. Pathways to Join
Standard
 Undergrad degree – 4.5/7 GPA
 3 years professional work experience
Professional
 No undergrad, enter through the Grad Cert in
Business Admin if;
 7 years work experience (inc
supervisory)
 Then, if you get GPA of 4.0 articulate to the
MBA program
No matter what speak to the MBA team and we will
work with you to understand if our MBA is right for you
Joining times – not tied to semesters

15. Credit & Rankings
 For a Grad Cert – 2 out of 4
 For an MBA - 4 out of 12
 For an MBA (Adv) - 8 out 16
We do credit study from
other institutions
All depends on course match
Rankings/Accreditation
 Top 5% of business schools
worldwide
 Received 5 star rating 10
times
 Top in Australia and 26 in
world
 Top 10 in 2013/Best Value for
Money in Australia in 2011
 First Australian business
school admitted
 First Australian business
school admitted
 2013 – MBA winner for
learning and teaching in
sustainability