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AIPM601 Course Structure

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Management comprises of two subjects studied via part-time distance education and two subjects delivered in a full-time intensive on-campus residential program:

AIPM 601
Graduate Certificate in Applied Management
The Graduate Certificate in Applied Management is an applied general management course delivered in a highly contextualised public safety and emergency services setting. It combines standard knowledge based elements of financial management, business planning and strategic management with more applied exercises in problem solving and decision making.

NOTE:
The Graduate Certificate is a qualification in its own right and also represents the first half of the Graduate Diploma (AIPM 701).
AIPM 601 SUBJECTS
S1
FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
S2
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY SERVICES
S3
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
S4
LEADERSHIP AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE
S1/S2 are pre-requisite for S3/S4
S3/S4 are co-requisites
Distance Mode
Distance Mode
Residential Mode
RPL available
RPL & RCC available
Compulsory subjects
No RPL/RCC available
Part time
Part time
Full time
128 hours
128 hours
256 hours

RPL - Recognition of Prior Learning
RCC - Recognition of Current Competency


The major learning outcomes of AIPM 601 Graduate Certificate in Applied Management relate to the development of increased knowledge, skills and confidence to manage at senior organisational levels. The program aims to develop students’ capacity to:

  • Analyse complex problems and deal with advanced management tasks;
  • Participate in executive level decision making;
  • Establish parameters for judging the effectiveness of corporate processes and performance outcomes;
  • Implement corporate improvement strategies consistent with their jurisdictional objectives;
  • Develop quality control standards and strategies to manage results;
  • Develop and implement strategic goals and plans;
  • Provide leadership and direction for others; and
  • Model an ethical approach to decision making.

The Police Management Development Program (PMDP) and Executive Development Program (EDP) are developmental, highly applied and experientially based. Case studies are based on actual events. There are opportunities for individual and group work, and exercises that help participants better understand their own behaviours and how they affect others.

The content includes business planning, project management, strategic planning, problem solving, strategic management, change management, risk management, the management of large IT projects, policy development, financial management, industrial relations, media management and leadership.

 

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