MBA Resource Focus – Your journey
Participant profile
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Pre-Orientation
December 2014
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Orientation and Leadership Development Program
Introduction – 1 week – mid January
Engineer with a
multinational energy firm
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26 years old from
Australia
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Spent 3 years with
current employer
Looking to move
from an operational
to a managerial role
Identified as a ‘rising
star’ in the
organization
Some capabilities
need development
(commercial
acumen,
presentation skills)
but is not aware of
that
Volunteers at a
children’s hospital
Feedback and
self-assessment:
– Completes selfassessment report
on strengths and
development
needs
– Asks colleagues
and friends to fill
out feedback
reports
– Undertakes
personality profile
Introductions to:
– Leadership
Development
Program
– MBA program and
options
– Social elements of
MBA and other
program
participants
– Business Connect
Program
– Local cultural
activities with
other program
participants
Gets 360°
feedback:
– Surprised by some
elements of
feedback
– Sees disconnect
between selfassessment and
feedback
– Realises
commercial and
presentation
development
goals
Individual
development plan:
– Meets with study
coordinator to develop
study plan with
development goals in
mind
– Chooses Resource
Focus, with three
resource-based options
and resource based
business advisory
project.
– Through Business
Connect, matched with
a Senior Executive and
Senior Manager mentor
from a WA based global
resource company.
– Attends career advice
session and realizes cv
needs some work
MBA Resource Focus – Your journey
January – March
(7 weeks)
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March – May
(8 weeks)
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Session One
Theory:
Takes three core
units:
– Organisational
Behavior
– Accounting
– Data Analysis &
Decision Making
Session Two
Practice:
Careers:
Theory:
Practice:
Careers:
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Takes two core units:
Through ‘Leading
Organisations’ program
Through Business
Connect meets Business
Executive mentor and
discusses career
trajectories
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Attends workshops
and guest lectures by
visiting industry
faculty
Attend workshops
with Librarians and
Study Skills team
As part of the
Leadership
Development Program
learns more about
“Leading Self” eg. Self
management;
adaptivity; proactivity
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Through Business
Connect - meets
senior executive
Meets student peers
from leading global
resource companies
– Marketing
Principles
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Attends workshops
and guest lectures by
visiting industry
faculty
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Attends Case Club &
Boardroom Lunches
– Managerial
Finance
Takes one option:
– Global Energy &
Mineral Markets
MBA Resource Focus – Your journey
June – July
(8 weeks)
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August
(2 weeks)
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Session Three
Study Tour
Theory:
Practice:
Careers:
Theory:
Practice:
Careers:
Takes two core units:
Through ‘Leading
Organizations' Series,
attends workshops and
guest lectures by visiting
industry faculty
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Attends career skills
workshops with
industry speakers
No theory work
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As part of Leadership
Development
Program, learns more
about “Leading
Others”, eg
transactional
management,
transformational
leadership etc
Undertakes two week
study tour to the Pilbara
region of Western
Australia – visits BHP
Billiton and Woodside
mining operations
Through Business
Connect, meets mentor,
to discuss ongoing
development in MBA and
feedback from Leadership
Development Program
– Economic
Management &
Strategy
– Operations
Management
Takes one option:
– Asset Failures
MBA Resource Focus – Your journey
September – October
(6 weeks)
End October – December
(7 weeks)
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Session Four
Session Five
Theory:
Practice:
Careers:
Theory:
Practice:
Takes one core unit:
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Specifically focuses on
presentation skills and
receives good
feedback from peers
and consultant coach
Attends career skills
workshops with industry
speakers
No theory work
Undertakes Business
Advisory Project in a WAbased global resource
company working with a
team of three students
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Through ‘Leading
Organisations’ series,
attends Strategy
Month
– Strategic
Management
Takes one option:
– Strategic
Management of
Resource
Companies
Careers:
Meets Business Connect
Mentor for final review
MBA Resource Focus – Your journey
Graduation / Alumni
– Graduation
– Form Alumni
Group
2016
Undertake follow-up
360 degree feedback
and personality profile
– Feedback survey
undertaken
– Undertake followup 360 degree
feedback and
personality profile
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