Directory of Professional Education Organizations - Australia

Asia Pacific International College

Asia Pacific International College (APIC) is an accredited innovative Australian postgraduate institution. APIC offers professional competency assessment that identifies the specific needs of each individual professional, and offers tailored courses to improve their performance. We also offer project and program health checks to identify opportunities to increase project and corporate performance.

The professional competency assessment system is an integrated diagnostic system that confidentially evaluates an individual’s skill, knowledge, and ability from a 360º perspective. Accredited post-graduate university level courses are then mapped to individual needs. Courses may be taken at home or workplace principally through the Internet under mentoring. Intensive knowledge workshops staged at the onset of each course unit strengthen online learning. APIC currently offers the following accredited and open courses based on the Australian Qualifications Framework:

The key benefits of the above program for individual professionals are:

Emphasis on acquiring leadership skills in all courses and training will appeal to those project managers who wish to progress beyond current professional level in order to be able to set strategic directions and lead complex projects and programs. This is vital today in an environment of uncertainty, complexity and accelerated change. APIC offers students the experience, knowledge and consistency through its highly qualified and motivated staff to achieve those aims. Visit www.apicollege.com and or email admin@apicollege.comto find out how APIC solutions can help you, your staff and your projects.

 

University of New England, New South Wales

University of New England, New South Wales. The Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia, has recently developed the units "Project Management and Operations Management" for inclusion in its highly successful distance learning based MBA Program. Customized short courses have also been developed from these in response to the perceived and expressed needs of both the private and public sectors. These programs are presented both nationally and internationally. Special interest has been shown in the course Project Management in a Research environment.Further details can be obtained by phoning Int'l 61 67 733545 (FAX: Int'l 61 67 733461.

 

Sydney University of Technology

The Project Management Learning Centre of the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia offers a multi-level Project Management programme that provides a comprehensive grounding in both the underlying principles and practical aspects of project management as a powerful approach to administering complex tasks. The Project Management Learning Centre programme structure allows the student a choice of entry requirements and study-paths leading to award of Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Master of Project Management.


Project Management and Economics Program

Subjects available in distance and face-to-face modes. Face-to-face workshop modules offered in Sydney, Paris and other selected venues

PO Box 123
Broadway NSW 2007
Australia
Phone Number: 612-9514 8730
lynn.crawford@uts.edu.au

University of Sydney PM-Outreach Programme

The University of Sydney's PM-Outreach is an Internet based global programme (distance education) that provides Project Management graduate education and executive development courses recognized for quality and intellectual rigor. The programme provides the following qualifications

Individual modules may also be taken as Continuous Professional Development Courses. Alternatively the modules can be adapted to the needs of individual organizations and used as the basis of corporate training. The University also provides an on-line free self assessment test that will indicate the current level of professional expertise relative to that desired and suggests a programme of study to bridge any apparent gaps.

The MPM degree awarded by the University is equivalent to an MBA, however it is strongly project oriented. It focuses on strategy-based (MODEL C) project management within a wide range of contexts and applications. It is targeted to develop specific competencies meeting the challenges of the new era in project-based management in a world characterized by uncertainty, indeterminacy and complexities.

The PM-Outreach aims to empower participants to develop as effective project managers and project directors. It also aims to equip them to apply project-based management philosophy to management of operations and companies, thereby achieving significant improvements. The objectives are

Research has shown that the key to unlocking an organization's full potential is to adopt project-based management as the basis of doing business and serving client/customer needs. Project-based management has the potential to transform an organization from a hierarchical functional structure to a flat flexible and lean structure, made of responsive project teams dealing with different clients and core businesses effectively and efficiently. The PM Outreach programme is the right start in the quest for project-based business planning and operation management, as it targets rapid development of key professionals.

For more information contact the Programme Director, PM-Outreach Programme, The University of Sydney Building J05,NSW 2006, Australia.

Project Management Postgraduate Programme

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney
NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA
Tel + 61 2 9351 5156; Fax + 61 2 9351 3343

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