Melbourne Business School

Melbourne Business School
Motto	Global. Business. Leaders.
Established	1956
Type	Private
Dean	Jennifer George (acting)
Academic staff	80+
Students	800+
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Website	www.mbs.edu

Melbourne Business School (MBS) is a business school located in Melbourne, Australia that has been ranked in the Financial Times Top 100 Global MBAs since 2005 and The Economist Top 20 in the World. MBS was placed as the second best business school in the Asia-Pacific in the 2010 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report^[1]. Since 2008 it has been ranked #1 for Executive Education in the Asia-Pacific region. It has recently ranked all-time high of 17 in the World in the latest 2010 The Economist MBA ranking although at the same time slipping from 52 to 63 in the 2010 Financial Times Rankings. It also ranked at Number 2 for most preferred school by recruiters in the Asia-Pacific, in a survey done by QS Top MBA.

MBS has four campuses:

• Its Head Office is situated in Melbourne, in the suburb of Carlton, and is walking distance from Melbourne's Central Business District. It is housed in a complex designed by Daryl Jackson.
• The School’s Mt Eliza Executive Education is located in a heritage property at Mt. Eliza on the Mornington Peninsula.
• It has an office and corporate conference facilities at Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney.
• It has an office and teaching facilities in Beijing.

History

Melbourne Business School (MBS) began in 1954 when the University of Melbourne offered Australia’s first residential executive education program in the summer of that year. Its first Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree was awarded in 1965, which was also the first MBA degree awarded in Australia.

During the 1980s, MBS was awarded the status of a National Management School by the Australian Government and the Graduate School of Management was established within the University of Melbourne.

In 1989, it was re-organized again, this time as the Graduate School of Management Ltd: a non-profit company limited by guarantee and managed by a Board of Directors which includes the chairs and directors of leading Australian corporations. This organization structure has helped create a major link between the university and those who have a responsibility for management. It is currently co-owned by the University of Melbourne (45%) and Australian businesses (55%).

In 2004, Melbourne Business School Limited merged with Mt Eliza Business School, which was also been established in 1954, becoming the largest management education business school in Australia. ^[1]

In July 2009, the school announced that it was the subject of a proposed merger with the Graduate School of Management at the University of Melbourne.^[2] However, the proposal was decided not to proceed following opposition from MBS member in September 2009.^[3]

Programs

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Melbourne Business School offers a range of postgraduate management education and executive development programs: ^[4]

• MBA
• MBA/JD
• MBA/Master of Marketing
• Executive MBA
• Master of Marketing
• Master of Management Innovation
• Innovation Programs (Certificate and Diploma Available
• Postgraduate Diploma in Management
• Postgraduate Diploma in Management (Marketing)
• PhD and Research Programs

Executive Development Programs

• Open programs
• Customised Programs for organisations
• Tailored Programs
• Executive Coaching

Centres of Excellence

The Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership for Social Impact

The Asia-Pacific Centre for Leadership for Social Impact expands Melbourne Business School’s reach into corporate social responsibility, community investment, and the not-for-profit sector. It provides opportunities for scholars, teachers, and practitioners to collaborate in developing insights into leadership theory and practice. It uses these insights to design innovative leadership development. ^[5]

The Centre for Business and Public Policy

The Centre for Business and Public Policy's primary objective is to improve the quality of public policy making in Australia. It serves a resource for business leaders, policy makers, and academics to discuss and analyse public policy issues as they affect business. It does this through seminars, conferences, publications, research, and media interviews. ^[6]

Centre for Ideas and the Economy

The Centre for Ideas and the Economy is dedicated towards generating, evaluating, and disseminating new ideas. Its aim is to improve the quality of ideas employed in business and public policy. Its mission is to generate new products and services that will allow a broad constituency to apply the knowledge that exists in management and social science. ^[7]

Notable alumni

Melbourne Business School's Carlton campus.

• Katie Lahey, CEO, Business Council of Australia, EMBA 1988
• Scott Crawley, Director, Worldwide Procurement, Del Inc, MBA 1992
• Margaret Jackson, MBA 1982
• Paul Coughlin, Executive MD, Corporate and Government Ratings, Standard & Poor's, MBA 1985
• Vu Tien Vy, Director, Banking Products, UBS Wealth Management, MBA 1999
• Varina Nissen, Senior VP Global Marketing & Communications, Manpower Inc, MBA 1996
• Mark Laurie, Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, EMBA 2005
• Brent Chapman, founder of Majordomo, MBA 2003
• Ahmed Fahour, CEO of National Australia Bank, MBA 1993
• Bill Shorten, senior union official, MBA 2001
• John Elliott, Former CEO of Elders IXL and Carlton & United Breweries (now Carlton & United Beverages)
• Paul Rizzo, Group Managing Director of Telstra, MBA 1969
• Ross Oakley, Former CEO of the AFL

Miscellaneous

• MBS offers a global experience with students from over 21 countries and exchange programs with over 45 other business schools in Asia, Europe, and the US.
• In 2007, MBS changed its tagline to GLOBAL. BUSINESS. LEADERS.
• MBS has received formal international recognition of its programs with full EQUIS accreditation.
• The School's Case Study Services catalogue currently has over 400 Australian case studies.
• The School has been ranked in the Top 100 Global MBAs and as the top business in school in Australia by the Financial Times since 2005. ^[8]
• Since 2008, MBS Mt Eliza has been ranked #1 in Executive Education in the Asia-Pacific region by the Financial Times. ^[9]

References

1. ^ "QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2009 North America". http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/top-business-schools-report-2010/regions/top-business-schools-in-asia-australasia. 

1. ^ Source: Conferring of Degrees, University of Melbourne, March 2007.
2. ^ Melbourne Business School (2007). MBS Facts & Figures. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
3. ^ Melbourne Business School (2008). Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership for Social Impact. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
4. ^ Melbourne Business School (2008). The Centre for Business and Public Policy. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
5. ^ Melbourne Business School (2008). Centre for Ideas and the Economy. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
6. ^ Financial Times. FT Global MBA Rankings.
7. ^ Financial Times. FT Global EMBA Rankings.
8. ^ Melbourne Business School (2009). Proposed Merger. Retrieved 4 August, 2009.
9. ^ Melbourne Business School (2009). [10]. Retrieved 14 November, 2009.

External links

• Melbourne Business School website
• MBS on LinkedIn Companies
• MBS on YouTube
• MBS on Myspace
• Experience Melbourne Gateway
• Experience Melbourne on Twitter

Coordinates: 37°48′5″S 144°57′40″E / 37.80139°S 144.96111°E / -37.80139; 144.96111