International influences and the breakdown of global economic boundaries have a powerful impact on business professionals today. Increase your understanding of the managerial, legal and cultural intricacies of doing business with foreign partners with USQ's Graduate Certificate of Business (Global Business Management). Become an asset to any global business by developing the ability to research and understand potential international business partners, their culture, traditions and business practices. Global business skills will also increase your cross-cultural understanding of working across the globe. After completing the Graduate Certificate of Business (Global Business Management), you have the option to take the credit from your studies and go on to complete the Graduate Diploma of Business. To continue into a Master of Business Administration (MBA), you will need to apply for the Graduate Certificate of Business Administration or the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration.

This course is ideal for new or experienced managers to build on your current business knowledge and gain advanced knowledge of business management and a complementary discipline to suit your industry or career goals. During the course, you will study discipline-specific core units to equip you for the operational management of contemporary businesses. You will study a broad range of core units from management, effective business communications and human resource management, to marketing, managerial finance and accounting for decision making. You will benefit from a professional practice and career development unit to review superior leadership and managerial competencies and undertake self-reflective practice of your own personal development needs. Gain specialist knowledge in an area that complements your interests or career goals, through studying one of five available majors, each offering an option to complete an internship to gain industry experience and enhance your professional network. Choose from hospital and health services management, human resource management, international business, leading organisational change, or marketing.

This one-term course will introduce students to the foundations of a range of key business disciplines and their application to contemporary business environments. These foundation units, in turn, will enable the further study of more specialised units in international business. The course allows students to study a range of foundation units in fields such as marketing, finance, accounting and economics. The course provides an entry platform for the further Diploma and Master's degrees in international business.