Melbourne Business School

Melbourne Business School
Established 1954
Type Private
Dean Professor Zeger Degraeve
Academic staff
 80+
Students 800+
Location Melbourne, Australia
Website www.mbs.edu

Melbourne Business School (MBS) is the graduate business school of the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The School offers an MBA program, specialist Masters programs, a doctoral program, and executive education programs. The MBS Head Office and main campus are in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton, walking distance from Melbourne's Central Business District, in a complex designed by Daryl Jackson.

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.

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. However, the proposal was decided not to proceed following opposition from MBS members in September 2009.

In October 2012 the school signed a collaboration deal with University of Melbourne, sharing resources but retaining the school's independence and the authority of the board.[1][2][3]

Centres of Excellence

The Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre

The Asia-Pacific Centre for Leadership for Social Impact (APSILC) was established in 2008. Led by Professor Ian O Williamson, MBS's Associate Dean International Relations, its mission is to develop the business capabilities of Indigenous Australians and boost capacity in the not-for-profit sector. APSILC runs MURRA, an business skills master class for Indigenous business leaders.[4] It also assigns students to emerging social enterprises as part of The Crunch program by Social Traders.[5]

Rankings

Melbourne Business School 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.[6] 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. Melbourne Business school also ranked at number 3 in the regional MBA rating for Asia-Pacific in QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012.[7]

Notable alumni

Melbourne Business School's Carlton campus.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of MBS Ltd:[10]

Non-Executive Director, Baker Medical Research Institute

Member, CPA Australia; Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australasia. Director Diversified United Investment Ltd; Vice Chair, St Vincent’s Institute Foundation. Appointed 2013

Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Companion in the Order of Australia Director, Melbourne Theatre Company, Grattan Institute, LH Martin Institute, Asialink Appointed: 2013

Appointed: 2013

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ↑ Della Bradshaw (29 October 2012). "Melbourne Business School makes peace with university". Financial Times.
  2. ↑ Trounson, Andrew (30 October 2012). "Uni, business school link to woo Asia's middle class". The Australian.
  3. ↑ Trounson, Andrew (30 October 2013). "Seven years on, a Melbourne Business School deal". The Australian.
  4. ↑ Worthington, Kerri (3 December 2012). "Indigenous corporate mentorship opening doors". SBS. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "What does The Crunch involve?". www.socialtraders.com.au.
  6. ↑ "QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2009 North America".
  7. ↑ "QS Regional MBA rankings -MBS".
  8. ↑ Karvelas, Patricia. "People in Politics: Bill Shorten". The Australian. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  9. ↑ Damast, Alison (30 November 2012). "B-School Startups Q&A: The King of Movember". Business Week.
  10. ↑ "MBS Ltd Board". www.mbs.edu. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Melbourne Business School achieves global EQUIS quality accreditation status". www.mbs.edu. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  12. ↑ "MSc Global Supply Management Double Degree". Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  1. ^ Source: Conferring of Degrees, University of Melbourne, March 2007.
  2. ^ Melbourne Business School (2007). MBS Facts & Figures. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
  3. ^ Financial Times. FT Global MBA Rankings.
  4. ^ Melbourne Business School (2009). Proposed Merger. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  5. ^ Melbourne Business School (2009). . Retrieved 14 November 2009.

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