- You are interested in setting up a new business, and are currently working in a non-business area, such as government administration.
- You are already working in business, who wish to build their own capabilities to manage ventures in a more innovative and entrepreneurial manner.
- You are a potential intrapreneur: owners and managers of existing companies or business units who wish to engage in corporate venturing.
- You would like to learn about a more creative and innovative approach to management or the solution of social problems
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Courses
Courses
We plan to cover a wide range of courses and seminars on manufacturing managements in Australia: courses delivered directly by Smartlink, those delivered by our partner organizations, and important courses delivered by others.
Please notify us of any forthcoming courses you think will be relevant.
Smartlink national seminar series
Hearing from world leaders about the latest manufacturing practices and research findings is one way of keeping up to date with world best practice, and it opens horizons. The national seminar series will bring the best of overseas and local speakers to capital cities and regional centres. Many of the seminars will be available on the web, through the Smartlink management alert service and website.
Postgraduate courses
Annual Scholarship
The South Australian Department of
Trade and Economic Development (DTED), established the DTED Logistics Management Scholarships in 2000. Two are offered each
year in November to potential
students in manufacturing
and logistics management who wish to commence study for a Graduate
Certificate in Manufacturing Management in the Smartlink / University of South Australia
course in Manufacturing Management. Here are more
details, and an application
form for the scholarship for 2006. (Both are Acrobat
PDF files, 1 page and 6 pages respectively.)
These Smartlink courses are taught through the University of South Australia. We offer a graduate certificate (normally 1 year part time), a graduate diploma (2 years part time), and a Master's degree (3 years part time). Further details are on the postgraduate courses page. There is no longer an application form, as applications are now made online, through www.unisa.edu.au/applyonline
Courses organized by our partners
Business SA: The Strategic Partnering Leadership Program is organised by Business SA in collaboration with PIPS Pty Ltd and is designed to foster the skills, processes and mindsets required for building collaborative learning capabilities to support commercialisation across public researchers, companies and government, with a particular focus on supporting industry cluster development. Participants in these programs can elect to be included on the Program talent bank.
Department of Trade and Economic Development (South Australia) - offering a wide range of short seminars.
QMI (Queensland) including their Proseed and Axseed product development workshops.
Engineering Education Australia - education and training subsidiary of the Institution of Engineers Australia. Short courses are held in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. University courses are offered by distance education through the University of Southern Queensland.
University of South Australia - 14 types of Bachelor's degree, a Graduate Certificate, and a Graduate Diploma.
In particular, Smartlink visitors might be interested in the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship - new for 2006. Instead of lectures stretching throughout a full semester, this program uses "intensive mode", with lecture-workshops for four days full-time. Reasons for undertaking this course include
Management education through Smartlink
Where a group of network of practising managers can be established in a region of Australia, Smartlink can provide an extensive program of management education. Designed in consultation with industry, and refined over 6 years of operation, the program is targeted at practicing managers.
Subjects are available on-line, and lead to the award of a graduate certificate in manufacturing management. Smartlink will provide additional on-the-ground support for groups where 20 from one town, area, or industry enrol together.
With industry involvement, we can create tailored programs
Seminars and courses aren’t all that Smartlink can provide. Programs can be developed for industry associations, regional groups throughout Australia, local networks and individual firms. By working with Smartlink you can get the benefit of our experience in Australian manufacturing, and our proven ability to work with managers. Certain programs may be able to benefit from the Technology Diffusion Program funding which Smartlink has available.
We can develop specific training and education programs, assess needs, tell you about best practice in production, manufacturing and the organisation of work. Combining the resources of the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment and the Division of Business and Enterprise, together with those of the collaborating organisations, Smartlink can bring unprecedented power to the research, training, and development of Australia’s manufacturing SMEs.
Manufacturing management at the University of South Australia
The University of South Australia provides an invaluable resource for Smartlink. An example of the university’s commitment to manufacturing management is the graduate certificate program established in 1996. More than 140 managers have now enrolled in this program. Initially designed for the automotive industry, this program has been used in a wide variety of ways: extended to meet a wider manufacturing audience. adopted as an in-house management development program adapted to provide a specially designed program for automotive dealers taught in regional locations taught on-line through the internet, and linked to first line supervisor programs.
The University of South Australia’s strong commitment to manufacturing is also shown in its strong research profile. It sponsors:
- Centre for Manufacturing Research
- CRC for Intelligent Manufacturing.
- Group for Research in Employment and Workplace Change
- Australian Centre for Automotive Management.