Business Communication
Learn to write purposeful workplace messages, explain evidence, participate in meetings and present practical recommendations.
International Pathway Associates
Business Administration
An introduction to the essential ideas behind organisations, business information and sound decisions.
Programme purpose
Building practical business understanding.
Explore how organisations operate and make decisions through introductory accounting, finance, economics, marketing, people management and the use of business information.
The programme is intended for secondary-school graduates or equivalent learners beginning subject study. It emphasises clear explanations, guided practical work and the independent application of core ideas.
Academic review curriculum descriptor: Diploma of Business Administration. This is not a statement of AQF qualification status or university credit.
Subject overviewIPA-COM101 IPA-BUS102 IPA-BUS103 IPA-BUS108 IPA-BUS104 IPA-BUS105 IPA-BUS106 IPA-BUS107
Eight subjects. Two semesters.
Each subject has 60 scheduled contact hours. The summaries below provide a public introduction to the areas of study, not the complete academic syllabus.
Semester 1
4 compulsory subjectsPeople and Organisation
Explore how small organisations allocate responsibilities, lead teams, support motivation and approach recruitment and feedback.
Principles of Accounting
Follow everyday business transactions from source records through journals and statements, with basic ratios, costs and budgets.
Introduction to Business Information
Use spreadsheets and everyday records to organise data, check accuracy, prepare reports and make informed business decisions.
Semester 2
4 compulsory subjectsFundamentals of Business Finance
Understand the timing of money, cash forecasts, introductory investment appraisal and basic funding choices.
Marketing Principles
Connect customer needs and simple market evidence with segmentation, positioning, the marketing mix and campaign evaluation.
Business Economics
Use introductory supply and demand, business costs, competition and economic indicators to interpret business choices.
Management and Innovation
Examine planning and decision-making, then develop and review a manageable improvement to a small business process.
Study model
Grounded in practical understanding.
Subject study is organised around a planned 15-week teaching sequence. Students encounter the essentials of each discipline before tackling applied tasks that call for their own explanation and reasoning.
Instruction is primarily in Korean, with English academic language introduced progressively. Learning support is planned alongside the core subject timetable.
Important distinction
Academic recognition is separate.
Information about IPA's curriculum may support a university's independent academic consideration. It does not establish an approved partnership, a credit entitlement, an Australian qualification or automatic university admission.
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