Master of Commerce masterclasses
As part of the MCOM program, students will be completing MGMT6086 Executive Education, which consists of five one-day Masterclasses—each worth 5 credits, for a total of 25 credits. This flexible option allows students to tailor their learning while gaining valuable insights from industry-focused sessions. Please note:
- There are two compulsory masterclasses you must attend. Note: There are four sessions available for each of these masterclasses in 2025, so make sure to register early for your preferred session!
- Recommended & additional masterclasses: You can also choose three additional days of masterclasses from the Recommended and Additional masterclasses outlined.
- For more information about this course and how credits apply, please read these FAQ‘s.
Compulsory masterclasses
The following programs are mandatory programs and go toward your five-day day program. Please register early for your preferred date, as classes fill quickly.
Strategic positioning for investment and harvest
26 JUNE 2025
7 JULY 2025
13 NOVEMBER 2025
Learn how to strategically position a business for investment and harvest. This one-day masterclass will help you build and practice the required skills to determine and describe a strategic endgame for a business and its owners, as well as consider alternatives and determine a preferred pathway to harvest that endgame.
Leadership anchors – the magnificent you!
30 JUNE 2025
10 JULY 2025
16 JULY 2025
10 NOVEMBER
Explore your leadership style and how it shapes your career choices. Through introspection, uncover what leadership means to you, the type of organisation you align with, and the leaders you aspire to work with. Join us to refine your leadership approach and make a lasting impact.
Recommended masterclasses
The following masterclasses are highly recommended for Curtin Master of Commerce students, and go towards your five day program.
Life design intensive
8 & 9 JULY 2025
Based on the famous Stanford University Life Design Curriculum, this two-day intensive program applies the innovation principles of design thinking to the ‘wicked problem’ of designing your life beyond your studies. We will approach big career & life questions within a framework, set in a workshop where you can explore your ideas in conversation with your peers.
Mastering auditing essentials
12 SEPTEMBER2025
20 NOVEMBER 2025 (online only)
This dynamic masterclass empowers participants with essential, real-world auditing concepts and workflows. Designed to build confidence and competence, it provides a clear roadmap for navigating the internal auditing process. Through practical, easy-to-follow case studies, participants will gain the skills and insights needed to approach audits with clarity, precision, and leadership.
Additional masterclasses
Choose from the following masterclasses to complete the required days for your five day unit.
Carbon accounting
8 MAY & 11 JUNE 2025
This masterclass, designed for both established and emerging professionals in sustainability and environmental management, offers an immersive experience into the methodologies, tools, and best practices essential for understanding and managing the accounting, measurement, and reporting of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
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Crisis leadership
21 & 22 MAY 2025
This two-day masterclass provides tools and strategies to help leaders respond to crises. Participants will explore crisis risks, preparedness, and the role of communication. Key areas such as corporate relations, HR, health and safety, and management will be highlighted for effective crisis management.
Leading for diversity and inclusion
22 & 23 JULY 2025
This masterclass equips participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools to effectively manage an increasingly diverse workforce. Through interactive workshops, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of key diversity dimensions in the workplace and explore practical strategies.
Leading respectful workplaces
5 AUGUST 2025
Curtin Bystander Project – Creating Respect in the Workplace. This masterclass equips managers and leaders with the tools to cultivate a workplace culture where team members feel confident to speak up and take responsibility for their actions.
Strategic innovation
12 AUGUST 2025
This one-day masterclass equips leaders and teams to build a culture of innovation within organisations often focused on quality and efficiency. Participants will assess their own, their team’s, and their organisation’s innovative thinking, explore strategic innovation approaches, and learn practical methods to enhance creativity and innovation across their teams.
ESG and sustainability financial disclosures
10 SEPTEMBER & 15 OCTOBER 2025
This masterclass provides participants with the background to ESG and the regulatory frameworks which underpin it, and practical strategies for ESG risks identification, measurement, mitigation and reporting. Attendees will leave equipped with the ability to meet the mandatory regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations related to sustainability.
Understanding and solving complex problems
17 SEPTEMBER 2025
We live in an era of unprecedented complexity, where routine decisions are easy, but complex ones demand careful thought. Navigating volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments requires recognising intricate systems and facing challenges with no clear answers. This masterclass explores strategies for professionals to thrive in these environments and make informed decisions.
Reputation and storytelling
21 & 22 OCTOBER 2025
Discover the power of storytelling in this masterclass, designed to help you craft a cohesive, authentic narrative that resonates with your audience. Learn to define your core message, align it with audience expectations, and create stories that build trust, amplify reputation, and foster loyalty across all platforms.
AI in leadership and project management
29 OCTOBER 2025
Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising project management, offering tools and insights that empower leaders to innovate and deliver impactful results. This masterclass equips participants with essential skills to design, manage and lead AI projects effectively, fostering innovation while addressing challenges like team dynamics, ethical considerations and stakeholder engagement.
Mandatory climate reporting
4 NOVEMBER 2025
A comprehensive guide to navigating Australia’s new mandatory climate-related financial disclosure requirements. Designed around the AASB S1 and S2 sustainability and climate standards, the program equips participants with the knowledge to assess, measure, and report on sustainability and climate-related risks and opportunities.
AI to drive business innovation
5 NOVEMBER 2025
Practical knowledge of AI applications is becoming a crucial skill for decision-makers aiming to harness its potential. This one-day masterclass provides participants with the tools and frameworks needed to apply AI effectively to real-world business problems.
Critical thinking for decision making
11 NOVEMBER 2025
Many project and business planning failures stem from a lack of strategic thinking and conceptual errors made during the early planning stages. Through a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical applications, this course will empower participants to think critically, plan effectively, and lead confidently in a world where the only constant is change.
Being a better client
12 NOVEMBER 2025
Many organisations are turning to external vendors to help them deliver projects. Any time an organisation outsources something they don’t have the in-house skills to deliver, they become a client. A good client-vendor relationship can be the difference between the project being a success or a failure.
Design thinking for the modern leader
18 NOVEMBER 2025
Design Thinking is a powerful, creative methodology that leverages empathy to uncover deep customer insights and develop innovative solutions.
Strategic and systemic project management
19 NOVEMBER 2025
Participants will explore frameworks and techniques to support a strategic and systematic approach to project management, learning to identify and align objectives within and across organisations while leveraging competitive advantage.
Leadership anchors
20 NOVEMBER 2025
This masterclass explores the alignment between an organisation’s values (“talk”) and actions (“walk”). Using a tailored framework, participants will assess systems and processes, uncover gaps, and co-develop practical strategies to foster greater organisational consistency and coherence.
Sponsoring projects
26 NOVEMBER 2025
In this program, leading experts Professor Fran Ackermann and Dr Francis Norman will show you how effective project sponsorship can result in a strategic and sustainable approach to projects and effectively manage project operational issues.
Managing stakeholders
3 DECEMBER 2025
This Masterclass in stakeholder best practice teaches you how to identify stakeholders and introduces you to a proven method for effective stakeholder management to drive business success.
Delivering strategy with Agile
10 DECEMBER 2025
This hands-on masterclass provides a comprehensive overview to Agile, introducing you to the fundamentals and showing you how to use Agile practices to your benefit. Experienced project practitioner Clinton in’t Veld will lead you through this program, showing you Agile in action.
Emotional intelligence for leaders
16 DECEMBER 2025
This one-day masterclass will provide participants with their own emotional intelligence assessment as a way of benchmarking their current level of emotional intelligence skills and areas for development.