The degree has been introduced to enhance business acumen among future leaders and managers in the Australian Defence Organisation and to provide them with the capacity to interact effectively with external business providers. It aims to lay solid foundations in communication, numeracy and general problem solving capabilities developed within a specifically business-oriented context of study and to build students' knowledge in a diverse range of areas associated with organisational management and leadership. Students taking this program will become familiar with bodies of knowledge and develop graduate attributes which will give them a strengthened capacity to manage Defence business throughout their Service careers. The program structure reflects the diversity of knowledge and skills which contribute to the study and analysis of business issues, a focus on what are regarded as core business capabilities, the recognition that a business education requires integration among its parts and an acknowledgement that business managers and leaders benefit from exposure to thinking outside purely business-related areas.

On successful completion of the UNSW Canberra Bachelor of Business, students will have the ability to: • critically apply competing theories to leadership situations • manage teams effectively • communicate ideas concisely and persuasively in writing • prepare and deliver well-researched, persuasive & well organised oral presentations • demonstrate understanding of cultural awareness in different contexts: domestic, international, public, private, and defence • demonstrate understanding of professional ethics in management practice • apply foundational disciplinary knowledge to solve business problems • demonstrate an understanding of how disciplinary knowledge is integrated in business practice • use analytical techniques to justify business decisions The above UNSW Canberra Bachelor of Business Learning Objectives seek to ensure the School's education programs are designed coherently to achieve a set of program learning goals and that the student's achievement of these learning goals is measured systematically, reported to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) a peak accreditation agency for business education, and used to guide further curriculum development. The UNSW Canberra Bachelor of Business Learning Objectives broadly support the UNSW Graduate Attributes.