Course details

Summary

There is more to management than being a good leader. It means having an understanding of the complexities of management processes, planning and the New Zealand business environment.

Advance yourself – gain the tools to motivate, engage, make change, achieve objectives, manage workflows and ensure you are meeting all your necessary legal and organisational requirements as a manager.

Who is this for?

If you are already carving out your career path in the corporate sector and you need additional skills, then undertaking the New Zealand Diploma in Business could be the answer.

What you will learn

• Effective Leadership: An effective leader is someone who understands their own leadership style and the style of those around them. You will learn how to identify the ways you can improve and strengthen your leadership skills – leading to greater professional and personal development.
• Core organisational concepts: Understanding core organisational concepts that are specific to our New Zealand situation is essential when operating within a management role. Make sure that you have a clear understanding of what these are, how they may impact you and how you may need to adjust behaviours to accommodate demographics and business ethics.
• Change Management: Change within the workplace can be unsettling and disruptive – learn how to accommodate change and innovation while minimising disruption through careful planning and appropriate response.
• New Zealand Business Environment: The New Zealand business environment has specific requirements – legal and environmental. Make sure you are up to date with the current economic and business environment and applicable legal aspects.
• Business Planning: Learn how to develop a plan which will help you allocate, manage and evaluate workflows and resources to achieve team and individual objectives.
• Team Engagement: Make sure you and your team perform to the highest level! Excellent team performance requires effective engagement – learn the skills to help your team achieve.
• Commercial Law: If a sound understanding of the key elements of the nature and sources of New Zealand law and the core elements of the New Zealand legal system are crucial in your role then this course will provide you with the knowledge to perform. You will also learn the basic principles of the law of contract, the basic principles of property law and the relevant provisions of the Sale of Goods Act.

To gain a New Zealand Diploma in Business (​Leadership and Management) (Level 5) you are required to complete 8 courses.

Become invaluable to New Zealand business entities by achieving general and specialised skills that can be applied in a range of operational roles, based upon strand selection.

Graduates will contribute to the achievement of a company’s operational objectives within the framework of a full understanding of business ethics in a bi- and multi-cultural environment.

Fast Track Option (18 months)

New Zealand Diploma in Business (with strand in Leadership and Management) (Level 5) & New Zealand Diploma in Business (with strand in Leadership and Management) (Level 6) studied together, these qualifications equip you with highly transferable skills across a range of subject areas. They provide a career pathway into banking, finance, management, marketing, human resources, employment relations, tourism and accounting.

Entry criteria

Applicants must have:

• A minimum of 14 numeracy credits at level 1 or higher in Mathematics or Pangarau on the Directory of Assessment Standards; and
• Fifty credits at level 2 or above with at least 12 credits in each of three subjects including a minimum of 8 literacy credits at level 2 or higher in English or Te Reo 毛利; of which 4 credits must be in reading and 4 credits must be in writing; and
• The literacy credits will be selected from a schedule of approved achievement standards and unit standards found on the NZQA website at Literacy requirements for University Entrance.
• or equivalent to the above, or New Zealand University Entrance.

English requirements

For Normal Track:

• Academic IELTS score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
• TOEFL Paper-based test (pBT) score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) score of 46 (with a writing score of 20)
• FCE or FCE for schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill
• NZCEL Level 4 with the Academic endorsement
• PToE (Academic) score of 42
• City & Guilds IESOL - B2 Communicator with a score of 42

For Fast Track:

• Academic IELTS score of 6.0 with no band score lower than 5.5
• TOEFL Paper-based test (pBT) score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) score of 60 (with a writing score of 20)
• FCE, or FCE for schools, or CAE, or CPE with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill
• NZCEL Level 4 with the Academic endorsement
• PToE (Academic) score of 50
• City & Guilds IESOL - B2 Communicator with a score of 66
• Complete two years study at a New Zealand secondary school and achieve either NCEA Level 3 or New Zealand University Entrance or both