NZIM Diploma in Management (Advanced)

Introduction

The NZIM Diploma in Management (Advanced) builds on the skills of the Diploma in Management (Dip Mgt) for those who wish to pursue a professional management career.

Normally entrants will have completed the Dip Mgt, or the New Zealand Diploma in Business, or their equivalence in other qualifications. The programme also provides an entry-point into advanced qualifications for middle or senior managers wishing to provide conceptual rigour for their experiences. They may enter on evidence that they have practical competence, skills and experiences to enable them to benefit from the challenge provided by the programme.

The Diploma in Management (Advanced) is an NZQA approved Level 6 qualification.

Course Description

Students need to complete eight modules, most of which may be credited from papers from the NZ Diploma in Business.

Two modules are compulsory (NZ Dip Bus paper numbers in brackets):

930 Leadership (230 or 630)
936 Applied Management (236 or 636 )

In special cases, where these modules are unavailable to students, NZIM may approve different but equivalent programmes.

At least one module explores management processes. This module must be chosen from one of the following areas:

991 Health and Safety Management
992 Project Management
993 Quality Management
994 Strategic Management
952 Systems Development (252 or 652)
995 Management process topic

These processes are applied and the student’s competence assessed by means of an extended workplace assignment.

Up to five optional modules may be chosen from a list of papers, many of which may be credited from the NZ Dip Bus. Each module represents a nominal 200 hours, or 20 credits at Level 6.

Graduates of the revised NZIM Diploma in Management will have already completed the NZ Dip Bus papers 230 Leadership and 236 Applied Management, so will need to complete only six further modules to complete the qualification.

Entry to the course

For students without considerable management experience the minimum entry requirement is the Dip Mgt, or an equivalent course of study as may be defined by the teaching institution.

For experienced middle or senior managers wishing to upskill, the Leadership and Applied Management modules or their equivalent constitute an orientation to the course and to academic learning.

Adults over the age of 20 years who do not have the minimum entry requirements may enter on evidence that they have practical competence, skills and experience to enable them to benefit from the challenge provided by the programme.

Any of the listed core or optional papers already completed for the NZ Dip Bus may be credited to the Dip Mgt (Advanced).

Structure of the programme

List A Core modules

All students must complete the following two NZ Dip Bus papers or equivalents approved by NZIM (NZ Dip Bus papers in brackets):

930 Leadership (230 or 630)
936 Applied Management (236 or 636)

All students must also take a module in at least one of the following areas:

991 Health and Safety Management
992 Project Management
993 Quality Management
994 Strategic Management
952 Systems Development (252 or 652)
995 Management process topic

List B Optional modules (select five)

All students must choose up to five optional modules from the list below. The modules they choose may be from NZ Dip Bus papers or equivalents approved by NZIM.

902 Management Accounting (202 or 602) OR 903 Business Finance (203 or 603)
915 Advanced Small Business Management (215) OR 931 Strategic Planning for Small Business (631)
920 Managerial Economics (220 or 620)
925 International Trade and Finance (225)
932 Operations Management (232 or 632)
933 Human Resource Management (233 or 633)
935 Employment Relations (235 or 635)
942 Marketing Research (242 or 642)
948 Marketing Planning and Control (248 or 648)
950 Applied Computing (250 or 650) OR 955 Information Management (255 or 655)
960 Business Ethics
961 Environmental Management
962 Change Management
963 Strategies for the Future
990 Special topic

Transition arrangements

The NZIM Diploma in Management (Advanced) has been provided from the start of 2006. All students enrolled on the Advanced Diploma in Management before 2006 can complete under the old or new requirements until the end of 2007.

From 2006 all students enrolling in the Diploma in Management (Advanced) for the first time will conform to the new course requirements.

Any disputes will be resolved on the basis that students can normally choose the options that best suit their circumstances. However from 2008 all students will need to conform to the new course requirements, except in special circumstances.

A full course description can be found in the Provider Area of the website.
Outlines of each paper may be seen here.
Details of all NZ Diploma in Business papers may be seen on the NZQA website.
Detailed outcomes of the papers not related to the NZ Diploma in Business may be found in the Provider Area.

If you are interested in this qualification please contact:

NZIM National
Freepost 878
Level 9, Lumley House
3-11 Hunter Street
Wellington 6140
Phone 04 473 0470
Fax 04 473 0479
Email national_office@nzim.co.nz

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