Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management

Get started with postgraduate study to excel your career in leadership!

Effective management addresses the needs of people, processes, and technology. NMIT leads the way by embedding essential employable skills in its curriculum, including advanced communication, collaboration, intellectual analysis, and critical thinking.

Enhance your applied management skills by focusing on specific and in-depth management aspects. This includes majors and a range of elective courses designed to complement your professional experience and career aspirations. Learners can choose from five majors and an optional research pathway, depending on the selected major.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management serves as the first step in the Master of Applied Management programme, providing a seamless pathway for students wishing to continue their postgraduate studies. 

Majors

You can take specific courses to major in one of the following subject areas or customise your Postgraduate Diploma with your choice of electives in a multidisciplinary major.  

• Healthcare Management
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Business Analytics*
• Aquaculture Management
• Multidisciplinary

*Entry criteria apply  

*Electives are subject to availability. 

*Please note that to be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Management in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics or Healthcare Management the research idea you develop and explore in MGT811 must be in Applied Management and this major topic area research.  

Become an effective manager

This Postgraduate Diploma integrates theory and applied activities and develops foundational research skills to provide specialised knowledge and critical awareness of business challenges. You will develop and apply new skills for independent research and personal development, strengthening your abilities in managing people and workplace processes.

Learn how to increase your team's productivity, develop strategies to guide them through change, and specialise in managing social and organisational complexity. You will also enhance your techniques for monitoring performance and productivity, utilise current and future technologies to achieve business goals, acquire skills to gather and analyse business information and develop decision-making and communication skills to lead others effectively.

The programme offers up to 10 months of full-time study (or part-time over a longer period) with open entry for degree holders from all industries. You can study face-to-face on our Nelson campus and choose from different majors, subject to intake availability.

Use recognition of prior postgraduate study or extensive work experience to skip courses where you already possess the necessary skills and knowledge. This comprehensive approach ensures that you gain the expertise needed to become an effective manager in your field.  

Major in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Logistics and supply chain management is a dynamic industry - responding capably, and with creativity and innovation, to emerging challenges faced by all New Zealanders. NMIT is one of the few institutes in the country to offer a postgraduate qualification in this fast-moving and strategic subject area. Logistics and supply chain management is well aligned in support of Nelson’s vibrant export markets, making this a great location from which to further your career. 

By selecting this major, graduates will specialise in management in logistics and supply chain management. 

Major requirements

Learners take advanced management courses, research courses, and logistics and supply chain elective courses.* 

Major in Aquaculture Management

Aquaculture in New Zealand is riding a wave – with the NZ Government setting a goal of the industry generating over $3 billion revenue by 2035. This dynamic industry’s continued expansion relies on the development of qualified, passionate professionals. The major of aquaculture management will equip you with an understanding of this highly lucrative industry, and the principles and practices of operations strategy in this industry’s context. 

By selecting this major, graduates will specialise in management of aquaculture operations. Please note this major does not include research courses. 

Major requirements 

Learners take aquaculture courses and advanced management courses. 

* Major is subject to availability 

*Please note, major and electives are subject to availability.

Major in Business Analytics

Business analytics is a process of transforming business data into insights to inform decision-making. Mathematics, information technology, and business domain knowledge are emerging disciplines here. 

In the increasingly competitive business environment, timely information gives organisations the edge. By selecting this major, graduates will specialise in business analytics in applied management, offering employers technical and management skills. 

Major requirements

Learners take advanced management, research, and business analytics courses. 

Research considerations 

Our Business Analytics major contains two discipline areas, and the type of research you complete during your programme of study will depend on which entry pathway you choose (see entry requirements). Throughout your research journey, you will be supported by experienced research supervisors who will advise you on research design. 

Pathway 1 

Learners complete research in Data Management and Information Chains. This field will examine business analytics management, perceptions, and the operational side from an applied management lens. It is suited for confident managers and leaders. 

Pathway 2 

Learners complete research in Analytical Models and Data Analysis Techniques. This field applies complex business analytics methods to new business problems to create better business information. This pathway is suited for experienced and confident learners with data analysis and transformation using complex data, mathematics, and techniques. 

Major in Healthcare Management

If you have experience or a qualification in a healthcare-related career, this major is designed to take you to the next level in management. Through this major, you will learn about global healthcare systems, trends and issues, with a particular focus on New Zealand. You will have the opportunity to appraise and critique the management and leadership approaches in the healthcare sector, equipping you with the knowledge to make a positive impact in healthcare organisations in New Zealand or abroad. 

Major requirements

Learners take advanced management courses, research courses, and healthcare management courses. 

* Please note that to be awarded a major in Healthcare Management, the research idea you develop and explore in MGT811 must be in the field of Healthcare Management research.

* Major and electives are subject to availability.

Multidisciplinary Major

This programme of study will allow you to customise your Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Management to give you a specialised skill set unique to your chosen career path. Building upon your qualifications and experience, you can select any courses* from all major disciplines as electives (listed below). 

A Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Management gives you the academic freedom to complete a course based postgraduate diploma or explore a research based postgraduate diploma that will support your career aspirations. By selecting this major graduates will offer employers effective and impactful management and leadership skills.  

Learners take advanced management courses, elective courses, and research courses (not required if course based PG diploma pathway selected) across the programme. Please note that this major name is not listed on the final award.