Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management (Business Information Systems)

About the programme

Management occupations are projected to grow rapidly over the next ten years leading to an increasing need for management professionals.

There is also an increasing demand for those professionals to hold higher-level qualifications. Applicants for these roles are therefore at a considerable advantage with a postgraduate qualification. 

Flexibility within this qualification will enable aspirations to be matched/targeted to specific employment opportunities.  

You will extend and deepen your knowledge and understanding of current information systems management capabilities and issues in a range of applied settings through experiential learning strategies and reflective practice. There is the opportunity to work with industry during a professional project and the programme also includes employability workshops, industry events and guest speakers. 

This qualification will prepare you for further postgraduate study in the Master of Applied Management (Business Information Systems). Alternatively, you could seek employment in a range of roles including:

• Business Analyst
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Information Systems Analyst
• Information Systems Security Analyst
• Project Manager
• Technical/Solution Architect
• User Experience / Front End Designer
• Information Systems Researcher

This programme is offered by Future Skills Academy due to a sub-contract arrangement with Otago Polytechnic.

Entry

Entry requirements

Minimum academic entry requirements are:

• A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent qualification) in a related discipline, OR
• A combination of academic qualifications and relevant skills and knowledge acquired through work or professional experience that is deemed equivalent to the above.
• If English is not your first language, you must provide:
  • New Zealand University Entrance OR
  • Overall Academic IELTS 6.5 with no individual band score lower than 6.0 (achieved in one test completed in the last two years), OR
  • Acceptable alternative evidence of the required IELTS (see here for NZQA proficiency table and here for list of recognised proficiency tests).

If you need to improve your English Language skills, we offer a wide range of English programmes.

Selection criteria

Where there are more applicants than places available, applicants will be selected on the basis of the best academic records and their admission recommended to the Auckland Campus Director, Learning and Teaching who will approve the final selection.

Pathways into this programme

You may have completed an undergraduate degree in a different discipline and be working in a management or information systems role. There are no specific foundation/bridging programmes in Applied Management for this qualification.

Where English proficiency does not meet the required IELTS level, you may pathway to this qualification by completing the New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 5) which is available at Otago Polytechnic.

Recognition of Prior Learning

If you have extensive knowledge and skills due to practical experience in this area, please ask us about our recognition of prior learning process. You may have already gained credits towards this qualification and could achieve it in a shorter timeframe. Please email [email protected] or call 0800 762 786.