Master of Management
Course details
| NZQF Level | 9 |
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About the course
Advance and deepen your knowledge within a specialised field of management and extend your intellectual, leadership and strategic capabilities. You can choose to specialise in marketing, information systems, digital business, hospitality or finance. Take the next step in your career or use this programme as a pathway to doctorate studies.
More detail about this qualification
Complete your Masters of Management, a 180-credit programme, in either 18 months full-time or up to 5 years part-time.
Choose between a research or coursework pathway. Research pathway includes a thesis, dissertation or applied research project.
Courses in this programme will help you advance and deepen your knowledge within the management discipline. It will extend your intellectual, leadership and management capabilities.
Take this next step in your career and/or use this programme as a pathway towards your doctorate studies.
Graduates of the Master of Management programme will be able to:
- Communicate effectively (orally, visually and in writing) with people of different cultures
- Work effectively in bicultural and multicultural teams and exercise leadership as required
- Engage in rigorous intellectual analysis, criticism and problem-solving
- Apply advanced knowledge in management studies and associated intellectual, leadership and strategic capabilities to practical and new situations
- Critically evaluate current literature and research findings in management studies and their application in organisations
- Identify, analyse and address ethical issues in leadership and management in practical and applied situations
- Plan, execute and complete a piece of original research or an applied research project, relevant to industry stakeholders
- Undertake further postgraduate study
What you will learn
Compulsory courses
BUS8400 Research Methods in Management - 15 credits
Learn the required skills to undertake academic and applied management research using a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods and to identify and manage their limitations and associated ethical issues.
Elective courses
Marketing Specialisation
BUS8404 Consumer Behaviour – 15 credits
Introduction to advanced research in consumer behaviour and audience behaviour as it relates to the receiving and processing of advertising communications, and to provide a foundation for critical thinking for the development of marketing communication strategies.
BUS8416 Strategic Marketing – 15 credits
Formulate strategies and recommendations for a product or service, based on sound analysis of relevant key markets and corresponding environments.
Digital Business Specialisation
BUS8423 Analytics and Data Science for Managers – 15 credits
Examine the role of data analytics and data science for contemporary business and digital strategies, together with the sources and meaning of data for business decision makers.
BUS8424 New Technologies and Digital Business Models – 15 credits
Examine the impact of disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Blockchain on business strategy expressed by the business model. Introduces you to the use of the new technologies to innovate and transform a company to a new digital business model.
Finance Specialisation
BUS8407 Financial Analysis – 15 credits
Evaluate a range of financial methods and approaches to make financial decisions.
BUS8411 Investment Analysis – 15 credits
Expose ākonga to broader and deeper treatment of investment methods to enable ākonga to work as finance professionals or become sophisticated individual investors.
Information Systems Specialisation
BUS8402 Business Analysis - 15 credits
To enable students to manage all aspects of business process development.
BUS8409 Information Management - 15 credits
To develop a managerial perspective on the strategic use of information systems (IS) in organisations in order to manage information as a critical resource through planning, developing, implementing and evaluating information.
Hospitality Specialisation
BUS8405 Contemporary Issues in Hospitality - 15 credits
Discuss and analyse complex implications of contemporary issues in hospitality management and their impact on the industry, based on sound understanding of advanced concepts, theories, applications and current research in hospitality management.
BUS8415 Strategic Hospitality Management - 15 credits
Suggest strategies to improve efficiencies in hospitality operations management by critically analysing existing business models.
Career options
Graduates of the Master of Management may find employment in business, education, government, health, hospitality, industry or the community sectors as a Business Analyst, Business Development Specialist, General Manager, Manager, Marketing Analyst, Marketing Manager, Operations Manager, and Team Leader. In some instances, further work experience may be required.
Entry requirements
This qualification requires a computer or laptop for self directed study.
Domestic
Applicants will have completed all requirements of a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in business or related subject with at least a B grade average (65%) at level 7 (or 8).
Applicants holding a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a discipline or subject area other than business may be admitted to the programme if deemed by the Programme Manager to have acquired additional skills and knowledge through relevant work experience equivalent to the above.
Relevant work experience means at least three years in a Manager or Senior Manager role in marketing, information systems, general management, or similar. A full CV / Resume is required together with supporting documents that demonstrate the nature of the employment and key responsibilities of the work performed.
*Domestic fee displayed is for 18-months, or 1.5 years of study (equivalent to 180 credits) but is subject to annual fee increases.
International
International students IELTS 6.5 (with no band below 6.0) or equivalent.
*International fee displayed is for 1.5 years of study (equivalent to 180 credits). For fee exclusions, please see our terms and conditions. International ākonga study grants are available. Contact: [email protected] for eligibility details.
About the provider
Whitireia and WelTec have a history of over 100 years of
vocational education delivery. We are proud stewards of our whakapapa, owning
our collective histories and aspirations for the future through acknowledging
people, place, culture, and values.
Whitireia and WelTec is known for our high student success rates and culturally diverse ākonga. Every year we train over 8,000 ākonga who study at one of our campuses across Porirua and Petone. Our highly skilled staff will be with you every step of your journey, providing the best possible learning environment. We enable learners from every stage of life – school leavers, university graduates, those preparing to reenter the workforce and those wanting to retrain or upskill. Our learning environments are open and ready to welcome you all.
More and more New Zealanders are choosing a local study pathway through dedicated vocational education providers to gain the qualifications they need to get ahead and into their dream job. We offer a range of programmes of study at certificates, diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate qualifications. Our programmes have been developed in conjunction with industry to offer excellent vocational qualifications that are future-focused and provide ākonga with practical skills to pursue their career goals.
We are known for our Ahureitanga (distinctiveness), and we have special relationships with Iwi mana whenua as our campuses are in their rohe: Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Together, we are more than the sum of our parts.
Mā tātou, mō tātou ko WelTec ki Te Āti Awa, ko Whitireia ki Ngāti Toa Rangatira. E haere kōtui nei me kura-takahi-puni tātou. Together, we will lead and illuminate our communities through vocational education.