Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management (Business Information Systems)
Useful for you if you have work experience in a management or information systems role or a relevant undergraduate degree. This programme is for international students only and will deepen your understanding of current information systems management capabilities. There is the opportunity to work with industry during a professional project and the programme also includes employability workshops, industry events and guest speakers.
International
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October
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.
What You Study
Courses
Compulsory
| Course name | Course description | Level | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities for Managers | Gain a critical awareness of the skills needed to manage complex organisations | 8 | 15 |
| Research and Enquiry | Achieve the skills you need to undertake small-scale professional projects within organisations | 8 | 15 |
| Analytics for Managers | Achieve the skills needed to critically evaluate data for decision making within applied management | 8 | 15 |
| Project Management | Learn how to develop critical analysis and application skills in project management | 8 | 15 |
Electives
| Course name | Course description | Level | Credits |
| Information Security | Learn how to critically analyse information security and design appropriate information security structures for organisations | 8 | 15 |
| Business Intelligence | Critically evaluate the process and principles behind data analytics and extract information from large data sets that may be used to benefit a particular business or organisation | 9 | 15 |
| Management of Information Systems | Understand how information systems should be managed in order to assist in the achievement of the strategic goals of organisations | 9 | 15 |
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| Business Solutions Architecture | Become equipped with the capabilities to critically analyse, evaluate and apply the concepts and procedures used for the successful planning, design and implementation of an enterprise architecture based on an organisational strategy | 8 | 15 |
| Business Analysis | Gain the ability to meet specified business needs through critical business analysis | 9 | 15 |
| User Experience Design | Analyse the design and behaviour of interactive products in organisations | 8 | 15 |
| Software Engineering Methodologies | Critically analyse and apply structured and adoptive software development principles in different organisational contexts | 8 | 15 |
| Software Quality Assurance | Become equipped to investigate, critically evaluate, recommend and apply software quality assurance methodologies and techniques in organisations | 8 | 15 |
| Applied Human Resource Management | Learn how to provide the skills needed for management of human resources within contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand organisations | 8 | 15 |
| Professional Project | This course is compulsory for the course work and Professional Practice option only. It will enable you to critically apply skills and knowledge gained during the programme to complete an ethical applied professional project that contributes to professional practice in management. | 9 | 45 |
Workload
Your workload
You will be expected to spend about 38 hours per week (or 300 hours per study block) on your course work. This includes both scheduled class time and self-directed study. For on-campus students, some of these hours may be spent in a workplace gaining hands-on experience and developing important industry and business connections.
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 auckland@op.ac.nz or call 0800 762 786.
Fees
Programme fee
$28,600
Tuition fees
The tuition fees shown above are approximate only. There may be a slight fee increase per year once Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) rules and guidelines are applied.
Study Grants for international students
We have a range of Study Grants to support our international students.
