Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Graduate Diploma in Business | |||
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Qualification Type | Graduate Diploma | |||
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Level | 7 | |||
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Credits | 120 | |||
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
The Graduate Diploma in Business is designed for people who have an undergraduate degree from a discipline other than business who want to develop knowledge and skills in business. Students are able to design a package for their specific needs, for example an engineer/health professional who moves into a management role may want to include in their study a management course, an accounting course and a marketing course as part of their Graduate Diploma in Business.
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Graduate profile |
As this qualification is "self-select" people who complete them will have an understanding of business concepts in the specific areas they have studied. This may be a broad understanding across a range of sub-disciplines or a more in depth study in a particular sub-discipline. In particular they will be able to: * understand a variety of business concepts, processes and procedures relevant to public and private organisations * identify opportunities, solve problems and achieve business objectives * select and apply appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative techniques
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Education pathways |
The Graduate Certificate in Business is the first step towards progression to the Graduate Diploma in
Business. Both the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Business will provide students who have a degree from outside of business with the prerequisite knowledge required to undertake post graduate study in a business related discipline. |
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Entry Requirements |
Applicants must have: * either the Open Polytechnic's Graduate Certificate in Business, or * a Bachelor degree or equivalent professional qualification. Applicants who have attained the age of 20 years and do not hold the minimum entry requirements will be eligible to be enrolled where their previous educational, work or life experience indicates they have a reasonable likelihood of success. If English is not the applicants' first language, applicants will need to have passed an English language proficiency test with an IELTS score of at least 6.5 with no band score lower than 6.5, or equivalent. International applicants will need an IELTS score of 6.5 with no band score lower than 6.5, or equivalent.
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Education Organisation | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Developed By | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |||
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Number | 2263 | |||
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Status | Current | |||
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Created | 2013-12-02 10:14:22.0 | |||
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The content is flexible, with subject able to be selected from the following: Financial Accounting Management Accounting Business Ethics Accounting Information Systems Corporate and Finance Law Law of Business Organisations Employment Law Managing People Employment Relations Marketing Operations Management Applied Management Understanding Business Environments Organisational Behaviour Advanced Information Systems Systems Analysis Systems Design and Development Electronic Commerce Principles of Information Management Accounting theory Advanced Advanced Management Accounting Corporate Finance Auditing Taxation Business Finance Law Marketing Management Quality Management Strategic Human Resource Applications Managing Change Strategic Management Strategic Human Resource Development Database Management Systems Information Systems and Technology Management Project Management Data Communication and Computer Networks
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