Graduate Diploma in Applied Management
Business & Management
A course by
Otago Polytechnic
Enhance your degree and career prospects with business and management skills through a one-year Graduate Diploma in Applied Management; includes focus areas, electives, and industry-based research or internship.
NZ$8,198
inc GST
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Core skills this course teaches
Apply Management Concepts and Theories
Recommend and implement management concepts, theories, and tools to improve organisational performance.
Conduct Organisational Research
Develop and scope research proposals, select appropriate research approaches, and comply with legal and ethical standards.
About This Course
This one-year, Level 7 graduate diploma allows students with an existing degree to develop applied management skills to complement their prior study. The programme enables you to focus on an area of business that interests you most—such as human resource management, sales and marketing, or strategic management—or to create a personalised pathway. It features core modules in organisational performance, research design, and a significant practical industry project or internship. Electives let you tailor the qualification to your aspirations. The diploma is available at both the Dunedin and Auckland International campuses.
Course Content
- Improving Organisational Performance
- Organisation Research Design
- Industry Project (including internship or practical placement)
- Electives: Human Resource Management, Sales and Marketing, Strategic Management, and other business-related electives at Levels 6 and 7
- Industry placement and research project
- Electives from areas such as Design Thinking, Tourism, Accommodation Services Management, Organisational Behaviour, Employment Relations, Event Management, Market Development and Sales, Project Management, Marketing, Facilities Management
Entry Requirements
Undergraduate degree or appropriate degree-equivalent practical, professional or scholarly experience.
Build towards these roles
Business ManagerSales and Marketing ManagerHuman Resource AdvisorProject CoordinatorConsultant
Build skills in these industries
BusinessManagementHuman Resources
Otago Polytechnic is known for high quality, hands on learning that leads to strong outcomes. With excellent student satisfaction, high graduate employment rates, and a commitment to sustainability, it’s a place where practical skills meet purpose. Their award winning programmes span design, fashion, creative arts, trades, health, and business, giving you real experience and real confidence for whatever comes next.
