The Management major is designed for people wanting to gain a mix of theoretical and practical management knowledge and skills that will enable them to work as professional managers.

As a Management graduate you are likely to be eligible for employment as a professional manager in a variety of profit making and non-profit making business organisations; from small, local enterprises to large multinational and international corporations.

You may fill positions from first-line management through to senior executive level. You will be equipped to effectively and efficiently plan, organise, lead and control an organisation's human and non-human resources so that it is better able to achieve its objectives. This might be your own business.

Download a copy of the brochure for this programme and the Course Information Handbook,
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Programme structure

Students who first enrol in the BBus in 2003 and subsequent years and those enrolled in earlier years who elect to pursue a major in Management under the revised degree structure, will be required to gain 360 credits by passing courses selected from the following:

Ten core courses (200 credits)

71100 Accounting
71110 Introduction to Law
71120 Economic Reasoning
71130 Business Management
71150 Information Systems
71203 Business Ethics
71245 Organisational Behaviour
71340 Strategic Management
72140 Business Communication
72160 Statistical Analysis

Seven major courses (140 credits)

71225 Managing People
71231 Marketing

Plus two of the following courses

71232 Operations Management
71234 Applied Management
71238 Understanding Business Environments

Plus three of the following courses

71342 Strategic Human Resources Development
71332 Quality Management
71333 Strategic Human Resource Applications
71338 Managing Change
71353 Project Management

One elective course (20 credits)

Elective courses can be selected from any degree course offered by Open Polytechnic. Check for prerequisites and availability.

Note: Students are recommended to complete 71135 Organisational and Personal Learning as their elective course. This should be completed as early as possible in your study programme. Students completing the NZIM diplomas will need to pass 71234 Applied Management as their elective.

Course availability

Entry requirements

See the Bachelor of Business page

Level of study

Hours of study

We suggest you begin your studies at Level 5 and work your way up to the next levels. You may gain a maximum of 160 credits at Level 5 and a minimum of 80 credits at Level 7.

If you want to complete your degree in three years you will need to gain 120 credits a year. However, if you are working and studying part-time, we suggest you begin with one course. A 20 credit course will take about 180-200 hours of study over 17 weeks, and a 60 credit course will take about 500-600 hours over 40 weeks.

What do I do now?

Request a copy of the brochure and/or contact the Programme Co-ordinator.
Download an enrolment form.
For further information free phone 0508 650 200 or email.

Fees

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Other Information

A revised structure for the Management major was introduced in 2003. Students who first enrolled in the BBus in 2003 and subsequent years will be required to complete the revised structure. Students enrolled prior to 2003 may elect to complete the revised structure. Students registered for an OU validated award must complete the previous structure.