BUSINESS and MANAGEMENT

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Courses starting 30th August

We are still enrolling this week!

You may study the following phases (A, B, C, D) in any order
Phase A:
530 Organisation and Management
550 Business Computing
560 Business Communication

Phase B:
400 Accounting Principles
501 Accounting Practices
603 Business Finance

Phase C:
510 Introduction to Commercial Law
520 The Economic Environment
541 Fundamentals of Marketing

Phase D:
630 Leadership
633 Human Resource Management
636 Applied Management
(You must have completed Paper 530: Organisation and Management before starting Phase D)

New Zealand Diploma in Business (NZDipBus), New Zealand Institute of Management (NZIM) Diploma in Management (optional-an additional fee of NZD 150 is payable if you wish to receive the NZIM qualification)

Paper 550: Business Computing: Topics include: Explanation and evaluation of a business information system; discussion and evaluation of communication technologies; issues associated with computer use and recommended actions to minimise their impact; use of software functions to produce information to meet business requirements.

Paper 530: Organisation and Management: Topics include: The purpose of organisations and management; the development of management philosophies and their influence on business practices; the influence of environments on organisational behaviour; ethics and social responsibility; problem-solving and techniques to aid decision-making; planning and control; organisational structures; leadership, motivation and delegation; team dynamics.

Paper 501: Accounting Practices: Topics include: Processing transactions manually and using commercial accounting software from source documents through to financial statements for a sole trader / small GST-registered company on an invoice basis; processing transactions through subsystems; internal controls; accounting entities; preparation of a cash budget using spreadsheets.

Paper 603: Business Finance: Topics include: The business finance environment; application of capital budgeting techniques and evaluation of investment decisions; use of working capital to effectively manage a business; comparison of different financing options; principles of capital structure and calculation of the cost of capital; application of business finance knowledge.

Paper 520: The Economic Environment: Topics include: The nature of economics and analysis of economic problems; the supply and demand model; profit-maximising behaviour; assumptions and failures of the free market model and the role of government; the macro-economic environment; potential effects of free trade and analysis of the impact of the global economy.

Paper 510: Introduction to Commercial Law: Topics include: Understanding the legal system; basic principles of the Tort of Negligence; basic principles of the law of contract; basic principles and application of consumer law to everyday situations; aspect of a legal topic affecting business.

Paper 636: Applied Management: Topics include: Identification of a business problem and project proposal for the research of possible solutions (individual or team-work); preparation of a report on the application of management concepts to finding a solution to the problem (individual or team-work); a critical review of the project process and research outcomes.

You must have completed Paper 530: Organisation and Management before starting Phase D