Postgraduate Diploma in Management

Students who complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Management will able to:

• Learn by undertaking research, analysing issues, questioning ideas and findings, and reflecting on learning achieved.
• Use research-led knowledge in their field, and link applied research results, to understand and advance professional practice.
• Have well-developed communication and collaborative skills, including an ability to work in and lead teams.
• Have the skills for career self-management, including self-realisation, awareness of potential, and the ability to plan for education and growth.
• Have creative problem-solving skills, including the ability to observe, diagnose, think critically and apply a systems or holistic approach to a problem.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of the business environment.
• Have the specific skills and competencies expected of a professional in their field.

Agribusiness graduates will be able to:

1. Evaluate the values that flow from food systems and earth systems, including from Pākehā and Māori perspectives.
2. Analyse shocks, trends and innovations in food consumption.
3. Identify and analyse consumers' perceptions, attitudes, motivations and behaviours towards food.
4. Identify and estimate food market segments and the determinants of demand for food and food quality.
5. Identify and analyse the environmental impacts associated with food processing, trade, and consumption, at a national and global scale.
6. Identify points of leverage and utilise them to design more sustainable food systems for the benefit of stakeholders.
7. Evaluate investment opportunities, financial returns and risks in agriculture.
8. Produce credible financial analyses for agribusinesses that incorporate interactions between biophysical systems and financial outcomes.
9. Analyse the impact of alternative management practices, policy decisions, biophysical shocks and economic shocks on international and local agri-food systems.

Business Analytics gradutes will be able to:

1. Extract business value from multiple data sources.
2. Present information in a meaningful way to aid business decision making.
3. Use a range of contemporary business analytical tools.
4. Articulate the value of business analytics to non-technical specialists.
5. Have the specific skills and competencies expected of a business analytics professional.
6. Be respectful of Māori rights and interests in data and can articulate the importance of, as well as relevant protocols associated with, Māori data sovereignty, Māori data governance, as well as other relevant and important principles.
7. Demonstrate creative problem-solving skills, including the ability to observe, diagnose, think critically, and apply a systems or integrated approach to a problem.
8. Synthesise knowledge from academic disciplines and practice to achieve a broad perspective on the multitude of factors – internal and external – that impact on the organisation.
9. Engage real-world problems in a theoretically informed and questioning manner.

Marketing graduates will be:

1. Ready to apply broad marketing expertise to industry and community organisations.
2. Strategically-minded and creative communicators
3. Able to apply core marketing expertise in the digital era
4. Able to function effectively as marketing managers or equivalent.

Project Management graduates will be:

1. Able to engage real-world problems in a theoretically informed and questioning manner.
2. Skilled and persistent at accessing information through a variety of media and evaluating its relevance to a situation or topic.
3. Able to synthesise knowledge from academic disciplines and practice to achieve a broad perspective on the multitude of factors – internal and external – that impact on the organisation.
4. Able to plan their work to meet time and structural constraints. They are adaptable to change, progressive, innovative, and able to identify solutions and opportunities that add value to an organisation.
5. Have the skills for career self-management, including self-realisation, awareness of potential, and the ability to plan for education and growth.
6. Have creative problem-solving skills, including the ability to observe, diagnose, think critically and apply a systems or holistic approach to a problem.
7. Have a comprehensive understanding of the project management environment.
8. Have the specific skills and competencies expected of a project management professional.

Supply Chain Management graduates will have:

1. The ability and skills to solve complex business problems that often face supply chain and logistics practitioners.
2.  Advanced knowledge and understanding of the concepts, techniques and skills required for designing, developing and managing domestic and global supply chains
3. The ability to manage complex regional, national and international logistics networks.