

- Location
On campus in Auckland, or online for students outside of New Zealand.
This programme is also offered at our Dunedin Campus. Visit op.ac.nz for programme details.
- Duration
- 18 months full-time
- Delivery
- On campus in Auckland with face-to-face delivery and block courses, or
- Online by distance for international students outside of New Zealand
- Credits
- 180
- Level
- 9
- Start
- February, April, July and October
- Apply
- Now
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LocationIntakeStudy breaks
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Online for international students outside of NZ25 January 202131 May 2021 - 4 June 2021
11 October 2021 - 15 October 2021
22 March 2021 - 2 April 2021
2 August 2021 - 13 August 2021
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Online for international students outside of NZ7 April 20212 August 2021 - 13 August 2021
20 December 2021 - 14 January 2022
31 May 2021 - 4 June 2021
11 October 2021 - 15 October 2021
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Online for international students outside of NZ7 June 202111 October 2021 - 15 October 2021
4 April 2022 - 22 April 2022
2 August 2021 - 13 August 2021
13 December 2021 - 4 February 2022
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Online for international students outside of NZ16 August 202113 December 2021 - 4 February 2022
27 June 2022 - 22 July 2022
11 October 2021 - 15 October 2021
11 April 2022 - 22 April 2022
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Online for international students outside of NZ18 October 202111 April 2022 - 22 April 2022
26 September 2022 - 7 October 2022
13 December 2021 - 4 February 2022
27 June 2022 - 22 July 2022
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Auckland International Campus25 January 202131 May 2021 - 4 June 2021
11 October 2021 - 15 October 2021
22 March 2021 - 2 April 2021
2 August 2021 - 13 August 2021
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Auckland International Campus7 April 20212 August 2021 - 13 August 2021
20 December 2021 - 14 January 2022
31 May 2021 - 4 June 2021
11 October 2021 - 15 October 2021
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Auckland International Campus7 June 202111 October 2021 - 15 October 2021
4 April 2022 - 22 April 2022
2 August 2021 - 13 August 2021
13 December 2021 - 4 February 2022
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Auckland International Campus16 August 202113 December 2021 - 4 February 2022
27 June 2022 - 22 July 2022
11 October 2021 - 15 October 2021
11 April 2022 - 22 April 2022
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Auckland International Campus18 October 202111 April 2022 - 22 April 2022
26 September 2022 - 7 October 2022
13 December 2021 - 4 February 2022
27 June 2022 - 22 July 2022
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Dunedin26 July 2021
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Online for international students outside of NZ8 February 202227 June 2022 - 22 July 2022
12 December 2022 - 3 February 2023
11 April 2022 - 22 April 2022
26 September 2022 - 7 October 2022
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Online for international students outside of NZ26 April 202226 September 2022 - 7 October 2022
10 April 2023 - 21 April 2023
27 June 2022 - 22 July 2022
12 December 2022 - 3 February 2023
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Online for international students outside of NZ25 July 202212 December 2022 - 3 February 2023
26 June 2023 - 21 July 2023
26 September 2022 - 7 October 2022
10 April 2023 - 21 April 2023
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Online for international students outside of NZ10 October 202210 April 2023 - 21 April 2023
25 September 2023 - 6 October 2023
12 December 2022 - 3 February 2023
26 June 2023 - 21 July 2023
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Auckland International Campus8 February 202227 June 2022 - 22 July 2022
12 December 2022 - 3 February 2023
11 April 2022 - 22 April 2022
26 September 2022 - 7 October 2022
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Auckland International Campus26 April 202226 September 2022 - 7 October 2022
10 April 2023 - 21 April 2023
27 June 2022 - 22 July 2022
12 December 2022 - 3 February 2023
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Auckland International Campus25 July 202212 December 2022 - 3 February 2023
26 June 2023 - 21 July 2023
26 September 2022 - 7 October 2022
10 April 2023 - 21 April 2023
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Auckland International Campus10 October 202210 April 2023 - 21 April 2023
25 September 2023 - 6 October 2023
12 December 2022 - 3 February 2023
26 June 2023 - 21 July 2023
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Auckland International Campus24 July 202311 December 2023 - 2 February 2024
23 September 2024 - 4 October 2024
25 September 2023 - 6 October 2023
8 April 2024 - 19 April 2024
Successful completion of this advanced programme will enable you to confidently engage with research and its application across a range of disciplines within the applied management context.
Graduates of this qualification are critical thinkers, effective problem solvers, future-focused and apply specialised management and leadership knowledge and capabilities to new situations within the field of business management.
Management occupations are projected to grow rapidly over the next ten years leading to an increasing need for management professionals and there is also an increasing demand for those professionals to hold higher level qualifications. Applicants for these roles are therefore at a considerable advantage with a postgraduate qualification.
This qualification offers you three pathways: Coursework, Professional Project and Coursework, or Research Thesis. It's offered by Future Skills Academy due to a sub-contract arrangement with Otago Polytechnic.
Career or further study options
This qualification prepares you for further postgraduate study. Alternatively, it also prepares you to advance your career or enhance your own organisation.
Entry requirements
Minimum entry requirements are:
- A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent qualification) in a related discipline with a grade average at Level 7/8 of B- or higher, OR
- A combination of academic qualifications and relevant skills and knowledge acquired through work or professional experience that is deemed equivalent to the above.
- International applicants must demonstrate that they have equivalent academic qualifications and experience. Click here for your country's equivalent academic entry requirements.
- If English is not your first language, you must provide:
- New Zealand University Entrance OR
- Overall Academic IELTS 6.5 with no individual band score lower than 6.0 (achieved in one test completed in the last two years), OR
- Acceptable alternative evidence of the required IELTS (see here for NZQA proficiency table and here for list of recognised proficiency tests).
If you need to improve your English Language skills, we offer a wide range of English programmes.
Selection criteria
Where there are more applicants than places available, applicants will be selected on the basis of the best academic records and their admission recommended to the OPAIC Director, Learning and Teaching.
Pathways into this programme
You may have completed an undergraduate degree in a different discipline and be working in a management role. There are no specific foundation/bridging programmes in applied management for this qualification. Where English proficiency does not meet the required IELTS level, you may pathway to this qualification by completing the New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 5) which is available at Otago Polytechnic.
Studying on campus
You'll learn using an online learning platform called Moodle. This means that, no matter where you are, you have easy access to all your course content. You also have access to Office 365, including Microsoft Teams, which you can use as part of your interaction with lecturers and classmates.
Studying online (from offshore)
Your offshore online study journey will begin with an online Orientation. This session will cover introductions to staff, tips for academic success, and wellbeing information, among other things.
All courses offered at OPAIC use Moodle, which is an online learning management system (LMS). The use of the Moodle LMS means that students, no matter where they are, have ready access to all their course content.
All students have access to Microsoft Teams, where you will be able to collaborate with your classmates and work on certain tasks that have been designed by the lecturers.
Students get access to Office 365, including Teams, which they can use as part of their online interaction with lecturers and classmates.
Online students have access to the same services as students on campus. This includes online learning support, which will be available via Microsoft Teams. All online students will also have remote access to our library.
Your workload
You will be expected to spend about 300 hours per study block on your course work. This includes both scheduled class time and self-directed study. For on-campus students, some of these hours may be spent in a workplace gaining hands-on experience and developing important industry and business connections.
You will study
The Master of Applied Management has three pathway options.
1. Coursework
Complete the four compulsory courses listed below plus eight other courses (including at least three Level 9 courses) from the electives list.
2. Professional Project and coursework
Complete the four compulsory courses listed below plus Professional Project (45 credits, Level 9) and five courses at Level 8 and Level 9 (at least two courses must be at Level 9) from the electives list.
3. Research Thesis
Complete the four compulsory courses listed below plus Research Thesis (120 credits, Level 9).
COMPULSORY | |||
Course name | Course description | Level | Credits |
Capabilities for Managers |
Gain a critical awareness of the skills needed to manage complex organisations |
8 |
15 |
Research and Enquiry |
Achieve the skills needed to undertake small-scale professional projects within organisations |
8 |
15 |
Analytics for Managers |
Achieve the skills needed to critically evaluate data for decision making within applied management |
8 |
15 |
Project Management |
Develop critical analysis and application skills in project management |
8 |
15 |
ELECTIVES | |||
Elective name | Description | Level | Credits |
Developing Effective Organisations |
Gain a critical understanding of organisational development theory and practice in organisational contexts including Iwi/Māori organisations |
8 |
15 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
Learn how to analyse the processes associated with managing entrepreneurship and innovation within both new ventures and existing firms and to assess the significant issues associated with utilising these managerial concepts to optimise organisational performance |
8 |
15 |
Managing for Sustainability |
Develop sustainable practice capabilities and learn how to apply these capabilities to a variety of applied settings as a sustainable practice manager |
8 |
15 |
Marketing in a Digital Age |
Gain the marketing management capabilities necessary to organise and manage for growth and profitability in a digital age |
8 |
15 |
Financial Decision Making |
Enables you to apply the concepts, theory and analytical techniques of finance to investment, financing and dividend decisions of a firm |
8 |
15 |
Applied Human Resource Management |
Gain the skills needed for management of human resources within contemporary Aotearoa/New Zealand organisations |
8 |
15 |
Cross-cultural Management |
Develop the capabilities to evaluate the issues that arise in the leadership of organisations when managers address culturally-determined differences in employee values, attitudes and behaviours |
9 |
15 |
Corporate Governance and Leadership |
Evaluate complex corporate governance and leadership challenges in the context of different ownership structures. This will include governance and leadership models in the context of indigenous organisations, and the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi |
9 |
15 |
Managing Change and Adversity |
Critically analyse the processes associated with achieving organisational growth, effective management of change, and the implementation of actions to respond to adversity, including how iwi/Māori organisations have managed post settlement growth |
9 |
15 |
Management of Information Systems |
To enable students to understand how information systems should be managed in order to assist in the achievement of the strategic goals of organisations. |
9 |
15 |
Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning including cross credit or credit transfer are available for this programme.
Advanced standing is available for up to 60 credits in this programme through the process of assessment of prior learning. Students may use a combination of formal and informal learning experiences to support their application.
The following courses are not available for credit recognition:
- AM801002 Capabilities for Managers
- AM901001 Professional Project
- AM902001 Research Thesis