Paper Descriptions
All papers are the equivalent of 10 credits.
- Introduction to Management [805]
- Workplace Communication [812]
- Problem Solving and Decision Making [819]
- Human Resources II – Personal Practice [809]
- Introduction to Marketing [802]
- Introduction to Financial Services [807]
- Law and Small Business [854]
- Enterprise Research Project [836]
Introduction to Management [805]
• 10 credits • Level 4 • Core paper
It is a core paper for the NZIM Certificate in Management and a compulsory paper for the NZIM Certificate in Management.
Purpose:
Students will be able to describe and analyse basic management concepts as they are practiced in New
Zealand workplaces.
Outcomes:
Students will gain the following knowledge:
- Management functions, roles and styles
- Terminology relating to management in typical workplaces
- Processes for various management functions: planning, organizing, leading, controlling
- How to apply the functions of management in a New Zealand workplace.
- Students will gain the following skills:
- Identify factors leading to effective management
- Identify effective management styles, skills and practices
- Analyse effectiveness of management practices
- Apply management principles to a variety of workplace scenarios.
Introduction to Marketing [802]
• 10 credits • Level 4 • Core paper
Purpose: Students will be able to apply marketing principles in the production of a marketing plan for a relevant
product.
Outcomes:
Students will gain the following knowledge:
- Core marketing concepts
- Environmental factors affecting marketing decisions
- The nature of the marketing process
- Elements of the marketing mix
- Requirements for an effective marketing plan
- Internal marketing elements
- How marketing can be used as a planning and management tool
Students will gain the following skills:
- Analysis of a marketing environment
- Development of a marketing strategy
- Segment the market
- Target the market
- Position in the market
- Development of a marketing mix for a product or service
- Preparation of a marketing plan
- Evaluation of a marketing plan
Introduction to Financial Services [807]
• 10 credits • Level 3
Purpose:
Students will develop financial management skills relevant for their personal life and/or for their workplace.
Outcomes:
Students will gain the following knowledge:
- Ways of obtaining income
- Banking processes and products
- Ways of investing
- Insurance risk, protection and products
- Purposes, rights and obligations regarding taxation
- Budgeting concepts and processes
- Consumer rights relating to financial services
- How to develop a financial plan
Students will gain the following skills:
- Evaluate personal life prospects and make informed financial decisions
- Identify opportunities for savings and investment
- Identify insurance risks and related insurance products
- Complete tax returns
- Use banks and other financial service providers
- Develop a financial plan
- Prepare budgets
- Manage personal finances
Human Resources II: Personnel Practice [809]
• 10 credits • Level 4
Purpose:
Students will be able to analyse human resource management in a typical New Zealand workplace.
Outcomes:
Students will gain the following knowledge:
- Human resource management functions and procedures
- Terminology of human resource management
- Processes for various functions of human resource, management:
- administrative, staffing,
- performance management, development, reward functions.
- How human resources functions are applied in a New Zealand workplace.
Students will gain the following skills:
- Identify factors leading to effective human resource management
- Identify effective human resource management practices
- Analyse effectiveness of human resource management practices
- Apply human resources management principles in a variety of workplace scenarios.
Workplace Communication [812]
• 10 credits • Level 4 • Core paper
Purpose:
Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication skills appropriate for the workplace.
Outcomes:
Students will gain the following knowledge:
- Communication concepts
- Formal and informal communication structures
- Communication environments
- Workplace communication formats and protocols.
Students will gain the following skills:
- Analyse communication in personal and workplace situations
- Identify forms of communication appropriate for workplace situations
- Use a variety of appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication techniques
- Critically reflect on their personal and workplace communication approaches.
Problem Solving and Decision Making [819]
• 10 credits • Level 4
Purpose: Students will be able to demonstrate effective problem solving and decision making skills for personal and
workplace situations.
Outcomes:
Students will gain the following knowledge:
- Ways of analysing situations requiring problem solving or decision making.
- A range of problem solving strategies which can be applied in personal or workplace situations
- A range of decision making strategies which can be applied in personal or workplace situations
- Methodologies for critical thinking
Students will gain the following skills:
- Analyse situations requiring problem solving and decision making
- Use effective problem solving strategies
- Use effective decision making strategies
- Critically reflect on their problem solving and decision making approaches
Enterprise Research Project [836]
• 10 credits • Level 4
• Core paper
Purpose: Students will develop the skills required to create and operate a small business enterprise. These include the
operational skills involved in planning, marketing, production, finance, personnel and training, together with
the people skills involved in problem solving, working as a team, communication, time management and
decision making.
Outcomes:
Students will gain the following knowledge:
- Operation of a small business enterprise
- Relationships and communication processes within an enterprise
- Relationships between components of an enterprise
- Meeting procedures
- Purposes and procedures of record keeping
- Legal requirements for running an enterprise
- Processes of liquidation
- Processes for reporting company performance
Students will gain the following skills:
- Work effectively in a team
- Solve problems, make decisions, manage time, resolve conflicts and communicate effectively
- Participate in:
- business plan preparation
- producing and marketing a product
- writing a prospectus
- running meetings
- budgeting & raising capital
- writing reports
- maintaining records
Note: You may be paired with
someone in another city for the group
assignment portion of this paper,
therefore expect to communicate via
email and telephone.
Law and Small Business [854]
• 10 credits • Level 4
Purpose: Students will develop understanding of the legal framework applying to the business sector in New Zealand,
especially as it relates to the operations of small businesses.
Outcomes:
Students will gain the following knowledge:
- The nature and sources of legal rules
- The relationship between law and ethics
- The business implications of the differences between civil and criminal law
- Processes for resolving disputes
- The nature of legal contracts
- The importance of commercial law applicable to small business
- Legal requirements and restrictions to small business operation
- Rights and obligations of traders, consumers and competitors
Students will gain the following skills:
- Analyse legal issues relating to small businesses
- Analyse legal contracts relating to small businesses
- Determine legal courses of action relating to small businesses
- Apply understanding of law to real and simulated workplace situations
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