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Paper Descriptions

All papers are the equivalent of 10 credits.

  1. Introduction to Management [805]
  2. Workplace Communication [812]
  3. Problem Solving and Decision Making [819]
  4. Human Resources II – Personal Practice [809]
  5. Introduction to Marketing [802]
  6. Introduction to Finance [807]
  7. Law and Small Business [854]
  8. 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. Note: you will need to interview the manager of a business with seven or more staff as part of your first assessment.

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 Finance [807]

• 10 credits • Level 4

Purpose:
Students will develop financial management skills relevant to both their personal life and the workplace.

Outcomes:

Students will gain the following knowledge:

  • Banking processes and products
  • Savings and Investments
  • Insurance risk, protection and products
  • Budgeting concepts and processes
  • 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
  • Use banks and other financial institutions
  • Develop a financial plan
  • Prepare budgets
  • Manage personal finances
  • Evaluate financial planning processes

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.  Note: you will need to interview the manager or HR person of a business with seven or more staff for your assessment.

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.  Note:  you will be partnered with another student for the first assignment of this paper to develop a business profile and plan.  As this is a distance course, they may not be in your home town so you may have to communicate via phone or electronically.

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

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