13 Business Management Degree Programs in New Zealand

Set yourself up as a future business leader and rise to the top of your profession with specialist management expertise. Get the edge over other graduates with a Master of Management Studies from Waikato's Triple Crown Accredited business school.

Gain the management expertise and leadership qualities you need to become a globally-minded manager, with New Zealand's most comprehensive business degree.

This popular business course covers the principles of management, delivered through practical assignments. You'll learn to critically review real-life situations in business management. This includes the theory and the practical application as well.

A strong understanding of a reporting entity's obligations under the Act is essential in today’s market. Non-compliance is bad business and can result in significant penalties, regulatory action and high compliance costs. This micro-credit course will develop your confidence and give you the tools and knowledge to comply effectively with the AML/CFT Act within the scope of your own business.

This short course will explain how organisations can prepare for, respond to, and recover from a disaster. The course will begin with an introduction and review of Aotearoa New Zealand and international research and practice. The topics will then be explored through a series of relevant case studies. The final session of each module will provide practical tools and guidance for turning the theory to practice.

The Bachelor of Business (BBus) programme contains business courses at Stages 1, 2 and 3, and gives students the opportunity to develop areas of in-depth strength by choosing electives and by completing a specialization.

We're collaborating with the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman (IFSO) Scheme to curate case studies and complaint resources into an accessible micro-credit for IFSO Participants and those studying for a career in financial services. This collaboration is a New Zealand first. ISFO Participants face challenges to upskill their teams to meet the legislative, regulatory and Code reforms implemented under the Conduct of Financial Institutions legislation (CoFI), the Financial Markets Conduct Act, the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act (FSLAA) and the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA). This short course is a timely and relevant resource.

Gain a degree and work in an industry full of opportunities. Learn the skills organisations are looking for and work directly with local businesses to develop solutions to real challenges. To enable you to make sense of numbers, graphs and fundamental statistical concepts; and to use, interpret and report them in a meaningful way in business practice.  

This unique qualification is New Zealand’s only degree focused solely on the retail sector, created in response to a demand from employers for qualified graduates with sound managerial skills and retail industry knowledge.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Management is perfect if you want to advance your scholarly research and hone your practical management skills. It mixes theoretical study with highly applied, work-based learning.

MAP provides a solid foundation for a business's new and middle managers to build strong management careers. The MAP programme is designed for cohorts of managers from a single company. We customise the content to the industry and environment of the company, and provide a full 360-degree analysis and written report on each candidate. Designed around your business's specific needs, the MAP programme is is run in-house for companies and the content is adjusted to meet your business circumstances. The programme is run for groups of managers and is not an individual programme.

This programme is designed to apply to a wide range of businesses in the primary sector, including agriculture, horticulture, pest and conservation contractors, apiculture, forestry and fencing contractors. Classes are conducted using Zoom so you can easily join from your home, office or anywhere that has an Internet connection. 

This course helps postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career scholars speed up the process of successfully publishing in an academic journal or other scholarly publication. You’ll review, revise, edit and prepare an existing manuscript for submission to an appropriate journal or other publication venue in your field. Each course offering is limited to 16 participants. A small class size allows for detailed and customised feedback from a research-active scholar in science communication and academic writing.