Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or Master of Business Administration –— choose the qualification with the entry requirements, time commitment and career benefits that suit you.

You'll master tools and models that improve strategic thinking, decision making, and leadership, through a family of professional programmes that let you choose the qualification that suits.

Learn from academic and professional leaders and build powerful networks with your fellow students. You’ll develop practical skills that you can immediately put to use in your professional life. You'll have opportunities to focus on areas of interest to maximize the benefits to your career.... [-]

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is the most internationally-recognized business qualification in the world today. It is a professional degree in business management based on a practical programme with theoretical, applied and research underpinning. It covers a range of business disciplines which form the basis of executive decision-making.

The AIS MBA offers specializations in:

The MBA also has three alternative pathways:

The challenging five-stage programme makes significant time demands in order to reach the required standard.... [-]

Boost your performance as a manager and a leader with a broad-based, globally-recognised MBA programme you can study while you work.

Based in Victoria University's School of Management, New Zealand’s capital city MBA offers a broad foundation in modern business administration and management.

You'll master tools and models that improve strategic thinking, decision making and leadership, through a family of professional programmes that let you choose the qualification that suits.

29%: Proportion of MBAs employed at or above the board level within six to ten years of graduating. Association of MBAs Careers Survey, 2010

Learn from academic and professional leaders and build powerful networks with your fellow students. You’ll develop practical skills that you can immediately put to use in your professional life. You'll have opportunities to focus on areas of interest to maximise the benefits to your career.... [-]

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

MBA Entry criteria

• A degree in any discipline

• Relevant professional experience – preferably 5 years

English language level:

• IELTS (academic) no less than 6.5 overall and 6.0 in each band.

Structure

• 18 core papers including an applied business project

• 6 elective papers

Core papers cover all the foundations of business. Elective papersenable you to specialise and customise your study.

Specialist areas

• International Business

• Operations and Management

• Marketing

• Human Resource Management

A minimum of 18 months is required to complete a specialisation.Students can take papers from other areas in the University (forexample: Health or Education) and credit a maximum of 45 pointsto the MBA.... [-]

The Waikato MBA is a highly practical world-class management qualification. It is designed to equip emerging leaders and managers with the skills and capacity to be trailblazers that can manage ambiguity, complexity and the constantly changing business environment.

Waikato Management School is committed to developing innovative and ethical business leaders, who are supported by a business school that is focused on world-class research in leading through innovation and responsible management.

The knowledge and experience that our participants bring into the classroom are highly valued. Recognising this, we have built a programme that will inspire, educate and transform our MBA graduates. A strong emphasis is placed on action learning and this style of applied learning ensures the practical application of theory and provides an immediate return on investment.... [-]