Master of Applied Management

Summary

Become a forward-thinking manager who knows, values and utilises individuals' natural talents.

Specialise with a major in your chosen discipline

As specialisation continues to dominate the rapidly changing world economy, an enlightened management model is emerging in response. This new management style calls for people of sharp minds who can discover what makes a person tick and amplify this to drive productivity in socially responsible ways.

Effective management responds to the needs of people, processes, and technology. With this programme, NMIT is leading the charge by offering a focus on embedded essential employable skills, including advanced communication and collaboration skills, intellectual analysis, and critical thinking.

Majors

You can take specific courses to major in one of the following subject areas or customise your Master's with electives in a multidisciplinary major.

• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Healthcare Management
• Business Analytics
• Multidisciplinary

Become a transformative manager

This Masters Degree integrates theory, applied activities, and research to provide highly specialised knowledge and critical awareness of business challenges. You will develop and apply new skills for independent research and personal development, strengthening your abilities in managing people and workplace processes.

Learn how to maximise your team's productivity, develop strategies to guide them through change, and specialise in managing social and organisational complexity. You will also enhance your techniques for monitoring performance and productivity, utilise current and future technologies to achieve business goals, acquire skills to gather and analyse business information and develop decision-making and communication skills to lead others effectively.

The programme offers up to 18 months of full-time study (or part-time over a longer period) with open entry for degree holders from all industries. You can study face-to-face on our Nelson campus and choose from different majors, subject to intake availability.

Engage in original research in applied management with support from expert research supervisors. Use recognition of prior postgraduate study or extensive work experience to skip courses where you already possess the necessary skills and knowledge. This comprehensive approach ensures that you gain the expertise needed to become a transformative manager in your field.

Major in Business Analytics

Business analytics is the process of transforming business data into insights to inform decision-making. Mathematics, information technology, and business domain knowledge are emerging disciplines in this field.

In the increasingly competitive business environment, timely information gives organisations the edge. By selecting this major, graduates will specialise in business analytics in applied management, offering employers technical and advanced management skills.