NZIM Diploma in Management level 5:

This provides a thorough grounding in business, organisation and management, computing, and communication practice.

The New Zealand Institute of Management is the country’s leading management professional association, offering a wide range of short and long-term courses.  The NZIM Diploma is ideal for a student who wants a relatively short course leading to work opportunities. The NZIM Diploma in Management consists of six NZDipBus papers, taken over two 17-week trimesters, or one academic year, giving 120 credits overall.  Graduates of the diploma can progress to the NZDipBus or the Diploma in Business Computing, or the ICL Diploma in Business.

• Course consists of 6 papers: 4 core and 2 optional
• Entry with IELTS 6.0 or equivalent in ICL Placement Test
• Provisional entry with IELTS 5.5 or equivalent in ICL Placement Test: students must take 469 Academic Skills
• Daytime or evening teaching available
• Duration of 1 academic year, or 8 months
• Start dates every month
• Cost $13,200 + $150 enrolment fee

There are many skilled positions available to Business Diploma graduates (NZIM, NZDipBus or ICL Diploma in Business), such as Office Manager, Customer Service Manager, Restaurant Manager, Insurance and Finance Broker.  Graduates finding one of these positions qualify for 50 points towards Permanent Residence, in addition to the 50 points for the qualification (60 points for NZDipBus), and up to 30 points for age.

The NZIM Diploma in Management provides a thorough grounding in business and management practice appropriate for people wishing to enter management roles in business.

The qualification is designed as an exit point from the NZ Diploma in Business for those students who wish to have a basic understanding of management practice but do not wish to specialise in business studies. It also provides a platform for atudents wishing to transition to degree programmes or advanced management qualification such as the NZIM Diploma in Management (Advanced) or the Diploma in Business Computing at ICL Business School.