The NZ Diploma in Business (Level 6) will develop your technical knowledge, people skills, and business environment knowledge.

In addition to gaining core knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to the achievement of organisational strategic objectives, graduates of the Leadership and Management strand will gain the following specific knowledge and skills to apply to leadership positions in an organisation:

Core skills

Contribute to a business entity's strategic objectives and strategic plan
Apply broad knowledge of the principles and practices of operations, management accounting, marketing/sales, human resources, and risk management, to support strategic objectives of a business entity
Contribute strategically to innovation and organisational change in a business entity
Develop and maintain strategic business relationships with stakeholders to support the performance of a business entity
Apply knowledge of te Tiriti o Waitangi to analyse how the resulting bi-cultural partnership can be applied to strategic business activities and relationships
Apply professional and ethical practices with integrity, in accordance with the strategic environmental, social and cultural requirements of the context, and apply personal and interpersonal skills to contribute to the achievement of business strategic objectives
Additional Leadership and Management skills

Manage and lead people to enable them to achieve personal and entity goals for efficient and effective performance of the entity
Lead and implement change within the entity for efficient and effective performance of the entity
Lead and manage projects and/or entity initiatives
Access and manage resources to improve entity performance
Analyse and apply financial information to make informed decisions and forecasts for efficient and effective performance of the entity
Manage stakeholder relationships to support the entity's performance.
Management compliance with internal and external requirements
Analyse the impact of operating in a global context on entity goals

Graduates of this qualification with the Leadership and Management strand will have the skills and knowledge to work as a manager/leader in a range of strategic roles within New Zealand business entities.

Education pathway

This qualification will build on from the New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 5) (Leadership and Management strand) and graduates may progress to the third year of SIT's Bachelor of Applied Management (Human Resource Management or Applied Management major).