Why study Management?

The importance of managing people, and of management processes generally, means that courses offered in management are relevant to most students in universities.

Management combines well with accounting, finance, marketing, information systems and operations and supply chain management.

You will learn about the importance of human and labour factors in organisations including the structure, design and culture of organisations; management theory; policies and practices; and employment relations issues both within New Zealand and internationally.

Studying Management as a postgraduate discipline is not only for those who want to be a manager. Management may interest you because you want to understand how an organisation works. At postgraduate level, you will learn about leadership roles and how people function in organisations.

You can combine courses to focus your studies in any of the following areas: general management and strategy, international and cross-cultural management, human resources and employment relations or organisational studies.

The department also delivers Employment Relations and Organisation Studies (EROS) in the Bachelor of Arts (BA). EROS is the key area of study for those who wish to become human resources or employee relations specialists. Courses in EROS are useful companions to such social sciences as Psychology, Sociology and Economics. Further information can be found on the Faculty of Arts website.

A wide and varied range of roles and careers is open to you when you study Management at either undergraduate or postgraduate level including general management, consulting, business strategy, training and development, recruitment, human resources, employment relations, public policy, business consulting and senior management roles in business and industry.

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
The BCom offers Management as a single major or as a double major alongside one of the other majors offered within the BCom. It is recommended that Management is studied as part of a double major combination. You can also study the Bachelor of Commerce in Management as part of a conjoint degree programme where you study for two degrees at once.

Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
The BCom (Hons) in Management is one fulltime year of postgraduate study following the Bachelor of Commerce degree. Entry is based on superior grades in the subject area in the relevant undergraduate courses.

Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce
The postgraduate diploma consists of one fulltime year of postgraduate coursework following the bachelors degree.

Master of Commerce (MCom)
The MCom degree is a two-year postgraduate programme. The first year is coursework, which may be taken as bachelor honours or a postgraduate diploma, while the second year comprises a research thesis.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
As a general rule you need to have successfully completed either a bachelor honours degree or masters degree with superior grades to be eligible to study for a PhD in Management.