Course details

Summary

Gain the advanced business expertise you need to help lead the growing 毛利 and Indigenous economy with this online, part-time masters degree. Enhance your career and accelerate your progression into senior management roles

The Master of 毛利 and Indigenous Business (MMAIBus) is an online, part-time master’s degree designed to equip you with the dynamic business expertise to lead and manage a 毛利 or Indigenous business.

The burgeoning 毛利 economy needs skilled business graduates to drive sustainable local, national and international growth - and this highly practical degree will set you up to be at the forefront of 毛利 or Indigenous-led enterprises.

This three-year course is aimed at those who wish to advance their professional career and move into a senior leadership/management role. It's also ideal for anyone who wants to start their own entrepreneurial business.

The course is designed to maximize the impact of 毛利 on New Zealand's economic development and wellbeing.

You'll gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to develop executable business strategies and make better business decisions, enriched by an understanding of 毛利 cultural values and Indigenous approaches to business.

Course content

The course consists of 12 core papers covering topics such as the 毛利 economy; process and project management; marketing; innovation and entrepreneurship; finance and accounting; people management; and international business.

Each paper is a 10-week block of study, and you'll normally complete four papers a year (40 weeks) for three years.

Students will analyse real-life case studies of 毛利 businesses, and engage with a wide range of 毛利 and Indigenous business leaders.

You'll also learn about the importance of ethical business practices and 毛利 values in contributing to sustainability, improved stewardship of taonga (treasures), community wellbeing, and tikanga 毛利 (毛利 culture).

Towards the end of the course, you'll complete a capstone project investigating a real-world business issue, and undertake an advanced social enterprise project.

Online learning - when and where it suits you

This programme is delivered as an online partnership between six New Zealand universities, providing you with access to some of the country's leading business academics and practitioners.

Partners include the University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, Massey University, University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, and the University of Waikato.

Students can enroll with the preferred university of their own choice - whether that's in your home region or further afield.

All classes are taught online, allowing you to complete the work when and where it suits you, through a combination of individual learning and online group activities. There will be webinars, videos, class discussions, readings, interactive tasks and weekly tutorials.

Career opportunities

• Business owner
• General manager
• Management consultant
• CEO of not-for-profit community enterprise

Entry criteria

1) Academic admission criteria:

a) Bachelor's degree: To be admitted to the Master of 毛利 and Indigenous Business (MMAIBus), you must have completed a bachelor's degree (or equivalent qualification) with a grade average of at least 4.0 (B-minus) in 45 points above 200-level.

Students admitted with a bachelor's degree or equivalent will need to pass the 12 core papers (180 points), MIBUS511 to MIBUS534, normally completed over three years.

b) Business honours degree: You may also be admitted if you have a business honours degree with a grade average of at least 4.0 (B-minus) in 45 points at 500-level.

c) Postgraduate Diploma: Otherwise, you may be admitted if you have a Postgraduate Diploma in 毛利 and Indigenous Business, or a Postgraduate Diploma in 毛利 Development, with a grade average of at least 5.0 (B or higher).

2) Prior work experience:

All applicants must have at least three years' management experience, to be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

3) Alternative entry - Postgraduate Diploma in 毛利 and Indigenous Business:

Students who do not have a bachelor's degree, but do have at least five years' management experience, may instead enrol in the Postgraduate Diploma in 毛利 and Indigenous Business (PGDipMAIBus).

English language requirements:

IELTS - 6.5 overall (no less than 6.0 in writing); iBT (internet based TOFEL) - 90 with a score of 22 in writing; Pearson PTE Academic- 65 with English language requirements no less than 58 for each communicative skill; From Waikato Pathways College - Successful completion of Level 8 with a B grade average in the Certificate of Attainment in Academic (CAAE) programme.