Executive MBA –
Boost your performance as a leader and a manager with a broad-based business programme you can study while you work.
Find out what’s in the Executive MBA programme and how you’ll study it.
What you’ll study
Core courses
You’ll complete eight core courses that will give you a solid grounding in key business opportunities and issues. These include topics like executive leadership, culture and change, corporate financial management, strategic marketing, and digital transformation.Elective courses
You’ll complete four elective courses from a range of topics including innovation and entrepreneurship, negotiation and dispute resolution, and strategic management.
Professional development
You will attend professional development activities as part of each core course. These include a wide variety of subject areas related to personal development, leadership, business, and technology. Typically, your core course timetable will be split equally between professional development and class time.Workload
The average workload for each course will be about 10 to 12 hours per week, including lectures and workshops. This will vary from week to week depending on your readings, assignments, and workshops.
With intensive study, you’ll complete three courses per trimester over four trimesters. You’ll complete your EMBA in about a year and a half. As an international student, you are not allowed to study part time.
Recommended study plan for international students
The following study plan allows you to avoid timetable clashes.
First Year
Trimester 1
- EMBA 503—Leading Digital Transformation
- EMBA 506—Strategic Marketing
- An elective course*
Trimester 2
- EMBA 502—Economic Analysis of Business Decisions
- EMBA 507—Strategic Operations Management
- An elective course
Trimester 3
- EMBA 501—Leading and Managing People in Organisations
- EMBA 505—Corporate Financial Management
- An elective course
Second Year
Trimester 1
- EMBA 504—Fundamentals of Financial and Management Accounting
- EMBA 508—Integrative Strategic Consultancy
- An elective course
Qualification family structure
The Executive MBA has a tiered family of qualifications:
- Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration (PGCertBusAn)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDipBusAn)
- Executive MBA.
As an international student, you must study full time. This means you are not eligible to enrol in the PGDipBusAn or PGCertBusAn.
Where you’ll study
You’ll be based at Pipitea campus, near the Wellington Railway Station in Wellington’s CBD.
Doing a PhD
An Executive MBA may not involve enough research to qualify you to apply for PhD study. Talk to your programme director to find out what extra study you’ll need to do to qualify for studying a PhD.
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