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Postgraduate Diploma in Business Enterprise
This course is available at the following Southern Institute of Technology - Zero Fees English campuses:
Southland
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Queenstown
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Christchurch - Canterbury
Southland
Southland offers a great environment for living and studying.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Enterprise (PGDipBE) is an 18 month programme, comprising of coursework and a research dissertation. The programme is designed for graduates who hold a degree – or qualification/experience deemed equivalent – in any discipline, and who have an active interest in studying innovation, entrepreneurship and business enterprise management.
The PGDipBE provides a strong focus on the design and development of new, entrepreneurial business ventures from theoretical, applied, technology driven and research based perspectives. We expect graduates from PGDipBE will have acquired an enhanced ability to work collaboratively and constructively with a range of people and situations. Graduates will also bring a highly-focused approach to independent investigation and research, and to innovative ideologies and practices. Both these skill areas encapsulate the essence of the study methodology of the programme. The student will work alongside a variety of lecturers, mentors and professional practitioners, as well as develop the discipline of self-reliance. Graduates from the PGDipBE programme will be equipped with advanced analytical skills, enabling them to identify opportunities for future employment and self employment, based on the creation of new, innovative and economically viable business enterprises. Graduates from the programme will be able to work as self-employed practitioners, or pursue national and international professional careers with commercial bodies and agencies.
Programme Content
The coursework component is conducted on campus in Invercargill and students are expected to study the following six business papers plus a paper on Research Methodology.
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Business Enterprise Management
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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Enterprise ICT
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Business Enterprise Operations: Marketing
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Human Resource Management in Innovation
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Financing Enterprise
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Research Methodology
The Research Dissertation
PGDipBE students, including international students, are free to carry out the research dissertation from anywhere in New Zealand or overseas and are required to be in regular communication with the designated dissertation supervisor to ensure that the student is progressing with the research dissertation. The research dissertation allows students to select a topic of choice centered on an innovative, knowledge based business venture, for which they formulate an initial research proposal and feasibility study (including marketing and financial plans), with a view to developing a full research based business strategic plan which forms the major part of the dissertation proper. The topic of choice must have a sound academic base from which the business or strategic plan is developed.
