MBA for the changing world

MBA Overview/Description
The MBA is designed for professionals aspiring
to general or divisional management or chief executive
positions.
It is for those wanting to transform their careers and be
at the forefront of business leadership. This qualification
aims to produce graduates who make an impact and add
immediate value to an organisation; graduates equipped
to lead and manage organisations in the challenging global
business environment.
The MBA is a practical, hands-on qualification.
It draws on your current professional experience and real
industry examples. Graduates are equipped with a toolbox
of functional management skills, models and techniques that
cover the core functions of management. In particular, the
MBA provides a link to professional practice, enabling the
development of those wanting to gain and apply advanced
management skills via the Business Strategy capstone papers
and Applied Business Project.
MBA career opportunities
MBA graduates:
Step up to take influential roles within key and growth
industries in New Zealand and globally
H ave the ability to significantly impact on the business in
which they operate and the effect these businesses have
in a wider context
H ave the skills, credibility, confidence and judgement
to manage significant projects, teams, business units
and organisations
P rovide inspired leadership from a multidisciplinary
perspective in business, coupled with an assertive and
principled approach to quality in their practice as professionals

Master of Business Administration

MBA
Code

AK3717

Level of study

Duration

1-1 /2 years full-time/ 2-4 years part-time

Venue

City Campus

Points

180

Minimum entry requirements

Completed one of the following:
A bachelors degree
Graduate diploma
Relevant professional qualification or professional experience
approved by the MBA director to be equivalent to a bachelors degree
AND
A minimum of 5 years relevant professional experience since gaining the
degree or other qualification.
Candidates may be required to complete an aptitude test and/or attend
an interview.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must have an IELTS
(academic) score of 6.5 overall and a minimum of 6.0 in
each band.
Applicants who have completed their tertiary study or work experience
overseas may be required to obtain a satisfactory
result in the GMAT.
Other requirements
Admission is subject to the approval of the MBA director.

2015 tuition fees*

Domestic

$37,312.50 (GST inclusive)

International

$46,410 (GST inclusive)

* Fees for study completed beyond 2015 is subject to annual adjustments.

Duration
The MBA is a 180-point qualification usually completed within 18
months of full-time study, or two to four years of part-time study.
You may be able to fast-track and complete the qualification in
one year.
Each paper involves six weeks of class learning, with one three-hour
class per paper per week. This is followed by an examination week,
which is then followed by a one-week preparation period for the
following term.
You may start your study at any one of the six terms as listed in the
schedule below.
The qualification is designed to accommodate students who choose
to work full-time while studying part-time. You may vary the number
of papers taken in any given term to fit around your work demands
and personal life, provided the qualification is completed within the
required time period of four years.

MBA papers cover three components

The Knowing Component:
Facts, frameworks and theories of what we teach

The Being Component:

Values, attitudes and beliefs that form managers

The Doing Component:

Skills, capabilities and techniques that lie at the
heart of the practice of management

Structure
To graduate with a MBA, you must successfully complete 180 points,
which is made up of core and elective papers.
You can choose to specialise in a particular discipline and extend your
studies in that field. Students who complete a minimum of 37.5 points
of elective papers within a particular discipline (as specified in the AUT
University Calendar www.aut.ac.nz/calendar ) may graduate with an
endorsement listed on their parchment.

Knowing
Accounting for Managers

Being
Cognition & Performance

Foundations of Finance

Global Business Perspectives

H uman Resource Management

IT Management

L eadership & Personal

Development

M acroeconomics for Business

Sustainability & Change

Marketing Management
Operations Management
Organisational
Change Management

2015 intake dates

Term 1

5 January

Term 2

2 March

Term 3

4 May

Term 4

29 June

Term 5

24 August

Term 6

19 October

Doing
Applied Business Project
Business Strategy
Business Strategy Simulation

Elective papers expand upon the knowing and being

components enabling cutomised study and specialisation
in Human Resource Management, International Business,
Marketing, and Operations and Management.

Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate

Certificate in Business Administration
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
PgDipBA
Code

AK1019

Level of study

Points

120

Duration

1 year full-time/ 16-24 months part-time

Venue

City Campus

POSTGRADUATE certificate IN BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION
PgCertBA
Code

AK1020

Level of study

Points

60

Duration

Venue

City Campus

Minimum entry requirements

Completed one of the following:
A bachelors degree
Graduate diploma
Relevant professional qualification or professional experience
approved by the MBA director to be equivalent to a bachelors degree
AND
A minimum of 3 years relevant professional experience since gaining the
degree or other qualification.
Candidates may be required to complete an aptitude test and/or
attend an interview. Applicants for whom English is a second language
must have an IELTS (academic) score of 6.5 overall and a minimum of 6.0
in each band.
Applicants who have completed their tertiary study or work experience
overseas may be required to obtain a satisfactory result in the GMAT.
Other requirements
Admission is subject to the approval of the MBA director.

Progression to the MBA

/2 year full-time/ 8-16 months part-time

2015 tuition fees*

PgDipBA

PgCertBA

Domestic

$24,875 (GST inclusive)

$12,437.50 (GST inclusive)

International

$30,940 (GST inclusive)

$15,030 (GST inclusive)

* Fees for study completed beyond 2015 is subject to annual adjustments.

Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration

Students may progress from the Postgraduate Certificate in Business
Administration to the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration
by completing a further 60 points of papers.
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration
Students may progress from the Postgraduate Diploma in Business
Administration to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) with the
approval of the programme director and by completing a further 60
points of papers.

Student Profile

The AUT MBA is:

Highly regarded by employers we aim to select the very
best candidates and help fulfil their career goals, whether
that is reaching the highest levels of management, starting
their own business or taking a career break to develop
their personal and managerial skills.
Rigorous and challenging with a strong bias towards
practical application and personal development. We focus
not only on giving you the practical skills and techniques to
be better managers and leaders but also on your growth
as an individual, helping you gain insights about yourself
and turn that knowledge into action. This means when you
graduate you have the skills to manage effectively and the
personal leadership qualities, combined with creativity
and innovation, to confidently add immediate value to
any organisation.
About choice you can choose the pathway that suits you best: enter our 12-18 month
full-time programme, or if you dont want to interrupt your career you can study on a
part-time basis over two to four years. The flexible programme structure enables you
to fit your study around work and family commitments while ensuring that you receive
a consistent, high quality learning experience.
I look forward to welcoming you to the AUT MBA programme.

Ken Lee
MBA Director
MBA Brun., PGDipMngt

Chris Beh
Business Development
Manager,
NZ Field Consultant
for Management
Consultancy, Newport
Consulting Pty Ltd

MBA study offers the opportunity to gain

in-depth experience of operations and
management across organisations, says MBA
student Chris Beh.
The papers in the MBA programme
provide me with tools, practices and
methodologies that will be supportive for my
career objectives.
Chris chose the MBA programme at AUT
because he found it to be the most flexible
programme in New Zealand with competitive
course costs.
I also like the fact that the AUT Business
School is AACSB-accredited and so is
recognised internationally.

Alumni Profiles
Ian Robertshaw

Tara Fontanilla

Public Transport
Business Development
Manager,
Auckland Transport

Senior Strategic Sourcing

Manager, Fonterra

Master of Business
Administration

Master of Business
Administration
(with Distinction)

A sense of self-belief and the knowledge and

tools to make a difference these are the
assets Ian Robertshaw is taking away from
his MBA at AUT.

Armed with an MBA, Tara Fontanilla says she

now has the requisite skills and confidence
to go after roles that she wouldnt normally
have tried for.

I wanted to develop stronger general

management competencies and build
frameworks and tools for understanding
and improving performance. AUT has
delivered this in spades and this education
has opened up amazing opportunities for
me professionally.

Working as senior strategic sourcing

manager at Fonterra, Tara says the flexibility
of the MBA was what initially attracted her to
the AUT programme.

Postgraduate study was a long held goal for

Ian and with the flexibility of the AUT MBA
programme this goal became achieveable.
AUT offered a rigorous part-time programme
that met my needs.
Apart from the flexibility, Ians decision to
study at AUT was driven by the universitys
reputation for excellence in business
education.
The high calibre of academic staff combined
with relevant industry experience delivers a
powerful learning programme.

Timing was often a challenge when working

full-time, but AUT was able to assist in
discussing appropriate timeframes.
Studying at AUT also offered small classes,
interaction with lecturers, the benefit of
the industry knowledge of academic staff,
and applied and practical learning. AUTs
accreditation with AACSB International
also gave Tara the opportunity to earn Beta
Gamma Sigma membership. Membership is
the highest recognition awarded to business
students globally and provides access to a
network of 725,000 top scholars in more than
160 countries.

For more information

Online
www.aut.ac.nz/mba
Email
mba@aut.ac.nz
Phone
MBA and Professional Masters Manager
+64 9 921 9628
Visit
Faculty of Business and Law
WF Building, Level 8
42 Wakefield Street
Auckland 1010, New Zealand