Institute of Management
NZIM/ATTTO Diploma in Tourism Management Dip Tour Mgt
Introduction
This course has been developed by NZIM in partnership with the Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation (ATTTO) to provide management skills for people developing or operating businesses in tourism. The course provides opportunity for these people to apply management skills in their work environment.
Course description
NZ Diploma in Business papersStudents must complete three core plus three optional papers, taken from the basket of papers available for the New Zealand Diploma in Business approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
Practicum or research project
Students must also complete a practicum or research project. The practicum involves a period of supervised observation and analysis of a tourism workplace. The research project may be a workplace action research project, or another similar supervised applied research activity.
Technical training
In addition, students must complete a technical training skills module, which requires a minimum of 20 credits from the New Zealand Qualifications Framework at Level 3 or above from the tourism subfield (or approved equivalents from the hospitality subfield) or equivalent qualifications.
Entry to the course
The minimum entry requirement is the NZIM Certificate in Management, or Sixth Form Certificate with grades 20 or less in best four subjects, or the completion of National Certificate in Tourism or Hospitality at Level 3 or above, or an equivalent course of study as may be defined by the teaching institution. These entry requirements may provide the relevant credits to obtain the above technical training skills, and credit may be transferred.
Core papers
141 Marketing Principles or 541 Fundamentals of Marketing
180 or 580 Principles of Tourism
285 or 685 Tourism Industry Management
Optional Papers (select three)
100 or 400 Accounting Principles
110 or 510 Introduction to Commercial Law
115 Small Business Management or 435 Fundamentals of Small Business
120 or 520 The Economic Environment
130 or 530 Organisation and Management
140 or 560 Business Communication
150 Computer Concepts or 550 Business Computing
202 or 602 Management Accounting
203 or 603 Business Finance
233 or 633 Human Resource Management
235 or 635 Employment Relations
242 or 642 Marketing Research
244 or 644 Buyer Behaviour and Communication Strategies
248 or 648 Marketing Planning and Control
Practicum
689 Tourism practicum
NB Students must ensure that they have 80 credits at Level 5
Technical training
481 20 credits from Tourism subfield, or Hospitality subfield, or equivalent in qualifications. A schedule of appropriate unit standards and alternative technical qualifications will be drawn up.
Recognition of current competence
Students may gain credit for papers of the programme through recognition of current competence. A maximum of two papers may be obtained by these means.
Students applying for recognition of current competence must meet the assessment standards of the paper, through portfolio, interview, and other attestation. Students will pay a fee for this service.
Credit from other qualifications
Students who have completed the NZIM Certificate in Management with a minimum of a B pass may obtain 130 Organisation and Management and one other unspecified paper credit towards the Diploma (using version 1 NZdipBus), OR 20 unspecified credits at level 4 (version 2 of the NZDipBus).
Students who have completed the NZIM Diploma in Management need to complete the Technical Training module and the Practicum and two further papers for the Diploma in Tourism Management, provided that they complete the compulsory papers towards the Diploma.
Credit into other qualifications
Students who have completed the NZIM Diploma in Tourism Management may obtain the NZIM Diploma in Management by completing a further four papers, provided they fulfil the compulsory paper requirements for the Diploma in Management.
Students who have completed the NZIM Diploma in Tourism Management may obtain the NZ Diploma in Business by completing a further six papers, provided they complete the compulsory requirements for that qualification.
By arrangement the NZIM Diploma in Tourism Management may provide credit or determine entrance into other New Zealand and overseas qualifications.
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