Institute of Management
NZIM/ATTTO Diploma in Travel Management Dip Travel 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
The qualification may be completed as a stand alone programme after a student has completed the National Certificate in Travel – Level 4, or an equivalent programme of study. On successful completion of the NZIM/ATTTO Diploma in Travel Management students may go on to complete the NZIM Diploma in Management and/or the New Zealand Diploma in Business. Degree level study is a further option available to graduates.
NZ Diploma in Business papers
Students must complete two core plus two 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 travel 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 modules, which requires a minimum of 60 credits from
EITHER
the New Zealand Qualifications Framework at Level 5 or above from the Travel domain of the Tourism sub-field and with the option of specific units from the Generic Computing sub-field and/or the Marketing sub-field..
OR
Equivalent qualifications.
Students who have already completed these credits in relation to a certificate or other programme of study may gain the technical training module through credit transfer.
Entry to the course
The minimum entry requirement is the National Certificate in Travel at Level 4, or an equivalent course of study as may be defined by the teaching institution, or equivalent skills and knowledge as determined by a registered industry assessor.
Course details
NOTE: Students must ensure that they have 72 credits at Level 5.
Compulsory credits (i.e. core papers) total 40 at Level 5, therefore elective credits at Level 5 must total a minimum of 32 credits.
Core papers:
541 Fundamentals of Marketing
685 Tourism Industry Management (note the ‘tourism’ business used for this paper must be a travel agency business and all references to the tourism industry must be in the context of the travel industry)
Optional papers (select two):
400 Accounting Principles
435 Fundamentals of Small Business
510 Introduction to Commercial Law
520 Economic Environment
530 Organisation and Management
550 Business Computing
560 Business Communication
602 Management Accounting
603 Business Finance
633 Human Resource Management
635 Employment Relations
642 Marketing Research
644 Buyer Behaviour and Communication Strategies
648 Marketing Planning and Control
655 Information Systems Management
(NB: Only one of 602 and 603 can be undertaken)
Practicum
688 Travel practicum
Technical training
483 60 credits from the Travel domain of the Tourism subfield, with the option of the following units from the Generic Computing and/or Sales Organisation and Management domains: 5940; 18756; 10464
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 may obtain 20 unspecified credit at level 4 towards the Diploma.
Students who have completed the NZIM Diploma in Management need to complete the Technical Training modules and the Practicum and two further papers for the Diploma, provided that they complete the compulsory papers towards the Diploma.
Credit into other qualifications
Students who have completed the NZIM Diploma in Travel Management may obtain the NZIM Diploma in Management by completing a further six papers, provided they fulfil the compulsory paper requirements for the Diploma in Management.
Students who have completed the NZIM Diploma in Travel 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 Travel Management may provide credit or determine entrance into other New Zealand and overseas qualifications.
NB: Students may be credited with EITHER the Diploma in Tourism Management OR the Diploma in Travel Management, but not both.Click here for a full course description.
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