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New Zealand Certificate in Business (First Line Management) (Level 4)
The First Line Management (Level 4) programme is designed to give experienced and aspiring managers the practical skills and knowledge to lead effective teams and manage workflows to achieve team and business objectives.
Why choose this programme?
- Learn the skills to become a great team leader.
- Increase confidence in your role.
- Get the best from your team and stakeholder relationships through effective communication.
- Create team environments that value diversity and positive performance.
- Complete a qualification while still working.
Who should enrol?
- New or existing managers | leaders wanting to increase their capability, skills and knowledge.
- Team Leaders wanting to move into management roles (who can meet the project requirements for assessment.
- Managers who want a formal qualification.
When is the next intake?
Enrolments are now open, so secure your place as fully funded spaces are limited.
How much does it cost?
$0.00
Fully funded by the government for New Zealand citizens and residents.
Where will the programme be delivered?
The programme is delivered in various regions throughout New Zealand, provided that minimum learner numbers are met.
You are also able to join as part of an online group, where face-to-face sessions are facilitated via Zoom.
Entry Criteria and Requirements
- New Zealand citizen or resident.
- Must be employed in a management/supervisory role, with access to people and resources to execute a workplace improvement project.
- Full support from your manager, supervisor, or senior colleague.
- Regular access to and use of a computer with reliable internet.
- Minimum of three years secondary education; or a relevant qualification at NZQF Level 2; or equivalent workplace experience.
- Learners who have English as a second language are required to have an International English Language Test System (IELTS) score of 5 in the academic band, with no individual band score lower than 5; or equivalent described in NZQA Rules.
Managers Commitment
- Actively support and encourage your team member throughout the programme (including pre-course goal setting and assessment sign-off).
- Allow flexibility within work hours to attend all face-to-face sessions and complete required learning activities.
- Monitor your team members’ progress and achievement of assessments and provide additional support where necessary.
Programme Information
So that you can balance your work, family, and study commitments, the four modules of the programme are delivered over a 12-month period, part-time.
CREDITS: 60
PROGRAMME DURATION: 12 months (part-time)
TIME COMMITMENT: NZQA guidelines suggest up to 600 hours of total study time for a 60-credit programme. This is the equivalent of approximately 13 hours study per week. Depending on your previous experience and academic achievement, this may vary to a certain degree.
GRADUATES OF THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Manage workflows in an operational context to achieve team objectives.
- Assess actual and/or potential issue(s) and respond appropriately to entity management to contribute to entity objectives.
- Motivate a team to achieve the team’s objectives and contribute to the entity’s objectives.
- Communicate to develop effective relationships with team members and stakeholders.
- Promote an inclusive environment to value diversity for positive performance for the entity.
- Apply leadership styles effectively in different environments.
- Behave professionally and ethically and in a socially and culturally responsible manner, and apply personal and interpersonal skills to lead teams and manage workflows for the performance of the entity.
Programme Delivery
This programme is delivered via blended learning and a flipped-classroom model.
What is blended learning?
- Blended learning combines both online learning and face-to-face sessions.
- Online learning will include readings, watching videos, using interactive media, quizzes, taking part in online discussions and completing assessments.
What is a flipped classroom?
- A flipped classroom is where learners are introduced to content (often online) prior to attending face-to-face sessions. When attending face-to-face sessions (in person or via Zoom), this content is then put into context.
How many sessions do I attend?
- There are five full day face-to-face sessions to attend throughout the duration of the programme.
- The remaining hours of learning are completed online, in your own time over 12 months.
Modules | Indicative Content
MODULE 1: KNOW YOUR BUSINESS
Understanding the requirements and objectives of a business entity, and how team environments and workflow management contribute to these. By the end of the module you will be able to:
- Identify and describe the requirements of a business entity.
- Describe the team environment of a business entity and how it contributes to the entity’s objectives.
- Describe work flow and accountabilities within an entity that contribute to meeting entity objectives.
CONTENT TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Understanding a business entity.
- Business values and principles.
- Business success.
- Team and management structures.
- Understanding your team.
- Understanding workflow.
MODULE 2: WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT & PLANNING
Planning and managing work flows in an operational context. By the end of the module you will be able to:
- Develop a team environment and relationships that contribute to objectives.
- Assess actual and/or potential work flow issue(s) and respond appropriately, through team actions.
- Contribute to the management of work flows using problem-solving and decision-making techniques.
- Identify how leadership of a team will achieve the team objectives.
- Identify how adaptation of leadership styles will promote effective team performance.
- Describe the appropriate behaviour required to lead a team professionally, ethically, and socially and culturally.
CONTENT TOPICS INCLUDE:
- The importance of business planning.
- Workflow management.
- Developing objectives.
- SMART guidelines and SMART review questions.
- Developing the work plan.
- Functions of effective meetings.
- Functions of report writing.
mODULE 3: APPLIED LEADERSHIP AND SELF-MANAGEMENT
Developing, applying, and managing your contribution to team development, team performance and work flow management. By the end of the module you will be able to:
- Identify how interpersonal relationships within a team can be managed to strengthen team performance.
- Apply leadership styles to promote effective team performance in different environments.
- Develop an inclusive environment that values diversity, to promote positive performance.
- Demonstrate the appropriate behaviour required to lead a team professionally, ethically, and socially and culturally.
CONTENT TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Leadership vs management.
- Leadership attributes and responsibilities.
- Emotional intelligence and situational leadership.
- Professional behaviours (expected at work) including:
- Diversity and inclusive environments
- Social and cultural responsiveness (different cultural perceptions of effective leadership)
- Ethical responsibility.
- Time management and work-life balance.
MODULE 4: ACHIEVING TEAM POTENTIAL
Developing, applying, and managing team development and performance. By the end of the module you will be able to:
- Assess team’s stage(s) of development.
- Assess team objectives and priorities in relation to team capability.
- Demonstrate how interpersonal relationships within a team can be managed to strengthen team performance and sustain a productive work environment.
- Use communication to develop positive relationships, and productive and effective team performance.
- Maintain an inclusive environment that values diversity, to promote positive performance.
- Demonstrate the appropriate behaviour required to develop a team environment and lead a team professionally, ethically, and socially and culturally.
CONTENT TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Appropriate leadership behaviour.
- Skill set and gap analysis.
- Managing performance.
- Workplace coaching.
- Effective communication.
- Introduction to conflict resolution.
- Introduction to change management.
MODULE 5: MAINTAINING WORK FLOW AND TEAM PERFORMANCE
Maintaining team development, performance, and work flow management. By the end of the module you will be able to:
- Apply leadership styles to promote effective team performance in different environments.
- Use communication to promote management of work flows, and productive and effective team performance.
- Analyse responses to actual and/or potential work flow issue(s).
- Manage interpersonal relationships within a team to strengthen team performance and sustain a productive work environment.
- Maintain an inclusive environment that values diversity, to promote positive performance.
- Demonstrate the appropriate behaviour required to develop a team environment and lead a team professionally, ethically, and socially and culturally.
CONTENT TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Leadership style selection.
- Accountability.
- Giving feedback.
- Feedback/feed forward models.
- Running effective meetings.
- Analysing data and information.
- Measuring success.
- Writing effective reports.
- Quality assurance.
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Manage work flows in an organisation.
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Develop a team environment and relationships to contribute to a business entity’s objectives.
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Lead team performance to contribute to a business entity’s objectives.
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