Key Benefits

Postgraduate Certificate in Executive Management (PGCertEM)

A range of Executive Education courses are available, enabling you to choose those that will best suit your role and career development. By completing four open-course papers, you can gain credits towards the Postgraduate Certificate in Executive Management (PGCertEM).

Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Management (PGDipEM)

The PGCertEM qualification is now a prerequisite to this postgraduate diploma. Offered for the first time in 2008, the PGDipEM diploma comprises two additional papers from the open-course range and a 30-point business project in Executive Management – a substantial project integrating learning into practice.

Exceptional Presenters

Our presenters provide the very best in strategic management concepts, theory and practice. Otago’s world-class academic staff are joined by leading industry professionals to offer participants new concepts to take back to the workplace.

Customised Courses

The Executive Education programme offers you the ability to create customised courses of varying lengths and content, to specifically suit your organisation’s needs.

Course Structure

Run over five days, the Executive Education open courses allow you to develop and complement your existing and functional managerial skills, without having to take significant time away from the office. Course options allow you to select areas for your own personal development.

Location/Accommodation

The Executive Education courses are taught in the MBA suite of the Commerce Building on campus, home of the School of Business. Your week-long stay with us includes five nights’ accommodation at the Executive Residence boutique accommodation and conference complex. Participants gain from the benefits of networking and working in groups, both inside and outside the classroom environment.

Opportunity to network with interesting business people from around New Zealand.


Facilitated discussion on issues across a variety of industry sectors.


Small classroom size allows one-on-one consultancy applicable to the participants' specific business needs.


Allow participants to critically assess the needs of their organisation.