Management

Understanding Organisations

Examines the nature of organisations, groups, and people, and how they affect each other. Provides students with diverse learning opportunities that develop approaches to assist with navigating organisations successfully.

Prerequisite: BUSINESS 112 or 30 points at Stage I from Anthropology, Communication, Employment Relation and Organisation Studies or Sociology

Understanding Work and People

Examines the forces shaping the nature and quality of work and their impact for individuals, organisations and communities. Explores the evolution of work to better understand contemporary challenges related to organising work, technology, globalisation, diversity, and worker voice and power. Develops critical, analytical and reflective skills.

Prerequisite: Either BUSINESS 112, or 30 points at Stage I from Anthropology, Communication, Employment Relation and Organisation Studies or Sociology

Management in Dynamic Contexts

Explore and reflect on the realities of management theory and practice through critically examining management challenges, from small entrepreneurial firms to large corporations.

Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or MGMT 202 or MGMT 211 or ENGGEN 302 or ENGGEN 303 or SCIGEN 201

Restriction: MGMT 301

Strategic Management

Engages in a holistic exploration of the tensions that arise from content – the what, where, and how - in the process and context of strategy to develop skills and knowledge for addressing wicked problems.

Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage II in Business, International Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management, or 15 points from ENGGEN 204, 303, SCIGEN 201, 301, 301G

Restriction: BUSINESS 304

HR Policy and Practice

Examines the factors affecting employee performance and well-being in employment relationships. Explores core principles and practices of human resource management (HRM) from staffing and work design, to training and development, performance management, reward management, and employee relations - across various contexts.

Prerequisite: MGMT 211 or 223

Organisational Ethics and Sustainability

Explores ethical principles and the concepts of sustainability and applies these to real-life corporate social responsibility examples. Provides in-depth analysis of the tensions organisations face when trying to operate responsibly within a complex web of stakeholders and further identifies avenues for business to ethically navigate these. Emphasis is placed on 'people and place' and explores how organisations can depart from 'Business as Usual' by adopting a guardianship or kaitiakitanga perspective.

Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or MGMT 211 or MGMT 231 or any 30 points at Stage II in Ethics

Restriction: MGMT 331

Critical Issues in Organisations

Examines how contemporary organisations operate in complex and changing organisational and socio-cultural environments. Identifies and analyses the challenges and opportunities for managers in responding to emerging trends. Introduces alternative and transdisciplinary perspectives to address critical issues affecting organisational life in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific region.

Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or MGMT 211

Restriction: MGMT 311

Special Topic: Management and Games: Integrative Capstone

Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or MGMT 202 or 211

Directed Study