COURSES OFFERED BY WAIKATO MANAGEMENT SCHOOL

With accounting you'll gain the skills you need to become a trusted business adviser and make strategic financial decisions for organisations.

Studying Economics will help you develop the analytical skills needed to be an effective problem solver of real-life issues.

Studying Finance at Waikato University will prepare you for highly paid positions in the financial and business sectors anywhere in the world.

Effective project management executes and delivers positive change in an organisation. To do this involves technical skills, such as critical path analysis and Gantt charting, as well as people skills, including motivating, influencing and managing intergroup conflict.

Anyone can understand numbers and accounting as long as you have tools to do so. Finance for Non-Financial Managers equips you with the resources and the know-how to make numbers work for you.

Tourism and hospitality is a major player in New Zealand's economy – and we need experts to steer that growth in the right direction. This short qualification will develop some of the skills needed to run a travel or hospitality business.

New Zealand's distance from overseas markets makes it vital for Kiwi companies to design global supply chains that are fast, efficient, and respond to customer needs.

Strategic Management enables you to discern a company's potential, find new market opportunities, and develop a clear plan to achieve growth and success. This short course can also provide a pathway to further study.

Get the industry-ready skills you need with this short course in public relations. Learn how to express your ideas more persuasively, help organisations enhance their public reputation, organise events, pitch stories to journalists, and build relationships with key stakeholders.

Marketing is essential for attracting people to purchase a company's products or services, and then converting them into loyal, repeat customers. This short course is a great option if you want to dip your toes into the theory and practice of marketing.