All courses on offer in 2024:
Term 3
MBAM601 Digital Transformation and Technology Preparedness (15 points)
The course embodies the growing need for organisations to embrace a change oriented culture - with a heightened focus on organisational digital maturity in its processes, products/services, business models and its people. In doing so, the organisation's digital strategy must integrate a range of technologies that support a breadth of functions ultimately offering a superior user/customer experience. The course will explore and provide hands-on opportunities, in collaboration with industry, for participants to engage with technologies such as blockchain, IoT, AI etc. Furthermore, to be able to influence, participants will also familiarise themselves with the strategic use of business cases and risk assessment.
Weekly lectures: Tuesday, 27 August 2024 through to Tuesday, 12 November 2024 (5pm-8pm)
Block course: Friday, 20 September 2024 and Saturday, 21 September 2024 (9am-5pm)
MBAM604 Data Informed Strategy (15 points)
Strategy is about making purposeful, explicit choices on how to build a sustainable competitive advantage and sustainable long-term profitability or impact. In this course, we will discuss various ways of thinking about organisational strategies, what tools are available to guide your thinking, and the importance of data and analytics for both the selection and implementation of such strategies. This course will prepare participants to think strategically, to ask the right questions, to identifying what data is needed to answer those questions and how to transform data into meaningful insights in order to support decision-making.
Weekly lectures: Wednesday, 28 August 2024 through to Wednesday, 13 November 2024 (5pm-8pm)
Block course: Friday, 04 October 2024 and Saturday, 05 October 2024 (9am-5pm)
MBAM624 Global Business: Advocacy, Influencing and Negotiation (10 points)
This course explores the framework for influencing and negotiation in international business and organisational development. The content incorporates business strategy, management psychology, legal, intellectual property, marketing, and supply chain perspectives. The course activities include seminars and discussions, accompanied by practical experience in preparing for, and participating in a range of face-to-face negotiations.
Block course: Friday 06 September, Saturday 07 September 2024, Friday 13 September and Saturday 14 September 2024 (9am-5pm)
* Commitment to Continuous Learning – Terms and Conditions
Offer applies to specified UC MBA courses only. Limited capacity available per course. Offer available to UC MBA Graduates only. Alumni will be accepted on a first come first served basis. Enrolment is subject to course requirements and final approval by the MBA Director. Enrolment is subject to the UC Student Agreement (available at https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/enrol/student-agreement/) and the statutes, regulations, rules and policies of UC. No refunds, postponements, transfers, exchanges or credits are available. UC reserves the right to change or cease this Commitment to Continuous Learning offer at any time without notice.
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