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Accounting

As well as providing a route into financial professions, a degree in accountancy develops skills that are useful in a range of sectors.

Commercial Law

Commercial Law means the law that governs business activities. All businesses use commercial law to create wealth, and to identify and mitigate risks.

Economics

Economics explains the shifting variables of a dynamic world in which people’s energy and effort circulate in complex forms and patterns that are expressed and measured in terms of numbers and money.

Finance

Finance can be used to understand the stock market, the financing of companies, financial contracts, decision-making by firms, and portfolio choice.

Business Analytics

Business analytics is about harnessing data and turning it into valuable business insights. The demand for employees that understand how to turn business data into business insights is increasing.

Information Systems

Information Systems involves the analysis and design of systems, including areas such as computer networking, information security, database management, and decision support systems.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

How to test innovative ideas, products or processes, how to finance start-up ventures and how to sell and market new products and services in New Zealand and internationally.

International Business

How business organisations operate in an international environment, development and implementation of strategy, managerial activities and organisational issues in the global arena of business.

Management

The importance of human and labour factors in organisations including the structure, design and culture of organisations, management theory, policies and practices, and New Zealand and international employment relations issues.

Marketing

Research and satisfy customer needs through product and service development, planning, placement, pricing, advertising, promotion and distribution. Develop and manage relationships with customers, competitors, partners and suppliers.

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Solve complex business problems related to the journey of products from the manufacturer to the customer. Understand techniques for managing and improving the integration of design, resources, processes and customer requirements.

Taxation

Study the New Zealand taxation system and its application in today’s business environment, including how taxation affects accounting practice.

Property

Communication, data and information analysis, marketing and research in the context of the property industry.