Waikato
Management
School Update
Presentation
Title
Associate Professor Stuart Dillon
Chairperson – Management Systems
Purpose
• A brief summary of WMS programmes
• Core Strengths
• Accreditation and Memberships
• Recent Developments
• Future Offerings and the University Curriculum Enhancement
Project
• Questions
Undergraduate Degrees
• Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS)
• Bachelor of Business Analysis – Financial (BBA)
• Bachelor of Communication Studies (BCS)
• Bachelor of Electronic Commerce (BECom)
• Bachelor of Entrepreneurship (BEntre)
• The Bachelor of Tourism Management (BTour) is no longer
accepting new enrolments
Core Strengths
• Four year BMS
• Comparatively small classes
• Innovation in programme development
• Work-integrated learning
• Accreditation
Accreditation & Memberships
Recent Developments
• The QS World University Rankings, released last week, have
ranked all of Waikato Management School's subject areas in
the world's top 200
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Accounting & Finance - Top 101-150
Business & Management Studies - Top 101-150
Communication & Media Studies - Top 101-150
Economics & Econometrics - Top 151-200
• The Design of the new Tauranga Campus is now underway.
WMS is currently considering its proposed offerings at this new
downtown campus.
Recent Developments
• Tainui Group Holdings has just been granted permission to
begin construction of a multi-modal container terminal right next
to the University
Recent Developments – New Law and
Management Building Completed
Future offerings and the University
Curriculum Enhancement Project
• The University is two years into a three year project looking to
simplify and increase the relevance of all it programmes.
• For WMS, this means:
• The Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) will likely become a
dedicated honours degree (BMS(Hons)) with a Research and
Professional stream
• Our three-year degrees will become more specialised, and we are
likely to reduce the number of them further. BBA and BCS will almost
certainly remain. An updated BECom (Bachelor of Digital Business) is
being considered.
• Still early days, and any changes wont occur until 2018.
Questions