Student(s)
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Graduate(s)[NB1]
Plus some excellent quotes in video: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lddd5yqefwn7l26/AACCF6sZ6CgRHx3ABfQUpLFHa/MBA?dl=0
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/som/study/professional-programmes/mba/profiles
Paddy Faisandier
Director of The Contingent
Take your career to the next level/The start of starting something new/The step up to your start-up
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Video: https://youtu.be/IHSayEVKudM?list=PLIN52jSigpir8c6EUEiq1Mqnx0m-NeCtL
Toni Janes
Enterprise Change Manager at ACC
Transform your thinking
“The MBA definitely gave me enhanced critical-thinking skills. There’s no question about that. I think a lot more laterally, and the ability to reframe situations and look at them from different perspectives certainly helped with my organisational skills.”
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Video: https://youtu.be/V0LA2GO-zbA?list=PLIN52jSigpir8c6EUEiq1Mqnx0m-NeCtL
Dave Bell
General Manager of printing.com
Entry based on experience not just education
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“The tools to do that came from MBA study. I would never have known where to start and would never have been given the opportunity without my MBA.”
Gisella Carr
Film New Zealand Chief Executive
Take your career to the next level/Shape you career
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“When I started working as a consultant a few years later I realised the breadth of the degree had given me a wide range of skills.”
Ross Hughson
Former Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Westpac and Inland Revenue
Practical skills
"I led mergers, teams, acquisitions, had a year as General Manager Marketing and wrote the company’s strategic plan—all things enabled, in part, by my MBA.”
John Loughlin
Former chair of ZESPRI Group
Broad scope/Broaden your skills to boost your career
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“The important prerequisite is to have enough practical business experience to make the course more than a theoretical exercise.”
Gene Turner
Partner at Buddle Findlay
Practical lessons put to work immediately
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“I think we run a lot more effectively now and we’re achieving good results] – our team’s revenue is around 50 per cent higher than it was in 2008 and we’re rated by leading legal directories as Tier 1 in the areas I work in.”
Grant Avery
Director at KPMG
Entry by experience
He didn’t feel at a disadvantage when he enrolled in the MBA, despite it being his first foray into university study.
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“I could go to meetings with very high level people and be confident with the language, terms and the practical experiences they were talking about. I was also better able to take part in discussions and argue my point of view.”
Deborah Battell
Banking Ombudsman
Transform your thinking/learning to think strategically
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“I like problem solving and working at KPMG gave me exposure to a wider set of industry issues and the chance to apply those strategic and analytical skills I’d developed during my MBA.”
James Te Puni
Chief Executive Officer of Hurricanes and Wellington Rugby
Connect with experts
“In addition to fantastic teachers, my fellow students were an amazingly diverse group of people from different countries and industries who brought a wealth of knowledge and experience to the group.”
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“My wife was also studying for her MBA at Victoria at the time and I could see the value of the programme.”
Richard Starr
Fonterra Key Account Manager
Tools to take your career to the next level
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“My whole MBA experience was one of the best things I’ve done both personally and professionally.”
Vesna Wells
National Property Management Specialist at Realestate.co.nz
Practical application
“I loved the course, particularly the practical component and the ability to apply what I was learning as I went.”
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”All credit to the lecturers on the programme - we were a tough audience of ambitious people who wanted the best from our studies and they delivered on that.”
Parvathy Muraleedharan
Quality assurance team leader at Xero
Generalist – broaden your thinking/boost your performance
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“We had two lectures a day. The first session was 5.40–7.30pm and the second 7.40–9.30pm. Although this may sound painful and tedious, it wasn’t. Classes were not lecture driven alone. There were many group discussions and class activities.”
Staff[NB2]
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