Master of Information Management programme postgraduate SME meeting on 31/05/2016
Jocelyn Cranefield – Programme director
Usha Varatharaju – Senior Administrator
Paul, Jane and Nick
Nick's notes
Background
They have to react to rapid technological change, and resulting changes in the job market.
This means their key messages change.
What the course offers
The place where IT and management meet
Like MBA, it's a management qualification
It teaches students models, frameworks they can use to understand, diagnose and solve problems
It helps people move into leadership roles, more strategic roles
It's interactive, e.g. involves seminars
They get to do consulting opportunity (research in/for an organisation)
Produces people with modern IT management skills in areas like:
- analytics
- data
- cloud
- security
- dealing with rapid change
- managing IT-related change
- digital strategies
Taught in the evening and weekends
Full-time it really needs 5 trimesters
Auckland
They offer the degree in Auckland
It's a large market and there's no competing degree
In Auckland they're also marketing to employers
Students
They get some CIOs, along with engineers, testers
5 international out of 25
They have a new recruitment channel in India
Common questions or issues