Otago MBA Blog

• End of road at round II of Cerebration

  Team Otago: Maneesh Vulavala, Beale Stainton, Angus BeattieHuntsman: Peter Barron, Manish Bali, Sam FangAlthough they didn't make it as far as they would have liked, the teams achievements were nonetheless, an admirable result in return for a tremendous amount of work while carrying on with the demands of the course. Well done.More informa...
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• Otago MBA Super September Speaker Series

  The following selection of Otago MBA speaker events are being opened to the public in September as part of MBS 35s study of International Business and because September 2011 in New Zealand is worth celebrating not just because of the Rugby World Cup. See all these events listed on Facebook for more details and speaker biographies. 
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• August 2011 MBA Grads

  Graduation marks the completion of studies and is the time Otago MBA students can celebrate their success with family, friends and the Otago MBA community. It also marks student's admission to the full and permanent membership of the Otago MBA Alumni. In our 27 August 2011 graduation the following people recieved their Otago MBA Ch...
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• Pacific Fibre follow-up

  On February 11, we posted the news that Pacific Fibre had appointed its first CFO: Otago MBA 26 Alum, Michael Gleissner. Pacific Fibre’s drive to build a 13,000 kilometre broadband cable linking Australia, New Zealand and the United States has taken another leap forward with the signing of a partnership with US company Tyco Electro...
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• NZ Business: Degrees of Success

  Glenn Baker reports in the current issue of NZ Business magazine about the changing MBA in New Zealand including a few words from Otago MBA's Director Executive Programmes, Ian Lafferty: Aspire to be the very best you can be in business management? For all-round business leadership skills there’s still no substitute for the MBA. Glenn Baker ...
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• Future focussed alumni events - Successful

  The last of three Otago MBA alumni events took place on Friday evening 12 August in Dunedin, after events in Wellington and Auckland were held earlier. Trish Franklin (MBA Business Networks Manager) explained the goal of a strong and vibrant Otago MBA alumni network: “We started out 12 months ago with a drive to meet people and find out wha...
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• Dates for 2011

  16 Feb 2011: Revised start dates and holidays for the Otago MBA 2011 intake are listed below.   Otago MBA 2011 Calendar 24 January MBA 35 commences on campus with Orientation Week 31 January Term One classes begin 11 April Term One exam week begins 18 April Holidays begin (one week)     27 ...
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• Second snow storm this winter

  Snow has caused the closure of schools and public transport across the city for the second time this year. However, the University of Otago remains officially open. An adverse weather notice on the University website requests that "students and staff please take care when travelling in snowy or icy conditions" today. BMBA 511 Operational Exce...
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