Otago MBA Blog

• Cruising on the Otago Harbour

  10 March 2011 Otago MBA 35 recently took time out from Term One studies to get on the water for a cruise on the local Dunedin tourist vessel, the Monarch. The evening cruise around Otago Harbour provided a great opportunity to see the beauty of the Dunedin's natural landscape as well as some well relaxation from hectic Term One studies.  Stu...
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• ALUMNI 2011: Leveraging experience

  MOVING FORWARD At the start of 2010 we undertook to contact as many Otago MBA alumni as possible. As a result, we produced this plan to develop the alumni network now and into the future. This is what alumni have told us they want to see: Protection and development of the Otago MBA brand Being kept up to date with cutting edge thinking and de...
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• Mentor Programme Launch 2011

  The Otago MBA Mentor Programme was launched for 2011 at the School of Business on Thursday 24 February.  The event was attended by students, their mentors, staff, alumni and guests from the Dunedin Business Community in the foyer of the department of Executive Programmes. Organiser of the Mentor Programme, MBA Business Networks Manager, Tris...
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• Pacific Fibre names MBA 26 Alum as CFO - charged with chasing $US350m

  Pacific Fibre has appointed its first CFO: Otago MBA 26 Alum, Michael Gleissner. Company co-founder Lance Wiggs told the National Business Review that Mr Gleissner would be "responsible for driving the process to raise the estimated US$350 million required to build the cable." Mr Gleissner comes to Pacific Fibre from Sealord Group,...
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• Alum, Foret named COO at Tactical Allocation Group LLC

  Otago MBA Alum, David Scott Foret has been named the new COO of Birmingham-based Tactical Allocation Group LLC, a registered investment advisor that specialises in using exchange-traded funds. Foret, who completed his Otago MBA in 2001, will also serve on the company's executive management committee. Foret, 41, had been director of oper...
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• Term One Timetable Released

  The Term One timetable for MBA35 was announced today and is available on the Otago MBA Live Timetable in Google Calendar. This is the first term of an improved curriculum announced in 2010 which sees the number of core papers condensed from 17 to 13. Term One subjects are Accounting, Organisationsational Leadership, Economics, Business L...
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• Student of the Year 2010

  “The Otago MBA kept us busy but occasional trips on the weekend kept us sane and allowed us to see some of this beautiful country” says Christan Bahler having arrived at the end of phase one of her studies that saw her classmates vote her Otago MBA 34 Student of the Year.  Bahler, who is originally from Indiana but worked for the ...
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• The Otago MBA for the local business professional

  Article by Lisa Dick published in the Otago Bulletin on 26 November: Cherie Wells credits her Otago MBA with fine-tuning her managerial skills and helping her move into her current management role. The Southern District Health Board CEO Support Manager is one of the faces of a campaign launching the new part-time Otago MBA to be offered by the Sch...
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