Business and economics news

Postgrad degree boosts career prospects

AUT Business School’s new one-year Master of Business Management opens up options for graduates wanting to move into a rewarding career in management.

Bachelor of Business undergoes refresh

AUT’s reshaped Bachelor of Business lets students build an engaging, multidisciplinary programme of study focused on future capabilities and social impact.

Working 4-day weeks for 5 days' pay?

A four-day week trial showed that if workers have more control over their job, they feel and perform better.

Alumna’s internship experience in Taiwan

Leanne Ho, a Bachelor of Business graduate, recently had the opportunity to do an internship in Taiwan.

Seeing leadership in action

The successful Shadow a Leader programme matches year 13 and AUT business or law students with a business leader. Recent participants share their feedback.

Four-day work week gets the tick

AUT researcher runs the research ruler over a company’s trial of a four-day working week and finds it measures up.

Advice from scholarship winner

We catch up with Bachelor of Business student Louis Martin who has won the Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia to intern in Singapore.

Develop a career with purpose

A rewarding career can grow from finding an employer who matches your own personal values, says AUT Business School’s Dr Margie Elley-Brown.

Leading the next generation

Mixing the generations for leadership lessons during AUT’s Shadow a Leader day.

Striving to make algorithms fair

AUT Centre for Social Data Analytics co-director Rhema Vaithianathan spoke to science journal Nature about algorithms, bias and fairness.