Commerce Teachers' Day

Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School invites you and your colleagues to our free UC Commerce Teachers’ Day on Thursday 1 December 2022.

This is your opportunity to meet and connect with leading academics and industry partners who will provide insights into how sustainability is impacting businesses and industry. The day’s professional development programme will also offer you discussion and teaching ideas to take back to your classrooms.

The day's programme will include:

• An overview of the UC Business School and Q+A session with Russell Wordsworth: Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning
• the first opportunity to hear about the development of an online Economics Game aimed at secondary students and 1st Year Economics students
• 4 sessions from leading academics from the Business School on a range of topics (see below).
• Opportunities to visit the UC Trading Room and UC's Centre for Entrepreneurship.
• A visit to Kathmandu offices to hear from their business leaders on a range of topics including, product and brand development, promotional model, supply and demand case studies and the ESG (environmental sustainability and governance).

OPT-IN SESSIONS

Business Sustainability: Creating Social and Environmental Impact
Business thinking and practice is fast evolving--thinking beyond just profit, to really addressing the role of business in society today. This session explores the topic through a supply chain lens – the pandemic has taught us all how fragile supply chains are, and just how important they are to our daily lives! They’re even more important when we think about the role of businesses in creating a more sustainable future – both socially and environmentally.
Presenter: Prof Diane Mollenkopf

Doing Business in Bicultural NZ
This session asks attendees to consider how their multiple, varied and perhaps conflicting cultural perspectives are part of, similar to, and different from, those of mana whenua, Māori, tangata whenua, Aotearoa New Zealand, and international cultures. It takes a brief look at the role Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi has today and the relevance of that role for possible subject majors, as well as future possibilities for business and the economy.
Presenter: Matthew Scobie

Inflation
Seemingly banished for the last 30 years, inflation is now making a comeback all around the world. But why do we care about inflation? What causes inflation? Central banks are given the job of controlling inflation. How do they do this and have they messed it up this time around? Can we escape from the latest bout of inflation without an economic downturn?
Presenter: Stephen Hickson

Digital Transformation: Technology trends in companies and their (potential) impact on education
Companies are going through a 'second wave' of digital transformation, driven by the exponential growth in new technologies like blockchain, AI, automation and robotics. The first wave of digital transformation looked at how companies can invest in these technologies in order to remain competitive and thwart disruption. The second wave, however, is focused on how to capitalize on these technology investments. Many 'digital transformations' fail because inadequate investment was made in the people (employees), processes and organisational structure changes that needed to occur. People, in particular, plays a critical role in the success of digital transformation. This presentation looks at the 'people' component of digital transformation and the key part that education plays therein.
Presenter: Hamish Duff

All sessions and transport are free. The day is fully catered by Victoria Foods!

Get new ideas, inspiration and understanding to take back to your classroom.