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PROFESSOR MARK HARCOURT
Mark has studied some of New Zealand’s best known organisations – turnover at the Bank of
New Zealand, stress at the Reserve Bank, commitment at the Police and Fire services and occupational
overuse syndrome at BRANZ. Mark teaches leaders how to handle their staff well – in good times and
in bad. He covers the legal requirements of HR: practical ways of dealing with issues, methods of staff
assessment, and how to successfully integrate people management.
DR HEATHER CONNOLLY
Dr Heather Connolly is a lecturer in the Department of Strategy and Human Resource Management.
Her academic and research interests revolve round strategy and knowledge sharing, and transfer
mechanisms as they relate to organisational governance and management. In her recently co-authored
book –
Addicted to Performance
– Heather examines the challenge that leaders have today as they are
trapped in the pursuits of the efficiencies necessary to satisfy society’s addition to “more-for-less”.
PROFESSOR HOWARD DAVEY
Howard’s teaching focuses on external reporting, financial analysis and performance, as well as
covering important aspects of auditing, taxation and triple bottom line reporting. He has a knack for
turning the traditionally challenging topic of accounting into something interesting and exciting by using
case studies to demonstrate how accounting can add value to business decision-making.
DR STEVEN LIM
Steven teaches Managerial Economics. His involvement with business and research in Asia means that
what he teaches is real, fresh and relevant. In Asia he has led many training courses and his contacts
there mean Corporate & Executive Education participants have opportunities to work with him on
research projects focussed on the region. Alongside his consulting work, Steven has researched health
issues, the Chinese economy, and the social impacts of migrating populations.
Corporate
&
Executive Education programmes are developed and taught by a combination of senior Waikato
Management School faculty and contracted professionals who give a practical, relevant and insightful perspective
to learning. Each faculty member is a distinguished scholar, highly regarded teacher and business consultant.
TEACHING FACULTY
DR RON McDOWALL
Ron is a fellow of IPENZ, NZIM and is a Chartered Professional Engineer. His professional activities
involve research and teaching in sustainability design, complexity, decision and judgment. He has more
than 30 years of industrial consulting, engineering and management experience with many industry
sector groups.
PROFESSOR DAVID McKIE
David teaches leadership and strategic communication. He has authored or co-authored five books
on leadership and communication. He has consulted in New Zealand and overseas and run leadership
and development courses for such leading Asian and Australian organisations as Blueprint, Fonterra,
Healthcare NZ, Intervet, NZ Logistics, New Zealand Police, Opus, Sri Lanka Insurance, Waikato Chiefs,
Waikato Health, Telecom, Te Pou, and Zespri.
