Business

The successful utilisation of new ideas is essential for a business to be able to improve its practices, generate new and improved products and services, and above all, to increase its efficiency and profitability. Researchers at the School of Business are highly experienced, and their research areas include sustainability, governance, commercial law, accounting and finance, business communication, market analytics, charities management, international trade, and project management. The school delivers a Bachelor of Applied Management and several graduate certificate programmes.

The Business team welcomes collaboration, so please don't hesitate to contact our Academic Research Leads:

Researchers and their research interests:

Rajbir Singh — Researches applied marketing research

Rajbir is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Business and teaches consumer behaviour, marketing planning and control, strategic marketing and international marketing. He also supervises capstone projects.

Jonathan Armougum — Researches human resource management

Jonathan Armougum is a Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator at the School of Business. He actively engages in research and teaches across a range of human resource management and leadership courses for the business undergraduate programmes. He also supervises capstone projects.

Renuka Narayan — Researches cooperative education

Renuka is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Business, Academic Lead (Student) and Capstone Project Coordinator and teaches tourism and hospitality, and communication and human resource management. She conducts research on cooperative education and work-integrated learning and has presented in academic conferences and research seminars in New Zealand and Australia.

Tom Vai Vai — Researches management accounting

Tom is a Lecturer at the School of Business and teaches accounting. He has presented a conference paper on the efficacy of business as usual management accounting reporting in supporting the adoption of project management methodologies for a small commercial developer.