Commerce teacher resources

Resources to help your students successfully transition to university study.

Minister of Finance answers high school students' Budget 2020 questions

In June 2020, Hon Grant Robertson, New Zealand’s Minister of Finance, sat down with Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Wellington School of Business and Government, Professor Ian Williamson, to discuss the 2020 Budget and answer questions submitted by high school students from across New Zealand.

Resource kit

• pdf895KBResources for secondary commerce teachers—thanks to Jan Stewart from Student Learning Services for providing practical information and insight into preparing students for the university transition.
• How to create a study routine for university—A module to work through with your students when discussing time management.
• pdf588KBHow students learn—Research commissioned by Wellington School of Business and Government examining the range of ways in which students learn.
• pdf1MBAcademic writing skills booklet—Some of the basic skills needed to write at the university level, regardless of the type of assignment.

Professional development workshops

Wellington School of Business and Government hosts professional development workshops for secondary school commerce teachers, with sessions that cover a range of business disciplines and topics.

Below are some of the presentations from previous Commerce Teachers Professional Development Days.

2019 presentations

• pdf192.1KBAssociate Prof Dan Laufer: Communicating with the media during a crisis
• pdf2.8MBProfessor Ian Ball: Public sector accounting—boring to the power of two?
• pdf1.9MBProfessor Ian Williamson: Managing tomorrow's workforce
• pdf1.8MBJane Fletcher: Pathways and employment trends
• pdf808.9KBMelissa van Rensburg: The economical and fiscal implications of an ageing population
• pdf3.2MBNeil Paviour-Smith: What can we make of the uncertain world we are in?
• pdf4.3MBProfessor Karen Smith: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Who Cares?
• pdf6.9MBBrett Hoskin, Clemenger BBDO: Creatures of the creative economy

2018 presentations

• pdf2.2MBProf Ian Williamson: Doing business in South East Asia and Latin America: leadership challenges and opportunities
• pdf1.9MBGrace Campbell-Macdonald: Living standards framework
• pdf1.5MBDr Jan Feld: Modern empirical econometrics
• pdf1.5MBProf Norman Gemmell: Are the poor getting poorer? (and the rich getting richer?)
• pdf2.3MBAssociate Prof Todd Bridgman: Why we need new histories of management
• pdf6.0MBDr Sendirella George: Contemporary accounting education—the universe of all possible accountings
• pdf322.2KBDr Allan Sylvester: Using data science principles for developing business students' critical thinking skills
• pdf1.3MBDr Noelle Donnelly: Progressing gender equity in the workplace—what needs to happen?
• pdf1.6MBJessica Smith: The Māori economy
• pdf4.7MBMāori economy investor guide

2017 presentations

• pdf414.3KBProf Ian Williamson: Leading an innovation agenda in education
• pdf633.7KBStefan Korn: Entrepreneurs are everywhere
• pdf422.7KBProf Lisa Marriott: Tax evasion and welfare fraud—what's the difference?
• pdf513.3KBDr Tony Burton: Living standards framework
• pdf658.2KBProf Bill Tomlinson: Information systems, sustainability, and global disruption
• pdf881.1KBProf Brad Jackson: Putting leadership in its place
• pdf322.2KBDr Allan Sylvester: Using data science principles for developing business students' critical thinking skills