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Re-conceiving management education: Artful teaching and learning
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
Artists derive inspiration from daily life. According to John Dewey, common experiences are transformed into works of art through a process of compression and expression. In this paper we adopt this frame, showing how it ...
Irony's architecture: Reflections on a photographic research project
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
This paper presents a research approach based on irony, rather than certainty. Using Richard Rorty's conception of irony, we contend that much traditional research in management presents a final language which is implicit ...
What lessons can we learn from Babe, a sheep-pig, about inter-cultural adaptation?
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
This paper examines the movie Babe to discuss inter-cultural adaptation strategies and the role that affection and trust plays in inter-cultural relations. Specifically this paper discusses these inter-cultural themes in ...
Tourist attraction? Or reverence – The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum. A case study of the tensions between intent and presentation
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
The military museum has in the last quarter of the 20th Century undergone a transformation in Western societies. The military museum has become less concerned with remembrance and more concerned with education and analysis. ...
The impact of The Warehouse on New Zealand small towns: A discussion paper with specific reference to Maori
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
This discussion paper is based on empirical material looking at the social impact of The Warehouse (TW) on small town NZ. The results of this research show that Māori have a more positive orientation to The Warehouse than ...
Power and multistakeholderism in internet global governance. Towards a synergetic theoretical framework
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
With the advancement of multistakeholder collaboration as a governance principle in theglobal Internet Governance, how to investigate the political process in a ‘shared power’environment emerges as a challenging methodological ...
Research based yet action oriented: Developing individual level enterprising competencies
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
This paper outlines an approach to teaching enterprising competencies in the university setting of Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. It is characterised by two features. First, it has an experiential component in ...
Home-based internet businesses as drivers of variety
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
The paper shows how and why Home-Based Internet Businesses are drivers of variety. This paper argues, by means of five theoretical perspectives, that because of the variety HBIBs generate, they contribute to the economy ...
Everyman with fangs: The acceptance of the modern vampire
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
The vampire, an enduring demon from the European middle ages has through the course of the 20th century undergone a journey of transformation. The journey of the beast describes a circle, starting and ending with the ...
A tiger by the tail: The artistry of crisis management
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
This paper explores the reasons for the failure of local and national leaders to adequately deal with the crisis that resulted from Hurricane Katrina September 2005. It is argued that the failure of instrumentality ...