On 1 April 2011 a number of amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000 came into force: By Shelly Eden

On 1 April 2011 a number of amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000 came into force. These included new process requirements in relation to disciplinary action and dismissal. Please read more here from Shelly thanks to Shieff Angland (DOCS-#804021-v1-Re_Source_July). Shelly Eden is Senior Associate for Shieff Angland. Shelly teaches Employment Relations and Employment Relations and Legislation in the […]

Forum for the Future 2011 – Enriching Maori Entrepreneurship – www.forumforthefuture.unitec.ac.nz (Thursday August 4)

Kia ora tatou For your information. Please see the link below for Forum for the Future 2011 – Enriching Maori Entrepreneurship. I have organized the topic and the panelists. Date: Thursday August 4 Venue: Unitec Theatre, Department of Performing and Screen Arts, Entry 1, Carrington Road, Mt Albert (view map) Arrive: at 6pm for a 6.30pm […]

Dr Ken Simpson has been appointed to the NZQA Organisational Direction and Strategy (ODS) Strategic Review Panel

Dr Ken Simpson of the DoMM has been appointed to the NZQA Organisational Direction and Strategy (ODS) Strategic Review Panel. Well done Ken Simpson

Predicting success, excellence, and retention from students' early course performance

  DOMM Associate Professor Peter Mellalieu will be travelling to San Francisco, Boston and Miami: 21 July – 4 August 2011. As part of his journey he is presenting two papers at: XXIX International Conference of the International Council for Higher Education. The conference theme is Innovation and Development in Higher Education, Miami/Ft Lauderdale. http://icie.net/v2/miami.php […]

Greening your business with Enterprise GreenWorks™

Change in New Zealand sectoral greenhouse gas emissions 1990 − 2007. Image via Wikipedia Unitec students and staff have embarked on an innovative programme focussed on helping medium and small enterprise owners advance their journey towards ‘greening the business’. Every two weeks from August, business owners from Rosebank Business Association are invited to participate in […]

The Living Curriculum at the DoMM. An Open Discussion Facilitated by Steve Barnett

Last evening 20 people engaged in spirited conversation about radically different ways to manage learning. Not so radical if you teach on a high school YES programme already, but radical for most secondary and tertiary teachers. Thanks to Rob Ayres (Te Puna Ako) and Yong Liu (Tech wiz & camera operator) the conversation was webcast […]

Breathing life into the Living Curriculum – Tonite at the DOMM

In that same Living curriculum vein, it’s not too late to decide to join the Conversation “Breathing life into the “Living Curriculum”” which is all set to happen tonight 5:00pm -7:00pm. 16 people have RSVPd that they will be there. Anticipating a few “door sales” we have catered for 20. We thought that a dozen would be a […]

The winners of the inaugural Creative Effectiveness Lions, announced in Cannes on Saturday evening, are now available to browse on warc.com.

Walker’s Sandwich, developed by AMV BBDO London, won the Grand Prix for a campaign utilising celebrity branding and event marketing that increased the PepsiCo snack brand’s revenue by 26%. The other winners were: . There’s a McDonald’s for everyone (Leo Burnett London). . The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (W+K Portland for Old Spice). […]

DoMM Rosebank Road Visit: 21 June 2011

Today the staff of the DoMM toured the Rosebank Road with the Business Association. This is an annual event to interact with local business and chat about current issues. We visited the following business. The day is always incredibly insightful and enjoyable. Time Business Address Host   9.30 am   The Bed Factory (REST)   […]