October 2010
33 posts
Reviews: FAREWELL Review →
I heard a review of this movie on the radio. I’d like to view it.
Anyone old enough to remember the end of the Cold War, has fond memories of the Berlin wall coming down, epitomized by Ronald Reagan’s “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” speech. Farewell tells the little known fact of where it all began. It wasn’t by the cowboy president or Mitterrand. It began...
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“Remember Stravinsky’s advice: the most important utensil of the composer...”
– Biography of Alexander Tcherepnin by Phillip Ramey
An admonishment to an aspiring student of composer-pianist Alexander Tcherepnin.
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In search of optimality: A re-cast
I’ve renamed my blog to ‘in search of optimality’ from ‘in search of excellence’.
My recent reconnection with systems modelling reminded me that many, many years ago I wrote a report ‘In search of optimality: a systems technologist goes east’ (Extracts summarised in Mellalieu, 1985). The report detailed the interesting learnings I had identified based on...
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Poglossary: Definitions and concepts
POGLOSSARY
po 1. An idea that moves thinking forward to a new place from where new ideas or solutions may be found. The term was created by Edward de Bono as part of a lateral thinking technique to suggest forward movement, that is, making a statement then exploring where it leads. Po is an extraction from words such as hypothesis, suppose, possible and poetry, all of which indicate forward...
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“Thank you so much for this superb post. [On choosing to teach]...”
– A comment by Janey Nolan on http://www.ethosconsultancynz.com/profiles/blogs/on-choosing-to-teach-a?commentId=4856488%3AComment%3A2518&xg_source=msg_com_blogpost
Refers to my posting: On choosing to teach: A professor reflects...
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“How Did I Play?” First GarageBand taught you how to play. Now it tests your...”
– Image by Getty Images via @daylife
Apple - GarageBand - Learn about Flex Time and other new features. [in Macintosh iLife 11]
Now this is cool! I will find this very, very useful. And the new iMovie has some great new features: Advanced audio editing. Most interestingly, the face identification...
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Ceredigion County Council - Anderson 100 box... →
Anderson 100 box butter churn at Felin Fach Creamery, Wales. (n.d.). Ceredigion County Council. Retrieved October 17, 2010, from http://pilgrim.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2310
“Join the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL)...”
– ABSEL | Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning
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I am a management scientist! Re-optimising a...
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Following a chance meeting with a distant friend and former colleague, I’ve been re-connecting with my former life as a management scientist a.k.a. operational researcher. Accordingly, I’m reviewing some ‘found object’ textbooks in my library. I particular, I am enjoying reading Maani and Cavana’s (2000) introductory text on systems thinking and...
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“We have long been concerned that traditional management science textbooks have...”
– Hillier, F., Hillier, M., & Lieberman, G. (2000). Introduction to Management Science: A Modeling & Case Studies Approach. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
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Hillier, F., & Hillier, M. (2007). Introduction to Management Science: a modelling and case study approach (3rd ed.)....
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“The human mind can deal only with a limited degree of complexity. As the number...”
– Maani, K. E., & Cavana, R. Y. (2000). Systems Thinking and Modelling: Understanding Change and Complexity (1st ed.). Pearson Education New Zealand. Ch. 3, p. 54.
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The Anderson Box Butter Churn at Mercury Bay...
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New Zealand is one of the major international traders of dairy products. However, the industry had small commercial prospects until the advent of refrigerated shipping enabled substantial exports to be made the hemisphere’s distance to England. Exports from NZ had commenced in 1862. However, the first experimental shipment of refrigerated exports to England did not...
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“If they don’t learn how we teach them, can we teach them the way they learn?” - Dr Harry Chasty
Last night we ran a professional development session for staff at Unitec on “understanding dyslexia”. The aim of the workshop was to raise awareness of the needs of dyslexic students in mainstream…
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“An unexpected benefit of foreign ownership [of New Zealand land] might be that...”
– Morgan, G. (2010, October 12). Selling land could unearth a pot of gold. The New Zealand Herald, B2. Auckland, NZ.
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On choosing to teach: a professor reflects (Part...
In mid-1987 I received a telephone call from a university in New Zealand inviting me to take up a teaching position. I was working out the end of my employment with a high-tech systems company in Belgium. The call from the Dean of the Faculty of Business was timely. I recall investigating another position in systems engineering at New Zealand’s principal telecommunications provider.
After...
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“I completed a strengths test to discover that … ‘learning’ was...”
– Irving, D. (2010, June). Surviving retirement. Unlimited, (122), 72-73.
David Irving was Chief Executive Officer of Heinz Watties during a period of innovation and growth in the 1980s-1990s. He was founding executive-in-residence of the University of Auckland Business School...
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“The true test of genius is the ability to bequeath an impressive and influential...”
– Blurb for: Origins of genius: Darwinian … - Google Books
Simonton, D. K. (1999). Origins of genius: Darwinian perspectives on creativity. Oxford University Press.
Strengths-based professional development in an... →
Engaging a student-directed ‘living curricula’: Progress results and reflections from introducing strengths-based professional development in an international business school How do teachers…
September 2010
36 posts
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A week of 'Activation': Z-lots in action
This last week [through to Aug 28] was intended to illustrate the StrengthsFinder talent theme of ‘Activation’. Starting new journeys. So what happened?
Tuesday
Z-lot student team presented an Enterprise in Action workshop forming part of the teaching and learning for BSNS 5391 Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
I raised my hand to chair the first meeting for establishing and ...
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Becoming a creative-ideator: A DIEP reflection
D-Describe
Last week, I introduced my innovation and entrepreneurship students to practical creative thinking skills. Concurrently, I demonstratred the ALAPA teaching process model used by Quinn, Faerman et al in my favourite management educational text, ‘The Master Manager: A Competency Framework’
I implemented my aims through:
Reminding students of the crucial importance of...
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Past glory: Unitec captures honors at New Zealand...
UNITEC CAPTURES HONORS AT NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP
Auckland, August 11, 2002 – A team of student entrepreneurs from UNITEC’s Master of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MBIE) beat four other universities to win the SIFE New Zealand National Champion at the Inaugural Qantas SIFE New Zealand National Championship on August 10 in Auckland, qualifying to compete...
