Browsing Management and Marketing Conference Papers by Author "47605"
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Developing a Conceptual Business Model for a Sustainable Eco-System.
Bhat, Ravi; Nel, Pieter (Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 2014)The paper focuses on developing a strategic financial business model for the purpose of creating a sustainable forest ecosystem for CUE Haven, a farmland property located at Kaipara north of Auckland. The paper commences ... -
The future of organizational design
Nel, Pieter; Little, Graham (2014-02)To build anything to an excellent standard demands first we clearly see in mind how to build it to an excellent standard. That is the quality with which we build anything which again depends on the quality of our design ... -
HR practitioners’ contribution to business excellence: results spanning a quarter of a century in New Zealand
Nel, Pieter; Fourie, Leon (Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) is publishing partner with EBSCO Publishing., 2013)Competent managers and human resource (HR) practitioners play a pivotal role in the success of any business. This includes a variety of business functions that ought to he identified and managed to add value to the bottom-line ... -
Immigrant entrepreneurs and their perceived success in small retail businesses : preliminary New Zealand findings
Nel, Pieter; Abdullah, M.A. (World Business Institute, 2016-02)As international migration continues to be a significant force in globalization, some migrants are forced by circumstances to migrate. Others are attracted by the prospects of greater economic, social, and educational ... -
Immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia : an exploratory study on their business success and prospects in small retail business
Abdullah, M.A.; Nel, Pieter; Mellalieu, Peter; Thaker, Asmy (Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship, Research Exchange, Queensland University of Technology, 2016-02)It is commonly agreed that international migration is as old as human history. International migration also continues to define and reshape nations as well as affecting the culture and daily life of many people. While it ... -
International human resource management in the context of human capital of multi-national organizations in Laos
Nel, Pieter; Sisavath, Mingkhouankham (Global Business and Technology Association, 2010-07)Human resources is one of the key assets of organizations at both national and international levels and suggests that it becomes more complex once an organization is operating across borders. This research project was ... -
Management Development Practices in New Zealand: Some Longitudinal Comparisons between 2007 and 2011
Nel, Pieter; Ruth, Damian; San Diego, Jojo (2012)The core research question is whether there are differences between management development (MD) activities for a sample of private sector organisations in New Zealand (NZ) on a comparative basis for 2007 and 2011 as it is ... -
New Zealand HR Employee Communication: Comparing 2000 and 2010 Empirical Results with Forecasts for 2020
Nel, Pieter (2012-11)Businesses in New Zealand demands high quality and cost effective products and services to remain locally and internationally competitive. This process includes competent managers and human resource (HR) practitioners who ... -
Organising the human resources function to harness future opportunities: survey results of 2010 forecasted for 2020
de Wet Fourie, Leon; Nel, Pieter (2013)Some contemporary approaches for HR practitioners are identified in this paper in order to make use of human resources (HR) functions as a source of competitive advantage to add value to organisations. A survey was executed ... -
The roles, goals and activities of employers and HR practitioners in New Zealand for organisations to be successful and competitive: empirical evidence from a longitudinal study
Du Plessis, Andries; Fourie, Leon; Nel, Pieter (Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) is publishing partner with EBSCO Publishing., 2013)This research considers the role, activities and contribution of HR and managers in six closely related themes that should be addressed to maintain high workplace productivity in a complex business environment in which ... -
SHRM and capacity building and its impact on management employees in foreign companies in Laos
Lockyer, Alan; Nel, Pieter; Vilayvong, Sonethavy (2016-11)Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) in capacity building can enhance the capabilities of an organisations’ workforce, which is a key value in achieving high levels of productivity. In the Laos Peoples Democratic ... -
Similarities in Developing Business Relationships in Collectivist Societies of Emerging Economies in China and India
Bhat, Ravi; Zhu, Yunxia; Nel, Pieter (2012)Relationship building has become increasingly important for cross-cultural management as many countries regularly do business across boarders. Current research findings in this regard have so far primarily focused on ... -
Social media usage by academics : some comparisons from a developing country and developed countries’ perspectives
Nel, Pieter (World Business Institute, 2016-02)Academics and students across the globe are increasingly using social media and social connections for educational purposes. This paper focusses on a comparison of particular countries regarding the use of social media in ... -
The two Malaysia Airlines disasters in 2014: Lessons for airline management in a global context.
Nel, Pieter (2014)This paper outlines some lessons for airline management from the two unrelated Malaysia Airlines (MA) tragedies that happened within 131 days. These shocking events resulted in MA management’s perhaps ineffective efforts ... -
The use of e-recruiting methods: are they in a vogue and effective? Some views
Nel, Pieter; Du Plessis, Andries; Marriott, Jeff; Mathew, Ashish (2007)Previously a person applied for a job using the traditional method of sending a posted résumé which took days if not weeks to return with an answer. Times have changed and the era of electronic recruitment is alive and ... -
Using eLearning, blended learning and digital literacy to improve student engagement and retention
Du Plessis, Andries; Young, Curtis; Nel, Pieter (Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 2015-12)CAA is New Zealand’s largest private tertiary education provider for the hairdressing, makeup and beauty therapy industries. CAA was used as a case study to assess the viability of eLearning innovation, using a phenomenological ...