Somewhat unexpectedly, the Dean, “Barry Spicer”:http://staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/b.spicer sent out an email to the faculty about “Changes at the Graduate School of Business”. I say unexpectedly, because tucked at the end of the email was the following: bq. *Peter Smith*, presently Lecturer in Strategy in the Department of Management and Employment Relations, will take over the role …
Since I’ve just finished marking my share of the _MGMT 101 Organisation & Management_ examination scripts, I thought I’d put my reflections down whilst they are fresh in my mind. Overall, it was a disappointing experience. The quality of the handwriting (which made the scripts hard to read), the quality of the grammar (which made …
I think the students sit their final examination tomorrow. And so Friday and Monday will be taken up with exam marking. The team will be ‘locked up’ and not allowed out until it is finished. But we have already begun planning for next year. I’ll be teaching this course at summer school. Since summer school …
One of the more difficult things to do when carrying out research is to negotiate entry into a research site (especially when carrying out case research, which is what I hope to do). Fortunately, “Nigel Haworth”:http://staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/nhaworth provided me with an introduction to the Chairman of my ‘ideal’ participant organisation. So today, I met with the …
Most of the marking of the Case and Annotated Bibliographies are done. We, DPE, will meet next week to review the marks before releasing them. Unsurprisingly some are very good, and some are not. What is surprising is the patterns that we’ve seen occurring in the cases and bibliographies. Firstly, the members of each team …
It’s been another three months since I last saw the doctor, so it was time for a check up today. My blood pressure is better, only 120/86. I’d like the second figure should be lower, say 70, but it continues to head in the right direction. I?ve only lost 3Kg in the last three months. …