SPECIAL EDITION: MASTER OF APPLIED MANAGEMENT
Editors: Dr Jerry Hoffman
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Special Edition 2021 - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Editors: Dr Jerry Hoffman, Dr Naveed ur Rehman
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A Content Analysis on Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Company's Focus to Emphasize Sustainable Plastic Packaging
Authors: Dilushan Dahanayake, Christine Yiqing Liang
The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry is a heavy user of single-use plastic (SUP) for their packaging. SUP usually requires fossil fuel resources to produce and can often end up degrading into harmful pollutants in the marine and terrestrial environments. This research explored whether FMCG companies taking initiatives to eliminate the use of single-use plastic.
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An exploratory study about the effectiveness of ISO 9001 certification in New Zealand
Authors: Chao Liu, Chandra Sharma Poudyal
This study aims to explore the effectiveness of ISO 9001 certification in the improvement of manufacturers’ performance in New Zealand.
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The impulse-buying behaviour of working women purchasing clothing in New Zealand
Authors: Nelum W. Arulalan , Alison Fields
This paper examines the impulse-buying behaviour of working women purchasing clothing in New Zealand. The main factors considered which have an interrelationship with impulse-purchasing clothing, and may affect this behaviour, are: age, emotional state, store environment, and sales and promotions.
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FEASIBILITY MODEL FOR SOLAR-POWERED CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING SETUPS
Authors: Naveed ur Rehman, Max Yap, Mujaddad Afzal, Abdul Rehman and Christopher Horasia
With the world today facing many challenges at many levels (political, economic, social, environmental), educational institutions around the globe continue to weave the rich, multicoloured fabric of cultures, languages and identities.
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Re-conceptualising identity, belonging and approaches to teaching through global vision
Authors: Galina Stebletsova
With the world today facing many challenges at many levels (political, economic, social, environmental), educational institutions around the globe continue to weave the rich, multicoloured fabric of cultures, languages and identities.
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Dynamics of Group Decision Making
Authors: Anton Garnyk and Claudia Gonnelli
Group decision-making (GDM) is a multi-faceted complex process. Every group member contributes to the decision-making (DM) dynamics and affects the final decision.
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Blended teaching and learning in Tertiary Education with Google Classroom
Authors: Clare E. Thomas
This study explored participants’ experiences of tertiary Foundation Level 3 teachers and students transitioning to a blended learning environment with the introduction of a Learning Management System, Google Classroom and Google Suite for Education.
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Lying down as a patient: An autoethnographic inquiry of role-play simulation
Authors: Anuradha Chendanda-Ganeshkumar
Simulations are tools that have been integral part of education. They can be used as teaching-learning tools or also for assessment. Simulations have become an important and essential part of medicine and nursing education (Aebersold & Tschsnnen, 2013) and is an essential tool for training student nurses before facing the real clinical setting. Simulations can be set-up using artificial manikins, simulators and by role-playing.
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Customers perception towards (digital) internet banking in New Zealand
Authors: Vinod Surendran, Sanjeev Acharya
This study investigates various service quality dimensions that influence the customers' perception of digital banking in New Zealand using a quantitative approach. The data for the study is collected using structured questionnaires from 304 participants residing in New Zealand. It used correlation, ANOVA, multiple regression and Kruskal Wallis’ test to analyse the effect of different quality dimensions of customers perception. The research found that the speed of transactions and accessibility were the most significant variables that positively affect the customers' satisfaction. The findings from this study can be beneficial for the banks, other financial institutions, and the central bank while formulating various financial policies and strategies on digital banking and achieve higher customers satisfaction.
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What does a student bubble look like? Understanding students’ lived experience in a public health emergency
Authors: Campbell B Macgregor, Alison Stewart, Karen Harvey, Pavitra Dhamija and Mary Cooper.
With New Zealand’s first case of COVID-19 on 26 February 2020, our government and organisations were forced to respond rapidly. Everyone in the country, including more than 390,000 tertiary students, had to apply the public health directives to their own home environments and cope as best they could with the unprecedented limitations to contact, movement and daily activities. A growing number of studies are beginning to supply a picture of what this meant for households and what their ‘bubbles’ looked like. What has not so far been investigated is what a student bubble looked like - that is, where students share accommodation with other students, and not family members or friends/flatmates who are not studying themselves. The study described in this paper includes responses from 2125 students across New Zealand via an online survey. When compared to household bubbles in general, student bubbles were found to have more members but fewer essential workers. There were also variations between domestic and international student bubbles, according to age and ethnicity. It is hoped that understanding the characteristics of student bubbles will assist New Zealand institutes to finetune responses to any return to Alert Levels 3 or 4, should this be necessary. The study also identifies where further research into students’ experiences and responses is needed.
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Upskilling Engineers For Freelancing – Economic And Social Dynamics
Authors: Dr Naveed ur Rehman, Rehan Masood and Max Yap
Typically, an engineer’s career involves working in an organization. These organizations can be profit-oriented, for example, a mechanical engineer working in the automotive industry to conduct safety tests on newly developed car chassis; or non-profit oriented organisation, for example, a civil engineer working for a city council to design and supervise the operation of municipal infrastructure
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Learning Through Lockdown
Authors: Andrea Potts and Galina Stebletsova (New Zealand Skills and Education College)
Covid-19 has had a significant impact on teaching and learning, forcing transition of a traditional classroom to an online one and enabling educational thought on how all parties can effectively engage in teaching and learning online. Maintaining student and teacher confidence to engage in learning and learning relationships during this unique period, has reflected challenges and opportunities. Online learning during this time has been critical to ensure access, continuity, and student achievement. It has, therefore, become a necessity for teachers to have knowledge of effective online delivery practices, such as the ability to weave pedagogy and technology, to have successful outcomes for students and ensure continuity of learning.
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