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Sonoscopia: HGAF 2018
No full textReworked performance version for HGAF 2018.
Slightly re-orchestrated for new ensemble.
Sonoscopia explores the relationship between what we see and what we hear. Live art and orchestral music take our senses from a single musical note and point of light to an opulent cacophony.
Through melodies and abstraction, Sonoscopia is a creative journey of sight and sound.
Indulge your eyes with projections and live painting by artist Paul Bradley. Nine prominent Waikato musicians will perform contemporary music and soundscapes composed by Dr Jeremy Mayall.
Commission from Orchestras Central
Collaboration with Paul Bradley
45min work for chamber orchestra and electronic
Earth: On the threshold of the sun
No full textEarth.
Powerful, grounded, dense sounds. An extended long-form crescendo.
Percussion (live and synthetic). Bass. Repeated patterns.
On the Threshold of the Sun is a live multimedia experience in four distinct, but interconnected parts. These parts will be created live at dawn and dusk of the two Saturdays of the festival, and explore four different spaces within the themed gardens. This will be a transcendental experience exploring the luminous threshold as the sun rises and interrupts the darkness, and conversely when the day gives way to the stars. The ensemble will take the audience on a journey with projections mapped to highlight architectural features of each garden we explore.
Primarily exploring the shift from darkness into light, and then from light into darkness. We collectively uncover what these states may sound like, and how to approach that shift from an artistic, dramatic and performance perspective. The move between these states will probably be different each time – truly created in response to the environment (both natural and man made) at the time and place of performance.
Dr. Mesmer's Private Army is a multimedia performance ensemble with Jeremy Mayall, Kent Macpherson, Paul Bradley, and Yotam Levy. If you have never experienced Dr. Mesmer's Private Army in concert (such as the 2017 HGAF performance of "TO SLEEP"), then don't miss this opportunity to have 'an experience like no other'
Topical issues and good practice: Balancing expectations
Get PDFBackground: As the tertiary sector continue to explore how we merge theoretical knowledge gained in academic studies to workplace experiences we have the delicate balance of managing expectations of students, academic supervisors and industry.
Wintec, Centre for Business, Information Technology and Enterprise acknowledges the evolving adoption of new and old practices that seek to inform the collaborative learning that takes place as part of the Co-operative Education Project. Students undertaking the Bachelor of Applied Management and allied Graduate Diploma programme are required to complete work experience and a research project in their final year of study.
The intention among other benefits, is to expose students to real life experiences and replace class room learning with workplace learning spaces. The tertiary establishment gains an opportunity to develop and maintain stronger connections with industry, while understanding industry needs which assist in planning and developing curriculum. Industry have an opportunity to contribute to growing future leaders, while utilising the process as a recruitment strategy among other benefits.
Issues or unique features: This paper will touch on managing the expectations of students, academic supervisors and industry. It will highlight the benefits of gaining feedback and open to evolving practices to accommodate the changing needs of the various parties.
Discussion:
• The benefits of relationship management.
• Examples of feedback.
• Adopting a culture of evolution and change.
Implications/relevance to others in WIL: With change can come unsettledness or curiosity and excitement
Comprehensive learning incorporating Ako – a tertiary education approach at Wintec
Get PDFThis article outlines the design and implementation of a scenario-based approach to teaching and learning in tertiary education, inspired from Ako, adopted at the Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec). This learning approach, titled ‘Comprehensive Learning (CL)’, aligns with the holistic objective of enabling students with an active, flexible, personalised, authentic and practical approach to learning that builds upon students’ interests and experiences. The article explains the motivation and the process used in creating and applying this approach to teach some of the IT and Business modules. The main reason to implement this approach is to encourage/enable critical thinking while learning in a continuous and personalised manner. CL allows students to specialize in a context of their choice, which in turn induces learning. In addition, students are less motivated to plagiarize due to the unique nature of their scenarios, and inherent safeguards present within the approach
In The Winter Mist
No full textRecorded live at the The Te Pahu Sound Lounge.
Dr. Mesmer's Private Army present a new multimedia journey - "In the Winter Mist" - exploring the icy sounds of winter, including rain, glaciers, and the sound of ice formations that provide an exciting starting point for this new collective work.
Originally conceived as a live performance ensemble, this group usually creates long-form improvisations in conjunction with live multimedia projection art.
released July 28, 2018
Dr Mesmer's Private Army are:
Yotam Levy - cello
Kent Macpherson - octave guitar, synths, electronics, textures
Jeremy Mayall - keyboards, electronics, textures
and
Paul Bradley - visual
Kicking hornets nests: An occupational hazard
Get PDFThis poster reflects on an innovative process used to review an existing NZNO publication: “Social media and the nursing profession: a guide to online professionalism for nurses and nursing students” (2012) and considers how the process disrupted the dominant professional voice that is a characteristic of publications by an influential author such as NZNO
How to use social media to target Hamilton Chinese females to a Cue store
Get PDFA review of Cue store’s SWOT analysis shows that this brand has outstanding reputation and quality, but its pricing strategy and the clothing industry competition have limited its market share in Hamilton. Recently, social media has developed rapidly, which is an effective channel to target Chinese female customers. Over the past ten years or so, there have been more Chinese immigrants coming to New Zealand, including Hamilton. The research aim is to understand the social media influences on clothing consumption behaviour of Chinese women in Hamilton, and to investigate the potential for Cue store to use social media to target Chinese female customers in Hamilton. WeChat was identified as the most popular social media, with 95% of Chinese females using it for online orders and payments to purchase clothes. This study indicated that the design and quality of clothes and convenient social media channels are the two main factors that influence Chinese women to make shopping decisions. Therefore, while Cue maintains the advantages of design and quality, using WeChat can effectively attract more Chinese female customers. Another recommendation is to add WeChat payment function in the Cue store and use WeChat for advertising and promotion. The mobile app is a trend of online sales in the fashion industry.
This research will lead to an understanding of the factors affecting the turnover rate of MasterHouse through secondary research, then researchers will collect data through quantitative research, and develop a strategic plan for MasterHouse to reduce employee turnover. The researcher will use questionnaires to investigate the HR strategies of MasterHouse and employees’ views on MasterHouse current HR process and policies.
This research will involve five factors that affect employee turnover rate: Long-term relationships, benchmark, work-life balance, talent management, rewards and motivation. The researcher then connected and compared survey results with information in the literature and developed a practical plan for MasterHouse to reduce employee turnover rate
Working collaboratively in Hospice and palliative care: Sharing time (Doctoral thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/11587
Get PDFPalliative care is the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual care of people with a life-limiting illness (Palliative Care Subcommittee, 2007). As a health care service, palliative care advocates for a holistic multidisciplinary approach. While service delivery is certainly multidisciplinary, whether health professionals working in New Zealand palliative care services practice collaboratively, and in what form that collaboration takes, is unknown. Collaborative practice can be difficult to achieve, as traditionally trained health professionals are more accustomed to working alongside each other, rather than together (Herbert, 2005; Herbert et al., 2007). Gaining further knowledge about what is occurring in practice is important when, driven by international workforce shortages and an increasing complexity of health care, the World Health Organisation (WHO) (WHO & Health Professions Network Nursing and Midwifery Office: Department of Human Resources for Health, 2010) has called for interprofessional education and collaborative practice across all areas of health care.
Glaserian grounded theory methodology has been used to examine the area of interest which is, ‘What is the main concern of health professionals working collaboratively in palliative care (with colleagues and patients) and how do they manage that?’ A total of 25 interviews were undertaken with 23 participants, across professional disciplines, working in palliative care services within the North Island of New Zealand. Through an iterative process of constant comparative analysis and conceptualisation, using memoing, key concepts, and abstracting categories, a theory emerged. The theory of Sharing Time explained the social process of how health professionals working collaboratively in palliative care facilitated collaboration, while managing their main concern. Sharing Time is both an interactive participatory process and an outcome.
The main concern of possessorship, is defined as having possession of a tangible commodity or having a need to have possession of an intangible commodity, that has the potential to impact patient care when not shared. Sharing Time occurs when health professionals purposefully make time, take time, find time, and spend time in their workday for and with each other, to share further, and facilitate collaboration. Sharing Time occurs through purposeful connecting and finding common ground. Integrated by reciprocity this theory is mutually beneficial to all involved as there is an exchange of a commodity, such as equipment or information, which improves patient care.
This research also discovered that health professionals Sharing Time are facilitating collaboration by situating this strategy in a middle ground. Moving outside of this middle ground, where there is too much or too little Sharing Time, continues the main concern of possessorship rather than manages it, which adds barriers to collaboration. The theory of Sharing Time has potential value for all health professionals working in palliative care, as it facilitates collaboration and promotes further sharing. Collaboration and managing possessorship promotes a safer work environment
Emerging role of inventory management at a liquor store in New Zealand
Get PDFInventory management has different applications as per the business model. However, it all boils down to reconciliation of stock, forecasting demand trends and accordingly placing orders so that you never run out of stock. In this research, discussion will be based on a small business model, ‘Thirsty Liquor’, a retail liquor store located in Hamilton, New Zealand. Liquor businesses always face competitive competition as the demand is constant and liquor is available in supermarkets and in a variety of liquor stores. This research focuses on the emerging role of inventory management and the problems faced by the business in implementing this system. For this research, qualitative methods were used and interviews were conducted to gain first-hand information. Personal observations were made. Interviews were conducted with managers of other stores as well.
The outcome of this research highlighted the problem of storage place or a separate warehouse to maintain stock. Poor co-ordination amongst the staff resulted in few suggestions being made based of the gathered input. However, further research on liquor stores all over New Zealand would give an ideal understanding of the inventory management systems used by other retailers
The implications of new financial reporting standards on New Zealand charities
Get PDFThis research aims to analyse the impact of new reporting standards on NZ charities. The research specifically focuses on the implications of new reporting standards of charities in areas like transparency, convenience for practitioners and accounting costs under new reporting standards. The research covers transparency aspects by trying to find the difference in truthful and accurate representation of charities in their annual financial reports after the introduction of new standards, compared to when charities were self-regulated under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The research also covers the aspect of practitioners’ convenience, by investigating whether new reporting standards made accounting practices for charities easier and clearer, or more complicated. Lastly, research was conducted to ascertain the increase or decrease in accounting cost for charities to comply with new financial reporting standards. The study used qualitative methodology for research. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews to gain in-depth knowledge of the impact of new reporting standards on charities. There were four participants in total, accountants working for different charities. The duration of each interview was approximately 20 minutes, and were conducted at the charity organisation’s premises. The method of analysis used for the research was content analysis.
The findings of the research suggest that the new reporting standards and statutory audit requirements have generally increased transparency within the charity sector in New Zealand. On the other hand, accounting costs have gone up for charities, especially Tier 2 and tier 3 charities. Charities that previously complied with IFRS have to face minimal effect on accounting cost. The convenience for practitioners has decreased since smaller charities are finding it difficult to comply with new reporting requirements and preparation of service performance reports which are now part of annual reporting. New financial reporting standards have provided a much-needed reporting structure, especially to Tier 3 and Tier 4 charities. Charities that complied with IFRS for their annual reporting found it easy to make the transition to the new reporting standards. In conclusion, the new reporting standards are a step in a right direction. However charities services need to hold regular workshops in every region for charities in order to provide more awareness about new reporting requirements to help charities through this transition phase. Small charities usually operate on a very limited budged, so templates and training for service performance reporting should be provided these are now a part of annual reports for Tier 3 and Tier 4 charities