19,533 research outputs found
Constructing narratives of enterprise: clichés and entrepreneurial self-identity
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to extend the repertoire of narrative resources relevant in the creation and maintenance of entrepreneurial identity, and to explore the implications for understanding entrepreneurial behaviour. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical research is based on a two and a half year ethnographic study of a small UK industrial firm. Findings: The study describes how clichés used by aspirant entrepreneurs are significant elements in creating entrepreneurial self-identity. In contrast to entrepreneurial metaphors, the study of which has highlighted and revealed the extraordinary components of an entrepreneurial narrative identity, examination of the clichés provide us with a means by which to understand the everyday and ordinary elements of identity construction in entrepreneurs. Research limitations/implications: Further qualitative research in other entrepreneurial settings will be required, exploring the generality of cliché use amongst entrepreneurs. Practical implications: Applying the implications of our findings for pedagogic and business support uses is not explored and will need further development; we do however suggest that narrative approaches that make sense of entrepreneurship as an achievable aim may have some practical use. Originality/value: The application of cliché as a distinctive linguistic feature of entrepreneurial self-identity construction is highly original and reflects analogous work on entrepreneurial metaphors. Because of its ethnographic data, the paper develops empirically and conceptually rich insights into entrepreneurship
Charlie May Simon materials
No full textThis collection contains materials relating to Arkansas author Charlie May Simon
A skier heads down a slope of patchy snow at Mount Buller, Victoria, 18 November 2005 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition documentation.; Part of the collection: Monitoring climate change in Australia, 1997-2005.; Inscriptions: "Simon O'Dwyer '05"--Signed lower right on sheet.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4549607; Purchased from Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art agent for Simon O'Dwyer, 2008
Bombers would be invaluable to the firefight for use as spotters to alert crews in which direction the fire was heading and speed of approach [picture] /
No full textPart of collection: Firestorm 2003.; Title supplied by photographer.; Signed by photographer in margin below image.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3121583. "The planes would also drop retardant on the flames giving crews on the ground a chance to keep up with and slow the fire down."--Simon O'Dwyer
Three hours into the hottest day in hell, CFA crews and residents do everything in their power to control the Australia day fire near the East Gippsland town of Benambra, Victoria [picture] /
No full textPart of collection: Firestorm 2003.; Title supplied by photographer.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3123925. "The fire would burn for six hours this day. Crews would use planes, graders, tankers, trucks and when needed their feet to chase it down. As sunset fell, we had clocked nearly three hundred kilometres on the odometer in the strike team leader's car chasing the fire that burned from every front."--Simon O'Dwyer
Bali [picture] /
No full textPart of collection: Simon O'Dwyer collection of photographs.; Title supplied by photographer.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3085557; Published in: The Age. "A nation mourns the death of 288 people to a bomb in the city of Kuta, Indonesia or better known as Bali, a favourite holiday spot for Australian tourists. As Australia absorbed the impact by a terrorist organisation against its people flowers began to mount on the steps of Parliament House in Melbourne along with every other capital city in the country. Looking at the thousands of flowers from the ground I knew the picture needed to be taken from above the scene looking down. After making a phone call to the Speaker of the House I was granted permission to photograph from the roof. On a wet Melbourne day I tied mysef to a piece of rope and with the help a Parliamentary employee I was lowered over the ledge to photograph the scene. Afraid of falling from such a dangerous position I took three photographs before being pulled back to safety. The photograph appeared in The Age newspaper as an image of steps filled with thousands of flowers and a pathway between them in the shape of a cross. Photographed with a Canon 1D digital camera using a 17mm lens."--Simon O'Dwyer.Age (Melbourne, Vic.
Aerial view at 3,000 feet of the Murray River near Mildura, looking down on dying red gums as a result of decreased water flow in the river, 14 November 2005 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition documentation.; Part of the collection: Monitoring climate change in Australia, 1997-2005.; Inscriptions: "Simon O'Dwyer '05"--Signed lower right on sheet.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4533131; Purchased from Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art agent for Simon O'Dwyer, 2008
Albert Park protest [picture] /
No full textPart of collection: Simon O'Dwyer collection of photographs.; Title supplied by photographer.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3085551. "Former Premier Jeff Kennett had just sealed a deal with the Grand Prix Corporation to bring the event from South Australia home to Victoria. Using the Albert Park Lake as the venue for the event meant trees would have to be pulled down, making space for a racetrack to be built. Melbournians formed in huge numbers to create the Save Albert Park Group to protest losing the park for three months a year to a private corporation. After months of campaigning and protesting in front of bulldozers to stop the destruction of trees, police moved with force clearing the way for work to continue. Photographed with a Nikon F5 camera and a 20 mm lens I made this image between the legs of a protestor as he was being pulled towards a police van after refusing to move when instructed by police."--Simon O'Dwyer
Narratives of enterprise revisited:methodological appendices in ethnographic books
No full textPurpose: This paper is the first in a series that reprints methodological appendices or methods chapters found in workplace and organisational ethnographic books, and provides an opportunity for reflection by the author through an introductory commentary. Simon Down, the author of Narratives of Enterprise (Down, 2006) reflects on the writing and the research underpinning his ethnography. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach: The reprinting of such chapters will enhance access to key ethnographic texts, and facilitate reflection on methodological choices authors made. In so doing this paper will provide insights into methodological ethnographic writing, and show how sensibilities and fashions change over time.Findings: Narratives of Enterprise (Down, 2006) examined how two small business managers in a single firm construct an entrepreneurial self-identity, and what this process of self-creation means for the individuals and how the firm is managed. The key topics explored in the book, self-identity as a conceptual tool and enterprise as a social and economic reality, have both grown in relevance and importance since the research was conducted. Down also reflects on that nature and dynamism of friendship in research practice.Originality/value: Reflection on choices made at some distance can provide particular and valuable insights into the development of research practice.<br/
[Department of Sustainability and Environment officers perform back burning tasks alongside CFA officers to create fire breaks near the town of Omeo, Victoria] [picture] /
No full textPart of collection: Firestorm 2003.; Title devised by cataloguer based on information supplied by photographer.; In December 2002 the Department of Natural Resources and Environment split to form the Department of Sustainability and Environment and the Department of Primary Industries.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3124084. "The fire was too big to stop; the only hope was to perform measures to slow it down. Fourteen days after taking this picture wildfire hit, burning everything in its path for four hours."--Simon O'Dwyer
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