Browsing by Degree Name "Master of Management Studies (MMS)"
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A Systematic review: Psychopathy and personality in subclinical populations
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Literature concerning psychopathy has grown since the early 1940s, when it was described as a clinical psychological disorder by Cleckley, 1941. Psychopathy was defined by factors such as callousness, manipulativeness, ... -
Accounting students’ need for important generic and technical accounting skills in university education and as accountants in the workplace
(University of Waikato, 2012)Recent changes in the nature of accounting have led to an increasing amount of importance being placed on generic and technical accounting skills within the accounting workforce. However, universities providing training ... -
An Account of Championing Food for Vulnerable Households and Hungry Children in Aotearoa New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2013)Global food security became the focus of policy and media attention worldwide following the 2006-2008 food price spikes. In 2013, food security issues in Aotearoa New Zealand relate to access to food, ability to access ... -
An Evaluation of Public Participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment Process of the Maldives
(University of Waikato, 2015)Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a proactive tool that assesses and addresses the environmental and social impacts of development projects. It has been identified as a process that can potentially deliver the goal ... -
An exploratory model and economic evaluation of the use of bio-reengineered trees in plantation forestry
(University of Waikato, 1997)The research embodied in the thesis represents a broad conceptual framework regarding the recent developments in the science of biotechnology and their applications to the commercial goals of plantation forestry. The ... -
Are Attributes of Corporate Governance Related to the Incidence of Fraudulent Financial Reporting
(The University of Waikato, 2007)This study investigates whether a relationship exists between fraudulent financial reporting and a variety of corporate governance attributes. Numerous high profile accounting scandals perpetuated over recent years have ... -
Attitudes towards and Perceptions of Women Managers and Their Communication Competencies in the Sultanate of Oman
(University of Waikato, 2010)This study was concerned with the under-representation of women in leadership positions in the Sultanate of Oman. In particular, it focused on the attitudes of Omani people towards women as managers and the perceptions of ... -
Biophysical, environmental, and economic implications of removing imported supplementary feed from a pasture-based dairy farm system - An upper North Island case study
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The biological efficiency and profitability of pasture-based systems is optimised by matching pasture supply with the nutritional demands of the herd across the year. Despite the importance of grazed pasture to the ... -
Biophysical, environmental, and economic implications of removing imported supplementary feed from a pasture-based dairy farm system -An upper North Island case study
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The biological efficiency and profitability of pasture-based systems is optimised by matching pasture supply with the nutritional demands of the herd across the year. Despite the importance of grazed pasture to the ... -
Change Agents: The Promise of Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development
(The University of Waikato, 2010)This thesis explores the role of private sector social entrepreneurship in sustainable development in New Zealand. A review of literature reveals sustainable development to be a diverse, complex, and challenging concept, ... -
Collaboration in family violence intervention: A process evaluation of the hamilton Family Safety Team
(The University of Waikato, 2007)The Family Safety Team (FST) is a collaborative intervention developed to address family violence in New Zealand. Interagency collaborations are effective at addressing the social supports for battery, improving the systems ... -
Communicating identities: New Zealand fashion designers and creative exports
(The University of Waikato, 2009)This thesis investigates how New Zealand fashion designers construct and communicate a unique and fluid identity. There are two main focuses of the research. The first is how New Zealand fashion designers build and maintain ... -
Communicating innovation: An appreciative inquiry investigation into innovation in China
(The University of Waikato, 2009)The thesis considers that the intersection of creativity, innovation management, and communication are under researched in China. It seeks make a contribution to this area through exploratory research in a range of companies ... -
Communication for Poverty Alleviation: How Aid and Development Agencies in New Zealand View the Relationships Between Communication and Development
(The University of Waikato, 2009)A highly debated topic of the last few decades has centred on the idea of communication as a means for poverty reduction. With two-thirds of the world's population living in poverty, there is a dire need to understand why ... -
Communication Networks of Men with Prostate Cancer
(University of Waikato, 2013)Prostate cancer can be a difficult disease to manage but men who are diagnosed with it have networks of others around them who can be ready to offer support through the treatment. The effectiveness with which these networks ... -
Community-based ecotourism development through stakeholder engagement and collaboration: A case of Lababia Village, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
(University of Waikato, 2014)This thesis argues that community and stakeholder engagement and collaboration in ecotourism development has been limited. However, involvement/engagement of stakeholders is important in the affairs of planning, governing ... -
A comparative case study: Examining the organizational use of social networking sites
(The University of Waikato, 2009)The purpose of this research is to examine the way two New Zealand-based case study organizations, a tertiary institution and a primary industry organization, use the social networking site Bebo for communication. Both ... -
Constructing and Reconstructing Criminality in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Dominant Media Discourses on Crime and Criminality and their Impact on Offenders’ Identities and Rehabilitation Efforts
(University of Waikato, 2014)This study investigates the dominant media discourses and ideologies surrounding crime and criminality in Aotearoa/New Zealand, how such discourses are constructed and legitimised by media reporting of crime, and the ... -
Contingent Valuation of Organic Cotton: An Empirical Investigation into the WTA-WTP Disparity
(University of Waikato, 2011)Contingent valuation is a non-market valuation technique which elicits preference data from participants by asking them to value a change in the provision of a specific good or service, contingent on the specifications ... -
Cooperation, incentives and punishment in common pool resource management
(University of Waikato, 2016)Managing water quality is of critical interest to policy-makers in New Zealand and globally. In particular, the management of diffuse nitrate losses from agriculture is a major policy challenge that remains largely unsolved. ...
