Creating and sustaining online communities : Web-based services meeting the diverse needs of regional and rural Australia
- Authors: Thompson, Helen
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions Chapter 18 p. 132-146
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- Description: B1
- Description: 2003000796
The Eden woodchip scheme and its implications for forest fauna : A political ecology perspective
- Authors: Penna, Ian
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna (second edition) Chapter p. 63-80
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- Description: A 'political ecology' perspective was used to examine the implications of the export woodchip scheme located near Eden in south east New South Wales (NSW) for the region's public forests and their fauna. The modern paper industry's political economy emphasises the importance of a large supply of wood fibre of suitable price and quality for competitive papermaking. The evolution of the Japanese paper industry and the exploitative history of forests in south east NSW interacted to create the opportunity to establish such a supply in Australia for the Japanese papermaker Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co from 1970. The ‘Harris-Daishowa’ export woodchip scheme at Eden was based on the guaranteed supply of large volumes of pulpwood from the region’s public native forests. Meeting this supply entailed restructuring available forests through clearfell logging over about 40 years. Features of the regime used to manage these forests and supply pulpwood were examined within this context, and the consequences of woodchipping for fauna protection are discussed. Fauna populations were being restructured by this regime, which ‘squeezed’ them between priorities for wood production and fire management. In particular; forest-dependent fauna, such as gliders, some possums and koalas, have been detrimentally impacted. Substantial changes to public forest management in south east NSW took almost 30 years to achieve. However, while export woodchipping continues, the ‘political ecology’ of local forest fauna will be influenced by international pulp and paper markets.
- Description: 2003007326
Who's doing the hunting and gathering? An exploration of gender segmentation of adult learning in small remote communities
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Equity in Vocational Education and Training: Research reading Chapter 17 p. 225-241
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- Description: Adults in Australia have tended to return relatively recently to learning in patterns that are significantly different by gender. These patterns of gender segmentation for adults are particularly noticeable in the findings of recent research by the author into adult, community and vocational learning in small and remote towns in Victoria. The issues associated with such patterns form the basis of this exploratory paper.
- Description: B1
- Description: 2003000772
Men's learning in small remote towns in Australia
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Lifelong Learning, Participation and Equity Chapter 16 p. 175-203
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- Description: B1
- Description: 2003007641
- Description: 2003002084
Struggling to make a difference in an imperfect world
- Authors: McGraw, Amanda
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Only connect: English teaching, schooling and community Chapter p. 308-318
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Australian children's literature
- Authors: Mills, Alice
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: A companion to Australian literature since 1900 Chapter 30 p. 417-428
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- Description: B1
- Description: 2003005825
The dynamics of innovation and investment, with application to Australia, 1984-1998
- Authors: Courvisanos, Jerry
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Empirical Post Keynesian Economics: Looking at the Real World Chapter 11 p. 141-177
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- Description: Since the origins of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, innovation and investment have been crucial to capitalism and economic development. This chapter sets up a link between innovation and investment in historical time, without reference to any static equilibrium. In this manner, the relationship between the instability of cycles and growth trends can be identified. Australian data is then used to identify important linkages between these two crucial elements.
- Description: B1
- Description: 2003005228
Teaching safer diving skills
- Authors: Blitvich, Jennifer
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Teaching swimming and water safety: The Australian way Chapter 8 p. 114-120
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- Description: 2003006458
Holidays at home : Exploring the role of regional recreation in a low-carbon society
- Authors: Winter, Caroline , Frew, Elspeth
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Climate change in regional Australia : Social learning and adaption Chapter 15 p. 283-300
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- Description: 2003007869
How do communities respond to reduced water supply? The relationship between climate change and social change in regional Victoria
- Authors: McEachern, Steven
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Climate change in regional Australia : Social learning and adaption Chapter 17 p. 324-341
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- Description: 2003007876
Innovation policy and social learning : An economic framework for sustainable development in regional Australia
- Authors: Courvisanos, Jerry
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Climate change in regional Australia : Social learning and adaption Chapter 14 p. 256-281
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- Description: 2003007865
White eyes open : Teaching the history wars in an indigenous studies unit at the University of Ballarat
- Authors: Blaskett, Beverley
- Date: 2009
- Type: Book chapter
- Relation: Indigenous issues in Australian universities: Research, teaching, support. Chapter 7 p. 47-56
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Groups and teamwork
- Authors: Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Human resource management in Australia and New Zealand Chapter 13 p. 384-411
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- Description: In today's highly competitive environment, organisations realise that they can achieve their goals only through the combined efforts of everybody involved in the organisation. Previously, organisations relied on hierarchiacal, functionally orientated, command-and-control systems. Today, the adoption of a team-based work arrangement creates a flat, focused, flexible, and adaptive organisation capable of rapid responses to change. Groups and teamwork allow for greater participation, increased performance, and ultimately influence the motivation and satisfaction of employees. However, changing to a team-based structure does not guarantee success. Some groups tend to be more successful than others, and for this reason it is essential to investigate the factors that contribute to effective group functioning. The introduction of virtual teams into the workplace also offers new challenges for the way in which people are managed. In this chapter, we explore the nature of groups, how they develope, and the factors that contribute to effective group functioning. We examine the difference between groups and teams, and give special attention to the utilisation of teams in the workplace.
Motivation
- Authors: Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Human resource management in Australia and New Zealand Chapter 11 p. 324-352
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- Description: Motivating employees is one of the most important managerial functions. Successfully motivating employees is essential in the quest to utilise the full potential of people. This helps to maximize the quality of products and service. In Australia, being such a multi-cultural society and with a very diverse workforce, motivation is a vert complex issue. This is owing to the uniqueness of people and the wide range of internal and external factors that impact on it. Motivation is interdisciplinary and therefore cannot be separated from other branches of social sciences. An example is leadership, which is the ability to inspire people to voluntarily and enthusiastically work towards the attainment of organisational goals. But what is motivation? And how does one motivate people? The purpose of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive approach to the question of employee motivation. First, we explore the meaning of motivation. We investigate the practical application of various content and process theories in the workplace. The role of goal setting in motivation is examined, and the power of money as a motivator is considered. We also consider new developments in the study of motivation.
Building research capacity in gerontology : Experiences and lessons form Australia
- Authors: Bartlett, Helen , Carroll, Matthew
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: The Asian gerontologial experience : Capacity building in social gerontology training and translational research in Asia Chapter 4 p. 76-90
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- Description: Over the past decade, increased policy attention on the consequences of demographic ageing in Australia has led to a more focused research agenda on ageing, greater funding opportunities and raised awareness and recognition of gerontology as an important field of study. Research capacity building efforts in ageing have been considerable and have improved collaboration between the policy, research and service sectors, raising expectations of research funding streams and translation of research into policy and practice. The discourse on ageing has also shifted gradually from a deficit model to focus more on healthy, active or productive ageing, indicating a broader multidisciplinary approach and more positive perceptions of ageing. This shift in focus has enabled social gerontology to flourish in Australia, with a number of ageing research centres having social gerontology streams. While much has been achieved over this period, there are ongoing challenges in sustaining the progress made to date and in building research capacity that has longer-term strategic prospects. This paper outlines Australia’s efforts to build research capacity in gerontology over the past decade, examining key successes and future challenges, with consideration of how this experience may be relevant to Asia.
Colin and Frances Campbell and their relationships with the Djabwurrung Aboriginal people of the Buangor district, 1840-1903
- Authors: Clark, Ian
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Scots under the Southern Cross p. 23-32
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- Description: This paper is concerned with the Djabwurrung Aboriginal people of the Buangor district and their relationships with Colin and Frances Campbell. Colin Campbell squatted on Djabwurrung land near Mt Cole in late February 1840. Two 'big' questions lie behind this study - to what extent, if any, did the condition of being Scottish affect their attitudes to Indigenous peoples?, and did Scottish highlanders, whose own culture and language were coming under threat, perceive any parallels between their experiences and those of Indigenous peoples?
Dr James Stewart : Ulster man of the Scottish Diaspora
- Authors: Cousen, Nicola
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Scots under the Southern Cross p. 97-108
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- Description: Dr James Stewart was an Ulster physician and surgeon who practised medicine in Ballarat during the 1850s and 1860s. His family were originally from Scotland and had settled in County Tyrone as part of the plantation of Ulster. As a doctor from Ulster from a Scottish background he is part of an important fragment of the Scottish diaspora.
Dreamer, radical and gambler : Some unlikely Scottish emigrants?
- Authors: McConville, Chris
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Scots under the Southern Cross p. 79-88
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- Description: On 30 November 1900, the Caledonian Society held Melbourne's last nineteeth century St Andrew's Day Dinner. It was an occasion for reflection on the past, rather than looking forward to the new century and those who spoke at the gathering routinely recited achievements of the century just closing, when Scottish emigrants had shaped locales across the British Empire. Scots, although acknowledged as poets, were lauded as 'shrewd, hard-headed, money-making' colonists who had take a leading role in the great advances of the nineteenth century.
Introduction : The songlines of the Scots in Australia
- Authors: Cahir, David (Fred)
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Scots under the Southern Cross p. 7-12
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- Description: 'Scots Under the Southern Cross' is a collection of essays from speakers at the Scottish Symposium held in Ballarat 9-11 May 2014. The chapters reflect the many styles, themes and formats embracing the Scottish Diaspora in Australia. This publication complements the Art Gallery of Ballarat Exhibition 'For Auld Lang Syne: Images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation'. The five interrelated sections of 'Scots Under the Southern Cross' are: 'Retrospect', 'The Scots in Aboriginal Australia', 'Biographical Studies of Scottish Australians', 'Scottish Artists on Australia' and 'Commemorating Scotland in Australia'. The essays tell the stories of Scottish immigrants and their successful establishment of economic and cultural networks in Australia. These chapters hopefully will form a basis for expansion into research of the Scottish diaspora and the way the Scots and their descendants have contributed to adapted to Australian conditions.
Little Scotland : Presbyterian enlightenment and improvement at Buninyong
- Authors: Beggs-Sunter, Anne
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Scots under the Southern Cross p. 65-78
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- Description: This paper will explore the remarkable contribution of the Scots to education in the Ballarat area, particularly through the work of the Buninyong Presbyterian minister Rev. Thomas Hastie and his neighbours the Scott family, who were among our earliest white settlers in the pre-gold era, and whose legacy is still strong today.