The paper argues that transformations in global media industry practices can be usefully indexed to the on-going trend to consolidation by ?big media?. This trend was influentially first described by Bagdikian who noted that 50 corporations in the US ?controlled more than half of all broadcast...

Formal systems thinking methods are not readily understandable, applicable nor necessarily useful in the dealing with complex problem domains facing managers in the public sector workplace. This thesis explores the design of other practical techniques that managers, designers, business systems...

A clear definition of pilot performance beyond manipulative skills remains a challenge. Attempts have been made to annunciate the cognitive and behavioural skill set which comprises this area of performance. Crew resource management (CRM) is one such effort which, while it has done much to...