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A 2009 perspective of HR practices in Australian mining

School of Management

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the idea of how HR professionals undertake strategic, management and operational roles in mining organisations during varying economic cycles. The discussion is primarily set in the Western Australian context. Design/Methodology/Approach - A...

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Assessing the success and evaluating the benefits of government-sponsored regional internet-trading platforms for small and medium enterprises: a Western Australian perspective

Gengatharen, Denise E. - 2006

The Internet has been viewed as an opportunity for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to efficiently compete in the global arena with their larger counterparts by overcoming distance and size. However, research has shown that actual uptake of Internet e-commerce by SMEs has been lagging behind...

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Resilience in Western Australian adolescents : a model of the processes that occur between risk and success.

Shean, Mandie B. - 2010

The aim of this research was to develop a model that represents how adolescents in the Western Australian context navigate their way to resilience. Resilience was defined as “the outcome from negotiations between individuals and their environments for the resources to define themselves as...

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Knowledge management: a residential aged care perspective

Preece, Michael - 2011

This research explores perceptions of knowledge management processes held by managers and employees in a service industry. To date, empirical research on knowledge management in the service industry is sparse. This research seeks to examine absorptive capacity its four absorptive capacity...

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The Western Australian charter boat industry : working towards long-term sustainability

Telfer, Carli - 2010

Fisheries agencies and industry are accountable for sustainable fishing practises from all sectors. Throughout Australia, commercial and recreational sectors have been the focus of monitoring programmes and management, yet charter boat industries have been providing a service to fee-paying...

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The BP Oil Spill and Australia…Is There a Connection?

Hunter, Tina - 2011

We have all heard about the terrible Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil company BP has been held responsible. Lots of birds have died, and thousands of other birds have been oiled as a result. In addition, the livelihood of thousands of people in the Gulf States,...

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Computeer-based decision support tools for evaluation of actions affecting flow and water quality in the San Joaquin Basin

Quinn, N.W.T. - 2008

This document is a preliminary effort to draw together some of the important simulation models that are available to Reclamation or that have been developed by Reclamation since 1987. This document has also attempted to lay out a framework by which these models might be used both for the...

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A cost comparison of traditional drainage and SUDS in Scotland

Duffy, A.; Jefferies, Christopher; Blackwood, David J.; … - 2008

the application of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS). However, there is minimal data available regarding the real … and flooding issues necessitated a holistic approach to drainage planning and the site has become a European showcase for … the UK where actual costs of constructing and maintaining SUDS have been compared to an equivalent traditional drainage …

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Trickle by trickle: municipalization of the New Orleans water system in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Kolb, Carolyn - 2000

Regionalism is being explored by a wide variety of community players who include representatives from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors (Dodge 1996, 1). Intermunicipal agreements, county service expansion, new region-wide special purpose governments, and multi-sector coalitions of...

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Land-use change and carbon sinks: Econometric estimation of the carbon sequestration supply function.

Lubowski, Ruben N.; Plantinga, Andrew J.; Stavins, Robert N. - 2006

If the United States chooses to implement a greenhouse gas reduction program, it would be necessary to decide whether to include carbon sequestration policies - - -such as those that promote forestation and discourage deforestation - - -as part of the domestic portfolio of compliance activities....

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