The Seventh Annual Conference of the AAHANZBS Academic Association of Historians in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools

Global business practices in historical perspective

2–3 November 2015, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand AUT Business School

Hosted by the Business & History Labour Group of the NZ Work Research Institute Sponsored by History@AUT

Conference Programme & Proceedings

AAHANZBS exists to promote: The role of historical research in developing theoretical perspectives in business and management How historical research aids our understanding of contemporary issues in business and management Teaching history in business and management schools

Conference Program

Day 1 — Monday 2 November 2015 08:30am Registration opens 9:15am Welcome Associate Professor Simon Mowatt, Business & Labour History Group of the AUT Work Research Institute, President AAHANZBS SESSION 1: GLOBALISATION AND LABOUR IN NEW ZEALAND – CHAIR DR SIMON MOWATT 9:30am Conference paper Dr Geoffrey Brooke, Economics, AUT Abstract p.5-6 Migration to New Zealand 1840 – 1914 10:00am Conference paper Dr Fiona Hurd, International Business, AUT, and Dr Suzette Dyer, Abstract p.6-9 Strategy & Human Resource Management Waikato Documenting Change at the National, Industry, Corporate and Community Level: The Case of a New Zealand Forestry Town 1950-2013 10:30am Morning Tea

SESSION 2: BUSINESS AND POPULAR CONSUMERISM – CHAIR DR NIKOLA BALNAVE 11:00am Conference paper Dr Matt Bailey, Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Abstract p.10-11 Macquarie University One-Stop-Shop: The rise and rise of the Australian shopping centre 11:30am Conference paper Professor Howard Cox, University of Worcester, and Associate Abstract p.11-13 Professor Simon Mowatt, International Business, AUT Horatio Bottomley, magazines and the business of populism 12:00pm Lunch

SESSION 3: PLENARY SESSION 1:00pm Keynote Speaker Professor Ray Markey, Director of the Centre for Workforce Futures, Department of Marketing and Management, Macquarie University Global business and labour practices in historical perspective: What's Really New? SESSION 4: HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT – CHAIR DR GEOFFREY BROOKE 2:00pm Conference paper Dr Bernard Mees, Management, RMIT Abstract p.13-14 From Prudence to Strategy 2:30pm Afternoon Tea

SESSION 5: LABOUR ORGANISATIONS – DR BERNARD MEES 3:00pm Conference paper Professor Rob Allen, History@AUT Abstract p.14-15 Spreading The Light: Labor Networks In New York In The Early 1880s 3.30pm Conference paper Dr Nikola Balnave, Department of Marketing and Management, Abstract p.16 Macquarie University, and Professor Greg Patmore, B&LHG, University of Sydney Aboriginal Co-operatives: The Role of Alf Clint 4:00pm AAHANZBS AGM 6:30pm Champagne reception Reception and dinner sponsored by History@AUT 7:00pm Conference dinner Four Seasons restaurant AUT University, Level 2, WH Building, Corner of Mayoral Drive and Wellesley Street East

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Day 2 — Tuesday 3 November 2015 09:00am Registration 9:15am B&LHG Associate Professor Simon Mowatt, Business & Labour History Group Student travel awards Awarded to: Malin Dahlström, James van Dissen SESSION 6: LIMITS OF BIG BUSINESS – CHAIR PROFESSOR GREG PATMORE 9:30am Conference paper Malin Dahlström, Economic History, University of Gothenburg, Abstract p.16-18 Sweden Cement cartels in US and Sweden during the 20th century - how did the cartel legislation affect the cement industry? 10:00am Conference paper Dr Mark Westcott, Work and Organisational Studies, University of Abstract p.18-19 Sydney Takeover defence and corporate demise – Elders IXL, 1983-1990 10:30am Morning Tea

SESSION 7: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS – CHAIR DR CAROLYN FOWLER 11:00am Conference paper Professor Greg Patmore, B&LHG, University of Sydney Abstract p.20-21 The German Works Councils: The Weimar Experience 11:30am Confer