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Please note that AUTEC grants ethical approval only. If you require management approval from an institution or organisation for your research, then you will need to make the arrangements necessary to obtain this. When communicating with us about this application, we ask that you use the application number and study title to enable us to provide you with prompt service. Should you have any further enquiries regarding this matter, you are welcome to contact Charles Grinter, Ethics Coordinator, by email at charles.grinter@aut.ac.nz or by telephone on 921 9999 at extension 8860. On behalf of the AUTEC and myself, I wish you success with your research and look forward to reading about it in your reports. Yours sincerely Madeline Banda Executive Secretary Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee Cc: Paul Cleary paucle09@aut.ac.nz, Sean Phelps. 124
Appendix 3: Participant Information Sheet Participant Information Sheet Date Information Sheet Produced: 17 January 2008 Project Title National sporting organisations and private franchise relationships: A New Zealand comparative case study of inter-organisational learning An Invitation You are invited to participate in a research project seeking to understand interorganisational learning between national sporting organisations and private sporting franchises. We believe that you are able to offer insight into interorganisational learning within the context of the sports industry in New Zealand. This perspective would not be obtainable without your participation in the study. Your participation is entirely voluntary and you may withdraw at any time without any adverse consequences. What is the purpose of this research? The purpose of this research is to understand of inter-organisational learning between national sporting organisations and private sports franchises. The research project may result in the publication of findings in an academic journal. This research will also result in practical implications for the sports business industry. The project is also contributing to the researcher’s thesis in the final year of a Masters of Business. How was I chosen for this invitation? You have been chosen because of your role and seniority in as National sporting organisation or a Private sports franchise. We have selected a few participants from your organisation and other organisations for this project. Having been involved in this organisation for a period of more than three months we believe that you are able to contribute to the topic of interorganisational learning. 125
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Determinants of Inter-Partner Learn
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3.3 Data Sources...................
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INDEX OF FIGURES Figure 1: Case Stu
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to of
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DEDICATION I would like to dedicate
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Backgrou
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take over management of the Knights
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“to be New Zealand’s leading pa
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transparency and receptivity to lea
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Int
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To summarise this section, transfer
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separated into internal and externa
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least some form face-to-face contac
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experiences with a view to improvin
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are amongst the most important fact
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Whether learning becomes self-susta
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alliance. Organisations with a pref
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uncontrolled access. Organisations
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additional factor influencing recep
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The rationale for this research was
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the organisation and the relationsh
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number of questions where developed
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interviews. Not only was there the
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The next section focussed on the se
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the opportunity to archive the data
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3.4.4 Communication A major factor
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three determinants of learning deve
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the type of organisation but not th
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CHAPTER 4 FINDINGS 4.1. Introductio
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een one of the factors that had res
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Interestingly NSO3 made this commen
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some duplication, then, there’s c
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[I]t’s mainly the management, but
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Other participants supported this b
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[the sport] in the country. And tha
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communication, April 18, 2008). Thi
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[W]e’ll come back from the intern
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[PSF1], and [PSF2] and ... the owne
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When probed further as to why this
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