Share Paper: Ka Pao: Building Business Skills Online

  1. Donald Sheridan, University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand
  2. Manuka Henare, The University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand
Tuesday, June 28 11:35-11:55 AM Room 1.1 - Faculty of Letters Building

Abstract: Abstract: This paper is a report how an online environment has been designed to become a virtual marae, a meeting house, that embodies ‘the people’, their activities and familiar forms of communication. Through the traditional customs and practices of social interactivity we have built a virtual community and an online, responsive consultative environment for entrepreneurs amongst the Maori, the indigenous peoples of New Zealand.