Dr Dan Tisch

Biography

Dan joined the Department of Management and International Business at The University of Auckland in 2007.  Prior to this, Dan held positions at Auckland University of Technology, Massey University and Bénédict International, Switzerland.  Dan has worked as an ecologist and consultant in the forest industry in Canada over a period of 10 years.

Special Interests:

Business and the natural environment

Climate change

Interactive simulations and Team Based Learning (TBL)

Research | Current

Dan's research focuses on organisations and the natural environment with focus on climate change.  Dan is co-convener of the Resilience and Sustainability Collaborative Group in the Department of Management and International Business.  Currently the group is comprised of 12 academics and doctoral students who meet regularly to discuss research content and processes to advance our individual research agendas.

Publications in 2020:

Tisch, D. G., & Galbreath, J. (2020). The Multifaceted Nature of Organisational Coping: The Case of Climate
Change. Academy of Management Proceedings Vol. 2020. Vancouver, Canada (Virtual).
doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2020.15235abstract

Tisch, D. G., & Whiteman, G. (2020). Ecological Sensemaking and the Attention-based View for Farmers:
What They Know. Academy of Management Proceedings Vol. 2020. Vancouver, Canada
(Virtual). doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2020.15217abstract

Galbreath, J., Tisch, D., Quaddus, M., & Rabbanee, F. (2020). The impact of climate change on firm adaptation:
the case of the wine industry. International Journal of Wine Business Research, 32(3), 373-389.
doi:10.1108/ijwbr-07-2019-0045

Galbreath, J., Lucianetti, L., Tisch, D., & Thomas, B. (2020). Firm strategy and CSR: the moderating role of
performance management systems. Journal of Management & Organization, 1-19.
doi:10.1017/jmo.2020.27

Galbreath, J., & Tisch, D. (2020). The effects of women in different roles on environmentally sustainable
practices: Empirical evidence from the Australian wine industry. Australasian Journal of Environmental
Management (December Issue Forthcoming)

Galbreath, J., Lucianetti, L., Thomas, B., & Tisch, D. (2020). Entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance
in Italian firms. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 26(4), 629-646.
doi:10.1108/ijebr-07-2019-0457

Teaching | Current

2020 INTBUS 202 Foundations of Strategy

2019 BUSMGT 741 International Business Environment

2018 INTBUS 202 Foundations of Strategy

2017 INTBUS 202 Foundations of Strategy

2016 MAORIDEV 738 Strategic Planning

Postgraduate supervision

Dan is supervising PhD and masters students whose work is positioned in theories at the intersection of strategic management and the natural environment.  These focus on the Resource-Based View, Sensemaking, Strategy-as-Practice, Dynamic Capabilities, Earth Systems and Ecological Materiality and include theories of Sustainability.

Distinctions/Honours

• 2020 Finalist (1 of 3) for the Carolyn Dexter award for Best International Paper at the Academy of Management Conference titled: "The multifaceted nature of organisational coping: The case of climate change". Selected by Committee: Jamie Gloor, University of Exeter & University of Zurich (Chair); as well as Mariano (Pitosh) Heyden, Monash University; Emilio Marti, Erasmus University; Minna Paunova, Copenhagen Business School; and Ovul Sezer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://aom.org/membership/awards-and-recognition/annual-meeting-program-awards/2020-annual-meeting-program-awards
• 2019 Winner (Early Career Category) for the Business Research Translation Competition. The aim of this competition is to communicate research findings to a wider audience, demonstrating the relevance of business research to society, the environment, and the economy.
• 2015 Harvard University Visiting Academic at the Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government in the Sustainability Science Program.
• 2012 - 2015 Matthew S. Abel Charitable Trust PhD Scholarship: to support research in problems, in this case climate change, that are directly relevant to New Zealand businesses: "Ecological sensemaking in pasture based production systems: Evidence from New Zealand dairy farmer responses to extreme weather"
• 2009 "Master Professor", The Business Strategy Game Simulation (www.bsg-online.com) awarded "to professors, instructors, and simulation facilitators whose students deliver superior performance in the simulation exercise"

Responsibilities

2019 Co-convenor for the Resilience and Sustainability Collaborative Group in the Department of Management and International Business

2019 Seminar Series Coordinator for Management and International Business Department 

2019 Social and Environmental Community of Practice Group for the Faculty of Business and Economics

2016-2018 Research Committee for Management and International Business Department

2018-2019 Future of Work Task Force for Management and International Business Department

2016 - 2018 and 2010 Career’s Day Coordinator for Management and International Business Department

Areas of expertise

Sensemaking theory

Climate change adaptation and resilience

Simulations for teaching

Agribusiness in New Zealand

Committees/Professional groups/Services

• 2019-2020 Co-convenor for Resilience and Sustainability Collaborative Group in the Department of Management and International Business
• 2010, 2016-2019 Careers Day Coordinator for International Business, Management and Innovation and Entrepreneurship Majors in the Faculty of Business and Economics
• 2010-2011 Chair, Student Staff Consultative Committee for the Deparment of Management and International Business
• 2008 Member, Undergraduate Committee for the Department of Management and International Business