Introduction: Ways of Managing, Organising and Decolonising Business Futures in Aotearoa, Australia and The Pacific

This chapter sets the scene for this second volume in the book series Managing the post-colony by introducing its aims, contexts, organisation and individual chapters. Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific are diverse locations with shared as well as distinctive histories and present-day experiences of colonisation and imperialism, political economies and cultural values. Ways of managing, organising and doing business in these places demonstrate cultural continuity and change in such histories, present sites of postcolonial struggle, and diverse prospects for decolonisation and self-determined future-making. This volume explores these struggles and prospects of managing in the post-colony through the presentation of a series of qualitative empirical cases, historical and legal studies, conceptual essays and provocations, and interviews with Indigenous business leaders. It seeks to contribute to the ongoing diversification, provincialisation and decolonisation of management and organisation studies (MOS) and practice. A strong focus is placed on presenting diverse Indigenous knowledges and experiences, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Pasifika and Māori peoples, and insights into the capacity for Indigenous culture-specific modes of business to offer decolonising futures.