JMGT_V2_N4_CS2 Franklin Ramsoomair Simon Desjardins Journal on Management 2230 – 715X 2 4 57 73 Challenge, New Zealand culture, Networking, Epilogue It was nearly midnight when Alan Larkin walked out of the offices of Technow in Auckland. The graduate student, seconded on a six-month practism from the university of Ontario, knew that the upcoming week would be a crucial one. Alan's manager, Josh Chan, was back from two weeks of holidays and was expecting results. Compounding the issue was the fact that there had recently been a merger between Technow and Presidium, which were two giants in the high technology industry. He would not, however, be expecting Alan to have completely, reformatted the division's key financial reports and presented them to the general manager without his knowledge. Alan had also pursued two more contacts as part of his aggressive networking strategy, believing it was in the company's best interest. March - May 2008 Copyright © 2008 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=329