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Peninsula Campus Research Workshop 11 February 2004

Department of Management Peninsula

Research Activities and Interests

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Peter Bruce

• General Themes– Decision making in

operational environments, human-computer interaction

• Current Research (PhD)– ‘Expertise, Experience,

and Decision Outcomes in Airline Operations

• Current Research Funding– Faculty of Business and

Economics Support Grant ($10,700) December 2003

– Department of Management Research Grant ($2500)

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Dr Sandra Cockfield

• General Themes

– Regulation of work and workplace relations; Union strategy and behaviour; union renewal; social movements

• Current Research

– Department of Management funded ($3700) study of ‘Australian unions and ICTs’

• Future Projects

– New forms of union internationalism

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Max Coulthard

• General Themes– Entrepreneurship & service exports

• Current Research– DIIRD and Faculty of Business and Economics

funded ($76,000) survey ‘Growth of Service Exports from Victoria’

• Future Projects– Sports Education (various research proposals)

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Assoc. Professor Ron Edwards

• General Themes– International business– Corporate strategy formulation in changing

environments• Current Research

– Australian business in a growing Europe– Corporate recovery in Thailand– Effect of globalisation on income

differentials– Internationalisation of the business

curriculum– Projects with 9 PhD students

• Future Research– Effect of China on the strategy of

multinationals

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Dr Susan Mayson

• General Themes– HRM & Small Business, Paid Maternity Leave and

Virtual HRM, Internationalisation and Higher education

• Current Research– HR and Small Business ‘Getting and keeping

good staff’ funded by CPA Australia ($9,900) with Assoc Prof. Rowena Barrett

– Virtual HRM – An exploratory study in the Australian finance sector funded by Dept of Mgt ($6500) with Dr Peter Holland

– Paid Maternity Leave – Access and attitudes to PML in small and large orgs funded by Dept of Mgt ($3000)

• Future Projects– Internationalisation and Higher Education

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Assoc. Professor Sonja Petrovic-Lazarevic

• General Themes– Business ethics, supply chain management,

computational intelligence • Current Research

– Occupational Health and Safety performance in the construction industry funded by Faculty of Business and Economics ($9041)

– Supply chain management practices and supply chain performance

– The Influence of leadership on successful OH&S applications in the construction industry funded by Faculty of Business and Economics ($12,000)

– Business ethics in the construction industry

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Areas of collaboration – a few suggestions?

• Small business/entrepreneuship research– Education eg child care centres and Nursing eg

palliative care organisations

• Decision making in operational environments– Nursing and Ambulance/Paramedic studies

• Internationalisation in Higher Education– Education

• Supply chain management, computational intelligence

– Health services operations, nursing

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Dr Mary Cole, Co-Director, Centre for Wine Food & Agribusiness

• General Themes• Centre has 3 streams:• Dr Mary Cole

– Viticulture – Technology, Health; Business

Dr Lawrie Dooley

- Food – Food strategy

– Agribusiness – Marketing; Supply chain management; Innovation uptake, Tourism

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Dr Mary Cole, Co-Director for Wine, Food & Agribusiness

• Current Activities

– PhD x 3 aspects of viticulture & environmental management of vineyards

– Research projects – 10 - $1.3 million in industry & university funding

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Dr Mary Cole, Co-Director, Centre for Wine, Food & Agribusiness

• Future Research

1. CRCV 3rd 7 year - Supply chain management

- Innovation Planning & Adoption

- Strategic Marketing for the wine industry

2. Food strategy - Value chain management

- Innovation Adoption

- Strategic Marketing for food and agricultural enterprises

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Dr Mary Cole, Co-Director, Centre for Wine, Food & Agribusiness

• Collaboration potential:1. Great Wine Capitals

Network2. Industry -VWIA3. Private Providers – AWET4. Dept of Agriculture5. Mornington Peninsula

Biosphere6. Medical aspects of wine7. Environmental – Cinque

Terra - Italy