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TABLE OF CONTENTS DIRECTOR’S ADDRESS

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ABOUT THE CGSB

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CGSB COURSES AND PARTNERSHIPS

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MBA ACCREDITATIONS AND RANKINGS

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CGSB ADVISORY BOARD

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CGSB ACADEMIC STAFF

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LEADER IN RESIDENCE

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NEW ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

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CGSB PROFESSIONAL STAFF

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VISITING ACADEMICS

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INDUSTRY TEACHING ASSOCIATES

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GUEST LECTURERS FROM INDUSTRY

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HIGHLIGHTS OF 2010

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INTERNATIONAL VALIDATION

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THE ECONOMIST MBA SURVEY AND EFMD CEL ACCREDITATION

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2010 CLARE BURTON LECTURE

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INAUGURAL DISTINGUISHED STAFF AWARD

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CSIRO MINERALS DOWN UNDER FLAGSHIP

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AUSTRALIAN -EU PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK

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STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

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OUR STUDENTS

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2010 ENROLMENTS

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SNAPSHOT OF OUR STUDENTS

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COURSE COMPLETIONS

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ASPEN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY CASE COMPETITION

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CGSB STUDENT PRIZES

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ACCENTURE ESSAY COMPETITION

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IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE

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HIGHER DEGREES BY RESEARCH

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HDR CANDIDACIES AND COMPLETIONS

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CGSB RESEARCH SEMINAR PROGRAM

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CGSB ALUMNI

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT AT THE CGSB

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EXTENDING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

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CGSB BUSINESS LEADERS SERIES

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CGSB BUILDING YOUR CAREER WORKSHOPS

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INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOUR [CHINA]

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INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOUR [JAPAN]

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PARTNERING WITH THE CGSB

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AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP AWARDS: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

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AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR NATURAL GAS MANAGEMENT

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CEDA: COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA

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THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CLUB

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LINKING BEYOND THE CGSB

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CGSB CENTRES AND RESEARCH UNITS

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INDUSTY-BASED CONSULTATIVE PROGRAMS

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CGSB RESEARCH OUPUT

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NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE GRANTS

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CONSULTATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

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EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

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RESEARCH FORUM PARTICIPATION

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CGSB PUBLICATIONS

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DIRECTOR’S ADDRESS

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2010 • As a result of growth in all programs and our new energy and resources courses, the CGSB is now one of the largest executive business schools in the region as we achieved the milestone of over 1000 enrolled postgraduate students in 2010. • Strong growth in the Master of Business Leadership (MBL) since its relaunch in 2009. The MBL had a record intake in 2010 cementing its long-standing reputation as a solid postgraduate degree in leadership.

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was a year of achievement and change for the Curtin Graduate School of Business (CGSB). With our growing reputation of being a graduate business school that is able to hold its own globally in all areas of graduate management education, the most exciting aspect of CGSB’s growth is that there the potential and opportunity to achieve even more. Staff movements in 2010 saw us welcoming new academic and professional staff and saying good-bye to some longstanding members of the CGSB. Professor Peter Galvin, MBA Director, accepted a senior position at Newcastle University in the UK. During his tenure in this position, Peter unwaveringly guided the Curtin MBA to an enviable position of strength, not only locally but globally. I would like to thank Peter for his commitment to the CGSB and wish him the best. I would particularly acknowledge in name the inestimable support I have received from the CGSB senior management team, Professor Duncan Bentley (Pro Vice Chancellor of Curtin Business School), Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor Joan Squelch, the CGSB Advisory Board, all CGSB academic and professional staff, the CGSB student body and the CGSB Alumni. I hope you will find the documentation of CGSB achievements during 2010 enjoyable and a testament to the continued efforts to position CGSB as leading provider of graduate management education regionally and internationally. Professor Alison Preston Director Curtin Graduate School of Business

• The official commencement of our Energy and Resources courses at the CGSB. In 2010, the MBA (Oil and Gas) as well as the Master of Science (Mineral and Energy Economics), saw its first enrolments. We welcomed new staff members and Industry Teaching Associates, all experts in their various fields to add depth and breadth to these specialised courses. • The CGSB continued to improve its international reputation and standing as evidenced by the MBA moving up 17 places in the annual Which MBA? survey conducted by The Economist. Our MBA ranked at #76 in this global survey, up from #93 in 2009. The Curtin MBA was awarded the CEL (teChnology Enhanced Learning) accreditation for its online component by the prestigious European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD). • Our national status was also improved by the invition to Dr Linley Lord to deliver the annual Clare Burton Memorial Lecture to audiences in most Australian capital cities. Her lecture, Moving beyond token women: The need for radical reform in corporate Australia was received very favourably and sparked much needed debate about this topic. • An AUSAID initiative, the Australian Leadership Development Program, which is administered by staff at the CGSB, also saw record participation due to increased funding by the Rudd government in 2009. Eligibility criteria were also expanded, almost doubling the number of nations’ emerging leaders able to apply for the program. The emphasis has shifted from the Asia-Pacific region to a more global reach. • The CGSB strengthened its research focus in energy, minerals and regional development through significant achievements in its research activities. Professor Fiona McKenzie, Professorial Research Fellow at the CGSB was chosen to lead the Regional Futures project for the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Mineral Futures Collaboration Cluster. Prolific CGSB researchers Dr Jeremy Galbreath and Assoc Professor Therese Jefferson were recipients of the highly competitive and prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) grants.

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ABOUT THE CGSB

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he CGSB was founded in 1993 and is now one of the largest executive business schools in the Asia Pacific region serving just over 1000 post-experienced students. Within Western Australia the CGSB is the only graduate business school physically situated in the Perth CBD. It has close ties with industry, strong international connections and offers a unique set of programs including an internationally accredited and internationally ranked Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Master of Business Leadership (MBL), a Master of Science in Mineral and Energy Economics and the only double degree of its kind in the world – a Master of Science (Mineral Economics)/ Master of Business Administration. The MBA is accredited through AMBAs while the online program has additional accreditation through the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) teChnology Enhanced Learning (CEL) program (2010). The School has particular strengths in leadership (offering the longest running masters level leadership program in Australia), strategy and resources management. In addition to the generalist MBA the school offers a specialist MBA in oil and gas management and a specialist MBA in strategic procurement. The MBA (Oil and Gas) is run in partnership with the Aberdeen Business School at Robert Gordon University.

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With a mission to develop leaders who can creatively and responsively lead sustainable organisations, the CGSB is increasingly recognised for its excellence in providing its students with the academic, career, social and professional skills necessary to achieve this. In addition to offering internationally accredited and ranked graduate business programs, the CGSB also offers tailored executive development training programs for the business sector. The school has close links with business and industry and a strong focus on regional issues. As well as highly qualified academic faculty, the CGSB draws on a number of outstanding international Visiting Professors as well as a team of highly experienced Industry Teaching Associates (ITAs). Our ITAs mostly hold appointments in industry and bring a strong practitioner focus to the program.


CGSB COURSES

Master of Business Administration (MBA) MBA (Business) MBA (Oil and Gas) MBA (Strategic Procurement) MBA (Advanced) Master of Business Leadership (MBL) Department of Mineral and Energy Economics (DMEE) Graduate CertiďŹ cate in Mineral Economics Graduate Diploma in Mineral and Energy Economics Master of Science (Mineral and Energy Economics) Master of Science (Mineral and Energy Economics)/Master of Business Administration (MMEE-MBA) Graduate CertiďŹ cate in Business (GCB) GCB (Business) GCB (Leadership) GCB (Oil and Gas) GCB (Procurement) Graduate Diploma in Business (GDB) GDB (Business) GDB (Strategic Procurement) Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

PARTNERSHIPS The CGSB enjoys collaborative partnerships with a number of institutions locally and globally.

Colorado School of Mines

Universidad de Chile

Robert Gordon University

WA School of Mines

University of Reims

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MBA RANKINGS AND ACCREDITATIONS

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he fulltime Curtin MBA is one of only five MBA programs in Australia to be ranked in the Global Top 100 by The Economist Which MBA? Survey. In the 2010 global rankings of Top 100 MBA full-time programs our overall rank improved seventeen places from #93 to #76.

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We ranked 8th in Asia and 2nd in the world for student quality (reflecting the high level of work experience students have before they enter our course).

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Regional rank (Asia)

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Educational Experience

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Student quality Overall Rank

Curtin MBA Position in 2010 The Economist Global Top 100 MBA Program rankings

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he Curtin MBA was first accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBAs) in 2003 and in 2008 was re-accredited for a further five years.

In December 2010, the Curtin MBA was also awarded European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) CEL (teChnology-Enhanced Learning) accreditation for three years. The MBA (Strategic Procurement) is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPSA).

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CGSB ADVISORY BOARD

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he CGSB is supported by an Industry Advisory Board. The Board provides advice about emerging trends in industry, the educational needs of business and government and access to networks which enhance the School's linkages in its community. The board meets a minimum of twice a year and is actively engaged in mapping the strategic direction of the School.

In 2010, we welcomed ďŹ ve new members to the Board: Bronwyn Barnes, Catherine Cipro, Reg Howard-Smith and Janet Sutherland and farewelled exiting members Dr Linley Lord and Professor Ron Ripple.

David Crawford Chair CGSB Advisory Board Non-Executive Chairman of the Board Perth Airport

Bronwyn Barnes Managing Director Integra Management Consultants Pty Ltd

Prof Duncan Bentley Pro Vice-Chancellor Curtin Business School

Dr Lynette Buoy Chief Executive Officer Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare

Catherine Cipro General Manager Blake Dawson

John Downing Executive Director Downing Teal

Prof Peter Galvin Program Director, MBA Curtin Graduate School of Business

Virginie Hannah Manager, Business Performance Services Advisory, KPMG

Reg Howard-Smith Chief Executive Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA

Greg Martin Executive Director Planning and Transport Research Centre

Donald Mwathi Executive Officer Curtin Graduate School of Business

Evan Nicholas Director, External Relations Curtin Business School

Assoc Prof Daniel J. Packey Head, Department of Mineral and Energy Economics Curtin Graduate School of Business

John Poulsen Managing Partner Minter Ellison

Prof Alison Preston Director Curtin Graduate School of Business

Robert Sharp Head, Global Airport Infrastructure and Services, Qantas Airways

Janet Sutherland Program Director, MBL Curtin Graduate School of Business

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CGSB ACADEMIC STAFF

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hen making faculty appointments considerable weight is placed on industry experience, applied research and awareness of contemporary developments in the ďŹ eld. The CGSB core faculty has vast local and international experience within academia and in industry, with the majority of members having done one or more of the following: studied overseas, taught overseas, consulted overseas or held a management role internationally.

Prof Alison Preston Director Curtin Graduate School of Business

Prof Peter Galvin Course Director Master of Business Administration

Assoc Prof Daniel Packey Head of Department Dept of Mineral & Energy Economics

Dr Therese Jefferson Course Director Higher Degrees by Research

Prof Kelvin Willoughby Course Director (from Dec 2010) Master of Business Administration

Janet Sutherland Course Director Master of Business Leadership

Garry Claxton Senior Lecturer Legal Studies

Assoc Prof Graeme Coetzer Organisational Behaviour

Prof Robert Evans Professor of Accounting

Dr Scott Fitzgerald Research Fellow

Dr Jeremy Galbreath Senior Lecturer Strategy

Dr Troy Hendrickson Deputy MBA Director Senior Lecturer Leadership and Marketing

Prof Pietro Guj Adjunct Professor

Prof Rob Guthrie Professor of Workers Compensation

Dr Byron Hanson Leadership Development

Dr Aileen Hoath Senior Research Fellow

Robert Johnson Senior Lecturer Corporate Finance

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This experience is well complemented by their academic and professional engagement within Australia with all having done one or more of the following: studied, taught, and worked consultatively or in managerial roles within Australia.

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John Karasinski Deputy MBA Director Senior Lecturer Economics & Finance

Prof Peter Kenyon Professor of Economic Policy

Assoc Prof Des Klass Decision Making and Strategy Director Centre for Innovation in Decision Quality

Prof Rick Ladyshewsky Managerial Effectiveness

Dr Linley Lord Director Maureen Bickley Centre for Women in Leadership

Dr Bryan Maybee Senior Lecturer Mining Finance

Dr Margaret McCabe Director Executive Programs

Prof Fiona McKenzie Professiorial Research Fellow

Assoc Prof Marita NaudĂŠ Organisational Change & Development

Prof Margaret Nowak Professor of Economics & Governance

Prof Mohammed Quaddus Personal Chair Information & Decision Systems

Prof Al Rainnie Director Research and Development

Dr Anna Rowe Senior Lecturer Accounting

Dr Brenda Scott-Ladd Senior Lecturer Human Resources

Assoc Prof Stephane Tywoniak Strategy

Dr Dorothy Wardale Senior Lecturer Leadership & Organisational Behaviour

LEADER IN RESIDENCE

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obin McClellan, the 2010 CGSB Leader in Residence, has a Degree in Economics from the University of Kansas, a Masters Degree in Economic History from the University of Exeter and an MBA from Duke University. She has had an impressive career as a distinguished US Diplomat including assignments in Mexico, New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and most recently as US Consul General in Perth and New Delhi, India. Robin is currently the State Director of CEDA, the Committe for Economic Development of Australia.

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NEW ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor Graeme Coetzer Graeme joined the CGSB in August 2010. His areas are organisational behaviour and leadership. Graeme has also been involved in the delivery of Duke executive education programs. Prior to joining the CGSB he was Director of Executive Development at Griffith University. His key global connections include Microsoft (global leadership development training for Miscrosoft employees from a variety of countries); Strata Management (development of an international best practices program for Strata managers from various countries); Boeing (development of an international online training system for Boeing employees) and Lihir Gold (development of a risk management training system for employees of Lihir Gold mines in Australia, Africa and Asia).

Associate Professor Byron Hanson Byron joined the CGSB in December 2010 having held an adjunct position with the school since 2009. His areas are leadership and human resources. He came to Curtin from Duke University where he was Managing Director for Duke Executive Development. He holds a fractional (0.5) contract and continues to consult extensively. Byron has delivered corporate education in over 20 countries in Europe, North America, and Austral-Asia and his current and past clients include; Microsoft, Shell, HP, IBM, Altera, ANZ Bank, Rio Tinto, Transocean Asia Pacific, Woodside Petroleum, BHP, SCG Thailand, PGN Indonesia, and New Zealand Telecom. His research has focused on the systemic interface of leadership development and he has been published in the Wall Street Journal and HR People and Strategy Magazine.

Dr Aileen Hoath Aileen joined the CGSB in May 2010 as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow with the CSIRO ‘Regions in Transition’ Project. She is conducting one of three comparative case studies examining the challenges and opportunities of new mining operations in agrarian regions of Australia. Aileen is an anthropologist. Through her doctoral research in Indonesia on local/ global relations in the conservation and utilisation of natural forest resources, and her further work on development induced displacement, she has developed a keen interest in corporate social responsibility and resource governance issues. Aileen has taught in Development Studies and Asian Studies at Curtin and Murdoch Universities. Before entering academia she gained considerable experience in community relations and community development issues associated with natural resource management in rural WA. She is a co-director of the Research Unit for Studies of Societies in Change, RUSSIC, located at SSAL Curtin, which has developed close links with Curtin Sarawak where it will hold its third international conference in Feb 2013.

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Dr Bryan Maybee Bryan joined the CGSB in May 2010 as a Senior Lecturer in Mineral Economics and Finance. Prior to joining Curtin, Bryan held positions as Financial Officer, Research Associate (Mine Planning) and Project Leader with MIRARCO, a Canadian not-for-profit mining research organisation housed at Laurentian University in Sudbury Canada. Bryan was a key member of the development team for a commercially available Schedule Optimization Tool (EPSOT) designed to meet the challenges of underground mine scheduling, using powerful genetic algorithms to find better solutions in a fraction of the time needed through manual scheduling practices. Bryan’s research has seen him work with, and deliver training session to many major mining companies globally, including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Vale, Xstrata, Barrick Gold Corporation, Newmont, and Oxiana in Australia, Canada and the United States, developing tools and methodologies to improve the underground mine.

Professor Fiona McKenzie Fiona joined the CGSB in 2010 to lead the CSIRO and Cooperative Research Centre collaborative projects on Regional Projects. Fiona has extensive international corporate research partner connections including BHP Billiton; Rio Tinto, Newmont; Alcoa; and Sino Steel. Amongst other things she is currently collaborating on an extensive research program on the socio-economic impacts of mining with academics from The University of British Columbia and the Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Associate Professor Daniel Packey Dan joined the CGSB in January 2010 as an Associate Professor in Mineral Economics. Prior to joining Curtin Dan taught at the Central Michigan University, University of Oregon, California State Universities of Fresno and Hayward, Colorado School of Mines (Honors Program) and was the Head of the Department of Economics and Finance for the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST). Dan also has extensive multinational management experience. He was, for a period, the Director of Market Research and Market Intelligence at the International Copper Association. He has also taught and/or conducted educational seminars and executive training in Australia, Brazil, Brussels, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kuwait, South Korea and the USA.


Professor Al Rainnie Prior to joining the CGSB, Al was Director of Research at the Centre for Labour Market Studies at Leicester University in the UK. Before that he was a Professor at Monash University in Victoria and Founding Director of the Monash Institute for Regional Studies. Al also founded the Employment Studies Research Unit at Hertfordshire University in the UK. He has worked with a number of business and trade unions across Europe and served, for a period, as a consultant with the ILO on work in the European transition states. Al’s international work and research with trade union organisations has been extensive and includes partners from the UK, Brazil, Poland and Australia.

Associate Professor Stephane Tywoniak Stephane joined the CGSB in February 2010 from Queensland University of Technology. He came to Australia from France in 2004. From 1987 to 1995 he resided in the UK where he studied at Manchester Business School and worked as a management consultant for a number of firms, including KPMG. He continues to work closely with corporates in Europe and currently has major research partnerships with Ecole Supérieure de Commerce et Management (ESCEM, Tours, France) and University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB, Canada). His work in executive education (management of complex projects) has led to establishing a network of relationships with large multinationals in the defence industry, including BAE Systems, Boeing, Thales, Lockheed Martin and EADS.

Dr Dorothy Wardale Dorothy is the Director of Executive Development at the Curtin Graduate School of Business. She has 20 years experience as a consultant and recently joined the University as an academic. Her Australian client base has focused on the mining, resources, health and government sectors. Dorothy specialises in leading and facilitating teams and prior to joining Curtin University she worked as a Leadership and People Development Manager in the transport sector. Dorothy’s background in the public sector, consulting and academic fields allows her to provide theoretically sound and pragmatically based solutions to working with people.

THE CGSB FAREWELLS PETER GALVIN AND WELCOMES KELVIN WILLOUGHBY Professor Peter Galvin, MBA Director at the CGSB since 2008, accepted a senior position at Newcastle University in the UK. During his tenure in this position, Peter unwaveringly guided the Curtin MBA to an enviable position of strength, not only locally but globally. Among Peter’s initiatives are the highly successful Building Your Career program, the strategic alliance with The Western Australian Club and the strong rise of the Curtin MBA in The Economist rankings. We thank Peter for his commitment to the CGSB and wish him the best.

New MBA Director: Professor Kelvin Willoughby Kelvin came to Curtin University from the Technische Universität München (TUM), where he was part of the research faculty TUM Business School. Prior to that he held the positions of Max Planck Gesellschaft Fellowship for International Scientific Cooperation at the Max-PlanckInstitut für Geistiges Eigentum, Wettbewerbs- und Steuerrecht, in Germany; Professor and Endowed Chair in Management of Technology at the University of Minnesota and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo in the Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology. He has also worked in a variety of academic and administrative roles at the University of Minnesota, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the University of Utah, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Westminster College, the University of Western Australia, the University of California at Berkeley and Mahidol University and as a visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York.

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CGSB PROFESSIONAL STAFF

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he crucial role of the CGSB Professional Staff in ensuring the smooth running of the School’s core activities of teaching and learning as well as research and development cannot be understated. The multi-faceted roles and responsibilities of the Professional Staff include: •

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staffing the CGSB Student Services Office which is tailored to the specific needs of postgraduate students supporting online and face to face teaching programs research assistance project support event management marketing and communications business development library management HR and finance general building maintenance and improvement efforts.

In 2010, we welcomed new staff members in acting and ongoing roles. Anita Ryan was seconded from CBS to take over the role of Student Services Manager while Fleur Cornelius was on maternity leave. When Anita returned to CBS, Guy Harris acted in the role. Lily Tandi, HR and Finance Manager, was on study leave in 2010 and Horace Wong acted in the position for the duration. We thank Anita, Guy and Horace for their dedication to their roles and for handling the stress with grace and good humour.

Murray Street Library

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he Murray Street Library closed in 2010 for a major refurbishment which will see its relocation to the ground level of the CGSB. Limited services were still offered and available as library staff were cognisant of the importance the Library has for our post-graduate students. Students continued to have access to a wealth of online resources via the web to support their study and research. A collection service between the TL Robertson Library and the CGSB remains in action and overseen by the Student Services team. Regular visits from the Faculty Librarian eased the transition for students. The Library continued to provide Library skills, Endnote and Database classes for CGSB students. A dedicated CGSB library skills page was also set up on the main Library website. We would like to thank our long-serving Library staff, Marianne Hall and Singam Veerapathiran for their many years of great service to the staff and students of the CGSB.

Marianne Hall Library Technician Murray Street Library

Singam Veerapathiran Library Technician Murray Street Library

In addition to our permanent staff members, the CGSB is also fortunate to have the following part time research assistants giving support to academic and professional staff as required: Philip Christopher • Lucy Cowcher-Guthrie • Andrew Cowie • Toby Evans • Megan Jefferson

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Andrea Swasbrook Personal Assistant to the Director

Fleur Cornelius Student Services Manager (on maternity leave)

Anita Ryan Student Services Manager (Acting until August)

Guy Harris Student Services Manager (Acting from August)

Jan McDonald Senior Student Services Officer

Trish McHugh Student Services Officer

Megan Green Student Services Assistant

Alexis Salkin Student Services Officer

Lily Tandi HR & Finance Manager

Horace Wong HR & Finance Manager (Acting)

Joanna Rosa HR Administrative Assistant

Satomi Kusumoto HR Administrative Assistant

Kim Lee Business Development Manager

Donald Mwathi Executive Officer (Planning & Accreditation)

Debra Jordan Project Officer (Surveys & Reports)

Nadia Nelson Project Officer (External Communications)

Inna Geoghegan Online Teaching & Learning Manager

Nicole David Instructional Designer

Erica Sims Project Officer Online Teaching & Learning

Jared Gleim IT Services Coordinator

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VISITING ACADEMICS

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o ensure our students are kept abreast of contemporary developments in business here in Australia and internationally, the CGSB together with Curtin Business School supports a number of highly experienced, international scholars and researchers to Curtin each year.

Prof Norbert Bach Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany

Prof Carol Dahl Colorado School of Mines, USA

Assoc Prof Bradon Ellem University of Sydney, Australia

Prof Ailsa McKay Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

Prof Eric Nealer North-West University, South Africa

Prof Ron Sanchez Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy Copenhagen Business School

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In 2010, we were delighted to welcome the following academics to the CGSB:

Prof George Burt University of Strathclyde, UK

Prof Rod Eggert Colorado School of Mines, USA

Prof Linda Herkenhoff Saint Mary’s College of California

Prof Christian Moscoso University of Chile

Prof Margit Osterloh University of Zurich, Switzerland

Prof Susan Vinnicombe Cranfield School of Management Cranfield University, UK


INDUSTRY TEACHING ASSOCIATES

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he CGSB has always attracted the best practitioners in the industry to uphold our belief in combining theory with practical application. Following is a list of the Industry Teaching Associates (ITAs) who taught at the CGSB in 2010:

Peter Adams

Senior Policy Analyst

Department of Education Training Strategic Policy and Planning

Assoc Prof David Baccarini

Director, Dept of Construction Management School of Built Environment

Curtin University

Bronwyn Baker

Manager, Organisational Development

Macmahon Holding

Alison Barker

Marketing Consultant

Self-employed

Prof Guy Callender

Professor of Procurement

Curtin Business School - Procurement

Stuart Collins

Finance & Administration Manager (Western Region)

Thiess Services Pty Ltd

Dr Jennifer Davies

Lecturer/ researcher

Consultant

Suzanne Findlay

Business Consultant and Coach

Procurement and Marketing Consultant

Regina Flugge

Executive Officer, Environment & Land Access

Chamber of Minerals & Energy WA

Adrian Gurgone

Lead Consultant & Managing Director

Fortis Consulting

Dr Glenn Hofmeyer

Business Consultant

Systems Analyst

Natalie Hoye

Senior Consultant

HRM and Management and Learning Development

Nada Jabado

Contract Engineer, Mines and Port Development Joint Venture

BHP BIO Subsidiary

William Layer

Former Senior Policy Advisor

Carbon Capture & Storage

Dr Kenneth Leong

Senior Forecaster

Rio Tinto

Dr Eric Lilford

Partner, Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions

Deloitte, Perth

Prof Philip Maxwell

Adjunct Professor

WA School of Mines, Curtin University

Virginia Miltrup

Head of Customer & Brand Equity

Synergy

Ron Pettapiece

General Manager/ Acting CEO, Business Operations & Development

Australian Red Cross, WA Division

Karen Portsmouth

Management Consultant/Director

SPA Management Consulting

Dr Helen Sitlington

HRM Consultant

Self-employed

Dr Allan Trench

Regional Director, Australasia, CRU Strategies

CRU Group

Dianna Vitasovic

Director

Energy Culture

Prof Walter Wehrmeyer

Centre for Environmental Strategy

University of Surrey

Peter Westlund

Management Consultancy

Interim Executive and Business Mentor

Dr Kenneth Yap

Lecturer/ Marketing Consultant

Various

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GUEST LECTURERS FROM INDUSTRY

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ur philosophy at the CGSB is to always present the latest thinking from people working in industry. The following list upholds our reputation for bringing leaders in

the community, not-for-proďŹ t and business community into the classroom to share knowledge and insights with our students.

Leadership Development 510 Marianne Dravnieks

Senior Manager, People Development

Lion Nathan

Tim Kenworthy

Managing Director

Youth Tree

Dave Koutsoukis

Managing Director

Acropolis Leadership

Jim McGuire

Senior Manager

Water Corp

Jon Roestenburg

Managing Director

Monitor Energy

Business Strategy & International Business 660 Julian Andrews

Manager of Business Projects

Wesfarmers

Paul Roux

Branch Manager

Western Power

Integrated Class Project 602 Peter Lilly

Director

Minerals Downunder Flagship Project CSIRO

Cam McCuaig

Director

Centre for Exploration Targeting, UWA

Graham Walker

Senior Consultant

Evans and Peck

Marketing Management 555 Justin Davies

CEO

Virtual Observer

Organisational Behaviour 550 (Main Roads Inspiring Leadership program) Tony Missikos

Project Manager

Development, Main Roads WA

Ray Seman

Director

Metropolitan Operations, Main Roads, WA

John Taya

Executive Director

Organisational Development

Neville Willey

Manager

Organisation & Employee Development, Main Roads & Employee Development

Leading in a Dynamic Global Environment 520 Dave Platt

Head of School

UWA Trinity College

Cheryl Hayward

Manager

Aboriginal Health

Boone Law

Senior Archaeologist

Australian Cultural Heritage Management

Derek Nannup

Former Director

Yirra Yakkin Aboriginal Centre

Gavin Price

Manager, Environment

BHP Billiton

Bill Withers

Managing Director

ACQUIRE Technologies

Ben Wyatt

Shadow Treasurer, Member for Victoria Park

WA Parliament

Sustainable Leadership Practice 610 Ian Carter

CEO

Anglicare

Malcolm Failho

Senior Diversity Officer

UWA

Robin McClellan

State Director & Leader in Residence

CEDA & CGSB

John Poulsen

Managing Partner

Minter Ellison (Perth)

Rob Sharp

Head of Global Airport Infrastructure & Services

Qantas Airways Ltd

Sue van Leeuwin

CEO

Leadership WA

Director

International Centre for Women Leaders, CranďŹ eld University, UK

Susan Vinnicombe

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HIGHLIGHTS OF 2010

INTERNATIONAL VALIDATION

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THE ECONOMIST MBA SURVEY

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EFMD CEL ACCREDITATION

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2010 CLARE BURTON LECTURE

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INAUGURAL DISTINGUISHED STAFF AWARD

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CSIRO MINERALS DOWN UNDER FLAGSHIP

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AUSTRALIA - EU PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK

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STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

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INTERNATIONAL VALIDATION The Economist MBA Survey

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n 2010 the Curtin MBA, delivered at the CGSB, was ranked at #76 by The Economist magazine in the prestigious Global Top 100 ranking of full-time MBA programs. It is a fantastic achievement for the School, particularly given our ranking at 93rd in 2009. This time around we ranked 23rd in the world on the criterion of personal development and student quality. This criterion includes faculty quality, student quality, student diversity and educational experience. Only five Australian MBA programs were ranked in The Economist Global Top 100 WhichMBA? Survey. In descending order they are: Melbourne Business School, Monash University, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Curtin Graduate School of Business and University of Queensland. The Curtin Graduate School of Business is ranked eighth in a list of Asian and Australian schools and is the only school offering an internationally ranked and internationally accredited MBA program in WA. In a year that saw considerable movement across the entire Top 100 group, we were able to move up the rankings on the basis of a range of activities outside of the classroom. This year we complemented the high quality teaching and service offered at the CGSB with a new ‘Build Your Career’ series and Business Leaders Series as well as other new skills enhancing projects including consultancy work with local employers. Thanks go to the CGSB Advisory Board and the staff at the CGSB for their contribution to this achievement.

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he CGSB was delighted to announce that on the 20th of December 2010 the MBA program was awarded the EFMD accreditation for teChnology-Enhanced Learning (CEL). It marked another important achievement for the School and all involved in the delivery of our online programs. The fundamental objective of the EFMD CEL programme is to raise the standard of technology-enhanced learning programmes worldwide. EFMD CEL aims to facilitate standard setting, benchmarking, mutual learning, and the dissemination of good practice. It allows for different approaches and diversity in designing and implementing such programmes. EFMD CEL is directed towards educational management programmes incorporating ICT-based learning. Thanks go particularly to CGSB’s Professor Rick Ladyshewsky. Rick was the CEL Project Leader and played a critical role throughout the process. Others who deserve special mention are Professor Joan Squelch (CBS Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor), Professor Alison Preston, (Director CGSB), Debra Jordan (CGSB) and Carol Dowse (CBS Accreditation and Quality Manager) who all gave great support in project managing the accreditation process.

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2010 CLARE BURTON LECTURE

(L-R) Melissa Marinelli (recipient of the 2010 Clare Burton Memorial Scholarship), Dr Linley Lord (CGSB), Prof Jeanette Hacket (VC, Curtin University), Hon Robyn McSweeney (Minister for Women’s Interests), Jenni Perkins (Dir-Gen, Dept for Communities), Debra Clements (Dept for Child Protection), Amanda Willis (Director, Corporate Values and Equity, Curtin)

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r Linley Lord, the outgoing Course Director for the Master of Business Leadership and the incoming Director of the Maureen Bickley Centre at CGSB, was chosen to deliver the prestigious Annual Clare Burton Memorial Lecture Series for 2010. Starting in October Dr. Linley Lord traveled to all Australian capital cities delivering the lecture entitled Moving beyond token women: The need for radical reform in corporate Australia. In addition Linley received very positive feedback as well as media coverage, including The Sydney Morning Herald.

Her lecture has sparked a national debate on the need to take on tokenistic measures in gender policy in the boardroom and the need for legislative change to address the imbalance of women on prominent boards. Congratulations to Linley for being chosen to deliver this prestigious lecture.

On 11 November Dr. Linley Lord delivered her lecture to a home-crowd at the Parmelia Hilton, Perth. In attendance were over 300 CGSB students and staff members, CGSB Advisory Board members, senior University management, high profile academic, corporate and government leaders inclusive of the Minister for Women’s Interests, Hon Robyn McSweeney.

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INAUGURAL DISTINGUISHED STAFF AWARD

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ongratulations to Professor Alma Whiteley, who was the first recipient of the Inaugural CGSB Distinguished Staff Award.

The award was presented to Alma at a ceremony at the CGSB on 20 August 2010. CBS PVC Professor Duncan Bentley was in attendance to present the award to Professor Whiteley. Professor Margaret Nowak gave a fitting testimonial about Alma’s past and continuing contribution to the CGSB. The award has been introduced to recognise CGSB staff members who have given years of notable service to the School.

Prof Alma Whiteley receiving her award from CBS Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Duncan Bentley

Alma has served at the School since its inception in 1993 and has been a founding and major contributor to the success enjoyed by the CGSB and its programs both in the areas of teaching and research. She is also one of the most successful HDR supervisors, with over 30 doctoral candidates being conferred their DBAs or PhDs.

The CGSB Distinguished Staff Award

Prof Alma Whiteley (centre) with (L-R) Dr Margaret McCabe, Prof Alison Preston, Prof Duncan Bentley and Prof Margaret Nowak

Professors Nowak and Whiteley

CGSB Staff, HDR students and guests at the Award ceremony

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CSIRO MINERALS DOWN UNDER FLAGSHIP

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he CGSB’s commitment to social and environmental stewardship is reflected in its many research activities. Professor Fiona McKenzie, Professorial Research Fellow at the CGSB currently leads the Regional Futures project for the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Mineral Futures Collaboration Cluster. She is also Chief Investigator, leading the Regional Economies division of the newly established national Remote Economic Participation Co-operative Research Centre (CRC). The CRC, established in July 2010 was awarded $32.5m in funding until 30 June 2017. The research from the CRC is designed to be transformative and lead to improved outcomes across a range of areas including in health and education. The CSIRO National Research Flagships Program is dedicated to delivering scientific solutions to advance Australia’s most pressing national objectives. National Research Flagships are large-scale multidisciplinary research partnerships that harness world-class expertise to tackle these national priorities. Initiated by CSIRO in 2003, the National Research Flagships program is one of the largest scientific research endeavours ever undertaken in Australia, with the total investment to 2010-11 expected to be close to A$1.5 billion.

Three case study sites will offer a complex set of social, economic and demographic variables for analysis. Curtin University will lead the case studies of the two sites in Western Australian (Peel/Wheatbelt and Mid West), and CQUniversity with the Australian National University will lead the one in Queensland (Surat Basin). The overarching aim of the project will be to generate a shared understanding of the unique and common challenges facing each region, and produce a suite of decision support tools, indicators and metrics to guide future project development at the regional scale. The Regional futures project will use a case study approach to explore issues of transition, and social and economic impact in regions where intensive established mining activity sits alongside agricultural industries. A case study design has been chosen to foster deep relationships with the communities of focus and to integrate the research experience within a capacity building environment. Such a dynamic approach has the potential to engage communities in a social cost/benefits appraisal throughout the lifecycle of a mining operation.

Curtin University is the lead organisation in collaboration with five other universities Australia-wide: University of Queensland (Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining), University of Technology, Sydney (Institute for Sustainable Futures), Australian National University and CQUniversity, responsible for Regional Futures – addressing the interlinkages between social and economic impacts of new mining technologies at a regional level emphasising land use change in sensitive environmental settings. As the majority of this wealth lies in Australia’s fragile and complex regional landscapes, the Regional futures project will contribute to a deeper understanding of the social and economic transitions experienced by communities in change.

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AUSTRALIA-EUROPEAN UNION PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT FOR ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT

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he European Union/Australia Joint Cooperation Projects fund consortia of Australian higher education and vocational education and training (VET) institutions to undertake student mobility projects between the European Union (EU) and Australia, meaning students are able to study for a semester at a partner institution in the EU. Six rounds of projects have been initiated to date with the seventh becoming operational in 2011. Amongst the ‘seventh round’ successful 2010 projects was the Sustainable Management for Organisations, Business and Government (SMOG) application of which Curtin was a partner. This project aims to provide mobility opportunities for one semester to 24 EU and 24 AU Masters coursework students. At Curtin University the opportunity will be restricted to the MBA program. The academic exchange program will develop best education practice in sustainable management and include aspects of interdisciplinary teaching and learning, such as joint curriculum development, methods of evaluation and programmes planning, focussing on innovation in education in the emerging field of sustainability.

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The Australian partners are: The University of Sydney, NSW (lead institution), Curtin University and the University of South Australia. The EU partners are: Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic (lead institution), University of Bologna, Italy and the University of Salford, UK. We are very proud of Dr Anna Rowe who was an active participant in the application process and congratulate her on her part in this prestigious linkage.


STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to the following staff members for their achievements in 2010: JANUARY • Professor Rick Ladyshewsky invited for a visiting Professorship and key note address at the Northern Ontario Medical School Conference and Curriculum Group, Canada. • Garry Claxton and Curtin acknowledged in Latimers new 'Australian Business Law 2010 for Garry’s input into the updated version of this publication. • Dr Jeremy Galbreath awarded ‘Best Paper’ in the Strategic Management Track at the ANZAM conference. Galbreath, J., & Nicholson, G. (2009) Responding to sustainability: A model exploring the impacts of boards of directors and organizational strategic flexibility at the 2009 Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. • Professor Al Rainnie’s co-edited book published: A.Herod, S.McGrath Champ and A.Rainnie eds (2010) Handbook of Work and Employment: Working Space, Edward Elgar. Professor Charles J Whalen of Cornell University, describes the book as “a major milestone in the revitalization of scholarship on work and employment”. FEBRUARY • Professor Margaret Nowak selected by the Public Sector Commission of WA to facilitate a seminar for Public Sector Board Chairmen titled ‘Board performance and Evaluation’. • Dr. Stephane Tywoniak elected as the Western Australian representative at ANZAM. • Dr Jeremy Galbreath’s paper Building corporate social responsibility into strategy (Journal: European Business Review, 21: 109-127) published in 2009 receives a 2010 Outstanding Paper Award (Emerald Group Publishing). • Dr Anna Rowe, CGSB senior lecturer and active researcher involved in the successful establishment of a collaborative research project between the corporate giant Wesfarmers and Curtin called WES-Curtin project on assessment of community contributions/ partnerships. Dr Rowe, an expert in the area of sustainability, links Wesfarmers to fellow experts, the renowned international researchers Professor Richard Welford and Professor Walter Wehrmeyer. MARCH • Dr Margaret McCabe, CGSB Director Executive Programs, leads the team that is successful in tendering to deliver a Graduate Certificate in Business (GCB) to the Main Roads WA Inspiring Leaders Program. • Claire Bean, incoming Manager, Australian Leadership Development Program (AUSAID) and Gloria Gu, Coordinator of the program successfully coordinate the ALDP conference in Canberra with record number of attendees.

APRIL • Dr Brenda Scott Ladd offered an Associate Professor appointment in the School of Management to commence in September 2010. MAY • Professor Alma Whiteley completed her 30th doctoral student as lead supervisor. JUNE • Dr Linley Lord, as team leader, leads a team of CGSB researchers which receives a large external research contract in WA, a mixed methods investigation of new models and frameworks of leadership for nursing in the public health system into the future, undertaken with the Nursing and Midwifery Office, Department of Health. The project “Nursing and Leadership in the Western Australian Public Health System” includes other members of staff: Associate Professor Des Klass, Dr Therese Jefferson and Professor Margaret Nowak. Gail Thomas will provide research support for the project. • Associate Professor Stephane Tywoniak’s submission to the Management Education and Development division of the Academy of Management entitled, Transfer of learning success: The benefits of collaborative academic/industry engagement, wins the MED Division Global Forum Best Symposium Award (Sponsored by University of Manchester, Manchester Business School). JULY • Dr Therese Jefferson promoted to Associate Professor. • Garry Claxton, on invitation from Mark Woffenden, Executive Director, Resource and Chemistry at Curtin University, presents “Injury, death and mayhem: an avoidance strategy” at a petroleum series attended by academics and CEOs in this field. The talk and following discussion is targeted at those working in the oil and gas industries. • Professor Peter Kenyon, Professor of Economics at CGSB, is involved in a print and electronic media (radio, TV) blitz through the months of June and July as he participates in more than 10 interviews and is quoted in news by ABC regarding matters to do with the local, national and global economies.

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AUGUST • Professor Alma Whiteley the first recipient of the CGSB Distinguished Staff Award. Presented by Pro ViceChancellor Duncan Bentley, the award is introduced to members of staff who have given years of notable service to the CGSB. Alma, a founding member of the CGSB, has been a major contributor to its success in the areas of teaching and research.

SEPTEMBER • Guy Harris (acting Student Services Manager) and Debra Jordan (Project Officer, Surveys & Reports) nominated for individual 2010 Curtin Business School Professional Staff Awards. • Dr Jeremy Galbreath receives a 2010 Outstanding Paper Award (Emerald Group Publishing) for his 2009 paper Building corporate social responsibility into strategy published in the European Business Review journal. • Professor Alma Whitely invited to give the Keynote Address Integrated Research Strategies for Business Operation Sustainable Success: Human Capital as a Key Driver at the RBAC International Management Conference in March 2011 organised by the Rattana Bundit University of Thailand.

OCTOBER • CGSB’s Associate Professor Therese Jefferson, along with Associate Professor Siobhan Austen and Dr Rachel Ong, wins an Australian Research Council grant for a 3 year Discovery Project: “Missing workers: retaining mature age women workers to ensure future labour security.” • Associate Professor Marita Naudé, Dr Margaret McCabe and Donald Mwathi recognised for their work in Curtin’s building of the i-Portfolio. Curtin Uni is a WA State I-Award Merit Recipient in the e-Learning Category by the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). • Dr. Linley Lord’s begins her tour of all Australian state capitals delivering the 2010 Clare Burton lecture series: “Moving beyond token women: The need for radical reform in corporate Australia”. An interview she conducts after her lecture delivery in Sydney appears in the Sydney Morning Herald. • Olatunji Pariola, a student from John Karasinski’s Oil & Gas Markets 660 class wins the Accenture Oil & Gas essay competition and attributes his success to the support and motivation he received from John.

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NOVEMBER • Professor Al Rainnie invited by recent CGSB MBA graduate and WA Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Health Roger Cook to speak at a Parliament Forum discussing WA’s Labor Party’s Health Privatisation Bill. • Dr Anna Rowe is part of the Curtin team that takes part in a successful joint application of six Universities (three Australian, three European) for the EUAust EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) project in the context of the ICI-ECP programme. The Joint Mobility project is funded by: The EU, EACEA & the Aust Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). • Dr Jeremy Galbreath is successful in the 2011 Curtin Senior Research Fellowship round. There were 15 early career and Curtin Senior Research Fellowships (total) on offer for 2011. Jeremy's fellowship will be for five years on the basis of an 80% research and 20% teaching appointment.

DECEMBER • Claire Bean, Program Manager, LDP, takes part in the Endeavour Executive Award in China. She forms relationships that will be life-long with those working in leadership development across China and the world.


OUR STUDENTS

2010 ENROLMENTS

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SNAPSHOT OF OUR STUDENTS

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COURSE COMPLETIONS

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ASPEN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY CASE COMPETITION

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CGSB STUDENT PRIZES

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ACCENTURE ESSAY COMPETITION

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HIGHER DEGREES BY RESEARCH

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HDR CANDIDANCIES AND COMPLETIONS

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CGSB RESEARCH SEMINAR PROGRAM

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CGSB ALUMNI

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2010 ENROLMENTS

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espite the vagaries and uncertainty associated with the GFC, 2010 saw impressive growth in student enrolments with a 7.5% growth in commencing student numbers and a 9.6 % increase in total enrolment numbers for all courses offered at the CGSB. With the success in rankings and accreditation in 2010 combined with a greater variety of in-demand course offerings we are optimistic of yet more growth in the coming year. Total Commencing Students (Headcount) Course Graduate CertiďŹ cate in Business (GCB) Graduate Diploma in Business (GDB) Master of Business Administration (MBA) Master of Business Leadership (MBL)*

2009

2010

+/- %

147

152

3.4%

19

16

-15.8%

212

190

-10.4%

29

30

3.4%

Master of Science (Mineral and Energy Economics)

-

40

MSc(MEE)/MBA

-

13

DBA

0

5

PhD

6

9

Total

413

455

Course

2009

2010

+/- %

GCB

266

287

7.9%

GDB

97

93

-4.1%

MBA

537

550

2.4%

78

89

14.1%

Master of Science (Mineral and Energy Economics)

-

41

MSc(MEE)/MBA

-

16

DBA

52

51

-1.9%

PhD

35

41

17.1%

MPhil

3

2

-33.3%

Total

1068

1170

Tri 1

Tri 2

Tri 3

Total 2010

Total unit enrolments

932

935

993

2860

Total online unit enrolments

337

350

387

1074

36.16%

37.43%

38.97%

37.55%

Number of online units offered

14

15

15

44

Average online unit class size

26

20.5

24

23.5

50%

*formerly the Master of Leadership and Management (MLM)

Total Enrolments (Headcount)

MLM/MBL

Online Unit Enrolment Comparison (Headcount)

Online unit enrolments as % of total

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A SNAPSHOT OF COMMENCING STUDENTS IN 2010: 58.9% male/41.1% female. Average age: 33yrs Average years of managerial experience: 13 Australian passport holders: 64.5% Nationality breakdown of the rest of the cohort: 36.7% Europe 42% Asia/Pacific 8.9% Africa/Middle East 10% North/South America 2.4% Other 73% Part-time 66% plan to study at least one online unit. Most common sectors: Mining and engineering Public sector Finance Health Employer financial assistance: 19% some assistance 21% full assistance 60% no assistance Average salary on commencement: AUD$ 101,000

COURSE COMPLETIONS Course

2009

2010

Graduate Certificate in Business (GCB)

96

99

Graduate Diploma in Business (GDB)

43

26

132

146

15

17

Master of Science (Mineral and Energy Economics)

-

13

MSc(MEE)/MBA

-

6

DBA

2

6

PhD

1

4

Total

289

455

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Master of Business Leadership (MBL)*

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ASPEN BUSINESS & SOCIETY CASE COMPETITION

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he Aspen Institute is an international non-for-profit organisation founded in 1950. The organisation is dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues." The institute and its international partners promote the pursuit of common ground and deeper understanding in a nonpartisan and non-ideological setting through regular seminars, policy programs, conferences, and leadership development initiatives. The Institute has branches in Washington, DC, Aspen, Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and has an international network of partners. In 2010 the Aspen CBE (Centre for Business Education) introduced a student case competition focusing on the role of business in society. The year's competition, the Business & Society International MBA Case Competition, expanded the number of participating schools to 25 and invited the CGSB to participate for the first time. Students had one weekend to analyse and respond to a new business & society-focused case study. On-campus competitions determined first place campus winners, whose work was reviewed by academic judges to determine five finalist teams. Finalists were required be available to be flown to New York City to present to a panel of corporate judges and join an invitation-only reception with friends of the Aspen Institute. With a considerable prize purse, one of the largest prize pools of any student case competition, the competition was fierce and although the CGSB team did not make the final, Gloria Gu, from the team that won the CGSB on-campus competition, said it was “a good experience, incorporating all the learning I received throughout my MBA, especially in the capstone unit (Business Strategy and International Business 660). I would strongly encourage students to enter the competition. It really puts into practice all the aspects of the MBA. It was ultimately very rewarding and the team experience was great.”

(L-R) Hee Jip Kim, Accenture, Warren Harding, Accenture, Bernadette Cullinane, Accenture, Olawole Pariola, John Karasinski, CGSB, Cosmore Pariola

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l-r: Kathleen LieuwKie-Song, Gloria Gu, Richard Larkin and Camille Fortune

Thanks to Janet Sutherland, MBL Course Director, who managed and coached three very hardworking CGSB student teams made up of the following students: TEAM 1 Mark Nold Jonathan Smith Ghassan Zammar Lorena Paglia

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TEAM 2 (pictured above) Kathleen Lieuw-Kie-Song Camille Fortune Richard Larkin Xiaowan Gu (known as Gloria)

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TEAM 3 Angie Tay John Wareing Dominic Tam Angela Magut

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CGBS STUDENT PRIZES

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he following awards were presented on 11 May 2010 at the Annual CBS Prizes Ceremony at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel Perth to recognise outstanding student academic achievement attained in the 2009 academic year.

Prof Alison Preston with award-winners (l-r): Pasquale Rechichi, Rebecca Maas, Hal Boronovskis and Claire Bean

Curtin Graduate School of Business Meritorious Achievement Prizes [2009 Graduating Students] In recognition of the best graduating student in the Master of Business Administration

Marney Leyonhjelm-Beck

In recognition of the best graduating student in the Master of Business Leadership

Stephen Atkinson

Georg Jensen Prize Best graduating student in the Graduate Diploma in Business

Pasquale Rechichi

Murray McKenna Memorial Prize Best graduating student in the Graduate Certificate of Business

Rebecca Maas

Pearson Education Australia Book Prizes Best student in Business Strategy & International Business 660

Hal Boronovskis

Best students in Transformative Business Development 610

Claire Bean Christopher Gardiner

ACCENTURE ESSAY COMPETITION

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he CGSB was delighted at the news that the winner of the 2010 Accenture Oil and Gas Essay Competition was our very own CGSB MBA student, Olawole "Tunji" Pariola (see picture opposite). This prestigious competition invited West Australian university students to participate by answering the question: "What is the future of energy and how do oil & gas companies remain relevant?" In addition to the cash prize of $3000, Tunji was given the opportunity to present his winnning paper at the Accenture 2010 Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Forum to over 70 top executive ‘heavyweights’ from the Oil and Gas industry. Brought together to develop a free exchange of ideas, opinions and case studies that focus on the top energy industry issues and challenges, the Forum attracted business leaders from the energy industry, economic, academic and geopolitical spheres from Australia, China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia. The group also included University of Houston Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Michael Economides. Professor Economides is a well-known and highly respected

academic who consults to the industry. The overarching theme for the 2010 Forum was “The Future of Energy”. Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 204,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become highperformance businesses and governments. We congratulate Tunji on his wonderful accomplishment and also thank John Karasinski, Unit Coordinator of Oil and Gas Markets 660 for providing support in this vital area of energy resource and development.

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he following table reflects the scope of experience and quality that our students bring to the CGSB highlighting the occupations and industries of top graduating MBA, MBL and MSc (Mineral and Economics) students from 2010.

We are proud to publish these lists in The West Australian prior to each graduation ceremony. This list includes the Top 25 students from each of the two graduating cohorts in the Curtin February 2010 and September 2010 graduations.

Student

Position

Organisation

Stephen Atkinson

Water Efficiency Initiatives Manager

Water Corporation

Samuel Bartholomaeus

Market Analyst

BHP Billiton

Claire Bean

Program Manager, ALA Leadership Development Program

Curtin Graduate School of Business

Denis Boska

Contract Senior Metallurgist

Independent Metallurgy Operations

Paul Brennan

Senior Consulting Engineer

Mining Plus Pty Ltd

Ross Burton

Electrical Reliability Engineer

BHP Billiton - Nickel West

Stuart Burvill

Group General Manager - Commercial and Legal

SMEC Holdings Limited

Wallace Bwire

Pharmacist

Champion Drive-In Pharmacy, WA

Doreen Camilleri

Coordinator

Bunnings Group Limited

Joanna Carson

General Manager Marketing

Alcock Brown-Neaves Group

Pip Darvall

Senior Exploration Geologist

Atlas Iron Ltd

Daniel Donald

Consultant

Entech Pty LTd

Gregory Doncon

Research Officer

Department of Agriculture and Food

Tonje Drevander

Management Consulting - Analyst

Accenture, Norway

Christine Easton

Project Coordinator, IS Governance Office

Department of Agriculture and Food

Ryan Edgecombe

Head of Roll Out

Millicom International Cellular, Laos

Andrew Ford

General Manager – Development and Improvement

Centurion Transport Pty Ltd

Christopher Gardiner

Chief Executive Officer

Police & Community Youth Clubs

Raymond Gianoli

Director

Prime Laundry

Neta Gill

Communications Manager

ScreenWest

Kaylene Gulich

Assistant Director

Department of Treasury and Finance

Walter Hay

Manager, Market Analysis

BHP Billiton, Singapore

Sean Hoey

Demand Coordinator - Expansion Project

Rio Tinto Iron Ore

Kathleen Irwin

Health Promotions Officer

Child & Adolescent Community Health

Douglas James

Senior Manager Portfolio Research

Bankwest

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Richard Larkin

Director

Ataraxia Consulting

Tracy Lee

Associate Director

Westpac Banking Corporation

Peter Marchant

Director of Operations

NOW Business Mastery

Dwayne Marshall

Project Analyst

WTS International, USA

Darrin Marx

Senior Business Analyst

The Royal Bank of Scotland, UK

Katie McInerney

Specialist Mining Engineer

Rio Tinto

Jeremy Millar

Traffic Operations Centre Manager

Main Roads WA

Elizabeth Moore

Nurse Manager

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Brian Mulcahy

Managing Director

HIMA (Australia) Pty Ltd

Allan Nelmes

Manager - Aircraft Cabin Seats, Supply Chain

Qantas Airways Ltd

Matthew Petrich

Analyst - Sourcing, Procurement

Rio Tinto

Pasquale Rechichi

Executive Manager Finance

Department of Treasury and Finance

Jacquelyn Richmond

Marketing Manager

Aspermont Limited

Elizabeth Ryan

Senior Procurement Officer

Department of Treasury and Finance

Jason Saikaly

Director – Library Resources & Information Services

Masada College

Esther Schwald

Global Client Operations Manager

Sentis

Mark Sheehan

Senior Legal Counsel

WestNet Infrastructure Group Ltd

Sundeep Singh

Marketing Manager - Iron Ore

BHP Billiton, Singapore

Genevieve Steed

Senior Project Manager

Work Solutions

Clement Tay

Financial Analyst

Verve Energy

William Thomsen

Contracts Officer

BHP Billiton - WA Iron Ore

Bill Vuong

Senior Financial Analyst

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Karen Watts

Project Manager

Perth Zoo

Penelope Webb

Community Portfolio Director

Riverview Group

Ghassan Zammar

Pharmacist

Fremantle Hospital

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HIGHER DEGREES BY RESEARCH

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he high profile of Curtin Graduate School of Business researchers attract postgraduate students from Australia, the Asian region and the Middle East. Research projects form an important part of most of our post graduate programs. Students are supervised by staff members with expertise in their area of business research. The CGSB had 55 students undertaking research degrees in 2010. Approximately half of these students were enrolled in the PhD programs and the other half in our DBA program.

The Curtin Graduate School of Business has three Higher Degree by Research (HDR) programs: • • •

Master of Philosophy by research (M.Phil) Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) PhD in Business Administration

Our population of full-time students has been growing. This partly reflects the school’s higher intake of international doctoral students as a result of our growing reputation in the region. Approximately half of our research student community is comprised of international students from a range of countries including Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. Our HDR student community is diverse and brings together a broad spectrum of experience and professional backgrounds. Over one-third of our doctoral students are women and, particularly among local students, we have a blend of part-time and full-time students.

HDR Candidacies and Completions Enrolled HDR students in candidacy phase in 2010 Candidate

Supervisor

Co-Supervisor

Current Thesis Title

Holger Philipp

DBA

Dr Brenda ScottLadd

Dr Dorothy Wardale

The Transformation of the Human Resources Management function- incorporating research on shared services centres

Raneem Alselaimi

DBA

Prof Al Rainnie

Dr Linley Lord

Female participation in professional occupations in Saudi Arabia

Verna Da Silva

PhD

Assoc Prof Anna Rowe

Md Nuruzzaman

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Eijaz Ahmed Khan

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Melissa Cianfrini

PhD

Prof Fiona McKenzie

Alkesh Vyas

DBA

Assoc Prof Dr Jeremy Stephane Tywoniak Galbreath(Assoc Supervisor)

Leadership and Intellectual Capital Management: A study of the impacts of cross cultural differences within the resources sector

Gordon McKenzie

DBA

Assoc Prof Des Klass

To be advised

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Focusing Towards Total Quality Environment Management (TQEM) Assoc Prof Ananda Jeeva (IS)

Improving Competitiveness of Readymade Garment (RMG) industry of Bangladesh - Analysis of Supply Chains Managing Resources in the Stages of Micro Enterprise Life Cycle: A Conceptual View

Brian Bishop (Psychology) and Amma Buckley (Office of R&D)

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An exploratory study of the impacts of the skilled migration program on the foreign labour market in the Mid West, Australia


Enrolled HDR students who completed candidacy in 2010 Candidate

Supervisor

Co-Supervisor

Current Thesis Title

Wayne Wright

PhD

Dr Brenda ScottLadd

Prof Stephen Teo

Extending Relational Coordination as a High Performance Work System: A Case Study of a New Zealand Early Childhood Education and Care Company

Janet Sutherland

PhD

Prof Alma Whiteley

Prof Al Rainnie

How Can Leadership Create Work Value Alignment Between Different Generational Cohorts? An Exploratory Study

Garry Claxton

PhD

Assoc Prof Verena Marshall

Dr Dorothy Wardale

The Legal, Moral and Financial Reasons for a Safer Workplace: Implications for Motivating Managers to Get It Right

Abdullah Maznah

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Assoc Prof Margot Wood

The Impact of Team Design on Team Innovation for Operational and Organisational Performances: The Mediations and Moderating Roles of Reexivity and Innovation Climate in Malaysian Innovative Creative Circles (ICCs)

Puspa Rahayu

DBA

Prof Robert Evans

Prof John Evans

Performance of State-Owned Enterprises in Indonesia: The Impact of Government Involvement

Renee Ralph

DBA

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Prof Rick Ladyshewsky

Leadership and the role of decision-making in organisations within the resources industry in Australia, relating to their Chinese business counterparts

Alros Sumner

PhD

Prof Al Rainnie

Assoc Prof Margot Wood

An investigation of Complexity Leadership and the application of Lateral Thinking, Parallel Thinking and CoRT thinking tools at the work-team Level

Md Moazzem Hossain PhD

Dr Anna Rowe

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Stakeholder perspectives of Corporate Social and Environmental Reporting within a context of an emerging economy: Evidence from Bangladesh

Frederica Mojilis

Prof Robert Evans

Maria Mucciarone

Determinants of environmental disclosure in the oil palm industry in Malaysia

Shatha Alabduljabbar DBA

Prof Guy Callender

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Enhancing Lean and Green Supply Chain System Integration: A Strategic Sustainable Management System Framework

Mohammad Shamsuddoha

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Integrating Forward and Reverse Supply Chain Processes for Sustainable Poultry Production in Bangladesh

Arief Rahman

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Dr Jeremy Galbreath

Toward A Comprehensive Conceptualization of Digital Divide And Its Impact on e-Government System Success: Evidence From Local Governments in Indonesia

DBA

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HDR students who passed candidacy prior to 2010 but have not yet passed thesis Candidate

Supervisor

Co-Supervisor

Thesis Title

Stephen Crawford

DBA

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Julie Crews

DBA

Assoc Prof Verena Marshall

Dr Kerry Pedigo

What is Ethical Leadership? A Study to Define the Characteristics of Ethical Leadership: Perspectives from Australian Public and Private Sectors

Alan HowgraveGraham

DBA

Prof Peter Galvin

Prof Mohammed Quaddus Dr Simon Carroll (WABRI)

Knowledge-Based Strategy Development for Regional Biotechnological Competitiveness

Graham Blick

DBA

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Assoc Prof Des Klass

A Comparative Study of Benefits Realisation and Change Management Using Enterprise Resource Planning Technology (SAP) in Utility Enterprises in Western Australia

Mohammad (Rambo) Ramdianee

DBA

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Prof Alma Whiteley

Motivation of Volunteers in Child Welfare Not-for-Profit Organisations in Western Australia

Michael Preece

DBA

Assoc Prof Verena Marshall

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing: Implications for the Residential Aged Care Industry

Chun Kit Lok

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Adoption of the Smart Card-Based Octopus E-Payment System for Retailing in Hong Kong Using an Extended Technology Acceptance Model

Martin Reed

DBA

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

The Relationship Between the Level of Strategic Planning Formality and Innovation in the Organisation and Firm Financial Performance

Gem Cheong

PhD

Prof Alma Whiteley

Assoc Prof Marita Naudé

Organisational Learning in Universities - Factors Influencing Organisational Agility: Case Studies in Australia and Singapore

Regina Flugge

DBA

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

The Effect of Senior Management Behaviours on Sustainable Development Performance

Jane Pritchard

DBA

Prof Alma Whiteley

Dr Jervis Whiteley

Inter-Group Communication Between Baby Boomer Leaders and Generation Y Followers: A Cultural Reasoning Perspective

Guiseppe (Joe) Ripepi

PhD

Prof Fiona McKenzie

Prof Margaret Nowak

An Examination of Customer Perceptions of Effectiveness and Standards in Essential Functions and Services Delivery in Rural Communities

Marco Schultheis

DBA

Assoc Prof Margot Wood

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

The Impact of Business Intelligence Systems on the Perceived Quality of Strategic Decision Making

Kingsley Dunstan

DBA

AssocProf Margot Wood

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Exploring Anticipatory Emotions and their Role in Self Perceived B2B Salesperson Effectiveness

Dale Quinlivan

PhD

Prof Margaret Nowak

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Local Government Accountability: Financial, Efficiency, Effectiveness and Sustainability Performance Reports Stakeholder Perspectives

William Leonard

DBA

Prof Alma Whiteley

Assoc Prof Therese Jefferson

Cultural Reasoning and Stakeholders Perceptions of Information Technology Projects

Gugup Kismono

PhD

Assoc Prof Verena Marshall

Assoc Prof Des Klass

The Relationships Between Job Embeddedness, WorkFamily Conflict and the Impact of Gender on Turnover Intention: Evidence from the Indonesian Banking Industry

David Prior

PhD

Assoc Prof Verena Marshall

Assoc Prof Margot Wood

Management of Civilian Airline Flight Operational Risk within the Asia Pacific Region

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Supervisor

Co-Supervisor

Thesis Title

Dekar Urumsah

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Dr Jeremy Galbreath Dr Didi Achjari (GMU)

Factors Influencing Indonesian Consumers to Use e-Services in Indonesian Public and Private Airline Companies

Amit Vohra

PhD

Assoc Prof Rick Ladyshewsky

Assoc Prof Verena Marshall

Decision Factors that Determine Choice of Medical Specialty Amongst Medical Students, Pre-vocational Doctors, General Practice Registrars and General Practitioners

Mohammad Hossain

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Dr Vidyasagar Potdar

Extended and Expanded Diffusion of RFID Technology in Asset Management: Australian Livestock Industry

Enayet Hossain

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Dr Tekle Shanka

Tourism Consumers’ Choice Behaviour Regarding Tour Destination Loyalty.

Christina Howe

PhD

Dr Brenda ScottLadd

Prof Al Rainnie

Keeping Teachers in the Profession: A Western Australian Perspective

Nadzri Ab Ghani

PhD

Prof Robert Evans

Dr Jeremy Galbreath

Predicting Whistle-Blowing Intention: Evidence from Manufacturing Companies in Malaysia

Intan Saidon

PhD

Prof Robert Evans

Dr Jeremy Galbreath

Moral Disengagement of Business Professionals: A Malaysian Study of Antecedents and Outcomes

Melissa Marinelli

PhD

Prof Alison Preston

Dr Linley Lord and Assoc Prof Therese Jefferson

Transition from Technical Engineer to Managers and Leaders: Women’s Experience in Australia

Md. Shah Azam

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Dr Mahbubur Rahim (Monash University)

Diffusion of ICT and SMEs Performance: Determinants and Strategies for Bangladesh

Nigel Gribble

PhD

Assoc Prof Rick Ladyshewsky

Dr Brenda ScottLadd

Influence of an International Clinical Education Placement on the Emotional -Social Intelligence of Australian University Students

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Supervisor

Co-Supervisor

Thesis Title

Terry Ann Sheridan

PhD

Prof Alma Whiteley

Assoc Prof Therese Jefferson

Exploring Recipients’ Perceptions of Impression Management: Insights from Comparing Fraudster and Non-Fraudster Executives

Karen Trimmer

DBA

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Assoc Prof Margot Wood

Non-Compliance by School Principals: The Effects of Experience, Stakeholder Characteristics and Governance Mechanisms on Reasoned Risk-Taking in Decision-Making

Wee Gee Roy Cheo

DBA

Prof Peter Galvin

Prof Rob Evans Dr Jeremy Galbreath

An Empirical Study of Corporate Turnaround Strategies in Australia

Azizah Ahmad

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Dr Norshuhada Shiratuddin (UUM)

Business Intelligence for Sustainable Competitive Advantage: The Case of Telecommunications Companies in Malaysia

Wan Shakizah (Kizah) PhD Wan Mohd Noor

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Prof Alma Whiteley

Influences of Non-Monetary Rewards: Perceptions of Employees in Malaysian Private Organisations

Ralla Al Azali

PhD

Prof Alma Whiteley

Dr Jun Xu (Southern Cross)

Communities of Practice, Knowledge Creation and Corporate Sustainability: A Study of Bahrain Service Industry

Gunasegaran Muthusamy

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Prof Robert Evans

Behavioural Intention to use Forensic Accounting Services for the Detection and Prevention of Fraud by Large Malaysian Companies

Ngiang (Robin) Eng

PhD

Prof Peter Galvin

Assoc Prof Marita Naudé

The Relationships Between Trust in Top Management and Organisational Outcomes: Implications for the Influence of Senior Manager Role-Modelling and Group Cohesiveness in the Construction Industry

Mohammad Nasir Uddin

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Dr Nazrul Islam (Ag Dept)

Impact of Knowledge Management and InterOrganisational System on Supply Chain Performance: The Case of Australian Agri-Food Industry

HDR Students who passed their thesis examination in 2010 Candidate

Supervisor

Co-Supervisor

Thesis Title

Rebecca McCabe

MComm

Prof Alison Preston

Linley Lord

Australian Generation Y Professionals: Who They Are and What They Expect of Their Career

Clive Boddy

DBA

Prof Peter Galvin

Assoc Prof Rick Ladyshewsky

Corporate Psychopaths in Australian Workplaces and their Influence on Organisational Outcomes

Andrew Zint

PhD

Prof Peter Galvin

Prof Alma Whiteley

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Negotiations Between Business and Aboriginal Peoples: Implications for Strategic Management of Cross-Cultural Knowledge

Rosemerry Devenish

DBA

Prof Alma Whiteley

Assoc Prof Marita Naudé

Employee Perceptions of Public Sector Social Processes: A Grounded Theory Study

Louis Geneste

PhD

Prof Peter Galvin

David Blyth

DBA

Prof Alma Whiteley

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Structural Barriers to Transformational Leadership and the Influence of Internal Organisational Context

Eta Wahab

PhD

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Prof Margaret Nowak

Perceived Organisational Support and Organisational Commitment in Medium Enterprises in Malaysia

Norizah Mohd Mustamil

DBA

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Assoc Prof Des Klass

The Influence of Culture and Ethical Ideology on Ethical Decision Making Process of Malaysian Managers

Ratiwan Watanasin

DBA

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Prof Alma Whiteley

Cultural Symbolism: Thai Food Products in the United States Markets

Troy Hendrickson

PhD

Assoc Prof Rick Ladyshewsky

Prof Alma Whiteley

The Emergence of a Connectivity Schema to Encourage Assimilation of Information within a Pharmaceutical Sales Context

Eunice Liu

DBA

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CGSB RESEARCH SEMINAR PROGRAM Topic

Presenter

Research governance in academia: Are there alternatives to academic Rankings?

Prof Margit Osterloh, University of Zurich

Rigour in qualitative research

Prof Alma Whiteley, CGSB

Research strategies at CGSB

Prof Al Rainnie, CGSB

Two days with John Creswell: Some ideas about mixed methods research

Assoc Prof Therese Jefferson, CGSB

The effects of economic downturn on occupational health and workers’ compensation

Prof Rob Guthrie, CGSB

How can leadership create work value alignment between different generational cohorts? An exploratory study

Terry Sheridan, PhD candidate, CGSB

Infallible leaders, just gods and other mythical creatures

Dr Margot Wood, Senior Lecturer CGSB

Interfirm rivalry within and between strategic networks

Prof Peter Galvin, MBA Director, CGSB

Student conference paper

Melissa Marinelli, CGSB Doctoral Student

‘From the deserts the prophets come’: Employment relations in the Pilbara from Robe River to fair work

Adjunct Prof Bradon Ellem, CGSB

CBS R&D – directions, support and navigating our web pages

Jananee Raguragavan and Paula Haslehurst, CBS R&D

Research ethics beyond a Form C

Stephan Millet, Curtin

Who is a manager in the 21st Century?

Assoc Prof Brenda Scott Ladd, CGSB

Student conference paper: Organisational intention to use forensic accounting services for fraud detection and prevention by large Malaysian companies.

Guna Muthusamy, CGSB Doctoral Student

Academic leadership in higher education and the integrated competing values framework

Prof Rick Ladyshewsky, CGSB

Is the resource rent tax a good idea?

Prof Peter Kenyon, CGSB

Insights into the ARC grant application process

Dr Jeremy Galbreath, CGSB

Design science research methods

Assoc Prof John Venable, CBS School of Information Systems

Insights from a long doctoral journey

Dr Troy Hendrickson, CGSB

Make, buy, concurrent sourcing and concurrent exploitation: Understanding firm boundary choices

Norbert Bach

Legal research in a business context - mindset and methodology

Jennifer Westaway

Legitimation projects: How organisations respond to core stigmatisation

Assoc Prof Stephane Tywoniak, CGSB

Creative careers: Exploring work and employment in the creative sector.

Dr. Scott Fitzgerald, CGSB

Candidacy performance of state-owned enterprises in Indonesia: The impact of government involvement

Puspa Rahayu, CGSB Doctoral Student

Strategy without design

Prof Robert Chia, University of Strathclyde

Group facilitation: a process not an event

Dr. Dorothy Wardale, CGSB

How do we incorporate health literacy and message framing into social marketing / health promotion practice?

Prof Lynne Eagle, Marketing Dept Bristol Business School

Intellectual property management and technological entrepreneurship

Assoc Prof Kelvin Willoughby, CGSB

Occupational Health and Safety: Generating regulatory approaches that encourage compliance

Garry Claxton, CGSB

Farmland conservation in a peri-urban context and the development of alternative food networks: Insights from a case study in metropolitan Barcelona

Valerià Paül Carril, Visting fellow, Departamento de Xeografía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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he CGSB Alumni Chapter provides members with a means of maintaining links with former classmates, industry and professional associations and with other alumni around the world. The Chapter also facilitates activities aimed at career advancement and life-long learning. It works to raise the profile of the CGSB and its graduates in the business community in order to increase the awareness of CGSB graduates and elevate the value of Curtin CGSB degrees.

CGSB Alumni sponsored Building Your Career event “The Hidden Job Market”, a Building Your Career event cosponsored by CGSB Alumni on 26 February 2010 was a roaring success with over 80 attendees including 30 Alumni, staff and visitors in attendance. The topic challenged the assumption that most jobs are advertised and gave attendees some tips and strategies on how to access the “hidden” job market.

By end of 2010 there were over 4593 registered CGSB alumni around the world. The CGSB Alumni Committee/ Chapter organised the following events that served to engage former students with CGSB staff, students, the community and industry links.

Annual Christmas Comedy Debate: Does Santa need Facebook? With the CGSB Alumni arguing ‘against’ and the CGSB Toastmasters arguing ‘for’, the event was well-attended by Alumni, current students and staff. This event has traditionally served as a fundraiser for disadvantaged children at Parkerville Children Youth Care and all attendees are requested to be a wrapped gift suitable for a child.

Santa Claus talks to the audience after the CGSB alumni-sponsored Annual Christmas Comedy Debate in December 2010.

2010 CGSB Alumni Committee: Name

Committee Role

Magodi Sakala

President & Secretary

Michael Starling

Treasurer

Paul Anderson

Committee Member

Regina Flugge

Committee Member

Gerry O’Brien

Committee Member

Peter Taliangis

Committee Member

Tunji Pariola

Student Representative

Amit Vohra

Regional Coordinator, Melbourne

Natalie Powell

Regional Coordinator, Sydney

Ben Furler

Regional Coordinator, South-West, WA

Kim Lee

CGSB Liaison Representative (Business Development Manager)

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT AT THE CGSB

EXTENDING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

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The CGSB Professional Portfolio. The Porfolio was developed in 2008 to recognise external professional development activities undertaken by students. In 2009 the CGSB piloted an online version of the portfolio - iPortfolio - developed by Curtin as a personal online space to boost the capacity of students to build on their career/ professional and study-related portfolios. In it students can collect evidence of their learning and professional development, seek feedback and collaborate with others, showcase their skills and accomplishments and highlight their job readiness to prospective employers. The CGSB continues to offer workshops on iPortfolio and offer events and workshops to students enabling them to compilate an active and engaging portfolio. The CGSB Business Leaders Series. This speakers series gives students and alumni the opportunity not only to update their knowledge of the newest trends and career opportunities in various business-related industries but also develop their professional network and engage with leaders in industry The CGSB Building Your Career Workshops. This professional development workshop series is dedicated to helping our students build and develop their careers. Covering a broad range of issues, these workshops complement the CGSB Business Leaders Series and networking events held by the CGSB.

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The International Study Tours - China and Japan. Offered for over 10 years through the CGSB, the China Study Tour combines academic insights into the business of conducting business in China. This popular tour is only gaining popularity amonst students as they recognise the value of ‘guan xi’. In 2010, the CGSB launched the inaugural Japon Study Tour. Students were given the opportunity to experience Japanese culture and business perspectives first-hand.

Academic Mentoring Program. In Trimester 3 2010 the CGSB piloted the CGSB Academic Mentoring Program (AMP) in effort to meet its commitment to ensuring that all students are provided with appropriate assistance during their transition to the School and its courses.

The CGSB Toastmasters Club formed in 2004 helps students and other members improve their public speaking skills and increase their networks. This club has developed into a diverse club that includes alumni, staff, friends and associates. Leadership skills training, a wide range of educational materials and seminar programs are other benefits that all Toastmaster club members can access at a reduced cost through Toastmasters International.

CBS Communication Skills Centre. The CSC provides invaluable support at the beginning of trimester to new and continuing students’ interpersonal, professional and study skills through offerings such as academic writing and research skills, various communication skills and computer skills.


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n 2010, the CGSB hosted the following Business Leaders presentations as a way of extending learning beyond the classroom and facilitating networking opportunities. The BLS events are open to current CGSB students as well as Alumni. EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION AND PERFORMANCE Thursday 28 January Professor Margit Osterloh University of Zurich

BACK TO THE FUTURE - POLITICS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AFTER THE RECESSION Friday 28 May Professor Al Rainnie Curtin Graduate School of Business

SIX THEORIES OF MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Friday 12 March Professor Ron Sanchez Copenhagen Business School

IS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENT IN HIGH TECH COMPANIES? Thursday 10 June Dr Byron Hanson Managing Director Duke Corporate Education, San Diego

PROFESSIONAL CULTURE AND INTRAORGANISATIONAL CONFLICT Wednesday 17 March Professor Linda Herkenhoff Saint Mary’s College of California

MICROFINANCE AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT TO HELP ALLEVIATE POVERTY Friday 16 July Dushan Jeyabalan Opportunity International

SOCIAL IMPACTS OF MINING AND THE CHALLENGES FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IN WA Friday 16 April Professor Fiona McKenzie Curtin Graduate School of Business

THE COST TO BUSINESS OF THE TORRES STRAIT OIL LEAK Friday 30 July Senator Rachel Siewert Senator for Western Australia, Australian Greens

LABOUR MARKET SHORTAGES - HOW ARE WE PLACED? Friday 30 April In conjunction with JCIPP James Pearson Chief Executive Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WA)

LEADERSHIP IN A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT: SHIFTING THE PARADIGM Friday 10 September Associate Professor Des Klass Curtin Graduate School of Business

THE MBA OATH DEBATE: EXPLORING A “HIPPOCRATIC OATH” FOR BUSINESS Friday 14 May Panel Discussion

COMPENSATION FOR AN AGEING WORKFORCE Friday 5 November Adjunct Professor Rob Guthrie Curtin Graduate School of Business

SPECIAL BUDGET BRIEFING Friday 21 May Professor Peter Kenyon Curtin Graduate School of Business

TRADING IDEAS: IS THAT “REAL” BUSINESS? Friday 19 November Assoc Professor Kelvin Willoughby Curtin Graduate School of Business

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EFFECTIVE NETWORKING Run every trimester at the Western Australian Club If the term ‘networking’ conjures up images of handing out and collecting as many business cards as you can or looking for what you can get out of others at an event, then it’s time to rethink what you’re doing. What is it you need to do to make and keep useful contacts? How do you followup on a meeting effectively? How do you become a valuable contact yourself? At this practical workshop you’ll learn some simple techniques, and be given some specific exercises in order to put into practice what you’ve learned. THE HIDDEN JOB MARKET (IN CONJUNCTION WITH CGSB ALUMNI) Friday 26 February Most jobs are not advertised. But where are they and how do you tap into this ‘hidden market’? Come and hear what types of jobs never make it into the classifieds and learn what it takes to be considered for these positions from a panel of experts including job recruiters and a labour market economist. 2010 CURTIN CAREERS FAIR Wednesday 10 March Curtin Stadium, Curtin Bentley Campus The Curtin (Bentley) Career Fair is the largest careers fair run by the Curtin Careers Centre. While primarily targeted towards undergraduates, the excellent range of employers on campus in one space may hold new opportunities for your career path. Be sure not to miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn more about potential employers and gain valuable insight into your career direction. MENTORS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Tuesday 20 April: The decline of clear and well-established career paths and the fact that people stay in particular jobs for shorter periods of time has lessened the trend of developing mentoring relationships. Yet highly successful people talk more than ever about the importance of their mentor(s) during challenging stages of their career. One specific and highly successful approach is ‘peer mentoring’ through small groups. Your time at the CGSB could be the optimal time to create such a group and create an independent peer mentoring network. Come and find out how to make mentoring work for you from an expert mentoring consultant. STATE OF THE MARKET Friday 4 June A series of simultaneous presentations by representatives from specialised fields will talk about what the job market is looking like in their particular industry/field, what employers are looking for and where the jobs are most likely to be found. Covering at least four different industries (to be announced closer to the event), this event will provide an opportunity to hear about the specific job markets and ask questions of recruiters and employers in those industries.

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CHANGING CAREER PATHS Monday 9 August Have you ever wanted to move to a new industry or career and check out whether the ‘grass’ is really ‘greener’ on that side of the fence? Where do you start and how do you move into something new without starting at the bottom again? Find out how to leverage your existing experience, your new-found skills from your study and your full set of capabilities to start on a new pathway. Listen to the experiences of some past CGSB graduates that have made career changes following their studies at the CGSB and ask them questions about how they did it. BOARD MEMBERSHIP FOR BEGINNERS Friday 22 October Becoming a member of a Board is something that many mid-career professionals aspire to – but how do you get a foot in the Boardroom door? Find out how you can start the process of getting in the ‘inner circle’, how to get nominated, where and who to target and what specific training you may need for certain Board positions. Apart from finding out what you need to do to make your Boardroom aspirations a reality, hear from recent CGSB graduates who have been successful in getting positions on Boards. CV WRITING Tuesday 30 November Is your CV a collection of dot points you’ve been adding to over the past 10 years? When was the last time you reworked your CV from scratch?. The CV for a mid-career professional should look quite different from that of an early career person. Maybe it’s time to rethink what and how you present key information in your resume. Find out how to create an attractive and effective CV, see what is desirable and what’s a ‘no-no’, Become familiar with different formats and learn how to present information in a way that will ensure it is appropriately considered.

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ed by Senior Lecturer Dr Jeremy Galbreath and Mr Kim Lee, CGSB Business Development Manager, 14 CGSB students participation in the 2010 China Study tour. The primary objective of the tour was to meet and visit businesses and business leaders as evidenced below by the list of companies visited.

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3Nod Electronics Co Ltd. AustCham Beijing Australia China Connections Magazine Ausunland Group Property Corporation Bank of East Asia (BEA Vice President) Bao Steel Curtin GSB Lingnan Alumni Department of State Development (WA Government Office) DongPeng Ceramics & Building Materials Co. ex-McKinsey director, Lilian Luca GHIC – Guangdong High-Tech Industry Chamber GNS China Haier Corp.,Ltd. HK Legislative Council (hosted by Chief Executive Chan Ka Wai – The HK Democratic Party) Honda Guangzhou Hong Kong Fashion and Textiles Resource Centre Hong Kong Polytech University Hong Kong Poly MBA Alumni Hong Kong Stock Exchange HSBC Bank Company Limited JC Certified Public Accountants Lianchuang Electronics Tech Group Manage China Consultancy Modern Terminal – Container terminal/port Pinestrong Caps Qingdao Railway Development Co. (Mr Julian Zuleta) Shanghai Aerospace Automobile Electromechanical Co. Ltd. Shanghai Alleader Investments Shanghai Ministry of Finance Shanghai Planning Office Shanghai Solar Energy Research Centre Shanghai World Expo Shanghai University of Finance & Economics The Beijing Axis (Sourcing, Investments, Strategy) Tik Chi Yuen MLA – (HK Social Welfare Strategic Development Organisation) Tsingtao Brewery Uores – United Overseas Resources Ltd

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he inaugural Japanese International study tour offered 17 CGSB postgraduate students a valuable opportunity to learn about the culture and business practices within Japan from a first-hand ‘emic’ experience by visiting Japan between August 18 and August 30, 2010. Led by Dr Troy Hendrickson and Mr Kim Lee and accompanied by Mr Kawanabe, the Japanese Government Director, the study tour included visits and lectures from both academics and business practitioners throughout various regions within Japan interspersed with unique cultural experiences on virtually every day of the tour.

Some of the highlights of the trip included academic presentations from Professors affiliated with Kobe and Hyogo Universities, as well as visits to the Panasonic EcoTechnology Centre (PETEC) which is a state of the art recycling plant for televisions, washing machines, air conditioners and refrigerators. Every day of the tour was designed to provide significant exposure to geographic landmarks, networking events, insights into various types of organisations and industries, as well as very unique cultural experiences including traditional home-stays with a Japanese family for each participant, an authentic Japanese tea ceremony experience and visits to the Hanshin-Awaj Earthquake Museum, Hiroshima Peace Hotel, the Meiji Temple, Sasayama Village and the Tokyo Tower.

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he AusAID Australian Leadership Awards Leadership for Development Program (ALDP) was awarded to the CGSB in 2007 via a rigorous competitive tendering process. The ALDP contract, worth A$12m over four years is the largest contract of its kind to have been awarded to Curtin. Under the contract the CGSB delivers an annual leadership conference and residential leadership workshops across Australia. Participants include approximately 200 Australia Award scholars annually from 64 countries across the developing world who are undertaking postgraduate studies at an Australian university. Now in its fourth year the ALDP has over 800 alumni and current participants. The scholars represent diverse professional fields with participants having positions in government, the not for profit sector and private industry. These scholars are awarded their scholarship based on their current or potential leadership skills; previous participants have included AttorneyGenerals, Directors of non government organisations, and senior government officials. The success of this program has lead AusAID to invite the CGSB to deliver two-day leadership development programs to African scholarship alumni now back working in organisations in Africa. Since 2008 programs have been run in Southern Africa (South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zambia); East Africa (Malawi, Uganda and Kenya) and West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali and Burkina Faso). During 2010 the Australian Leadership Award: Leadership Development Program (ALA: LDP) underwent significant changes in regard to program delivery, curriculum development, staffing, and expansion of the program. Furthermore the LDP underwent two independent evaluations in 2010 to; assess the performance of Curtin’s Graduate School of Business as managing contractor; and to inform program design for the next iteration of the LDP. Whilst changes were considerable for the LDP they were implemented positively in line with the 2009 LDP Annual Plan and the strategies outlined to progress the program objective “to achieve a skilled and outward looking cadre of leaders, with strong links to Australia, who lead reform, development and governance in priority areas across the globe.”

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Staffing within the LDP was an area of major change in 2010 as Claire Bean, a CGSB MBL alumnus succeeded Janet Sutherland inaugural Program Manager in March 2010. The succession was implemented over a six month period with introduction of Gloria Gu, Program Coordinator in February 2010. Additional staffing changes occurred within partner organisations without impact on program delivery. Ongoing risk management around staffing resulted in tightening of selection processes for sub-contracted facilitation staff and implementation of compulsory training days for 2011. Additionally, facilitation teams have been consolidated for 2011 to reduce staff numbers and improve quality management around workshop delivery whilst maximising use of staff skills. Juliet Hargreaves was appointed the LDP Coaching Coordinator in April 2010 having identified the need for operational changes to increase supervision and support of a consolidated team of LDP Coaches. This appointment assisted the change management process for the Coaching Module and further integration of the optional modules across the entire LDP. In 2009 the Rudd Government made education a flagship of the aid program and promised an additional $303.7 million over four years for education programs through Overseas Development Assistance (ODA). With funding of a further 2400 scholarships and short courses in November 2009 the LDP accepted an increase in annual numbers from 175 scholars in 2010 to 200 scholars in 2011, representing a 15 percent increase and delivery by the Australian government on its 2009 promise to increase education funding. Simultaneously in 2010 eligibility for the Australian Leadership Awards was extended to include current and emerging leaders from Burma (Myanmar), the Caribbean and Latin-America. Geographically this represents an increase from 35 countries in the Asia Pacific region to 66 countries across the globe, almost doubling the diversity of potential participants completing the LDP in 2011. The increased funding of the ALA: LDP expands Australia’s commitment to help developing countries build leaders who will focus on reducing poverty and achieve sustainable development in their home countries. Academic programs undertaken by ALA scholars continue to align with priority development areas including; disability, economic growth, education, environment, food security, gender, governance, health, human rights, infrastructure, regional stability, rural development, water and sanitation.


Parliament House Cocktail Function, Leadership Development Conference 2010 - the Honourable Bob McMcullen, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, with Australia Leadership Awardees

Claire Bean ALA Leadership Development Program Manager

Gloria Gu ALA Leadership Development Program Coordinator

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AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR NATURAL GAS MANAGEMENT

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he Australian Centre for Natural Gas Management is a well-established and successful joint venture between Curtin University and the University of Western Australia. Drawing on the research and extensive industry experience of both partners, the ACNGM is a leader in the Asian region for executive and management education in the energy sector. Established by Curtin and the University of Western Australia in 2005 to provide training for managers in the natural gas business, the ACNGM’s programs are delivered by a mix of academics and practitioners, complemented by extensive briefings by industry and regulators. The Centre is located at the Curtin Graduate School of Business’ (CGSB) city campus and a number of CGSB academic staff present on the programs, including John Karasinski, Deputy MBA Director and Program Director of the MBA (Oil and Gas) and Associate Professor Des Klass.

The course which ran from May to July 2010 the course addressed several key areas that included – • Introduction to the natural gas industry • Communications skills • Gas power industry • Regulatory issues in the natural gas downstream industry • Leadership • Commercial risk management • International legal practice for LNG contracting

The 2010 ACNGM cohort included representatives from Chongqing Gas Group Co. Ltd.. Guangdong Dapeng LNG Co. Ltd., Shenzen Gas Group Co. Ltd., Shenzen Energy Group Co. Ltd., Moon Bay Power Plant, Zhnagyang Electric Power Co. Ltd. and CNOOC Gas Power Group.

Since 2005 the Centre has delivered a customised Executive Certificate (Gas) to Trainees from across China under the auspices of the Australia China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund (the Fund). In late 2009 the Centre was awarded a new five year contract by the Fund to deliver three new programs which draw on the latest research and practice related to Leadership and Management in the Natural Gas Industry – at an organisation, industry and policy level.

The 2010 ACNGM Student Cohort meet staff from Curtin Business School and the CGSB

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CEDA: COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA

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EDA is an independent, not for profit body formed in 1960 that aims to inform, influence and raise the standard of discussion and research about the issues shaping Australia's economic and social development. It does this by publishing independent policy research; providing a forum for debate and discussion by business, government and academia; and offering a membership network to people and organisations that value knowledge, insights and ideas in Australia's best interests. More than 800 of Australia's leading organisations belong to CEDA of which CGSB is one. Its funding comes from membership fees, research grants, sponsorship and events. In 2010 CGSB played host to CEDA events with the following Trustee Breakfasts hosted at the School Women in the Workforce, the Boardroom, and Society: Do women Count? A question of Values! Thursday 28 January 2010 Host: Professor Alison Preston, Director CGSB Guest speaker Professor Ailsa McKay, Professor in Gender and Economics, Glasgow Caledonian University What does Sustainability Really Mean for Business Thursday 20 May 2010 Host: Professor Alison Preston, Director CGSB Guest speaker Professor Richard Welford, Chairman CSR Asia

L-R: Prof Ron Ripple, CGSB student, Prof Carol Dahl, Robin McClelland (CEDA), Prof Alison Preston and Mark Woffenden (CIME)

International Energy Markets: Understanding Pricing, Policies and Profit Monday 26 July 2010 Host: Professor Ronald Ripple Director, Centre for Research in Energy and Minerals Economics (CRÈME), CBS & Professor Alison Preston, Director CGSB Guest speaker Professor Carol Dahl, Faculty Member, Minerals and Energy Program, Colorado School of Mines, USA The CGSB also sponsored the following event in conjunction with CEDA: A Conversation with Michael Chaney Chancellor, University of Western Australia Chairman of NAB, Woodside, and Gresham Partners Tuesday 9 November Hyatt Regency Perth

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THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CLUB

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he Western Australian Club is a contemporary business club located in the heart of the Perth CBD. With a history spanning 117 years, its aim is to be the most respected and sought after professional person’s club in WA. The Club exudes a warm and inviting ambience, ideal for entertaining business associates, hosting meetings and seminars or relaxing with friends. The Western Australian Club offers CGSB students a competitive membership rate which includes selected access to club facilities and social networking opportunities with its almost 1000-strong membership. The CGSB holds its Effective Networking workshop at the Club at the start of every trimester, reinforcing the strong bond the School has with the Club and its links to industry. Professor Kelvin Willoughby held the final presentations for his unit Entrepreneurship and Creativity 660 at the Club in November 2010. The event, in which students presented and pitched their business start-up ideas to a panel of judges was described as ‘innovative’ and showcased the entrepreneurial spirit of the class.

CGSB students at the Effective Networking workshop in June 2010

Bruce Land (WA Club President, Prof Alison Preston (CGSB) and facilitator Ron Gibson (Go! Networking) at the WA Club in June 2010

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Entrepreneurship and Creativity 660 students with Prof Kelvin Willoughby after their presentation at the WA Club in Nov 2010


LINKING BEYOND THE CGSB

CGSB CENTRES AND RESEARCH UNITS

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Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Research Unit WiSER: Women in Social and Economic Research Centre for Innovation in Decision Quality Maureen Bickley Centre for Women in Leadership

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CGSB CENTRES AND RESEARCH UNITS

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he Curtin Graduate School of Business hosts several research units and Centres. Our research units regularly present specialist seminars and public forums that communicate their research findings to the broader community, including industry and practitioner groups. Our Centres create linkages beyond the CGSB to external organisations through their consultancies.

RESEARCH UNITS: Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Research Unit: This multi-disciplinary research unit conducts academic and contract research in the area of governance and corporate social responsibility with a particular focus on the development of leadership and management practice with a unique focus in Australia.

WiSER: Women in Social and Economic Research: WiSER has established itself as an interdisciplinary research program through its provision of meaningful gender analysis of policy and actively contributing to current debates on government policy. The key strengths include labour market analysis, social policy and health economics. Members of staff also participate in collaborative research with other research units in Curtin Business School, including: • The Centre for Research in Applied Economics • Oil and Gas Management • The Centre for Labour Market Research

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CENTRES: The Centre for Innovation in Decision Quality (CIDQ) based at the CGSB has engaged in applied consultative research linked strongly to helping corporations like Woodside, Minter Ellison among others to review their corporate level decision making processes within a business environment. CIDQ’s focus (reflected in the CIDQ framework) is on enhancing Decision Quality with respect to Creativity and innovation in organisations; application of decision theory; strategy development and resource allocation; high performance cultures and inspiring leaders to think differently. Expertise here is on creativity and innovation, enhancing the effectiveness of top management teams (TMTs), Board and executive team development, expert group facilitation and developing processes to support improved decision quality. Where relevant, this includes the use of decision support technologies that are now available to support complex decision making.


The Maureen Bickley Centre for Women in Leadership (MBC) was established within the CGSB in March 2008 as a centre promoting and enabling the increased representation of women in leadership roles. The name of the centre honours the late Associate Professor Maureen Bickley. Amongst her many achievements Maureen made a significant contribution to the advancement and promotion of gender equity and women in leadership. The MBC brings together researchers and consultants from within the CGSB and across Curtin with an interest and expertise in gender and leadership. Its vision is to be recognised nationally and internationally for its expertise in women in leadership in organisations. The aim of the MBC is to work with organisations to promote and profile the increased participation of women in leadership and senior management roles in industry, business and the not-for-profit sector. Through its research, executive education and consultancy the MBC will increase the understanding of the issues that confront women leaders and those aspiring to leadership roles and how organisations can address these issues. Research findings will inform the development of targeted executive development programs. With the departure of Dr. Susan Harwood at the end of 2009, Dr Linley Lord was appointed as the Director of the Maureen Bickley Centre, based at the CGSB. Being selected to deliver the Clare Burton Lecture for 2010 added to the growing visibility of the Maureen Bickley Centre at the forefront of supporting women in education and attainment of leadership qualities and roles. In April 2010 the centre also launched the Bickley Blog which is open to subscribers, who can contribute to it by way of news, opinion pieces, comments etc on issues relating to women and leadership. Melissa Marinelli, a CGSB doctoral student who runs the blog-site and assists Dr. Lord can also through the blog site assist to profile any research being done in the area of women and leadership. As is becoming the norm CGSB is also carving out for itself a niche in this specialised area. The highly regarded Women as Leaders program was delivered by Professor Susan Vinnicombe, of Cranfield University School of Management for the first time in Australia in conjunction with the MBC. The program is based on 20 years of research and has run successfully at Cranfield University for over 10 years. The program provided participants with the knowledge and attitudes to overcome barriers and help to develop winning strategies that will increase promotional opportunities. It integrated leading edge research with participants’ personal experiences to provide practical learning about leadership and how to navigate the way to the top.

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he following table lists the many consultative programs in which CGSB staff are involved. Please note that the names listed are CGSB academic and professional staff and Industry Teaching Associates only. We thank our collaborators and partners from industry and academia who also participated but are not listed here.

Client

Project/Program

CGSB Consultant(s)

AusAID

Leadership Development Program

Janet Sutherland, Claire Bean, Gloria Gu, Dr Linley Lord, Dr Troy Hendrickson

Water Corporation

Delivery of Management Essentials Program

Dr Margaret McCabe, Dianna Vitasovic, Dr Troy Hendrickson, Prof Robert Evans, Dr Anna Rowe, Prof Peter Galvin, Peter Westlund, Assoc Prof Des Klass, Ron Pettapiece, Dr Margot Wood.

Public Sector Commission

Presentation and Facilitation of the Public Sector Management Program

Assoc Prof Marita NaudĂŠ (CGSB)

Western Power

Provision of decision making workshop facilitation services

Assoc Prof Des Klass

Dept of State Development

Australia-China LNG Training Program 2010-2014

John Karasinski, Assoc Prof Des Klass, Assoc Prof Daniel J Packey

Water Corporation

Delivery of a Decision Quality Program

Assoc Prof Des Klass, Dr Margot Wood, Dianna Vitasovic

AusAID

Delivery of ADS Alumni workshops in Africa

Dr Troy Hendrickson

AIM

Facilitation of ICLIF Business Simulation

Assoc Prof Des Klass

CBH Group

Next Crop Master Class Series

Dr Margot Wood, Dianna Vitasovic, Prof Rick Ladyshewsky, Dr Jeremy Galbreath, Dr Dorothy Wardale

Integral Sustainability

Delivery of a 3 hour MCDA Workshop

Assoc Prof Des Klass

West Coast Eagles

MBTI Workshop

Prof Rick Ladyshewsky

Public Program

Women as Leaders

Dr Linley Lord

Education & Training International

Organisational Structure Review

Assoc Prof Des Klass, Dianna Vitasovic

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CGSB RESEARCH OUTPUT

NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE GRANTS

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CONSULTATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

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EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

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RESEARCH FORUM PARTICIPATION

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CGSB PUBLICATIONS

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NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE GRANTS CGSB researcher

Research project

Fund Organisation

Prof Fiona McKenzie, Curtin Graduate School of Business

Future Sustainability of Australia’s Mineral Industry

University of Queensland, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

The link between corporate governance and sustainability: A contingency approach

Australian Research Council, Curtin University of Technology, other ARC Funding

Other researchers: Amma Buckley, Curtin, Faculty of HumanitiesAlcoa Research Centre for Stronger Communities David Brereton, Tim Horberry, Daniel Franks, University of Queensland Stuart White, Damien Giurco, Christopher Reidy, University of Technology, Sydney John Rolfe, Galina Ivanova, Central Queensland University Dr Jeremy Galbreath

CONSULTATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CGSB researcher

Research project

Fund Organisation

Dr Linley Lord, Prof Alison Preston, Melissa Marinelli

Attraction and Retention of Women in the Minerals Industry

Minerals Council of Australia

Prof Fiona McKenzie

Future Sustainability of Australia's Mineral Industry

University of Queensland, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

Assoc Prof Therese M Jefferson, Gendered aspects of institutional change in employment relations since 1983 Prof Alison Preston

Curtin University of Technology

Assoc Prof Therese M Jefferson

Theoretical and applied approaches to economic decisionmaking

Curtin University of Technology

Dr Linley Lord, Prof Margaret Nowak, Assoc Prof Des Klass, Assoc Prof Therese Jefferson and Gail Thomas

Nursing and Leadership in the Western Australian Public Health System

Department of Health WA

Assoc Prof Rick Ladyshewsky

Academic leadership development within the university sector by dissemination of a web based 360 degree feedback process and related professional development workshops

Australian Learning and Teaching Council (previously Carrick)

Prof Mohammed Quaddus, Dr Anna Rowe, Prof Margaret Nowak, Prof Richard Welford (University of Hong Kong and CSR Asia)

Community engagement for corporate sustainability: an exploratory study of values and impacts

Curtin University of Technology

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

Supply chain performance of Australia Beef Industry

Dept of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

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EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS (PEER-REVIEWED JOUNALS) CGSB researcher

Editorial Board Membership

Prof Rob Guthrie

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Social Security and Workers Compensation Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Law and Policy Editorial Consultant, Legal Issues in Business Editorial Committee, Alternative Law Journal Editorial Board, Journal of Politics and Law Editorial Board, Journal of Finance, Accounting and Management Associate Editor, International Journal of Global Business

Assoc Prof Rick Ladyshewsky

Editorial Board, International Journal of Evidence-Based Coaching and Mentoring Editorial Committee member, HERDSA Guides Associate Editor, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice Advisory Board, Physiotherapy

Prof Margaret Nowak

Editorial Board member, Journal of Labour Economics

Prof Alison Preston

Editorial Board member, Industrial Relations Journal

Prof Mohammed Quaddus Editorial Board member, International Journal of Procurement Management (IJPM) Associate Editor, (Operations and Business Process management), International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences Co-editor, International Technology Management Review Editorial Board member, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations Dr Anna Lee Rowe

Editorial Board member, APCEA (Asia PaciďŹ c Centre for Environmental Accounting) Journal

Prof Alma Whiteley

Editorial review board, Journal for Teaching in International Business

ERA Ranked Journals 16 14 12 10 NUMBER OF JOURNALS

2008

8

2009

6

2010

4 2 0 A*

A

B

C

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Research output from the CGSB from 2008-10 in ERA ranked journals

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RESEARCH FORUM PARTICIPATION CGSB researcher

Dates

Forum Title

Location

Assoc Prof Desmond Klass

3-6 January

International Decision Conferencing Forum (ICDF 2010)

Toa Payoh, Singapore

Prof Alison Preston

15 January

Women in Social and Economic Research (WiSER) Forum

Perth, Australia

Prof Robert Guthrie

1-5 February

ANU OHS Consortium- Annual Colloquium 2010

Canberra, Australia

Prof Al Rainnie and Prof Alison Preston

2-5 February

24th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australian and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference 2010

Sydney, Australia

Prof Robert Guthrie

3-5 March

Australian Lawyers Alliance Seminar

Adelaide, Australia

Prof Alison Preston

28-30 March

2010 EFMD (European Foundation of Management Development) MBA Conference

Barcelona, Spain

Prof Robert Guthrie

28 March-1 April

Workers Compensation Forum

Melbourne, Australia

Dr Linley Lord and Prof Fiona McKenzie

19 - 22 May

10th European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2010 Conference

Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

Assoc Prof Therese Jefferson

3-6 June

Work & Family Roundtable

Adelaide, Australia

Assoc Prof Des Klass

21-23 June

Global Development Network 2010

Delft, The Netherlands

Dr Linley Lord

21-23 June

Gender, Work and Organisation, 6th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference

Keele University, Staffordshire, UK

Dr Linley Lord, Prof Al Rainnie and Assoc Prof Stephane Tywoniak

28 June-3 July

26th EGOS (European Group of Organizational Studies) Colloquium

Lisbon, Portugal

Dr Linley Lord

5 - 8 July

4th ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Methods Festival

St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK

Prof Mohammed Quaddus

9-12 July

Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2010)

Taipei, Taiwan

Dr Anna Rowe

11-13 July

6th Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research In Accounting (APIRA)

Sydney, Australia

Dr Scott Fitzgerald

18-22 July

International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)Conference

Braga, Portugal

Assoc Prof Stephane Tywoniak

6-10 August

Academy of Management (AOM)Annual Meeting 2010

Los Angeles, USA

Dr. Bryan Maybee

16-20 August

Sustainable Mining 2010

Kalgoorlie, Australia

Prof Al Rainnie and Prof Alison Preston

7-9 September

Work Employment and Society Conference 2010

Brighton, UK

Prof Peter Galvin

14-16 September British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conference 2010

Sheffield, UK

Assoc Prof Marita Naudé

22-25 November

International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Conference

Rome, Italy

Assoc Prof Des Klass

29 November

Conference on Sustainability

Miri, Malaysia

Dr Aileen Hoath

7-10 December

Australia New Zealand Regional Science Association Melbourne, Australia International Inc (ANZRSAI) Conference

Assoc Prof Therese Jefferson

11-12 December

5th Society of Heterodox Economists Conference

Sydney, Australia

Prof Robert Evans, Dr Linley Lord, Janet Sutherland and Dr Dorothy Wardale

7-10 December

24th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)Conference

Adelaide, Australia

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CGSB PUBLICATIONS CGSB STAFF ARE HIGHLIGHTED

Books Guthrie, R. 2010. Workers’ compensation dispute resolution. A Western Australian case study. Germany: VDM Verlag Herod, A. A. Rainnie, S. McGrath-Champ eds. 2010. A handbook of work and employment: Working space. UK: Edward Elgar.

Book chapters Currens, J., and R. Ladyshewsky. 2010. Learning with and from peers in fieldwork education settings. In Innovations in allied health fieldwork education: a critical appraisal, eds. L.McAllister, M. Paterson, J.Higgs and C.Bithell. 141-152. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. Galbreath, J., and K. Benjamin. 2010. An action-based approach for linking CSR with strategy: Framework and cases. In Innovative corporate social responsibility, eds. C. Louche, S. Idowu and W. Filho. 12-36. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing. Greive S., and F.H. McKenzie. 2010. Local Housing Strategies - Responding to the Affordability Crisis. In Planning Perspectives from Western Australia: A Reader in Theory and Practice, ed. J. Blagg. 66-84. Fremantle, Western Australia: Fremantle Press.

Rainnie, A., A. Herod, and S. McGrath-Champ. 2010. Workers in space. In Handbook of employment and society: Working space, eds, S.McGrath-Champ, A.Herod and A.Rainnie. 249272. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. Rainnie, A., A. Herod, and S. McGrath-Champ. 2010. Working spaces. In Handbook of employment and society: Working space, eds. S. McGrath-Champ, A.Herod and A. Rainnie. 6183. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.

Refereed journal articles Genevieve, A., and A. Whiteley. 2010. Employees’ and managers’ accounts of interactive workplace learning. A grounded theory of ‘complex integrative learning’. The Journal of Workplace Learning 22: 409-427. Barns, A. and A. Preston. 2010. Is Australia really a world leader in closing the gender gap? Feminist Economics 16: 81-104. Al Bhadily, M., and R. Guthrie. 2010. Insolvency protection for employee entitlements: International alternatives to GEER scheme. Journal of Applied Law and Policy 3 (JALAP): 33-49. Boddy, C., R. Ladyshewsky and P. Galvin. 2010. The influence of corporate psychopaths on corporate social responsibility and organizational commitment to employees. Journal of Business Ethics 97: 1-19.

Herod, A., S. McGrath-Champ and A. Rainnie. 2010. Foundations. In Handbook of employment and society: Working space, eds. S.McGrath-Champ, A.Herod and A. Rainnie. 1-16. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.

Boddy, C., R. Ladyshewsky, and P. Galvin. 2010. Leaders without ethics in global business: corporate psychopaths. Journal of Public Affairs 10: 121-138.

Ladyshewsky, R. 2010. Peer coaching. In The complete handbook of coaching, eds, E. Cox, T. Bachkirova and D.Clutterbuck. 284-294. London: Sage Publications.

Bunn, A., andR. Guthrie. 2010. Stress testing the banks: an examination of some of the legal issues relating to workplace stress and mental harm within the banking industry. Journal of Applied Law and Policy (JALAP) 3: 105-121.

Lord, L. and S.Vinnicombe. 2010. Learning from life experiences: a study of female academic leaders in Australia. In Self-management and leadership development, eds M. Rothstein and R. Burke. 447-463. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

Bunn, A., and R. Guthrie. 2010. Alcohol consumption and harm: a consideration of legal liability relating to the service and promotion of alcohol. Legal Issues in Business 12: 57-68.

Quaddus, M. 2010. An adoption model of RFID-based livestock management system in Australia. In Human benefit through the diffusion of information systems design science research, eds. J. Pries-Heje, J.Veneble, D. Bunker, N. Russo and J. DeGross. 179-191. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag. Rahim, M., M. Quaddus and M. Singh. 2010. Understanding the use of business-to-employee portals in an Australian university through the employee lens. In Encyclopaedia of e-business development and management in the global economy, ed. I. Lee. 589-602. USA: IGI Global.

Bunn, A., and R. Guthrie. 2010. In vino veritas: An overview of the legal issues relating to the use of alcohol in the workplace. The Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government 16: 37-50. Butler, B., C. Dickie and M. Naude. 2010. Strategies to respond to change: an exploratory study. Journal of Global Strategic Management 4: 47-60. Fong, S., and M. Quaddus. 2010. Intranet use in Hong Kong public hospitals. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management 18: 156-181.

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Galbreath, J. 2010. Drivers of corporate social responsibility: the role of formal strategic planning and firm culture. British Journal of Management 21: 511-525.

Jefferson, T., and A. Preston. 2010. Australia’s other two speed economy: gender pay equity and the role of Fair Work Australia. Australian Bulletin of Labour 36: 327-334.

Galbreath, J. 2010. Corporate governance practices that address climate change: an exploratory study. Business Strategy and the Environment 19: 335-350.

Jefferson, T., and A. Preston. 2010. Negotiating fair pay and conditions: low paid women’s experience and perceptions of labour market deregulation and individual wage bargaining. Industrial Relations Journal 41: 351-366.

Galbreath, J. 2010. How does corporate social responsibility benefit firms? Evidence from Australia. European Business Review 22: 411-431. Galbreath, J. 2010. The impact of strategic orientation on corporate social responsibility. International Journal of Organisational Analysis 18: 23-40.

Jefferson, T., and A. Preston. 2010. Labour markets and wages in Australia in 2009. Journal of Industrial Relations 52: 335-354. Ladyshewsky, R. 2010. Building competency in the novice allied health professional through peer coaching. Journal of Allied Health 39: 75-80.

Gunasegaran, M., M. Quaddus, and R. Evans. 2010. Behavioural intention to use forensic accounting services: a critical review of theories and an integrative model. The Business Review, Cambridge 15: 42-48.

Ladyshewsky, R. 2010. The manager as coach as a driver of organizational development. Leadership & Organization Development Journal 31: 292-306.

Guthrie, R., and R. Aurbach. 2010. Workers’ compensation self-insurers in Australia: insolvency and worker protection. Insurance Law Journal 21: 24-41.

Maybee, B. 2010. Risk quantification using qualitative tools. International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management 2: 98-111.

Guthrie, R., R. Aurbach and A. Fronsko. 2010. Workers’ compensation and economic downturn. International Journal of Social Security and Workers Compensation 2: 41-60.

Maybee, B., L. Fava, P. Dunn, S. Wilson, J. Fitzgerald. 2010. Toward optimum value in underground mine scheduling. The CIM Journal 1: 176-182.

Guthrie, R., M. Ciccarelli, and A. Babic. 2010. Work-related stress in Australia: The effects of legislative interventions and the cost of treatment. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 33: 101-115.

Maybee, B., S. Lowen and P. Dunn. 2010. Risk-based decision making within strategic mine planning. International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering 2: 44-58.

Guthrie, R., M. Frances and K. Purse. 2010. ‘Dust and sweat’ in Australian workers’ compensation systems: Challenges for the Gillard Labor Government. Public Policy 5: 40-52.

McDonald, C., L. Frost, A. Kirk-Brown, A.Rainnie, and P. Van Dijk. 2010. An evaluation of the economic approaches used by policy actors towards investment in place-based partnerships in Victoria. Australian Journal of Public Administration 69: 9-21.

Guthrie, R., R. Taplin, and J. Oliver. 2010. Workplace harassment - a health issue: Anti-discrimination cases and work compensation claims. International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 10: 163-190.

Monterosso, S., and R. Guthrie. 2010. Legislating to prevent further harm to the harmed. Insurance Law Journal 21: 179196.

Guthrie, R., and J. Westaway. 2010. Compensation for workplace injury leading to suicide in Australia. Journal of Law and Medicine 18: 333-343.

Naude, M. 2010. Increasing sustainable organisational development by using e-portfolios. Corporate Ownership & Control 8: 188-196.

Guthrie, R., and M. Zulfa. 2010. Work-related suicide: a review of the judicial approaches in United States, Australia, Canada and United Kingdom. International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions Journal 47: 83-122.

Naude, M. 2010.E-portfolios: a case example from masters level business students. Journal of Organizational Behaviour Education 3: 1-19.

Jefferson, T., and J. King. 2010. Michal Kalecki and critical realism. Cambridge Journal of Economics: 1-16. Jefferson, T., and J. King. 2010. Can post Keynesians make better use of behavioural economics. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 33: 211-234. 58

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Naude, M., M. Nowak, G. Thomas, and A. Rowe. 2010. Managing industry-academia partnerships. The International Journal of Management Education 8: 71-82. Rowe, A., and J. Guthrie. 2010. The Chinese Government’s formal institutional influence on corporate environmental management. Public Management Review 21: 511-529.


Rowe, A. and W.Wehrmeyer. 2010. Education for sustainability: Developing MBA students’ critical reflective and action learning in their work context. Review of Business Research 10: 145-149.

Maybee B, S. Hall. 2010. 4th International Conference on Mining Innovation, June 23 - 25 2010 : Optimisation of construction and production in a block cave operation. Santiago, Chile: Gecamin.

Singhchawla, W., R. Evans and J. Evans. 2010. Managerial ownership and firm performance in Thailand: an empirical analysis. Corporate Ownership & Control 8: 369-378.

Maybee B, S. Hall, A. Tousignant. 2010. 13th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, May 3 – 6 2010: Evaluating the benefits of paste fill using advanced schedule optimization techniques. Perth, Western Australia: Australian Centre for Geomechanics.

Squelch, J., and R. Guthrie. 2010. The Australian legal framework for workplace bullying. Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal 32: 15-54. Tan, S. M., R. Ladyshewsky, and P. Gardner. 2010. Using blogging to promote clinical reasoning and metacognition in undergraduate physiotherapy fieldwork programs. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 26: 355-368. Tually, S. , A. Beer, S. Rowley, F. Haslam McKenzie and C. Birdsall Jones. 2010. The drivers of supply and demand in Australia’s rural and regional centres. AHURI POSITIONING PAPER 128: 1-78. Whiteley, A. 2010. The core values method within the sufficiency economy and Thai societal values. HRD Journal 1: 9-28.

McGrath-Champ S, A. Rainnie. 2010. Work in Progress: Crises, choices and continuity. 24th AIRAANZ conference, February 3 – 5, 2010: Progressing work: how spatial approaches change our theories of work and labour. Sydney, Australia: College of Business, University of Western Sydney. McKenzie, FH, A. Buckley. 2010. 34th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International, December 7 – 10, 2010: Lessons learned from the Pilbara: The socio-economic ills of mono-economies. Canterbury New Zealand: AERU Research Unit. McKenzie, FH, A. Sheridan. 2010. EURAM 2010: Back to the future, May 19 – 22, 2010: Women as leaders in agriculture still not seen, still not heard, still not recognised. Rome, Italy: EURAM.

Refereed Conference Proceedings Austen, S., T. Jefferson, and R. Ong. 2010. 39th Australian Conference of Economists, September 27 – 29, 2010: Gender comparisons of asset and debt portfolios in Australia. Sydney, Australia: Economic Society of Australia. Azam, S., M. Quaddus, M. Rahim. 2010. 13th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2010), December 23 – 25, 2010: How experience affects technology acceptance: A quest for ICT development strategies in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: IEEE Publishers. Butler B., C. Dickie, M. Naude. 2010. 6th International Strategic Management Conference: Searching for Strategies out of Global Recession. July 8-10, 2010: Strategies to respond to change: an exploratory study. St. Petersburg, Russia: Beykent University, Gebze Institute of Technology, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, and Prime Ministry State Planning Organization of the Republic of Turkey.

Muthusamy, G, M. Quaddus, R. Evans. 2010. 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, December 7 – 10, 2010: An exploratory study of the factors influencing large Malaysian companies’ intention to use forensic accounting services. Adelaide, South Australia: ANZAM. Muthusamy, G, M. Quaddus, R. Evans. 2010. Oxford Business & Economic Conference. June 28 – 30, 2010: Organizational intention to use forensic accounting services for fraud detection and prevention by large Malaysian companies. Oxford, United Kingdom: St Hugh’s College, Oxford University. Muthusamy, G, M. Quaddus, R. Evans. 2010. 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management conference, December 7 – 10, 2010: The theory of planned behaviour and organisational intention to use forensic accounting services. Adelaide, South Australia: ANZAM.

Hossain, M, M. Quaddus. 2010. 14th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, July 9-12, 2010: Impact of external environmental factors on RFID adoption in Australian livestock industry: An exploratory study. Taiwan: IEEE Publishers.

Rahim, M., M. Quaddus, S. Akhter. 2010. 13th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2010), December 23 – 2, 2010: Employee characteristics and their value perceptions about web-based B2E systems use in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: IEEE.

Lord, LA, M. Marinelli, M.Finlay. 2010. 10th EURAM Conference, May 19 - 22 2010: I wish I’d known what to do when...Reflections on a sexual harassment workshop for women engineers. Rome, Italy: EURAM.

Rowe, A. 2010. 6th Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, July 12 – 13, 2010: Corporate kangaroos’ and dragons’ sustainability disclosures: A comparative analysis. Sydney, Australia: APIRA.

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Saidon, I., J. Galbreath, A. Whiteley. 2010. 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, December 7 – 10, 2010: Antecedents of moral disengagement: preliminary empirical study in Malaysia. Adelaide, South Australia: ANZAM.

Urumsah, D, M. Quaddus, J. Galbreath. 2010. 15th International Business Information Management Association conference, November 6 – 7, 2010: Factors influencing the adoption of e-services in Indonesian airlines: A field study approach. Cairo, Egypt: IBIMA.

Shanka, T, M. Quaddus, E. Hossain. 2010. Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, November 29 – December 1, 2010: A ground up approach for consumer choice behaviour model of tourism destination loyalty: the case of Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. New Zealand, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy.

Wardale, D. 2010. Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, December 7 – 10, 2010: Effective group facilitation: A process not an event. Adelaide, South Australia: ANZAM.

Uddin, M, M. Quaddus, M. Islam. 2010. Oxford Business & Economics Conference (OBEC), June 28 – 30, 2010: Impact of inter-organizational relational mechanism on firm performance: some exploratory findings in Australian AgriFood Industry supply chain. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University. Uddin, M, M. Quaddus, M. Islam. 2010. PACIS 2010, July 9 – 12, 2010: Knowledge asset and inter-organizational relationship in the performance of Australian beef supply chain. Taiwan: National Taiwan University.

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