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Department of Business

Research

Staff in the Department of Business addresses a broad range of subjects in their research and teaching:

  • Demography
  • Employee Voice
  • Employment and Work (Labour management studies)
  • Equity and Diversity
  • Human Resources Management
  • Information/ Business
  • Knowledge Management
  • Leadership
  • Management strategy
  • Marketing
  • Organisational Studies

Areas at Expertise for public and community presentations:

Lecturer Topics
Ang, Lawrence Advertising/marketing, Creativity in advertising.
Baumann, Chris Marketing and the Global Financial Crisis
Bowden, Jana Customer Engagement - Developing Enduring Customer-Brand Bonds
Brooks, Gordon The relationship between the individual and the organisation
Buchanan, June Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the marketing of legal but potentially harmful products.
Carter, Leanne Interpersonal Relational Competence and Internal Marketing: Ethics and Marketing.
Chavan, Meena Cross Cultural Competence in International Business Environments. Doing business with India and China - International Business strategy - Emerging Economies.
Chen, Stephen Global business strategies, International Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Ethics
D'Alessandro, Steven Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Across generations (Gen X, Y and Baby Boomers), Marketing to Children, Marketing of Pharmacueticals, Country of Origin and International Branding, Body Image, Self service technology.
Elliott, Greg Services Marketing, Financial Services, Marketing Management and Strategy, Country of Origin Effect, International Marketing of Services.

Gollan, Paul J.

 Human Resouce Management, Employee Voice, HR Sustainability, Workplace Relations/Industrial Relations
Gray, David The Relationship between Managerial Cognition and Team Performance
Guo, Fei Demographic trends and labour conditions in China; Skilled and student migration to Australia
Hamin, Hamin The Global Financial Crisis.(Prefer to present together with Hamin's mentor Dr Chris Baumann)
Howlett, Deborah
 Career Counselling, Human Resource Management, Strategy Leadership
Jack, Robert The challenges involved for Australian firms accessing international markets. Why international business matters to Australian firms
Jepsen, Denise A career in Human Resources, The psychological contract, organisational justice, organisational citizenship and other employee "engagement" and "productivity" measures.
Kenney, Jacqueline
 The Engaging Organisation, Transcending the organisational strategy - day-to-day practice deadlock.
Langford, Peter
 Organisational culture, Leadership, Employee engagement

Mcgraw, Peter

Human Resource Management, Multi-National Companies and HRM, Pay equity at Board and Senior Executive level.
Parr, Nick A wide range of recent demographic trends in Australia, eg population ageing, recent birth rate trends
Poole, David Resilience in Business - Reflections on the Lives of Packer, Murdoch, Trump, Iacocca, and Jobs.
Ruskin, Jennifer
 Business start-up basics, Writing a business plan, How to start a MasterMind group (a peer accountability forum)

Taksa, Lucy

 Women and leadership, Equity and diversity management, heritage management, management education, Organisational culture and cultural change.
Webster, Cynthia
Winzar, Hume New techniques in Marketing and Social Research Methods, How complexity theory works.
Yusuf, Farhat
 Business Demography, Consumer demographics of Australia and China, Consumption Patterns and Health of the Elderly in Australia.