Research Seminars
Please find below a list of the IGSB research seminars. New seminars will be added on an ongoing basis.
If you wish to provide feedback on a seminar please email igsb.dba@unisa.edu.au and include the speaker and seminar date in the subject heading.
Each seminar will be held from 12-1 PM and will include lunch and refreshments. Please ensure that you register for each event within 5 working days of the seminar to allow for catering arrangements.
2008
November
Date and time: Wednesday 12th October, 12-1PM
Venue: Room GK5-15, City West campus
Presenter: Associate Professor Peter Lok & Dr Jo Rhodes, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: The impact of intangible resources on information technology
implementation for organisational performance and competitiveness in China - a resource based view approach
April
Date and time: Wednesday 9th April, 12-1PM
Venue: Room 5-26, Hawke Building, City West campus
Presenter: Dr Barry Elsey, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: Issues confronted in supervising a very good doctoral thesis
May
Date and time: Wednesday 14th May, 12-1PM
Venue: Room 5-19, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Dr Basil Tucker, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: PERFORMANCE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ~ Investigating
Organisational Performance as an Independent variable
June
Date and time: Wednesday 18th June, 12-1PM
Venue: Room 5-19, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Associate Professor Bruce Gurd, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: Exploring the Relationship between Learning Organizations and
Strategic Performance Measurement Systems in Australia and Taiwan
July
Date and time: Wednesday 9th July, 12-1PM
Venue: Room 5-15, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Dr Mary Bambacas, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: Valued career development practices: their influence on
organizational commitment
October
Date and time: Wednesday 8th October, 12-1PM
Venue: Room 5-26, Hawke Building, City West campus
Presenter: Professor David Corkindale, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: The adoption and diffusion of mobile phones across ASEAN
countries: identifying the impact of supply-side factors using the Bass
model
2007
March
Date and time: Tuesday 20th March, 12-2PM
Venue: Room 5-15, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Dr Barry Elsey, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: Post-doctorates: what happens after the doctoral learning
journey is completed?
April
Date and time: Tuesday 10th April, 12-2PM
Venue: Room 5-15, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Carol Davy, Phd Candidate, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: Embracing Standard Treatment Manuals Information Transfer
to Primary Health Workers in Papua New Guinea
July
Date and time: Tuesday 10th July 12-2PM
Venue: Room 5-15, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Lindsay Ryan, PhD Candidate, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: Managing University-Corporate Education Partnerships
To register: email
igsb.info@unisa.edu.au
August
Date and time: Tuesday 21st August 12-2PM
Venue: Room 5-24, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Basil Tucker, PhD Candidate, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: Unchartered waters - Modeling the relationship between
Strategy, Management Control Systems and Performance in the Not-for-Profit
Sector
To register: email
igsb.info@unisa.edu.au
October
Date and time: Tuesday 16 October 12-1.30PM
Venue: Room 5-15, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Jiwat Ram, PhD Candidate, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: Diffusion of Enterprise Resource Planning: Development of an
Integrated Framework for Successful Adoption and Implementation
To register: email
igsb.info@unisa.edu.au
2006
March
Date and time: Wednesday, 1st March, 1-2PM
Venue: Room 5-15, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Prof. Ruth Simpson, Brunei Business School, UK
Topic: Masculinity and Service: Emotional Labour and Identity
Work of Men in Caring Roles
April
Date and time: Tuesday 18th April, 1-2:30PM
Venue: Room 5-24, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter:
Dr. Song Yang, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: Reward preferences under the influence of Chinese cultural
value and political ideology: A case of salespeople in China
June
Date and time: Tuesday, 20 June, 12-2PM
Venue: Room 5-24, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Basil Tucker, IGSB
Topic: Management Control Systems and Strategy: What’s Been
Happening? (View Working Paper)
September
Date and time: Thursday, 7 September, 12-2PM
Venue: Room 5-15, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Associate Professor Bruce Gurd, IGSB
Topic: The Impact of Long Term Orientation and Diffusion of
Innovation on Balanced Scorecard Use in Australian Hospitals
October
Date and time: Tuesday, 17 October, 12-2PM
Venue: Room 5-24, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Anton Wiesmann, PhD Candidate
Topic: Key determinants for selecting business activities for
outsourcing.
Date and time: Thursday, 19 October, 12-2PM
Venue: Room 5-24, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Associate Professor Brian D'Netto, IGSB
Topic: Predictors of Management Development Effectiveness: An
Australian Perspective
November
Date and time: Thursday, 14 November, 12-2PM (lunch provided)
Venue: Room 5-15, George Kingston Building, City West campus
Presenter: Basil Tucker, IGSB
Topic: Unchartered waters - Modeling the relationship between
Strategy, Management Control Systems and Performance in the
Not-for-Profit Sector
2005
February
Date and time: Wednesday 16 February, 12-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-15, George Kingston Bldg, City West campus
Presenter: Mr Tian Gao, Jinan Central Hospital in China
Topic: The Possibility of Applying the Balanced Scorecard in
Chinese Hospitals
April
Date and time: Tuesday 26 April, 12-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-09 Rowland Rees Building, City West campus
Presenter:
Dr. Geoffrey Wells, IGSB, UniSA
Topic: The EU Social Charter project, the employment
relationship, and organisation theory.
May
Professor Geert Hofstede
IGSB are delighted to be hosting Professor Geert Hofstede, one of
the world’s best known Management Academics, during his visit to
Adelaide in May 2005. The School has seized this opportunity to arrange
a Research Seminar, Topic: Methods of Cross-Cultural Research: The Fun
and the Pitfalls.
Date and time: Wednesday 04 May, 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: Barbara Hanrahan Building, Room 2-09 (BH2-09)
December
Date and time: Wednesday 30th December, 12.30-2.00pm
Venue: George Kingston Building, Room GK5-15
Presenter: Chunyong (Tina) Tang
Topic: Personality, Attitude and Interactive Predicts on
Contextual Performance
2004
March
Date and time: Thursday, 18th March, 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-09, Rowland Rees Bldg, City West campus
Presenters:
Prof Bobby Banerjee,
A/Prof Bruce Gurd,
Prof David Richards
Topic: Workshop: Converting Conference Papers into Journal
Articles
April
Date and time: Tuesday 13th April, 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-15, George Kingston Bldg, City West campus
Presenter: Prof Karen Legge, Warwick Business School, University
of Warwick, UK
Topic: The Ethics of HRM in Dealing with Employees without
Collective Representation
May
Date and time: Wednesday 5th May, 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-15, George Kingston Bldg, City West campus
Presenter:
Mr Basil Tucker, PhD candidate, IGSM, UniSA
Topic: Risk Management, Organisational Culture and the
implications of Computer Network attacks and Malware
Date and time: Wednesday 26th May 1.00-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-09, Rowland Rees Bldg, City West campus
Presenter: Prof. Chiu Hong-Jen Taiwan University
Topic: Entrepreneurial Strategies and Collaborative Venture for
Educational Outreach Programs in Greater China
June
Date and time: Wednesday 16th June, 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-09, Rowland Rees Bldg, City West campus
Presenter:
Mr Murray Olliver IGSM, UniSA
Topic: Is there a gap between a global leader model and the
perceptions of those recruiting global leaders? - A Delphi Study
Date and time: Friday 25th Jun, 11.00-12.30pm
Venue: Rm5-09, Rowland Rees Bldg, City West campus
Presenter: Dr Peter Lok AGSM
Topic: The development of a Performance Management System and
Change Program for the Central Bank of Indonesia
July
Date and time: Wednesday 7th July 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-15, George Kingston Bldg, City West
Presenter:
Dr Marguerite Kolar DBA Graduate, IGSM, UniSA
Topic: Measurement Instrument Choice for Tracking Email
Communication
Date and time: Wednesday 21st July 12.00-1.30pm
Venue: Room 5-24 , George Kingston Bldg, City West
Presenter: Chris Poulson Professor of Management and Human
Resources at Cal Poly Pomona
Topic: Using Shakespeare to teach Management
August
Date and time: Wednesday 4th August 12.30-2.00pm
Venue: Rm CS4-17, Catherine Helen Spence Bldg, City West Library
Presenter:
Don Di Matteo Liaison Librarian, IGSM, UniSA
Topic: Alerting Services, Citation Indexes, Finding & Publishing
in Peer Reviewed Journals
September
Date and time: Wednesday 22nd September 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: Room 5-24 , George Kingston Bldg, City West campus
Presenter: Louise Moylan, PhD candidate, University of Adelaide
Topic: Aboriginal business enterprises: Economic, and
sociocultural interactivity
October
Date and time: Wednesday 6th October 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-15, George Kingston Bldg, City West
Presenter:
Basil Tucker, PhD candidate IGSM, UniSA
Topic: Alignment of Strategic Priorities and Management Control
Systems and the effect upon Performance in Nonprofit Organisations
November
Date and time: Wednesday 2nd Nov, 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: Rm5-15, George Kingston Bldg, City West campus
Presenter:
Dr Barry Elsey, senior lecturer IGSM, UniSA
Topic: Helping doctoral graduates publish their research