Management research seminars
The School of Management Research Seminar series provides the opportunity for leading local, national and international academics to present their research methodologies and current research findings to staff within the school as well as to the wider academic and business community. The seminar series seeks to cover a broad range of topics including ethics, managing change, organisational behaviour, human resource management, industrial relations and supply chain management. See the 2008 seminar series (PDF 45.87KBdownload Adobe Acrobat)
From time to time the series may also feature workshops and master classes by staff and visiting scholars. Seminars are usually held between 12.00 and 2.00pm with a light lunch provided.
The coordinator of the seminars is Dr Helen Rusak. Please contact Dr Helen Rusak for further details (helen.rusak@unisa.edu.au or phone 8302 9331).
| Seminar program 2009 | ||
| DATE & LOCATION |
SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| December | TBC | TBC |
| November | TBC | TBC |
| 20th October 10am-1pm Bradley Forum | Dr Andreas Ernst, Adaptive Supply Networks, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences |
Optimising Logistics: From Campervans to Coal FURTHER INFORMATION UniSA staff and students - no cost. Please register with beverley.schutt@unisa.edu.au |
| 2nd September 11.30am GK 5-15 | Professor Helio Zylbertajn |
The End of Employment: A Case of Theoretical Convergence? FURTHER INFORMATION |
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21st
August 12.30-1.30pm GK 5-24 |
Professor Debushish Bhatterjee, Human Resources Group, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta | Industrial Relations Structures in India: Trends and Developments. |
| 12th August | Eileen Applebaum | Seminar. FURTHER INFORMATION |
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29th
July 12.30-1.30pm GK 5-15 |
Professor Robin Snell,
Department of Management, Lingnan University, UK in conjunction with the Ethics Centre of SA |
Representational predicaments at work: Why they may happen, why they should be of concern and what might be done about them. FURTHER INFORMATION |
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18th June 10am start Bradley Forum |
Dr Linda Duxbury, Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University |
Managing a Changing Workforce FURTHER INFORMATION |
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17th June 12.30-1.30pm RR 5-09 |
Associate Professor Howard Gospel, Said Business School, Park End Street, Oxford; Professor of Management (emeritus) at King's College London and a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics |
The Re-bundling of Corporate Functions: The Evolution of Shared
Services and Outsourcing in Human Resource Management. FURTHER INFORMATION |
| 26th and 27th May 2pm-5pm H6-03 |
Prof. Bob Vandenberg Professor of Management in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA (USA) |
Workshop 1 - 26th May 2009: The goal of this first workshop is to cover the validation process as it relates to measurement development and evaluation. Workshop 2 - 27th May 2009: The goal of the second workshop is to cover the publication 'traps' that are often evoked by editors and reviewers. |
| 7th May 12.30pm-2pm HH 3-09 |
Dr Zane Ma Rhea Faculty of Education Monash University |
Doing Good Business with Indigenous People. FURTHER INFORMATION |
| 4th May 10am-4pm GK 5-15 |
Prof. Jim McGuigan Professor of Cultural Analysis at Loughborough University, UK |
The Instrumentalising of Arts and Culture. FURTHER INFORMATION |
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31st March 10am-1pm Bradley Forum |
Maeve Magner (Director Global Supply Chain of the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative |
Supply Chain in the Developing World. UniSA staff and students: Please contact beverley.schutt@unisa.edu.au to register FURTHER INFORMATION |
| 17th March | Assoc. Professor Marian Baird (University of Sydney) Senior Lecturer Trish Todd (University of Western Sydney) Margaret Hallock (University of Oregon) Barbara Pocock (UniSA) | Justice for Women at Work: A discussion of Paid Parental Leave and Pay Equity. |
| 17th March 10-11.30am DB 3-17 |
Margaret Hallock (University of Oregon) |
Leading and Managing a University Research Centre: Some Lessons Learned from the US. FURTHER INFORMATION |
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3rd March 12.30-1.30pm GK 4-18 Lunch provided |
Daniel J Brass |
How to Write for Top Management Journals. DOWNLOAD SLIDES (51.6kb, PDF) |
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3rd February 10am-5pm |
John Holden | How Do We Value Arts and Culture? |
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Human Resource Management Forums also are held regularly.
Contact Professor Prashant Bordia for further information