Research scholarships now being offered to PhD students
The Faculty of Business and Enterprise is offering research scholarships - Australian Post Graduate awards (APA) - for full-time students to undertake a PhD in the following areas:
Population ageing and the labour market;
Enterprise performance, governance and regulation;
International business;
Social enterprise and entrepreneurship;
Public sector management;
Accounting;
Marketing; and
Organisational studies.
To find out more about post graduate research in the Faculty of Business and Enterprise, go to the links above or call 03 9214 8475 -
Applications close Friday 30 May 2008
Professor Robert Jones Wins Publishing Award
Professor Robert Jones and co-author Associate Professor Gary Noble, University of Wollongong, have received a 2008 Emerald Literati Highly Commended Award for excellence for their article 'Grounded Theory and Management Research: A Lack of Integrity' published in the journal Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, 2/2, 2007: 84-103. The award will be presented to Professor Jones at the 24th EGOS Conference in Amsterdam in July.
 Toyota Production System Research Project
Professor Bob Jones recently returned from a one-week visit to Thailand where he visited three of the production facilities of Toyota Motors. Bob and his research team (Jim Latham, Michela Betta, and Samir Shrivastava) are conducting a research project on the problems encountered by different Toyota affiliates in implementing the Toyota Production System. The team has already visited USA and China. Thailand has been chosen as the Asia-Pacific hub for Toyota's production and training activities. The company produces over 500,000 vehicles annually in Thailand (five times the production of Australia) and is poised for further expansion over coming years. In the photo Professor Bob Jones is accompanied by Lucy Liu (Deputy General Manager, Toyota Institute Asia-Pacific) and Sarawut Rattanaphan (Assistant Production Manager, Gateway Plant, Thailand)
Faculty staff successfully receive competitive grants to commence in 2008
Prof Janice Langan-Fox was recently awarded an ARC Linkage grant worth $100K for her project titled, 'Approved Air Traffic Controller Competencies and Selection' in collaboration with Airservices Australia. Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) provide the nation with aviation services that require them to perform all tasks without error. The project will help develop the standards of excellence of Australian ATCs, contribute to internationalizing Australian human factors literature, develop the knowledge and skills of the Airservices staff and research team, and assist RAF and civil ATC collaboration.
Dr Dennis Foley has also secured an ARC Discovery Grant for a total of $155K for his project titled 'Developing Aboriginal Social Capital for participants not spectators in the Australian economy'. If a sector of Indigenous Australians can be taught to understand financial management, resource budgeting and financial planning (personal attributes that Western society values, yet often takes for granted); it is anticipated that they will in turn seek to improve their social position and look at wealth creation to reduce their dependence in a welfare culture.
Libby Brooke from the Centre for Business, Work and Ageing has also been awarded $307K over three years to support her project, Managing Employment Pathways, from an ANZ Philanthropic Trust (Wicking Trust).
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