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Professor EDDIE BLASS

Director, Postgraduate Education
 EdD, PGCE, MA, BA(Hons), LLB

Ph +61 3 9214 5695
Room AGSE 320
eblass@swin.edu.au

Eddie is a foresight specialist who is particularly interested in the development of future leaders and talent management in organisations, and the implications of this for the future of the HE sector, in particular business schools. Eddie combines teaching, research and consultancy and is interested in supervising practice-based doctoral students who undertake their research through examining both their own and their organisation's practice.

Teaching Areas

Currently responsible for overseeing the Postgraduate portfolio within the Faculty of Business and Enterprise. Also teaches on the Master of Strategic Foresight, the MBA and the PhD by Practice-Based Research.

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Research Interests

  • Future of Business Schools and Management Education
  • Future Workforce
  • Leadership Development and Talent Management
  • Development of Supervisory Skills for Research Degrees

Publications

(Most Recent)

Books

Blass, E. (Editor) (2009) Talent Management: Cases and Commentary. Palgrave Publications.

Blass, E. (2009) Effective Assessments and Exams. Pearson Publications.

Blass, E. (2007) Talent Management: Maximising talent for business performance. Chartered Management Institute.

Book Chapters

Blass, E., Jasman, A. & Shelley, S. (2011) The Future of HE: What will the sector look like in 25 years time and what does this mean for Executive Education? In Culpin, V., Blass, E. & Voller, S (Eds) The Future of Learning: Insights and Innovations for Executive Education. Basingstoke: Palgrave Publications.

April, K. & Blass, E. (2010) Ethical Leadership Required to Lead a Diverse New Europe. In Matiaske, W., Costa, S. & Brunkhorst, H. (Eds) Contemporary Perspectives on Justice. Munchen: Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Devine, M. & Blass, E. (2009) The Public Sector - A Special Case? In Blass, E. (Ed) Talent Management: Cases and Commentary. Basingstoke: Palgrave Publications.

Blass, E., Ettinger, A. & Holton, V. (2008) Differing Challenges and Different Achievements: The Case for a Separate Classification for Qualifications Undertaken by E-Learning. In Lee, I. (Ed) Electronic Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications (4 Volumes). Information Science Reference.

Blass, E., Orbea, A. & Knights, A. (2008) Developing Future Leaders: The contribution of Talent Management. In Turnbull-James, K. (Ed) Leadership: Knowledge into action. Palgrave Publishers.

Journal Articles

Blass, E., Jasman, A. & Levy, R. (2011) Supervisor Reflections on Developing Doctoralness in Practice-Based Doctoral Students. Quality Assurance in Education. Pending.

Blass, E., Jasman, A. & Shelley, S. (2011) Research students: The future of the Academy. Futures. Pending.

Blass, E., Thornton, M., & Rawlings, B. (2011) Future Scenarios for a Depressed Region of England: The role of Education in creating alternative futures. Foresight. Vol.13, No.6.

Blass, E. (2010) The Failure of Professional Self-Regulation: The case of the UK Veterinary Profession. Journal of Business Systems, Governance and Ethics.Vol. 5, No. 4.

Blass, E., Jasman, A. & Shelley, S. (2010) Visioning 2035: Scenarios for the future of the UK Higher Education Sector. Futures. Vol.42, pp 445-453.

April, K., Vermeulen, P. & Blass, E. (2010) Leadership Competence & Identity: The Role of Formative, Situated-Experiences. Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review. Vol.6, No.4, pp51-67.

Blass, E. (2009) From Globalisation to Internationalisation: Stepping back to move forwards in progressing Higher Education in overseas markets. International Journal of Learning. Vol.16, No.4, pp 175-184.

April, K., Goebel, K. M. J. & Blass, E. (2009) Developing Decision Making Skill: Experiential Learning in Computer Games. International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change. Pending.

April, K., April, A. & Blass, E. (2009) Ethical Leadership required to lead Europe beyond Instrumental Rationality. Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 1-15.

Blass, E. & Hackston, J. (2008) Future Skills and Current Realities: How the psychological (Jungian) type of European business leaders relates to the needs of the Future. Futures. Vol.40, No.3.

April, K., Dreyer, S. & Blass, E. (2007) Gender Impediments to the South African Executive Boardroom. South African Journal of Labour Relations. Vol.31, No.2.

International Conference Papers

Blass, E. (2012) Does Participation Detract from Innovative Business Modelling? An On-going Live Example. Participatory Innovation Conference, 12-14 January, Lilydale, Melbourne.

Blass, E. (2011) Executive development through personal inquiry. Future of Learning Conference, 2-4 March, Mt Eliza, Melbourne.

Blass, E., Jasman, A., & Shelley, S. (2009) Scenarios for the Future of the HE Sector: Where will we be in 25 years time? SRHE Annual Conference. 8-10 December, Newport.

Blass, E., Jasman, A. & Shelley, S. (2009) The Future of HE: What will the sector look like in 25 years time and what does this mean for Executive Education? Future of Learning Conference. 19-21 August, Ashridge, Berkhamsted.

Blass, E. (2009) From Globalisation to Internationalisation: Stepping back to move forwards in progressing Higher Education in overseas markets. 16th International Conference on Learning. 1-4 July, Barcelona.


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