Dr. Peter Bruce   Aviation Post Graduate Program Coordinator and Senior Lecturer

Qualifications

• PhD (Mon) Title: ''Experience, Expertise and Decision-Making Processes in Airline Operations''.
• MBA (USQ)
• BBus (Mon)

Biographical

Peter's employment in the aviation industry included over 16 years as an operations controller in the Operations Control department in TAA/Australian Airlines. He teaches Undergraduate units mainly with regard to the business management and operational aspects of the industry and leads an Aviation Study Tour every two years. He is the Program Coordinator for the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Aviation Human Factors and Management courses and is involved extensively with the annual Aviation Industry Seminars.

Administrative

Faculty Academic Committee

Areas of Expertise and Research

• Airline Operations Control Centres
• Operational Decision-Making
• Decision-Making Styles
• Situation Awareness
• Expertise and Experience

Undergraduate Teaching

• HES2915 Airline Planning, Operations and Management (International)
• HES4961A Aviation Research Project (International)
• HES4962A Advanced Aviation Research (International)
• HES4981A Aviation Business Management (International)
• HES4965 Aviation Study Tour (International)

Postgraduate Academic Responsibility

• Program Coordinator for Aviation Postgraduate Programs in Human Factors
• Program Coordinator for Aviation Postgraduate Programs in Management
• Program Coordinator for Professional Certificate of Aviation (Operational Safety Systems)

Professional Development Activities

Awards received (Aviation group)

• 2007 Vice-Chancellor's Industry Engagement Award.
• 2005 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Intersectoral Collaboration
• 2001 Swinburne Excellence Award for Team Teaching

Memberships

• Air Transportation Research Society
• Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies

Research Supervision

• Co-supervising 6 PhD and Masters students (2011)

Supervision of higher degree by research (HDR) (Current students)

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Publications

1. Bruce, P.J. (2011) “Understanding Decision-making Processes in Airline Operations Control”, Farnham, Ashgate
2. Bruce, P.J. (2011) “Decision-making in airline operations: the importance of identifying decision considerations”, Int. J. Aviation Management, Vol. 1, Nos. 1/2, pp.89–104.
3. Bruce, P. and Newman, D. (2010) "Decision-Making and the Management of Airline Operational Disruptions", Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 81, No. 8, 795-796.
4. Bruce, P. and McCall, A. (2007) Human Resource Management Casebook (3rd ed.), Sydney, Pearson.
5. Bruce, P. (2003) Human Resource Management Casebook (2nd ed.), Sydney, Pearson.
6. Bruce, P. (1999) Human Resource Management Casebook, Sydney, Prentice Hall.

Refereed Conference Papers

1. Gao, Y., Zhang, C. B., & Bruce, P.(2011). "An analysis of the competitiveness of high-speed-rail in the Beijing-Shanghai market", Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Transportation and Mechanical & ElectricalEngineering, 7(A), 294-297, Changchun, China.
2. Bruce, P.J. (2011) "The importance of expertise in managing airline operational disruptions", Paper presented for the 15th World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, Sydney, Australia, 29th June-2nd July.
3. Bruce, P.J. and Newman, D.N. (2011) "Development of an Airline Operations Control Simulator for Situation Awareness and Decision-Making Research", Paper presented for the 82nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Conference; Anchorage, USA, 8th– 12th May.
4. Bruce, P. and Newman, D. (2010) “The use of an airline business simulation as an innovative tool for developing the next generation of aviation management professionals”, Paper presented for the 14th World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, Porto, Portugal, 6th–9th July.
5. Bruce, P. and Newman, D. (2010) “Airline Operational Disruption Management: Why am I late? Why is my flight cancelled?”; Paper presented for the 81st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Conference; Phoenix, 9th– 13th May.
6. Bruce, P. and Newman, D. (2010) “Airline Operations Control: What is it? What does it do? Why is it important?”; Paper presented for the 81st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Conference; Phoenix, 9th– 13th May.
7. Bruce, P. (2009) “Disruption Management in Airline Operations: How Situation Awareness informs Controller Decision–Making”, Paper presented for the 13th World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 27th–30th June.
8. Bruce, P. (2008) “The importance of decision considerations in airline operational decision–making”, Paper presented for the 12th World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, Athens, Greece, 6th–10th July.
9. Bruce, P. and Gray, J. (2003) “The use of simulation to investigate decision–making in airline operations”, Paper presented for the 7th World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, Toulouse, France, 10th–12th July.
10. Bruce, P. and Gray, J. (2000) “Is experience the key to effective decision–making in an Australian Airlines Operations Control Centre?”, Paper presented for the 5th Conference on Naturalistic Decision–Making, Tammsvik, Sweden, 26th–28th May.