Dr. Peter Bruce PG Program Coordinator & Senior Lecturer and

Areas:: Aviation
Office:: EN611e
Phone:: +61 3 9214 8507
Fax:: +61 3 9214 8264
E-Mail:: pbruce@swin.edu.au
Campus:: Hawthorn

Faculty of Engineering & Industrial Sciences (H38)
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122
Australia

Qualifications

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

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

Postgraduate Academic Responsibility

Program Coordinator for Aviation Postgraduate Programs in Human Factors
Program Coordinator for Aviation Postgraduate Programs in Management

Publications

Bruce, P. (1999) Human Resource Management Casebook, Sydney, Prentice Hall.
Bruce, P. (2003) Human Resource Management Casebook (2nd ed.), Sydney, Pearson.
Bruce, P. and McCall, A. (2007) Human Resource Management Casebook (3rd ed.), Sydney, Pearson.
Bruce, P. and Gray, J. (under review) 'Investigating Decision-Making in Airline Operations: The Value of Simulations in a Multi-Method Approach' (Submitted to Journal of Air Transportation Management).

Refereed Conference Papers

Bruce, P. and Gray, J. (2000) Is experience the key to effective decision-making in an Australian Airline's Operations Control Centre? Paper presented for the 5th Conference on Naturalistic Decision-making, Tammsvik, Sweden, 26th-28th May.
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.
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.
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, 26th - 30th June, 2009.

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