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Director:
Mr Chris Viney
Management committee: Professor M Skully and Mr M Vincent
The mission of the Australian Banking Research Unit (ABRU) is to function as a
link between the department and the finance sector to enhance banking research
and ensure the growth of banking education and its relevance to the
community.
The achievement of ABRU's objectives and goals will be through industry-based
seminar programs conducted in conjunction with dominant industry players;
applied research in partnership with the industry; specialised programs
utilising guests of significant importance and relevance to the industry;
executive programs; conferences of an applied industry nature and through the
development of the department and its research into the financial sector. For
more information telephone (03) 9903 2585 or email
Chris.Viney@BusEco.monash.edu.au.
Director:
Professor Graham Peirson
The Centre for Research in Accounting and Finance provides organisations in the
private and public sectors with access to a research facility, and is available
to undertake commissioned research projects. The centre promotes a range of
related services in all the discipline areas covered by the Department of
Accounting and Finance: financial accounting and reporting; management
accounting; business finance; auditing; banking; risk management and
information systems.
The centre undertakes a range of other activities including workshops,
professional development and in-house training courses, publication of books,
monographs and research materials, preparation and distribution of software,
preparation of technical material and advice and publication of workshop and
professional development papers.
For more information telephone (03) 9905 2477.
Director:
Mr Kevin Tant
Associate director: Mr Roger Love
Established at a cost of a million dollars, the David Syme Treasury Dealing
Centre (DSTDC) provides educational facility options that are essential to
maintaining pace with the rapidly changing business environment. The DSTDC has
a computer-based simulated dealing room which replicates Australia's financial
institutions.
The system integrates real-time financial data and a back-office assessment
bringing together market information, development of strategies, communication
and profitability. Market information is conveyed on one screen and
multi-landline telephones are used to ascertain views about the expected
outcomes from other participants - the Reserve Bank of Australia, banks,
brokers and corporations.
The centre aims to enhance research in banking and finance, especially in the
treasury related area; to pursue sponsorship which will promote research and to
become self funded through the provision of specialist training courses to the
banking and finance industry practitioners in the areas of treasury operations
and management, domestic money market operation and foreign exchanges,
synthetics, equities, portfolio and investment management, financial modelling
and economic forecasting techniques.
In conjunction with the above the centre aims to attract distinguished scholars
and policy makers from within Australia and overseas to participate in research
and conferences and to engage in consultancy activities utilising the expertise
of the members of the centre.
For more information telephone (03) 9903 2386 or
(03) 9903 2090.
Directors:
Professor Claudio Romano and Dr Kosmas Smyrnios
In 1997 the National Mutual Family Business Research Unit was established
jointly by Monash University and National Mutual Financial Services. The
mission of the NMFBRU is to undertake pre-eminent research in all areas of
family buisness, to develop quality family business educational programs, and
to advance and to disseminate information in the area of family business.
The unit undertakes national and international research projects, and has
established international collaborations in the area of Best Practice
Management with the Glasgow Caledonian University and in the area of
Opportunity Recognition with the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Current research activities include equity participation in family business; a
measurement model of Australian family business issues; the role of internal
accountants in family business; curriculum development for Australian family
business education and training; opportunity recognition - a survey of
high-growth family business; owner characteristics and strategic planning as
determinants of Australian farm family business growth; database development of
family controlled and non-family controlled listed companies; distinguishing
features of high- and low-growth family businesses.
For more information telephone (03) 9903 2171.
Director:
Ms Alice de Jonge
Management committee: Ms A Doraisami, Ms A Scally, Ms K Wong
The Asian Business Research Unit (ABRU) was an initiative of the former Syme
Department of Banking and Finance to foster and give further impetus to the
university's growing interest and expansion into the Asia-Pacific region. It
supports the department's programs involving teaching and research activities
in the area of international trade, international business and Asian-Pacific
business. ABRU aims to develop a strong profile in industry by fostering
economic and trade links with the fast-growing Asia-Pacific rim countries.
The long-term goals of the ABRU are to establish firm continuing relationships
with key educational and research organisations throughout the region. This
will be accomplished through the hosting of international graduate researchers
and visiting scholars, the organisation of international conferences and
through a research and seminar series.
For more information telephone (03) 9903 2587.
Director:
Mr Vince Morabito
Management committee: Mr W Gumley, Mr B Orow, Mr G Richardson and Mr
C Viney
The David Syme Taxation Research Unit (DSTRU) was established with a mandate to
develop the taxation profile of the department. The unit's objectives are
achieved through the promotion and development of taxation research; the
provision of industry seminars and professional training on current taxation
issues and by linking the department with both professionals involved in
taxation issues and the taxation industry.
DSTRU is self-funded, generating revenue through the sale of publications and
delivery of executive programs and seminars to industry professionals.
For more information telephone (03) 9903 1422.
Director:
Mr Jeff McLean
The Australian Systems Thinking and Organisational Learning Group (ASTOLg) was
formed in 1993 to bring together a variety of related activities in the
Department of Management at Caulfield campus. The overall aim of ASTOLg is to
promote awareness of, and application of systems thinking and organisational
learning theories and processes, to improve the on-going performance of
organisations and communities as instruments for achieving enhanced economic
and society goals. The group is largely self-funding and aims to generate
funding to support its research and other activities.
Current research activities include the development of 'learning
organisations'; modelling of corporate strategy and chaotic behaviour, and the
regulation of public utilities. It also provides a range of services including
a newsletter, regular seminars and workshops and networking opportunities. With
generous support from the Myer Foundation a number of prominent national and
international academics and practitioners visit the group each year.
Executive seminars and short courses are offered both publicly and on an
in-house basis. Applied research and consultancy to organisations is also
available. For more information telephone 9903 2608. Email:
Jeff.McLean@BusEco.monash.edu.au, or visit the ASTOLg website at
http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/Depts/Mgt/ astolg.html.
Director:
Associate Professor James Sarros
The Leadership Research Unit (LRU) was established in 1992. The unit is the
focus within the department for leadership research and development activities,
both for academic and industry-specific purposes.
The LRU publishes the Leadership Report Quarterly (LRQ), a newsletter
that addresses key leadership research initiatives in an easy to read,
accessible fashion. The LRQ is sponsored by Ward Howell International and its
subscription base is both national and international. The LRU is also engaged
in promoting visits by international academics to the university for the
purposes of stimulating research and development in leadership activities.
Other leadership ventures include cross-cultural research with colleagues in
the USA on a range of topics, the publication of leadership case studies, and
contributions to major reviews of leadership research activities over the past
few years.
The LRU is responsible for stimulating leadership programs not only in the
academic world but also the business community. Some of the more recent include
a major interview survey of Australia's leading chief executives, in
conjunction with Ward Howell International. For more information telephone
(03) 9904 4278 or email James.Sarros@BusEco.monash.edu.au.
Director:
Professor Amrik Sohal
The unit provides research opportunities for staff members and students of the
Department of Management in all aspects of quality management, including total
quality management (TQM) and manufacturing/operations management. The unit has
developed a unique partnership between the Department of Management and
business enterprises in Victoria. These enterprises provide opportunities for
staff and students to carry out research work on-site, enabling the sharing of
information and ideas. The development of Australian case studies relating to
quality management and manufacturing/operations management is a vital part of
this activity. Current research projects include: impediments to the adoption
of quality management in Australian industry; planning for new technology in
Australian and New Zealand industries; production/ operations executive quality
and manufacturing performance; critical success factors and impediments to the
implementation of industry strategic plans.
Professor Sohal is editor of a journal associated with the unit, entitled
Asia Pacific Journal of Quality Management.
The Quality Management Research Unit also offers executive short-courses in
quality management, both on-campus and on-site, and undertakes on-site research
and consultancy.
For more information telephone (03) 9903 2033 or email
Amrik.Sohal@BusEco.monash.edu.au.
Executive
director: Dr Alan Treadgold
Advisory board: Mr P Sheppard, Chairman (Sheppards Footwear), Ms
D Bray (Country Road), Mr P Davis (Bunnings), Ms M Paidoussi
(Portmans), Mr T Piper (RTAV), Mr G Porter (RTA), Ms M Siatu'u (Coles Myer),
Mr A Smith (OPSM), Mr M Talbot (Australia Post), Mr D Threlfall (Target),
Mr C Walsh (David Jones) and Professor P FitzRoy (Monash University)
The centre is an international provider of management education, training,
development and research specifically tailored to meet the needs of the retail
industry. The Retailers' Council of Australia endorses ACRS as the Industry's
centre of excellence.
The centre's major activities include the provision of a wide range of
management development and retail courses offered both publicly and in-house.
These comprise: store management; retail buying; advanced retail buying;
advanced retail negotiations; strategic planning and management in retailing;
ACRS Diploma in Retail Studies; and senior executive retail study tours
overseas.
The centre undertakes research studies which have included reports on offshore
retailing, retail change in Asia and supply chain management, the development
of industry cases for teaching and management training, and cross-country
studies of global retailing trends.
Centre faculty supervise postgraduate students, publish extensively and present
at academic and retail conferences worldwide.
The centre maintains close links with the retail industry and receives
substantial funding from industry.
For more information telephone (03) 9903 2455 or visit the ACRS
website at: http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/Centres/ACRS/.
Executive
director (acting): Associate Professor Bob Bignall
The Centre for Electronic Commerce (CEC) is jointly operated by the Faculty of
Business and Economics and the Faculty of Information Technology. It is a
unique electronic commerce services organisation, combining the strengths of
industry professionals with the academic research infrastructure of the two
faculties in establishing a national and international nucleus of expertise in
the field of electronic commerce.
The centre's focus is to assist industry and government to benefit from the use
of electronic commerce by providing a range of independent consulting, training
and research services helping managers, enterprises and communities, including
regional communities, to come to terms with the online business and electronic
commerce technologies.
CEC clients include the Australian Government, a number of State and local
governments, large private sector organisations, industry associations and
small to medium business. The central office of the CEC is located in the GREEN
Inc technology and business development centre at the Gippsland campus.
However, most CEC consultants are geographically independent of the Centre
itself, being located in major capital cities and electronically linked to
Gippsland in a true application electronic commerce technology.
For more information telephone (03) 9902 6508 or email
cec@buseco.monash.edu.au.
Co-directors:
Associate Professor Gerald Burke (Faculty of Education, Monash University), Dr
Phillip McKenzie (ACER), Professor Leo Maglen (University of Melbourne) and
Professor Chris Selby Smith (Department of Management, Monash University)
This is a cross-faculty and cross-institutional centre. The centre's main
purpose is research in the economics of education and training in Australia.
The centre was established because of the need for more coherent and sustained
research in the field.
The centre formalises links between researchers in different departments at
Monash University and at the Australian Council for Educational Research.
The centre is a designated national voctational education and training centre
under the Australian National Training Authority, the only one so far given
this distinction.
For more information telephone (03) 9905 9157.
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