Director: Professor Peter Dixon
COPS/IMPACT is concerned with economic modelling. The principal research focus is the development of a general equilibrium forecasting model of the Australian economy, called the MONASH model, emphasising interactions between technical change, the economy and the environment. The model has a dynamic structure. It includes a regional dimension and includes a detailed representation of the demand for labour by occupation.
The research staff of the COPS/IMPACT group includes three professors, an associate professor, five senior research fellows, five research fellows and two computer specialists.
The centre is funded by Monash University, the Industry Commission, competitive research grants and contract research. The centre publishes research reports and discussion papers. For more information telephone 9905 2398.
Directors: Professor Jeffrey Richardson (Monash) and Associate Professor David Dunt (University of Melbourne)
The mission of the centre is to develop its role as a centre of excellence in Australia in both health program evaluation and health economics, and to contribute to an enlargement of the Australian capacity to undertake evaluative research and teaching. Its specific objectives are to: research and develop appropriate methodologies for health services evaluation and health economics; undertake postgraduate training in health services evaluation and health economics; undertake education programs for health practitioners and the community in aspects of health services evaluation; undertake evaluations of specific health services in Australia as well as research into broader health systems issues; and stimulate activity in health services evaluation by publishing research results, conducting seminars and other appropriate activities.
The centre has been developed as a cooperative venture between the University of Melbourne and Monash University with staff undertaking collaborative research and teaching activities as the Centre for Health Program Evaluation. The two units making up the centre operate independently as the Health Economics Unit (Monash) and the Program Evaluation Unit (the University of Melbourne).
The CHPE currently has thirty research staff. It publishes a series of research reports, working papers and technical reports which encapsulate much of its research. It offers a graduate diploma/masters in health economics and evaluation, and a Certificate in Health Economics by distance education - both through Monash University. It is involved, through the University of Melbourne, in the Master of Public Health Program administered by the Four Victorian University Consortium. It offers a number of tailored workshops in health program evaluation, health economics, priority setting and pharmaeconomics and organises a twice monthly public seminar series.
For further information and details of the centre's programs and publications, telephone (03) 9280 2363.
Director: Professor Bill Russell
The Graduate School of Government was established in January 1994 and provides education for leadership in the public sector. It aims to advance the public interest by preparing leaders for government and public service and by contributing to the debate on important public issues.
Principle objectives of the GSG are to conduct research into public sector management with the aim of improving efficiency and effectiveness; to promote community discussion and awareness of these issues; to equip community and government leaders to function at the highest level possible in Australian government; and to promote collaborative teaching and research on matters related to international issues.
Activities within the school include graduate degree programs to prepare the next generation of public leaders; basic research on public management; applied research on policy issues; executive programs to enhance the skills of public sector managers and to bring together students and practitioners.
Core activities are the delivery of the Master in Public Policy and Management (MPPM); teaching public sector components in the MBA program; supervision of research students undertaking higher degrees; executive education - most particularly carried out by the Public Sector Management Institute; and the instigation of public debate and discussion by holding regular forums on public policy and public sector management.
The GSG administers, on behalf of the university, a graduate diploma and masters program in foreign affairs and trade under contract to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra. Students in the program are graduate trainee diplomats employed by the department and a number sponsored from overseas embassies.
For more information telephone 9903 8751.
Director: Professor Gerry Griffin
The centre, located at the city campus, 30 Collins Street, was established in 1989 with core funding provided by the Commonwealth Government. Its aims are to conduct research on industrial relations, particularly aspects of workplace industrial relations such as enterprise bargaining and best practice; provide advice and assistance to industry on a fee-for-service basis, utilising the expertise of the centre's full-time staff; offer a quality graduate studies program in industrial and employee relations with a strong emphasis on current issues facing practitioners at the workplace; and liaise with employer and employee organisations to determine issues for research on the development of Australian industrial relations.
The staff of the centre offer a wide range of expertise including labour law, labour economics, human resource management and training as well as the core industrial and employee relations skills. It has particular skills in benchmarking, best practice programs, and conducting case studies and questionnaire surveys. Current research projects include growth and content of enterprise agreements; training and enterprise bargaining; enterprise bargaining and non-English speaking background workers; occupational health and safety management systems; union membership; industrial relations in non-union environments; interrelationship between work and family life; legislative reforms and industrial relations in Victoria; benchmarking in the construction industry.
The centre sees its contribution to teaching and training being in several areas: development of a range of postgraduate courses catering for the specific needs of industrial relations practitioners; presentation of public seminars; academic conferences; professional development and establishment of links across the campuses. For more information telephone 9903 8700.
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