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Liberty, National Security And The Big Society, Alison Green, Nick Johns, Mark Rix
Liberty, National Security And The Big Society, Alison Green, Nick Johns, Mark Rix
Sydney Business School - Papers
The Big Society agenda of the UK Coalition Government has had a significant impact on welfare policy as well as the terms of the debate about how welfare should be provided for and regulated. The ripples have travelled far beyond the UK and similar discussions are occurring in different national contexts. One such has been Australia, where commentators and policymakers are considering the ramifications of a Big Society approach for domestic social policy (Cox 2010). This debate no longer focuses on the ‘New Public Management’ agenda with its emphasis on outsourcing to third and private sector providers and the creation …
Reconstructing Vision: Undone Science And Anti-Vegf Treatment Of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Tommy Cleary
Reconstructing Vision: Undone Science And Anti-Vegf Treatment Of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Tommy Cleary
Sydney Business School - Papers
Treatment of wet AMD with the anti-VEGF drug Lucentis can be vital to maintaining central vision and therefore quality of life. This drug treatment is heavily subsidised by the Australian Government. In 2009 over $150 million was spent by the Australian Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme on this particular AMD treatment drug. Yet, while a cheaper drug exists which costs less than one tenth of this price to treat wet AMD, the Australian Government’s own policies and the apparent lack of scientific testing of the cheaper anti-VEGF drug (Avastin) means that it will be some time before cheaper drugs are available …
An Analysis Of The Restrictions On The Competitive Readiness Of Australian Businesses Due To Their Lack Of Formal Quality Management Systems, Lee Styger Sydney Business School
An Analysis Of The Restrictions On The Competitive Readiness Of Australian Businesses Due To Their Lack Of Formal Quality Management Systems, Lee Styger Sydney Business School
Sydney Business School - Papers
Small to medium sized enterprises (SME) employ 95% of the Australian workforce. Most of the organisations, employing most of the workforce, do not have any formal quality management systems. As such, Australian businesses, particularly SME’s, have remained somewhat isolated in terms of operational and competitive readiness compared to their peers in other countries. Based on research conducted in 2010, using a series of structured focus groups of logistics and supply chain professionals from a diverse spectrum of industries across a pan-Australian base, it has been determined that over 85% of the participants in the focus groups had no formal quality …
Counting Acute Inpatient Care. Abf Information Series No. 5, Kathy Eagar
Counting Acute Inpatient Care. Abf Information Series No. 5, Kathy Eagar
Sydney Business School - Papers
As outlined in ABF Information Paper Number 1, a critical element of Activity Based Funding (ABF) is the need to define, classify, count, cost and pay for each health care activity in a consistent manner. For acute patients who stay in hospital for more than a day, this is not an issue. These patients are classified as acute ‘overnight admitted patients’ and are counted by Diagnosis Related Group (DRG).
Risk Within The Foundation Of Australian Supply : A Cross-Sectoral, Cross-Regional Perspective, Lee Styger Sydney Business School
Risk Within The Foundation Of Australian Supply : A Cross-Sectoral, Cross-Regional Perspective, Lee Styger Sydney Business School
Sydney Business School - Papers
Supplier capability and customer engagement trends have changed considerably in recent times. Once robust supply networks have been eroded and capacity reduced, OEM engagement patterns have changed that now often preclude existing suppliers in favour of new, alternative suppliers. In 2010 and 2011 a series of supply focus groups and key interviews with customers indicated that OME’s have typically focused attention on Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier and lost visibility of lower level suppliers, by outsourcing the management and responsibility of the lower level suppliers to their Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers. The outsourcing of management and responsibility …
Counter-Terrorism And Information: The Nsi Act, Fair Trials And Open, Accountable Government, Mark Rix
Counter-Terrorism And Information: The Nsi Act, Fair Trials And Open, Accountable Government, Mark Rix
Sydney Business School - Papers
This paper investigates Australia’s National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (Cth) (hereafter, the NSI Act) focusing on its provisions for protecting national security information. The investigation highlights the broad and encompassing definitions of ‘national security’ and ‘information’ used in the Act and considers the measures it prescribes for the protection of so-called ‘security sensitive’ information in Federal civil and criminal proceedings. The paper then examines the implications of the definitions and measures for a suspect’s prospects of receiving a fair trial in terrorism cases. Here, the paper highlights the serious restrictions the Act places on a legally-aided …
The Factors Of Sme Cluster Developments In A Developing Country: The Case Of Indonesian Clusters, Mukhammad Kholid Mawardi, Ty Choi, Nelson Perera
The Factors Of Sme Cluster Developments In A Developing Country: The Case Of Indonesian Clusters, Mukhammad Kholid Mawardi, Ty Choi, Nelson Perera
Sydney Business School - Papers
Since cluster development factors become a critical issue in the debate of the industrial cluster literature, several scholars have attempted to seek the variables that influence the cluster growth. This paper presents the case of the wood furniture cluster of Bukir- Indonesia to explain the development of SME clusters by identifying its influential factors. We utilize the model proposed by Parrilli (2009) that includes collective efficiency, social capital, and policy inducement variables to explore the driving factors of this cluster growth. Based on the qualitative approach, this case study found that collective efficiency and social capital affect the development of …
History And Potential Of Renewable Energy Development In New Zealand, Geoff Kelly
History And Potential Of Renewable Energy Development In New Zealand, Geoff Kelly
Sydney Business School - Papers
Many years before greenhouse gas emission reduction became a major driver for renewable energy development, New Zealand was an early adopter of several alternative energy technologies, particularly hydroelectricity and geothermal energy. It has achieved a level of 60% of total electricity generation from such sources, and is now pursuing a target of 95% of electricity generation from renewable energy, to be achieved in fifteen years. In recent years however the development of renewables has lagged that of other countries, particularly in fields such as wind power. The paper reviews the history, current status and potential of the major renewable energy …
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration: Improving The Quality Of Palliative Care Using Routine, Standard Patient Assessments, Maree Banfield
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration: Improving The Quality Of Palliative Care Using Routine, Standard Patient Assessments, Maree Banfield
Sydney Business School - Papers
The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) allows palliative care nurses to more effectively evaluate the quality of care being provided to patients. The PCOC was established in 2005 under the National Palliative Care Program and is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The collaboration includes the University of Wollongong, the University of Western Australia Flinders University and Queensland University of Technology, with associated quality improvement facilitators to assist services with PCOC.
Rivers And Puddles: Metaphors For Explaining The Need For Continuous Change And Development In Modern Organisations, Ann M. Rogerson
Rivers And Puddles: Metaphors For Explaining The Need For Continuous Change And Development In Modern Organisations, Ann M. Rogerson
Sydney Business School - Papers
Metaphors are popular with academics and researchers to explain organisational phenomena including change, but these metaphors may not be as useful when explaining the need for continuous change to employees. This paper proposes the use of rivers and puddles as metaphors for leaders, managers and organisations to use to explain the shift required in accepting day to day change as the norm rather than a process. These relatable metaphors provide an approach to differentiating between process and adaptive change and how to explain this in terms that having meaning to individual employees and organisations.
Safe System Demonstration Project In A Remote Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Community, Teresa Senserrick, Peter Yip, Raphael Grzebieta, Kathleen F. Clapham, Marilyn Lyford, Rebecca Ivers
Safe System Demonstration Project In A Remote Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Community, Teresa Senserrick, Peter Yip, Raphael Grzebieta, Kathleen F. Clapham, Marilyn Lyford, Rebecca Ivers
Sydney Business School - Papers
This paper reports on key findings and recommendations of the first known application of a comprehensive Safe System audit in a remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community; commissioned by the Indigenous Road Safety Working Group with funding from Austroads. The audit was conducted in Bidyadanga WA in collaboration with the Bidyadanga Community Council during June-August 2010, including: review of policy, management and police records; physical observation of roads, speeds and vehicles; and interviews with community members and local stakeholders including regarding road user issues and vehicle access. Bidyadanga was found to have high quality roads and safe speeds within …
What Is Activity-Based Funding? Abf Information Series No. 1, Kathy Eagar
What Is Activity-Based Funding? Abf Information Series No. 1, Kathy Eagar
Sydney Business School - Papers
Activity-Based Funding (ABF) is a central feature of the Rudd hospital reform plan (‘A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s Future’). ABF is not a new idea, either to the health sector or to other industries. Indeed, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed in November 2008 to introduce a nationally consistent ABF approach as part of its National Partnership Agreement on Hospital and Health Workforce Reform. The Rudd hospital reform plan proposes to accelerate the ABF work program that has already been agreed with the States and Territories.
Three-Dimensional Dosimetry Imaging Of I-125 Plaque For Eye Cancer Treatment, Michael Weaver, Janette P. Green, Marco Petasecca, Michael L. Lerch, Dean L. Cutajar, D. Franklin, J Jakubek, Martin G. Carolan, M Conway, S Pospisil, Tomas Kron, Peter E. Metcalfe, M Zaider, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld
Three-Dimensional Dosimetry Imaging Of I-125 Plaque For Eye Cancer Treatment, Michael Weaver, Janette P. Green, Marco Petasecca, Michael L. Lerch, Dean L. Cutajar, D. Franklin, J Jakubek, Martin G. Carolan, M Conway, S Pospisil, Tomas Kron, Peter E. Metcalfe, M Zaider, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld
Sydney Business School - Papers
Treatment of ocular cancers using eye plaque brachytherapy is now an established medical procedure. However, current QA for these eye plaques is quite rudimentary, limiting the opportunities for precise pre-tumour plaque customisation. This paper proposes and experimentally validates a new technique for imaging of eye plaque dose distributions using a high-resolution pixelated silicon detector. Results are presented demonstrating the 2D and 3D isodose surfaces produced using experimental data collected using this method.
Coaching With Self-Determination Theory In Mind: Using Theory To Advance Evidence-Based Coaching Practice, Gordon B. Spence, Lindsay G. Oades
Coaching With Self-Determination Theory In Mind: Using Theory To Advance Evidence-Based Coaching Practice, Gordon B. Spence, Lindsay G. Oades
Sydney Business School - Papers
The scholarly coaching literature has advanced considerably in the past decade. However, a review of the existing knowledge base suggests that coaching practice and research remains relatively uninformed by relevant psychological theory. In this paper it will be argued that Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985) presents as a useful theoretical framework for coaching as it can help understand coaching practice at both macro and micro levels. The utility of SDT as a theoretical framework for coaching is explored, with particular attention given to the role that coaching would appear to play in the satisfaction of three basic psychological …
The Aging Workforce: How Can Australian Universities Address Future Workforce Challenges?, Susan Loomes, Grace Mccarthy
The Aging Workforce: How Can Australian Universities Address Future Workforce Challenges?, Susan Loomes, Grace Mccarthy
Sydney Business School - Papers
Australia is facing major demographic challenges fueled by low workforce participation rates and the exit of the baby boomers from the workforce. Universities are likely to face the same workforce challenges. However, they may be in a better position than mainstream businesses due to the skills required, the flexibility of hours, and the nature and casualization of the workforce. This opens the door to attract retiring business professionals and aiding them to transition into academic teaching roles. For this non-traditional recruitment pathway to succeed, universities will need to ensure they have appropriate education and training pathways, mentoring along with peer …
Corporate Governance In Sri Lanka: The Status Quo, Walter Gunathilake, Anura De Zoysa, Palli Mulla K. A. Chandrakumara
Corporate Governance In Sri Lanka: The Status Quo, Walter Gunathilake, Anura De Zoysa, Palli Mulla K. A. Chandrakumara
Sydney Business School - Papers
This paper examines the existing corporate governance environment, practices, and institutional framework in Sri Lanka and evaluates their effectiveness to identify current issues and challenges. Sri Lanka is an emerging and rapidly growing market economy in South Asia with a liberalised economic and trade policies associated with FDI, international trade, and export-led development policies. Sri Lanka's corporate governance (CG) systems and practices have been largely influenced by both colonial economic policies and post-independence govt policies. Its CG practices consists of promoting dispersed ownerships, increasing size of a board and decreasing directorship per director, greater involvement of internationally recognized few audit …
Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Using The Sri Lankan Tea Industry As A Pilot Study, Pradeepa Jayaratne, Lee Styger, Nelson Perera
Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Using The Sri Lankan Tea Industry As A Pilot Study, Pradeepa Jayaratne, Lee Styger, Nelson Perera
Sydney Business School - Papers
Genuine sustainable supply chain management is now critical to achieve competitive advantage. Risk, uncertainty, strategy, innovation, relationship, infrastructure, regulation and technology are typically historically important areas that have a strong impact on sustainable SCM. These factors have been studied within manufacturing sector in developed countries; there is a lack of research on agri-supply chain in developing countries with respect to the concept of sustainable SCM. Therefore, this research tries to map the tea supply chain and identify the influencing factors and their performance on sustainable SCM in the tea supply chain in Sri Lanka. Importantly, early research suggests that mapping …
Implementing Safe System Research In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Communities, T Senserrick, P Yip, R Grzebieta, Kathleen F. Clapham, M Lyford, R Ivers
Implementing Safe System Research In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Communities, T Senserrick, P Yip, R Grzebieta, Kathleen F. Clapham, M Lyford, R Ivers
Sydney Business School - Papers
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are at increased risk of death and serious injury due to road crashes than other Australians. The safe system road safety approach aligns well with Aboriginal holistic knowledge and worldviews, yet little information is available on applications to Aboriginal settings. This paper reports on a safe system demonstration project in an Aboriginal community, commissioned by the Indigenous Road Safety Working Group, funded by Austroads, who formed the Reference Group for the study. Ethical approval was obtained and the project was advertised nationally calling for expressions of interest. Several applications were received and a community …
Challenges Of The Coaching Manager, Grace Mccarthy, Julia Ahrens
Challenges Of The Coaching Manager, Grace Mccarthy, Julia Ahrens
Sydney Business School - Papers
This paper explores the growing practice of managerial coaching. Much of the coaching literature is set in the context of an external coach coming into an organisation. However managers are increasingly being expected to coach their employees, a change in role which can create tensions. This paper examines the literature on coaching managers and identifies key differences in the issues faced by coaching managers and by internal/external coaches. The same coach training is often provided to both full-time coaches and coaching managers. The paper also discusses implications for coach training.
Value Of Values For Practicing Managers And Leaders, Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara
Value Of Values For Practicing Managers And Leaders, Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara
Sydney Business School - Papers
The aim of this article is to increase the awareness of and practical knowledge about values and their impact on management practices and behavioral and performance outcomes in organizations. It explores the meaning of values by using "preferences and priorities" and by differentiating values from other closely related concepts such as ethics, attitudes,needs, and morals. It also highlights some important evolving value patterns pertaining to customers, organizations,and employees belongs to three generations: Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. Another interesting aspect of the article is the exploration of evidence with regard to impact of values as an independent, moderator, and …
A Literature Analysis On Business Performance For Smes - Subjective Or Objective Measures?, Siti Nur 'Atikah Zulkiffli, Nelson Perera
A Literature Analysis On Business Performance For Smes - Subjective Or Objective Measures?, Siti Nur 'Atikah Zulkiffli, Nelson Perera
Sydney Business School - Papers
The study examines the basic research methodologies and approaches for assessing business performance. It provides a critical literature analysis on how perception-based evaluation can be used to evaluate performance, specifically for SMEs. The analysis of the literature covers articles from major journals related to the topic. The methodology followed during the conduct of this paper involves starting with the broad case of articles in general business performance measurement, then focusing on the indicators used to study SMEs. Next, the review screens the list, focusing on the differences between subjective and objective measures. The validity issue related to subjective measures is …
The Role Of The Coach In Facilitating Positive Youth Development: Moving From Theory To Practice, Stewart Vella, Lindsay Oades, Trevor Crowe
The Role Of The Coach In Facilitating Positive Youth Development: Moving From Theory To Practice, Stewart Vella, Lindsay Oades, Trevor Crowe
Sydney Business School - Papers
Sport is suggested as a potentially important and sufficient path for positive youth development. However, how this responsibility is translated by coaching practitioners is not understood. This research investigated whether coaching practitioners desire outcomes for their adolescent athletes that reach beyond on-field success, and incorporate constructs that are associated with positive youth development. Twenty-two participation coaches for adolescent athletes participated in semi-structured interviews. Results suggest that coaches see themselves as responsible for facilitating eight interrelated and interdependent themes that are consistent with the positive youth development literature; competence, confidence, connection, character, life skills, climate, positive affect and positive psychological capacities.
Modelling Corporate Competitive Capabilities For Smes In The Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Exploratory Study, Siti Nur 'Atikah Zulkiffli, Nelson Perera
Modelling Corporate Competitive Capabilities For Smes In The Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Exploratory Study, Siti Nur 'Atikah Zulkiffli, Nelson Perera
Sydney Business School - Papers
This study empirically tests the relationship between the four factors of corporate competitive capabilities (CCC) (cost leadership, differentiation, innovative marketing and customer service) and business performance. The study specifically emphasises small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. The study’s quantitative approach is based on the responses of 135 Malaysian manufacturing SMEs responded to a postal questionnaire. Empirical results from structural equation modelling (SEM) demonstrate an insignificant relationship between CCC and business performance.
The Influence Of Levels Of Supply Chain Integration On The Relationship Between Corporate Competitive Capabilities And Business Performance: Evidence From Malaysian Smes, Siti Nur 'Atikah Zulkiffli, Nelson Perera
The Influence Of Levels Of Supply Chain Integration On The Relationship Between Corporate Competitive Capabilities And Business Performance: Evidence From Malaysian Smes, Siti Nur 'Atikah Zulkiffli, Nelson Perera
Sydney Business School - Papers
This study aims to empirically investigate the influence of levels of supply chain integration (SCI) as a moderating variable on the relationship between corporate competitive capabilities (CCC) and business performance. Data was collected from a postal questionnaire from 135 Malaysian manufacturing SMEs. The data was tested using confirmatory factor analysis, cluster analysis and multi-group SEM analysis. The findings confirm that the levels of SCI in a given firm moderate the relationship between CCC and business performance for that firm. The study also contributes to the body of knowledge by expanding the understanding of levels of SCI as a moderator.
Influential Organisational Capabilities For Smes’ Export Performance: An Exploratory Study, Majidah Hassan, Grace Mccarthy
Influential Organisational Capabilities For Smes’ Export Performance: An Exploratory Study, Majidah Hassan, Grace Mccarthy
Sydney Business School - Papers
Organisational capabilities that influence the export performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been identified and discussed in previous studies which mostly have used SMEs in developed countries as their research sample. Thus, the empirical evidence from developing countries is still lacking. This exploratory study employs a resource-based view (RBV) perspective to understand how a set of organisational capabilities can influence the export performance of SMEs in Malaysia (a developing country). Based on in-depth interviews with CEOs or top level managers from twenty-three SMEs in Malaysia, the study found that capabilities to develop business networking, innovation capabilities, and capabilities …
Consumer Co-Creation Of Product Quality: Examining Home Advantage In State-Of-Origin Rugby, Charles S. Areni
Consumer Co-Creation Of Product Quality: Examining Home Advantage In State-Of-Origin Rugby, Charles S. Areni
Sydney Business School - Papers
Results of 84 State of Origin rugby league matches were analysed to determine the extent of home advantage(HA). When the Queensland Maroons play at home in Lang Park/Suncorp Stadium they win 64% of the time (30 wins, 17 losses), with an average point spread of +4.32 points. However, they win only 43% of the time (16 losses, 21 losses) when they are away in New South Wales, with the average spread of-2.76. The contingencies for winning percentage (21 = 3.55, p < .06) and point spread (t1,83 = 2.5, p < .02) are significant, indicating that HA exists.
An Analysis Of The Sustainability And The Future Of Innovation Readiness Within The Australian Supply Base: A Cross-Sectorial, Cross-Regional Snapshot, Lee E J Styger
Sydney Business School - Papers
Recently, there has been unprecedented disturbance in the core supply base of many Australian organisations. Supply networks that were once considered robust are in many cases vulnerable. Traditional supply chain development methodologies appear to offer little improvement opportunity due to critical gaps developing at core supply nodes and/or within the critical mass of supply. This paper discusses the data derived from a series of novel cross-sectional and cross-regional supply chain focus groups and OEM feedback interviews. This paper highlights the potential embedded risks within the supply base of Australia. Importantly this paper demonstrates a disconnect between supplier and customer, a …
A Multi-Dimensional Approach To Customer Service Interactions, Nicole Hartley, Charles S. Areni, Paul Harrison
A Multi-Dimensional Approach To Customer Service Interactions, Nicole Hartley, Charles S. Areni, Paul Harrison
Sydney Business School - Papers
Abstract of a presentation at the ANZMAC 2011 Conference.