Papers by bernadine van gramberg
Australia has witnessed a rapid growth in outsourcing over the last decade with the public sector... more Australia has witnessed a rapid growth in outsourcing over the last decade with the public sector being the clear leader in these initiatives. Explanations of the rise of outsourcing tend to emphasise economic and human resources management factors and neglect the political dimension. Here it is argued that outsourcing forms part of a broader neo-liberal agenda which includes labour market deregulation and public sector reform. This can be seen clearly from the experience of the state of Victoria and in particular its electricity generation industry where a carefully implemented program of downsizing and outsourcing played upon existing divisions in the workforce eliciting a pragmatic, survival oriented response from the major unions involved in the outsourcing of the maintenance of coal mining and electricity generation plant.
This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the a... more This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author. Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
International …
Abstract: This paper explores how national culture may predispose managers to a greater or lesser... more Abstract: This paper explores how national culture may predispose managers to a greater or lesser tolerance for ambiguity which then has an effect on their managerial effectiveness. The concept of tolerance of ambiguity is analysed in Indian and Fijian business executives' ...
Challenging Future Practice Possibilities, 2019
University of New South Wales Press, 1999
Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2011
Australian universities face increased challenges in a global higher education marketplace. They ... more Australian universities face increased challenges in a global higher education marketplace. They have responded to this competitive environment by introducing greater efficiency and accountability measures. One key measure is the quality of teaching and in particular, the delivery of student-centred teaching. However, the reforms have changed the working lives of academic teachers who now have greater reporting and administrative responsibilities with less sense of collegiality in the sector. In these circumstances, it is not clear that teaching staff will share the same perceptions of quality teaching as their institutions expect. This paper examines the utility of role theory and learning organization theory as part of a project which will examine the ways in which implicit knowledge can be made explicit and shared in the organization as part of academic teachers' roles. The paper hypothesizes that when academics share their perceptions of good teaching, universities will benefit from a coherent set of quality teaching indicators which are aligned with their organizational cultures.
Transylvanian review of administrative sciences, 2006
Universities across the world are undergoing rapid, and often significant, change to compete in a... more Universities across the world are undergoing rapid, and often significant, change to compete in an increasingly global environment. The Bologna process of higher education reforms has had its impact not only across Europe but globally given the pressure on universities to compete and to provide students with transferable qualifications in the quest for borderless education. As part of the process universities have been encouraged to differentiate themselves, particularly in terms of being research focused or teaching focus. As a result, many universities are putting in place strategies to boost their research output. With a view to contributing to the discussions by the International Advisory Board of the Department of Public Administration at Babes- Bolyai University, this paper overviews some of the strategies put in place by Australian Universities in order to improve the research output of their academic staff and provides some university marketing based suggestions for Babes-Bo...
International Journal of Global …, 2010
... of Management and Information Systems Faculty of Business and Law, Victoria University, Foots... more ... of Management and Information Systems Faculty of Business and Law, Victoria University, Footscray ... capabilities by deep rooted in to practices to gain competitiveness (Di Benedetto and Song ... will be adapted from the original scale used by Desarbo, DiBenedetto, Song and ...
International Journal of Global …, 2008
Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2013
ABSTRACT Vietnam has experienced a combination of sustained high economic growth and high inflati... more ABSTRACT Vietnam has experienced a combination of sustained high economic growth and high inflation over the last ten years. This has been a ‘double-edged sword’ for the country as rapid price rises have also fuelled the growth in labour conflicts and strikes, which have the potential to negatively affect Vietnam's continuing economic growth. Added to this potent mix is the increasing evidence that some employers' strict use of managerial prerogative combined with poor working conditions and harsh treatment of employees have precipitated the growth of ‘wildcat’ strikes particularly in the country's growing export-oriented private sector. In the absence of publicly available statistics on industrial action in Vietnam, this paper draws on an analysis of strikes reported in the nation's key newspapers and three elite interviews to explore the types of disputes and their causes as well as the industries most affected. We find that in order to improve the management of workplace conflict, reform to the Labour Code alone is insufficient. There is also a need to train all parties in dispute resolution and to ensure that unions are independent of management.
Abstract: Three dilemmas emerging from the critical literature on alternative dispute resolution ... more Abstract: Three dilemmas emerging from the critical literature on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) were explored in this study of workplace conflict resolution. The study found that most practitioners and industrial relations experts surveyed believed that ADR practitioners would take measures to circumvent the dilemmas, should they arise. These measures include applying appropriate standards and laws to ADR decisions; balancing power between disputants; and not exercising bias in order to obtain future work. In other words, the skills and attributes of ADR practitioners were represented by the surveyed population as being vital to delivering key qualities of ADR such as fairness and independence. However, three case studies of workplace mediation demonstrated that these normative traits were not met by the reality of ADR practice. The study raises training and accreditation issues for workplace ADR practitioners and questions the quality of workplace justice for disputants.
Uploads
Papers by bernadine van gramberg