STREAM DESCRIPTIONS

Managing in the Pacific Century: The role of managers and management processes in a dynamic competitive world increasingly dominated by Asia-Pacific alliances, including how to respond to the challenges and opportunities created by the unprecedented pattern and pace of economic transformation in the Pacific Rim. See keywords.

Leadership and Governance: The nature and role of leadership in organisations including leadership styles and characteristics, leadership processes, and the effectiveness of governance models and processes. See keywords.

Critical Management Studies: Views critical of established management practices and the established social order, including critiques of managerialist theories of management and organisation, critical discourses of management, development and progress, critical perspectives on class, gender, and race. See keywords.

Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Family Enterprise: The creation and growth of new ventures, including opportunity identification and evaluation, venture capital, corporate venturing; and processes for managing small businesses and family enterprises. See keywords.

Gender and Diversity in Organisations: The study of gender and other identity group relations in organisations.See keywords.

Human Resource Management and Development: HR practices and issues and their relationship to organisational strategies, cultures and performance; also includes research on industrial and employment relations and human resource development. See keywords.

International Management: Theory, research and practice with a cross-border or cross-cultural dimension, including international competitiveness of firms, industries and nations, and comparative management studies involving two or more countries. See keywords.

Management Education and Development: Learning and pedagogical research in management, including innovative approaches to teaching and learning across management disciplines. See keywords.

Marketing and Communication: The processes for promotion of products and services to customers, including market research, advertising, brand management, marketing strategies and customer relationship management; also includes research on communication processes, media and public relations. See keywords.

Organisational Behaviour: The study of individuals and groups within an organizational context, and the study of internal processes and practices as they affect individuals and groups. See keywords.

Organisational Change: The development of theory and innovative practice related to organisation change, including the effectiveness of change processes, change agents, and other interventions; also includes management consulting processes. See keywords.

Public Sector and Not-for-Profit: Focus on the distinctive qualities of the public and not-for-profit sectors and how they influence management and organisational processes in these organisations, including government agencies, social services, cultural and educational institutions, membership and professional associations, and advocacy, religious, and charitable organisations. See keywords.

Research Methods: Methodological issues encountered by organisational researchers may include theory development, the philosophy of science, epistemology, as well as the design, conduct and interpretation of the full range of qualitative and quantitative research methods. See keywords.

Strategic Management: The drivers of superior performance of firms and other organisational forms that interface with a market environment, such as business units, alliances, and clusters of organisations. Topics include competitive and cooperative strategies, strategy making processes and practices, strategic decision making, strategic control and reward systems, top management teams. See keywords.

Sustainability and Social Issues in Management: The exploration and analysis of environmental, social, and ethical influences upon an organisation and on public policy including environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility, stakeholder management and influence, and business ethics. See keywords.

Technology, Innovation and Supply Chain Management: The management of technological and transformational processes to create products and services, including innovation processes, operations strategy and management, product and service development, logistics, supply chain management, project management, knowledge management, quality management, and resource scheduling and control systems. See keywords.