University of Tasmania, Australia

Dr Colin Winkler

Visitor - Honorary Research Associate

MA, PhD, CMAHRI, AFAIM

Contact Details

Publications

• Winkler, C. & Worboys, G, 2006, 'Chapter 1 Natural Heritage. Chapter 6 Process of Management. Chapter 13 Managing Staff, Finances, Assets. Chapter 15 Operations Management. Chapter 18 Incident Management. In M. Lockwood, G. Worboys & A. Kothari (Eds.)', Managing protected areas: A global guide, Earthscan, London.
• Lockwood, M,, Winkler, C. & Worboys, G, 2006, 'Chapter 9 Threats to Protected Areas. In M. Lockwood, G. Worboys & A. Kothari (Eds.).', Managing protected areas: A global guide, Earthscan, London.
• Winkler, C.B. & Hanson, D, 2005, 'Gunns and the Greens: Governance Issues in Tasmania. In D. Hanson, P.J. Dowling, M.A. Hitt, R.D. Ireland & R.E. Hoskisson', Strategic management: competitiveness and globalisation, Pactific Rim (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Thomson Learning Australia, pgs. C-70 - C-78.
• Winkler, C.B, 2003, 'TT-Line - A Case Study in 3+ SPOTs', School of Accounting & Finance, University of Tasmania.
• Winkler, C.B, 2002, 'Electric Epic - A Case Study of the Disaggregation of the HEC in Tasmania', School of Accounting & Finance, University of Tasmania.

Achievements

Career Summary

Col’s career started at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, later shifting into industry (a “mixed bag” of shipping, dairy manufacturing, and life insurance), whilst completing his BA and then his BA with First Class Honours. He then moved into teaching appointments in the Department of Political Science at the University of Tasmania, the School of Administrative Studies at the Canberra College of Advanced Education, and the School of Business at the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education/Tasmanian State Institute of Technology where he was also the Chairman of the Board of Studies. During this period, Col gained his MA for his thesis on the role of biography in the development of administrators, and subsequently returned to the University of Tasmania to complete his doctorate in the School of Geography and Environmental Studies with a thesis on the Environment-Structure Relationship in Organisations Managing Protected Areas. This led to him working for a couple of years co-authoring several chapters in Managing Protected Areas: a Global Guide, a book sponsored by the IUCN (the World Conservation Union), whilst teaching part-time in the School of Management in Hobart. Col is now based in Launceston as an Honorary Research Associate in the School of Management.

Research Interests

Management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Comparative organisational review of the Great Barrier Reef and Shark Bay World Heritage Areas.

The impact of World Heritage status on organisations managing protected areas.

A comparative study of the administration of the Peak District National Park and the Central Plateau Conservation Area.

Organising for conservation in the Annapurna Conservation Area in Nepal.

In the wider field, Col is working on a paper with the working title of “Seeding Organisations: Epigenesis or Diffused Hiving-Off?”, and also on a paper with Dr Graeme Tonks on declining job security and perceptions of workplace stress.