University of Tasmania, Australia

Management Philosophy, History and Policy starts with the recognition that 'management' remains the only means we have at our disposal for coping in and with our increasingly complex work and, indeed, social lives. Improving the quality of management thinking directly affects the quality of our decisions and thus the quality of our lives; management teaching and practice is about the capacity to make informed decisions based on value judgements, as opposed to making instrumentalist decisions about values. It further appreciates the study of economic history as fundamental to understanding our future, in terms of not only the development of firms, industries and economies, but also of management thought itself. And it recognises that the thought of managers and leaders shapes not only the development of business policy inside the firm (i.e. strategy), but also the development of wider public policy discourse that seeks to align economy, society and environment. Research and teaching in this area therefore encompasses work in e.g. trust, applied philosophy, management theory and methodological inquiry, business history, public policy and community, and the morality and impact of strategic decision making.  

Cluster Leaders: Professor David Adams & A/Professor Mark Dibben

Adams, DW 2008 'Building virtual communities: 'Youthcentral' in Victoria, Australia', Building Stronger Communities: Connecting Research, Policy and Practice, Niace, Doyle, L. Adams, D. Tibbit, J. and Welsh, P. (ed), Leicester, pp. 199-219.

Adams, DW 2008 'Converging ideas for building stronger communities', Building Stronger Communities: Connecting Research, Policy and Practice, Niace, Doyle, L. Adams, D. Tibbit, J. and Welsh, P. (ed), Leicester, pp. 287-296.

Adams, DW 2009. 'The public policy of social capital in Australia', Social Capital and Social Justice: Critical Australian Perspectives, Charles Darwin University Press, Woolcock, G & Manderson, L. (ed), Darwin, pp. 95-110.

Adams, DW and Hess, M 2010 'Operationalising place-based innovation in public administration', Journal of Place Management and Development, 3 (1) pp. 8-21.

Andrew, N & Wickham, MD 2010 'The voluntary CSR disclosure in corporate annual reports: Evidence from Australia', Corporate Ownership and Control, 8 (1) pp. 49-55.

Coca-Stefaniak, J., Parker, C., Quin, S., Rinaldi, R & Byrom, JW 2009. 'Town centre management models: A European perspective', Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy & Planning 26 (2) pp. 74-80.

Dibben, M.R (ed), 2010 Humbug, Ba and Human Nature. Philosophy of Management Vol.9(2):1-130.

Dibben, M.R. and Newton, R. (eds), 2009. Applied Process Thought 2: Following a Trail Ablaze. Frankfurt/Lancaster: Ontos Verlag pp. 1-420

Dibben, MR & Kelly, T (eds), Applied process thought I: Initial explorations in theory and research, Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt, pp. 382.

Dibben, MR & Kelly, T 2008 'What is applied process thought?', Applied Process Thought 1: Initial Explorations in Theory and Research process, Ontos Verlag, Dibben, M. & Kelly, T. (ed), Frankfurt/Lancaster, pp. 27-42.

Dibben, MR & Rose, J 2010 'Checking, not trusting: trust, distrust and cultural experience in the auditing profession', In: Organizational Trust, Cambridge University Press, Saunders, M. Skinner, D. Dietz, G. Gillespie, N & Lewicki, R. (ed), London, pp. 156-181.

Dibben, MR 2008 'Management and organisation studies', Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought, Ontos Verlag, Weber, M. & Desmond, W. (ed), Frankfurt/Lancaster, pp. 91-107.

Dibben, MR 2008 'Understanding organizations as Whiteheadian societies', Applied Process Thought 1: Initial Explorations in Theory and Research process, Ontos Verlag, Dibben, M. & Kelly, T. (ed), Frankfurt/Lancaster, pp. 329-346.

Dibben, MR 2009. 'Exploring Whitehead's understanding of organizations: Moving beyond the organising experience of individual managers', Philosophy of Management, 7 (2) pp. 13-24.

Grimmer, MR 2008 'Columban Christian influence in Northumbria, before and after Whitby', Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, 4 (1) pp. 99-124.

Hanson, DJ & O'Donohue, W 2010 'William Whyte's 'The Organization man': A flawed central concept but a prescient narrative', Management Revue 21 (1) pp. 95-104.

Hanson, DJ & Wickham, MD 2009. 'How should small shareholders have a choice? Lessons from Gunns Ltd extraordinary general meeting', Corporate Ownership & Control, 7 (1) pp. 160-167.

Higgs, J. Cherry, N. Macklin, R. Ajjawi, R. (eds) 2010 Researching practice: A discourse on qualitative methodologies, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Liang, F 2008 'Managing dynamics of inter-partner cooperation of IVJs in China', Chinese Management Studies, 2 (4) pp. 303-316.

Macklin, R. 2009 'Moral Judgement and Practical Reasoning in Professional Practice' in Green, B & Kemmis S. (eds) Understanding and researching professional practice, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. pp. 83-100.

Macklin, R 2010 'Researching in the face of the other: doing decent research' in Higgs, J. Cherry, N. Macklin, R. Ajjawi, R. Researching practice: A discourse on qualitative methodologies , Sense Publishers . Rotterdam, The Netherlands. pp.95-104.

Macklin, R. & Higgs, J. 2010 'Using lenses and layers' in Higgs, J. et al (eds), Researching practice: A discourse on qualitative methodologies , Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. pp. 65-74

Newton, R., Frederick, J., Wilson, E., Dibben, MR & Goddard, C 2010 'Legislation and child death review processes in Australia: Understanding our failure to prevent child death', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 33 (3) pp. 987-1012.

Pal, J., Medway, D & Byrom, JW 2011 'Deconstructing the notion of blame in corporate failure', Journal of Business Research, 64 (10) pp. 1043-1051.

Plummer, K. S., Burmeister, O., Muntean, D., McGrath, D., Murphy, D., Macklin, R. 2010, A whole of curriculum approach to teaching business ethics, Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, pp. 14-26.

Polonsky, M., Miles, M & Grau, S 2011 'Climate Change regulation: Implications for Business Executives', European Business Review 23 (4) pp. 368-383.

Rose, A., Rose, J & Dibben, MR 2010 'The effects of trust and management incentives on audit committee judgments', Behavioral Research in Accounting 22 (2) pp. 87-103.

Rose, A., Rose, J & Dibben, MR 2010 'The implications of auditors' dispositional trust and career advancement opportunities for the detection of fraud', Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting 2 (3) pp. 141-163.

Sofield, T & Li, S 2011 'Tourism governance and sustainable national development in China: a macro-level synthesis', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 19 (4-5) pp. 501-534.

White, J., Miles, M & White, R 2011 'Defined benefit vs defined contribution retirement plans for faculty: An exploration of the cost of a portable retirement', Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, 15 (1) pp. 85-98.

Wickham, MD & Wong, TL 2009. 'Stakeholder management capability: Exploring the strategic management of dissenting stakeholder groups', Corporate Ownership & Control, 6 (4) pp. 293-301.

Wickham, MD 2008 'Regional Economic Development: Exploring the 'Role of Government' in Porter's Industrial Cluster Theory', Cluster Initiatives: Engine for Economic Growth, Icfai University Press, P Bala Bhaskaran (ed), Hyderabad, pp. 126-144.

Wickham, MD 2009. 'Thana-marketing strategy: Exploring the 8Ps that dare not speak their name', International Journal of Business Strategy, 9 (1) pp. 194-201.

Wickham, MD., Wong, TL & O'Donohue, W 2011 'The strategic management of brand equity: Exploring the resources, capabilities and lessons of Marriott's entry into China', AT Business Management Review, 7 (1) pp. 13-23.