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Rene Kling

René Kling
Lecturer Management (Tasmanian School of Business and Economics) and Lecture Applied Business (University College)
Room 211 , Old IMAS
+61 3 6226 7360 (phone)
René has an extensive career history for both public and private organisations, holding senior management positions in Procurement and Logistics, in addition to running his own consulting and training business for over 16 years. René has been lecturing on a sessional basis at UTAS for TSBE since 2015 (receiving Teaching Merit Certificates in 2016 and 2017), and for the University College since 2017. Prior to that, René lectured for CQU in Brisbane for 8 years on a sessional basis. René has spoken at many conferences throughout Australia and overseas, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and an Associate Fellow of AIM.
General Responsibilities
René’s teaching role encompasses subject development, teaching and coordination for the University College in a range of subjects, including Principles of Quality Management, Managing Business Projects, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Digital Age and Data for Decision Making. From 2018, René will also be the Program Leader and Lecturer in the Associate Degree in Applied Business – Supply Chain Management Specialisation, comprising 8 Core subjects and 8 Specialisation subjects.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Course Leader Supply Chain Management Specialisation 2018 onwards
- ZAA107
- ZAA203
- ZAA204
- ZAA
- BAA514 - Workplace Literacy
- BAA606 - Workplace Communication
- BAA711 - Workplace Attributes
Career summary
Qualifications
Degree | University | Country | Date of Award |
MHist | UNE | Australia | 28 March 2015 |
LLM (Public Procurement Law and Policy) | University of Nottingham | UK | 12 December 2012 |
Me-Commerce | Griffith University | Australia | 24 August 2002 |
MBA | Southern Cross University | Australia | 09 May 1998 |
MBus (Logistics) | RMIT | Australia | 02 June 1993 |
Grad.Dip of Portfolio Mgmt | Asset College | Australia | 16 November 2015 |
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Fields of Research
- Logistics (350903)
- Business information management (incl. records, knowledge and intelligence) (350302)
Research Objectives
- Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services (280106)
- Expanding knowledge in the mathematical sciences (280118)
Publications
Total publications
3
Journal Article
(1 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2013 | Naude MJ, Ambe IA, Kling R, 'Supplier relationship management - anathema for the South African public procurement sector', Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 7, (1) Article 93. ISSN 2310-8789 (2013) [Refereed Article] |
Chapter in Book
(1 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2003 | Kling R, 'Purchasing and supply for Australia: conducting an audit and review of the logistics and supply chain organisation', Supply Chain Management: A Procurement Perspective, Hargreen Publishing Company, PJA Nagel (ed), Australia, pp. 179-190. ISBN 0949905771 (2003) [Other Book Chapter] |
Conference Publication
(1 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2008 | Kling R, 'Taxpayers are fighting back: transparency and accountability does not mean inefficiency', Proceedings from the 3rd International Public Procurement Conference, 28-30 August 2008, Netherlands, pp. 1205-1210. (2008) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] |