Competitive Research Grants
2012
2012 - 2014
Managing age in organisational context: a comparative study of the meaning of age among managers
Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant
A$ 275,829
Chief Investigators: Susan Ainsworth (Melbourne), Leanne Cutcher (Sydney), Cynthia Hardy (Melbourne) and Robyn Thomas (Cardiff)
2012 - 2014
New technology and talent acquisition in Australian professional services firms
Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project
A$ 193,000
Chief Investigators: Nick Wailes, David Grant, Kristine Dery, Richard Hall and Philip Seltsikas
2012
Corporate Political Marketing
Freda and Len Lansbury (Early Career Research) Support Fund
A$ 5,000
Chief Investigator: John Murray
2012
Advancing Research into Reinsurance Trading Practices
Freda and Len Lansbury (Early Career Research) Support Fund
A$ 5,000
Chief Investigator: Paul Spee
2011
2011 - 2013
Sustainable Organisational Change: Australian Business Responses to Climate Change
Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant
A$ 190,000
Investigators: Chris Wright, David Grant, Daniel Nyberg, and Richard Dunford (University of Newcastle)
The capacity of business to respond to climate change depends on its ability to effect changes in organizational strategy, structure, systems and culture. This project argues that existing organizational change theory appears ill equipped to conceptualise the role of the broader social discourse of climate change in shaping such changes. By adopting a discourse analytic approach that highlights the interrelationship between the discourse and practice of organizational change at eight major Australian businesses, the project overcomes this limitation. In doing so, it seeks to generate new insights into how business is responding to climate change and how this is being managed as a change process. A paper based on pilot study interview results is under review with Organization Studies.
2011
Discursive families: a comparison of magazine advertising in two countries
Leverhulme International Research Network Grant
A$ 64,000
Chief Investigators: Teresa Davis (Sydney), David Marshall (Edinburgh), Margaret Hogg (Lancaster), Tanja Schneider (Oxford) and Alan Petersen (Monash)
2011
A Cross-Comparative Study on Strategic Planning in Pluralistic Settings
University of Sydney Business School Research Grant
A$ 9,000
Chief Investigator: Paul Spee
2011
Corporate reputation within management consultancy firms
Freda and Len Lansbury (Early Career Research) Support Fund
A$ 5,000
Chief Investigator: Will Harvey
2011
Paradoxical organisations in practice
Freda and Len Lansbury (Early Career Research) Support Fund
A$ 5,000
Chief Investigator: Jane Lê
2010
2010
Action Research in Social Entrepreneurship
A$ 12,000
Chief Investigator: Richard Seymour
2010
Indigenous Mothers as Consumers and Workers
Faculty of Economics and Business Research Grant
A$ 12,000
Chief Investigators: Leanne Cutcher and Teresa Davis
2010
Teaching Innovation & Enterprise in the Creative Industries
A$ 20,000
Chief Investigator: Richard Seymour
2009
2009 - 2010
Translating Policies into Practices: An International Comparison of Sickness Absence Management
Faculty of Economics and Business Research Grant
A$ 14,718
Chief Investigator: Daniel Nyberg
2008
2008 - 2011
Funding for Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change Group
Faculty of Economics and Business Research Grant
A$ 84,000
Chief Investigators: David Grant, Leanne Cutcher, Richard Hall,Nick Wailes, Susan Ainsworth, Catherine Welch, Jeanie Yip, John Roberts, Richard Seymour, Richard Dunford, Teresa Davis, Sue Williams and Catherine Hardy
2008 - 2010
Human Resource Information Systems and the Strategic Significance of the HR Function.
Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant
A$ 186,000
Chief Investigators: David Grant, Richard Hall, Nick Wailes and Kristine Dery
Collaborating / Partner Organisation(s): Australian Senior Human Resource Roundtable; Getronics Australia Pty Ltd; CSR Ltd; Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd; Australian Customs Service.
A large number of Australian organisations have invested in computer based HRIS. Used effectively, HRIS can allow HR to realise its strategic potential and to contribute to improved organisational performance. This project will contribute to the national research priority on frontier technologies, by enhancing understanding of the conditions that allow for smart information use, thereby contributing to the nation's economic competitiveness.
2008
Untangling the Paradoxes of the Blackberry: An Application of the Job Demand, Control and Support Model
Faculty of Economics and Business Research Grant
A$ 13,800
Chief Investigator: Kristine Dery
2007
2007 - 2009
Designing organizational structures and management control systems to achieve flexibility and consistency in the achievement of strategic objectives.
Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant
A$ 750,000
Chief Investigators: Richard Dunford (The University of Sydney), Suresh Cuganesan (Swinburne University) and Ian Palmer (UTS).
2006
2006
Older Workers in a Youth-Focused Labour Market
Faculty of Economics and Business Research Grant
A$ 11,200
Chief Investigators: Susan Ainsworth and Leanne Cutcher
2005
2005 - 2007
Research Workshop on Resistance in Organisations.
The University of Sydney, International Development Fund (IDF)
A$ 5,600
Chief Investigators: David Grant, Grant Michelson, Nick Wailes,Richard Hall, Leanne Cutcher and Ann Brewer
2005 - 2007
Funding for the Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change Group.
University of Sydney Business School Research Grant
A$ 110,000
Chief Investigators: David Grant, Richard Hall, Nick Wailes, Grant Michelson, Arlene Harvey, Susan Ainsworth, Leanne Cutcher and Ann Brewer
2003
2003 - 2006
The Impact of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems on Australian Organizations.
Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant
A$ 131,000
Chief Investigators: David Grant, Richard Hall, Nick Wailes, University of Sydney; Cynthia Hardy, Bill Harley (University of Melbourne); Chris Wright (University of New South Wales)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation is one of the most pervasive sources of technological change in contemporary Australian enterprises. ERP systems are computer-based technologies that are designed to increase efficiency and achieve major cost savings across the entire organization. Their implementation has significant implications for the structure, nature and management of organizations. This project's innovative application of an organizational change model to eight detailed case studies across a range of organizational types will generate important new insights into the effects of ERP implementations at Australian organizations and help explain why some implementations are more successful than others.