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Sydney Business School research on display
UOW’s Sydney Business School is hosting the 2009 SBS Higher Degree Research Student Conference next week from Monday 24 - Wednesday 26 August at the Innovation Campus Function Centre.
Keynote speakers at the conference include Professor Fang Lee Cooke from Manchester Business School in the UK, along with Professor Geoffrey Soutar from the University of Western Australia Business School (see keynote speaker details below).
Research conducted by higher degree students at the Sydney Business School will be covered as well as a number of research student workshops and information sessions. The research topics cover diverse areas, ranging from Thai traditional medicine in health services in Thailand, to accounting for Australia’s carbon footprint, and managing dietetics services in hospitals.
The conference welcomes members of the local business community along with the University’s students, staff and alumni to attend and provides an ideal opportunity to network with University research staff and students.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Fang Lee Cooke
Fang Lee Cooke is Professor of Human Resource Management and Chinese Studies at Manchester Business School. Her research interests are in the area of employment relations, trade unions, gender and employment, strategic HRM, knowledge management and innovation, outsourcing, Chinese outward FDI and Chinese diaspora. Fang is the author of HRM, Work and Employment in China (2005) and Competition, Strategy and Management in China (2008).
Keynote Speaker: Professor Geoff Soutar
Geoff Soutar is a Professor and Nancy Keegan and Don Voelte Distinguished Scholar at the University of Western Australia Business School. Professor His present research interests include marketing of services (particularly educational services), the marketing of technology, the role of design in marketing, service quality measurement and management, agribusiness marketing and marketing’s role in the public sector.
For more details contact Kelly McGrath at the Sydney Business School on 4221 5486