Love of work is losing its lustre
Sydney Morning Herald, p.3
27 September 2010
Professor Mark Wooden discusses an analysis of labour force data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Archive for September, 2010
The biology of business
The Economist
Thursday, 23 September, 2010
Dr Michael J. Zyphur, Senior Lecturer in Management, discusses his research into organisational hierarchies.
Melbourne Institute household financial conditions index
Dr Edda Claus, a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute, commented about the Melbourne Institute household financial conditions index report.
Active Labour Market Programmes: Are they least effective where they are most needed?
Dr Duncan McVicar has co-authored a working paper with Dr Jan. M. Podivinsky which examines Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMPs) in Britain.
Inflationary pressures build, at home and abroad
Despite stronger than expected GDP growth in June, the Melbourne Institute forecasts modest growth in GDP and employment in the quarters ahead.
Engineering global teamwork
Tina Koehler hopes her team’s research into the coordination practices on large multinational engineering projects will offer a new approach to capturing the complexity of teamwork.
Household debt on the rise
The Melbourne Institute household financial conditions index shows a decrease in the proportion of households who are saving relative to the proportion of households who are running into debt and/or drawing on their savings.
Appointments to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Professor Mark Wooden (Melbourne Institute) and Professor Cynthia Hardy (Management and Marketing) have both been elected as Academy Fellow to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
In search of better measure than GDP
Australian Financial Review, p10
Thursday, 23 September, 2010
Professor Nilss Olekalns commented in a report about the Australian Bureau of Statistics move to offer an alternative benchmark measure for reflecting society’s progress
Alumni Refresher Lecture Series 2010
The Alumni refresher lecture series was designed to update Alumni on recent developments and research by leading academics within the Faculty in the areas of finance, economics, management and marketing.
