The University of Western Australia

MEMBERS OF FACULTY UWA BUSINESS SCHOOL

The next meeting of the Faculty of the UWA Business School will be held on

Wednesday 12 June 2013 at 2.15pm Cullity/John Poynton Tutorial Rooms

Part 1 of the agenda has items for communication to be dealt with en bloc. Part 2 of the

agenda is for decision to be dealt with en bloc by motion of the chair. Part 3 is for discussion and decision.

A member may request the removal of an item from Parts 1 or 2 to Part 3.

This is a full Faculty meeting and therefore the Dean requests that members make every effort to attend.

Lisa Gorey Faculty Administrative Officer

AGENDA 1. APOLOGIES 2. MINUTES - REF. F33964 Confirmation of the minutes of the Faculty meeting of 12 December 2012. 3. DECLARATIONS OF POTENTIAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 4. ITEMS/BUSINESS FOR NOTING SINCE PREVIOUS MEETING

PART 1 – ITEMS FOR COMMUNICATION 5. 2014 SUMMER SESSION UNITS – Ref. F11415 Disciplines were asked to submit units to be offered in the University’s Summer Session for 2014. The following units were submitted and approved by the Dean:

ECON2233 Microeconomics: Policy and Application HRMT2237 Human Resource Management MKTG2238 Advertising and Promotion

For noting.

PART 2 – ITEMS FOR DECISION TO BE DEALT WITH EN BLOC

6. CONSEQUENTIAL CHANGE TO CONVOCATION PRIZES – Ref. F1902 Convocation is one of the four constituent bodies of the University (along with the staff, the students, and the Senate), as defined in the University of Western Australia Act of 1911. In February 2013, Convocation Council members approved re-branding of Convocation, the UWA Graduates Association to Convocation of UWA Graduates which is a better reflection of who is represented.

The consequential amendments to the Convocation prizes are attached to the agenda (Attachment A). The Dean recommends that Faculty approve the Convocation, the UWA Graduates Association Prizes be renamed Convocation of UWA Graduates Prizes.

7. AMENDMENTS TO THE TAYLOR WOODINGS PRIZE IN MGMT3342 ENTREPRENEURSHIP –

F1368 Late last month, we were advised that Taylor Woodings has been taken over by FTI Consulting (refer to media statement http://taylorwoodings.com.au/Assets/Taylor-Woodings-AUS-press-release-FINAL-.pdf). As part of their sale contract, the name Taylor Woodings is not permitted to be used in the public arena/forum. Taylor Woodings Prize pledge expired last year and the 2012 award is the final prize. When the merger was completed, FTI Consulting wished to continue with the Taylor Woodings Prize renewal to be renamed FTI Consulting Prize and to increase the value to $1,000 per annum. The following amendments were agreed upon by FTI Consulting and UWA Business School:

change name of the prize to FTI Consulting Prize in MGMT3342 Entrepreneurship; renewal of prize funding for a period of five years, commencing in 2013; increase prize value to $1,000; the prize is to be awarded to the student with the highest mark in MGMT3342 Entrepreneurship;

and the prize is to be awarded by the relevant board. Recommendation by a selection committee is

no longer required as the prize will be awarded to the student with the highest mark rather than a group of students with the best business plan.

The prize amendments are attached to the agenda (Attachment B). The Dean recommends that Faculty approve the recommended changes to the prize and that the prize be renamed the FTI Consulting Prize in MGMT3342 Entrepreneurship.

PART 3 – ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND DECISION

8. NEW UNDERGRADUATE UNIT – MKTG1107 CONSUMERS AROUND THE WORLD – Ref. Fxxxx

Consumers Around the World is a proposed unattached unit to be offered as a Category A broadening unit for students enrolled in courses other than the Bachelor of Commerce, and as an elective for those enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce. It is designed to meet the objectives of broadening units and will specifically develop research, analysis and communication skills through an understanding of how cultural and socio-demographic diversity relate to a myriad of difference in consumption patterns in today’s increasingly global world. The unit provides students with an opportunity reflect on how their own experiences impact their consumption behaviour and how these experiences differ from others. There should be wide interest in this unit as it addresses interesting cultural and sub-cultural difference in consumption behaviour from a theoretical and practical view. Enrolment is expected to be approximately 200 students, and it is proposed to be offered from semester 1, 2015. The unit proposal is (Appendix I) The Dean suggests that Faculty Board recommend approval by Academic Council of the proposed Category A unattached broadening unit, Consumers Around the World.

OTHER BUSINESS

9. REPORT TO FACULTY BY THE ASSOCIATE DEAN, TEACHING AND LEARNING – Ref. F4924 Attached to the agenda is a report from the Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning (Attachment C), who is currently on leave. The Director Undergraduate Programs will be pleased to respond to any questions regarding the report.

10. REPORT TO FACULTY BY THE ASSOCIATE DEAN, RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING

– Ref. 4924 Attached to the agenda is a report from the Associate Dean, Research and Research Training (Attachment D), who will be pleased to respond to any questions regarding the report. 11. REPORT TO FACULTY BY THE ASSOCIATE DEAN, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS – Ref.

F4924 Attached to the agenda is a report from the Associate Dean, International Relations (Attachment E), who will be pleased to respond to any questions regarding the report. 12. REPORT TO FACULTY BY THE DEAN – Ref. F4924 Attached to the agenda is a report from the Dean (Attachment F), who will be pleased to respond to any questions regarding the report. Included in the report are annual updates by the General Manager and the Director External Relations. 13. DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING – REF. F33964 The next meeting of the Faculty will be held on Wednesday 11 December 2013 commencing at 2:15pm, venue to be confirmed.

Convocation, the of UWA Graduates Association Prizes * [F1902] An asterisk (*) indicates that this prize is governed by conditions. See also general conditions. The statutory entity, the Faculty of Business, is known as the UWA Business School. 1. There are four Convocation, the of UWA Graduates Association Prizes in the UWA Business School, each comprising a book voucher and a certificate. 2. The prizes are awarded by the Board of Examiners in the UWA Business School as follows: (a) one to the student who, among those who have completed units to the value of 96 points towards the course for the degree of Bachelor of Economics, gains the highest aggregate mark in the most recently completed units to the value of 48 points; (b) one to the student who, among those who have completed units to the value of 144 points towards the course for the degree of Bachelor of Economics, gains the highest aggregate mark in the most recently completed units to the value of 48 points; (c) one to the student who, among those who have completed units to the value of 96 points towards the course for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce, gains the highest aggregate mark in the most recently completed units to the value of 48 points; and (d) one to the student who, among those who have completed units to the value of 144 points towards the course for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce gains the highest aggregate mark in the most recently completed units to the value of 48 points.

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Taylor WoodingsFTI Consulting Prize in MGMT3342 Entrepreneurship [F1368]

Prize name: Taylor WoodingsFTI Consulting Prize in MGMT3342 Entrepreneurship

Governed by: General Conditions and the following conditions

Prize file number: F1368

Donor: Taylor Woodings Corporate Services Pty LtdFTI Consulting

Value: $1,5000 provided annually

Awarded by: the relevant board, on recommendation of the selection committee

Awarded to: in equal shares to the students who, in the opinion of the selection committee, produce the best business plan in the student with the highest mark in MGMT3342 Entrepreneurship

Selection committee: Dean of the UWA Business School, or nominee; a representative from Taylor Woodings Corporate Services Pty Ltd; an academic staff member from the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics nominated by the Dean of the Faculty; an academic staff member from the UWA Business School nominated by the Dean; the unit coordinator for MGMT3342 Entrepreneurship; and two unit tutors for MGMT3342 Entrepreneurship

Amended by: BUS R35/11

 

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TEACHING AND LEARNING REPORT June 2013

TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM Eileen Thompson, Instructional Designer left the Business School in 2012. As a result of this, the Teaching and Learning area was reviewed and two new roles were created - Teaching and Learning Officer and Teaching and Learning Project Manager. Kaye Haddrill and Catherine Vogel were appointed in these roles respectively. Tundi Jeges will continue in her role as PASS Co-ordinator in 2013. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP The Teaching and Learning (T&L) Committee membership structure has been amended to include both these roles. The Committee holds monthly meetings on the last Tuesday of the month and the notes of the meeting are available on the T&L section of the Business Schools’ website. All faculty members are welcome to attend T&L Committee meetings. The Committee has held three meetings to date for 2013. I would like to acknowledge the efforts of all Committee members in 2013, including Elisa Birch, Leo Langa, Lydia Kilcullen, Gary Stockport, Fang Liu, Nick Letch, Paul Crompton, Paul Lloyd, Kaye Haddrill, Kirk David, Jacinta Kotula and Jenny Gamble. I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of the professional staff members at these meetings. I would like to thank Catherine Vogel for her work as the Executive Officer for the Committee AACSB AND EQUIS In 2012 the programs reviewed to assess how well students are achieving the program learning outcomes were the MPA, MHRER and BCom majors in Accounting, Finance, Management and Human Resource Management. The reports are available on the website at http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/learning/assurance/program. In 2013 the programs being reviewed are the BCom majors in Marketing and double major in Economics, along with the Master of Marketing, MEc, Master of Business Information Management, MCom and MBA. It is critical that the outcomes from the reports are acted upon and that the strategies for improvement are implemented by relevant disciplines/program areas. The reports examine the program learning goals and assess evidence showing how students perform in relation to these goals. This is important for any business school and particularly in the new regulated environment in which all Higher Education Providers operate. The process established for assurance of learning and assessing student performance reviews has provided some important learning for us. Thanks to Lydia Kilcullen who has been working on mapping the AoL processes and looking at ways to improve and streamline what we currently do. For more details on assurance of learning including curriculum maps for all programs visit: http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/staff/teaching/assurance SCALING OF MARKS IN THE BACHELOR OF COMMERCE The scaling of marks in the BCom was raised as an issue in 2011 and presented to disciplines for discussion. A final decision about the scaling of marks in the Bachelor of Commerce was deferred pending a report from the Institutional Research Unit. The Teaching and Learning Committee has reopened the issue of scaling and intends to make a recommendation after the July meeting and forward this recommendation for discussion to the Full Faculty meeting on December 11. GRADING CHANGES TO THE MCom AND MPAcc The T&L Committee recommended to Faculty Board that the distribution of grades for the MCom and MPA degrees should be the same as the MBA. Units of 15 students or less would be exempt from this average measure. This recommendation was approved by Faculty Board.

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EXISTING DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS ACROSS PG PROGRAMS Core units in the Master of Commerce, as well as all units in the Master of Professional Accounting, should have means falling within the range 63-68. The MBA, specialised masters courses and the specialisation units in the MCom should have means set at 68-72. PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS ACROSS PG PROGRAMS All units in the Master’s programs should have means falling within the range 68-74. It is expected that core units will have means falling in the lower end of the range and elective units in the upper end of the range. Units with small enrolments of 15 or less may have means outside the range. Students who do not participate in all assessment items but remain enrolled in the unit should be excluded when calculating the mean mark. IELTS RECOMMENDATION Due to the declining number of international students in the postgraduate programs at the School, it was recommended that the School make a change to the existing IELTS score. The School will retain the IELTS at 7.0 with a written component of no less than 6.5, however, if a prospective student meets the criteria and has a listening/speech band of no less than 6.0, that an interview could be conducted to make the decision of admission. This would initially be trialled and then revisited at a later date to review the effectiveness of the process. WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS IN 2013 To date, in 2013 we have run the following workshops/presentations:

February 14 - Live, classroom simulation demonstrating intuitive response software - Andrew Patterson from Top Hat Monocle

March 1 – Training for new Business School tutors, - Kaye Haddrill March 15 - Assessment of Oral Communication Skills – Phil Hancock March 26 – Developing and Managing your Curriculum – Grady Venville, Dean of Coursework Studies May 15 - HBP teaching and learning developments - David Klindienst, Harvard Business Publishing

(Higher Education)

SELF AND PEER ASSESSMENT RESOURCE KIT (SPARKPLUS) The use of SPARKPLUS has expanded in 2013 with more units using it in the Business School as well as in Engineering. The new BPhil degree is also using SPARKLUS. The use of peer evaluation is one way of assessing team work skills. Marks for a group assignment can be awarded for the task (which is not assessing team work skills) and the process (which is measuring team work skills). SPARKPLUS can also be used to moderate the marks of various markers, assess the ability to exercise judgement and a number of other applications. We are developing additional resources for staff to assist in using SPARKPLUS. We are finalising a proposal for the management and funding of SPARKPLUS to be a central responsibility. The School has appointed Yvonne Button in 2013 for one day a week to assist and support staff in using SPARK in their units. For more information go to https://uwa.sparkplus.com.au/faq.php EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS The Business School’s Teaching Awards ceremony was held on April 18 and was well attended. The recipients for the 2013 awards are: Postgraduate Coursework, Leo Langa; Undergraduate Coursework-Large class, Andrew Williams; Undergraduate Coursework-Small class, Tim Daly, Adjunct Lecturer, Dee Roche; Early Career, Aleksandra Luksyte; Tutor (joint award) Amanda Tedjamulja and Natalie Drew with a Commendation being awarded to Leigh Smith;. There were two Service Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning and these were awarded to Marjory Harvey and Michael Sutherland. At the April Teaching and Learning Committee meeting it was agreed that the submission guidelines for 2014 for the Business School teaching awards would be changed to make the process easier for staff. The changes include reducing the selection criteria to be addressed from between 2 and 5, to up to 2 only. The proposal also

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includes adopting a similar method to Arts with a formula that grades SPOT and SURF scores. Only staff that receive a grade higher than the specified grade are contacted to ask them to submit an application. Included in these changes was also that the School offer a teaching award based purely on the SPOT and SURF scores derived from a formula developed by the FAHSS. All that will be required is for staff to submit SPOT and SURF results to be considered for the award. In addition, we will continue with the trial of asking the nominator for Service Awards to be the one that has to make the submission. This submission would be up to 2 pages. The size of the Undergraduate small class award was changed to up to 150 students. This will bring it in line with the workload model. PEER ASSISTED STUDY SESSIONS (PASS) The program has continued in 2013 with five first year units being offered. I would like to thank Tundi Jeges and Kaye Haddrill for their roles and support in the PASS program. PEER REVIEW In 2008 the teaching and learning committee endorsed a process of providing opportunities for staff to seek peer review and feedback from those members of our staff who are previous winners of teaching awards or are widely recognised for the quality of their teaching. The process was started in 2009 and I would like to acknowledge the willingness of our experienced teachers to mentor early career teachers. I am aware of a few staff taking the opportunity to seek feedback about a more experienced teacher and I hope this scheme is utilised by early career teachers. Please contact me if you would like more information. UNIT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (UIMS) The move to the Unit Information Management System (UIMS) has experienced a couple of challenges in 2013. Staff have provided feedback about some elements of the system:

Headings not clearly distinguishable from standard text Sections split across multiple pages making the document difficult to read Difficulty in depicting tabular information (e.g. assessment methods) The inability to add tables

This feedback has been forwarded to Kath Williams who is the current UIMS system administrator who will help address our recommendations for change The response from our students about UIMS has been positive. They found the system useful for being able to choose units in advance. TURNITIN Also as you prepare your unit outline a reminder that the school subscribes to the software detection device Turnitin. You need to contact the Help Desk if you wish to be registered to use Turnitin. The faculty passed a rule which allows the use of Turnitin and the rule is quoted in the unit template. For further information on Turnitin go to: http://www.turnitin.com/static/index.html TUTOR TRAINING PROGRAM We completed the tutor training workshop for Semester 1 on March 1 and we had 34 new tutors attend. The feedback was very positive from all participants. The role of our tutors is a very important part of the student experience at the Business School and I thank them for taking the time to attend the workshop. I would like to thank Leo Langa, Trish Todd and Candice Lamb for assisting with the facilitation of the four scenarios that many tutors will have to confront at some stage. I also want to thank Kaye Haddrill for running her first tutor training session in her new role in the school and for doing it so professionally. PHIL HANCOCK ASSOCIATE DEAN TEACHING & LEARNING

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RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING REPORT June 2013

The following overview of the activities undertaken by the Associate Dean Research and the Business School Research Office over the course of the past 6 months is presented under the headings: Researcher support and development; initiatives and administration; and HDR. RESEARCHER SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT The research office provided support and feedback for applicants in the ARC Discovery, DECRA, and Future Fellowships in 2012. Budgetary support, reviews and technical support were provided for 12 Business school applications (and to a lesser extent, further externally submitted applications). The ADR provided academic peer reviews for almost all applications (8 ARC Discovery [including a DORA Fellowship application], 1 Future Fellowship, and 3 DECRA). The rejoinder period is currently open to current round Discovery applicants, and support and review processes are also extended by the Research Office for this process. Outcomes will be available later this year. The Research Office also provided support for an ARC Centre of Excellence Expressions of Interest. Centres of Excellence are a large scale, collaborative initiative with the potential to attract up to $28Million in ARC funds. The proposed ARC Centre of Excellence for Global Readiness is led by David Day and involves 22 institutional partners. Results of the first round will be available in July with a further, more detailed submission, due in August. Additional support via tailored workshops was provided on ARC schemes. An intensive three week grant writing workshop with the Law School and Social Sciences was arranged to provide information and advice on various schemes. This initiative went ahead due to positive feedback from a similar workshop held in January 2012. A total of 10 Business School early and mid-career researchers registered for this year’s workshop. An additional joint two day workshop will be held midyear (July, date tbc), the aim of which is to encourage people to prepare themes and project teams early for later grant rounds. In addition to these grant-specific initiatives, discussions are being held with the Information Services Faculty Liaison Officer regarding possible workshops/presentations around navigating information services and providing information on the relative value of a number of research tools. Provision of assistance and support, as well as communication of research opportunities is disseminated to researchers for a wide range of schemes throughout the year although the strong level of participation and complex nature of ARC applications renders it worthwhile developing tailored initiatives for those schemes. These events have been complemented with individual level support and encouragement. This has been most successful with early and mid-career researchers with new staff and those who are unfamiliar with the Australian research environment, particularly benefitting from guidance around local funding opportunities and advice around career development and the various ranking models popularly adopted. INITIATIVES AND ADMINISTRATION The Research Office has developed and overseen a number of events at the Business School which have been broadly undertaken for the purpose of acknowledging research effort and successes on the part of our staff and elevating the visibility of research within the culture of the Faculty. Events include:

‐ Staff orientation day

‐ HDR student orientation

‐ Research awards event for achievements in 2012

‐ First intake of the newly restructured DBA in 2013

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DATA COLLECTION Over the past year the Faculty Research Office been able to consolidate and enhance our processes for the HERDC and ERA publications’ data collection. The centralisation of the process across the Faculty from administrative teams to the Research Office has delivered significant gains in efficiency and timing. The addition of a 0.5FTE Research Assistant position in February 2012 was the catalyst to the change in our approach, and publications for HERDC and ERA are now researched, sourced, and entered on an ongoing basis. New methods of researching publications have been introduced during the course of the year, including the setting-up of alerts from the Scopus database (the world’s largest abstract and citation database), which notify us when research for Business School authors goes to press. A further development has been the introduction of a customised collection-tool allowing our researchers to check the publications that the Research Office has on-file for them, and to add to or amend these records as necessary. It also allows us to collect non-HERDC publications from our authors—a development which holds the potential to alleviate at least some duplication of effort on the part of our researchers. These improvements were explicitly acknowledged in a letter of thanks from the University Research Assessment Unit (RAU), as an example of ‘best practice’ for data collection accuracy and efficiency BOARDS AND COMMITTEES The Business School Research Committee Following elections, the new Research Committee had its first meeting on 25 July 2012. The committee comprises: Peter Robertson (Chair), Nic Groenewold, Richard Heaney, Julie Lee, Sharon Parker, Brett Smith (Early Career Researcher representative), Jill Sweeney, Marvin Wee, and Stanley Yu (HDR representative). Kerrie Unsworth resigned from the Committee in early 2013 and was replaced by Gillian Yeo. The Dean spoke to workload issues for a need to develop the workload model to recognise 40:40:20 in workloads, address concerns about the “long tail” of research inactivity, and define levels of research activity for the PAR process. The Committee was therefore asked to consider a revised workload model - through consultation with Discipline groups - that achieved these objectives and is benchmarked according to best practices across Go8 universities. On 29th August 2012 the research committee sought feedback from discipline groups for changes in principle that would explicitly recognise different levels of research activity and provide a balance of service, teaching and research workloads in accordance with these different levels of research activity. It emphasised equitable loads that would allow us to be competitive in the hiring process and send appropriate signals in terms of research expectations. Feedback from Discipline groups was received from October through to February 2013. The ADR discussed in-principle models with the full Management Committee on 14 March. Following this consultation, a more concrete proposal was drafted and at the Research Committee meeting of 24 April a subcommittee was formed - with a representative from each Discipline group - to conduct modelling of the draft workload models using HERDC publications data. Following feedback from this modelling presented at the May meeting, the ADR is preparing to provide a refined model to be distributed for further consultation with Discipline groups. The Business School Regional Ethics Review Committee (RERC) The RERC membership remains unchanged in 2013 and comprises: Paul Gerrans, Chair; Mark Edwards; Ray Fells; Rob Lambert; Julie Lee; Michelle Roberts; Anu Rammohan; Steve McShane; and Christine Soo. After discussions with Research Services, we identified several unnecessary replications were identified in the ethics approval process and changes were implemented that resulted in a more streamlined process. Since the changes, the system has been working much more efficiently with no significant issues arising in the last 6 months. Frustratingly the hoped-for online ethics application procedure has still not materialised despite a further meeting with Research Services in November.

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The Board of Higher Degrees by Research The HDR Board meets bi-annually and Board membership remains as Peter Robertson (Chair), Alan Dench (or nominee), Geoff Soutar, Sharon Parker, Richard Heaney, Jill Sweeney, Millicent Chang, Rob Lambert, and Sam Tang. Unfortunately the November and May meetings had to be postponed due to unavailability of key Board member(s). HIGHER DEGREES BY RESEARCH Doctor of Business Administration

A cohort of 19 students commenced the newly re-structured DBA program in February 2013. The intake consists of 18 males and 1 female (including 1 international student). Occupations include management, directorships, engineering (mining, water), accounting, academia, farming, an economist, project management, entrepreneur/company start up and others.

Significant interest continues to be shown in the DBA and an intake in 2014 is planned followed by biennial intakes. HDR Commencements 6 new PhD students have commenced thus far in 2013 in addition to the 19 DBAs. 1 Higher Degree by Research (Preliminary) student is scheduled to commence in Semester 2. The number of PhD commencements in Semester 2 is yet to be determined and depends on scholarships, funding etc. HDR Completions 3 PhD candidates have completed in 2013 thus far, and a further 13 are either under examination or have corrections in progress (including one DBA candidate who was examined for PhD). 3 DBA candidates are currently under examination SCHOLARSHIPS Only one Scholarship round has been completed in 2013 with the School successfully attracting one International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS). The midyear local round (APA/UPA) has just opened, with the main Local and International Scholarship (IPRS/SIRF) rounds later in 2013. Application numbers in the local rounds remain low with international scholarship application numbers steady with a noticeable increase in quality over the most recent couple of rounds. The five year tenure of the BHP Billiton Postgraduate Research Scholarship came to an end in 2012 with an announcement that further scholarships would not be on offer for the time being. HDR STUDENT SUPPORT AND EVENTS HDR Orientation and Morning Tea The Semester 1 HDR Student Orientation was held in April this year and for the first time involved a number of new DBA students as well as commencing PhD students. This was more by accident than design as commencing DBA students had already attended an Orientation/Briefing as part of their first coursework unit, however, some were aware of the PhD Orientation and were keen to attend. Despite the course differences, information relevant to both cohorts was presented and candidature pathways for both groups covered. The interaction between the two groups added a positive element to the proceedings, and both cohorts found the information helpful and attendance worthwhile. The Orientation was followed by a ‘Welcome’ morning tea. The regular Welcome morning teas, to socialise new students into the Business School and introduce them to students and staff, are always well attended by HDR students and both academic and professional staff.

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Student Forum Semester 1 Orientation was followed by a 30 minute Student Forum. This event was initiated by PhD students from the Management and Organisations Discipline keen to gauge the level of interest in greater cross-Discipline interaction among other HDR students. Those attending indicated a strong interest in research and study related events and social activities. Following the Forum a committee of representatives from each Discipline was formed, and social events including a morning tea, quiz sessions and regular Friday afternoon drinks have been organised. An afternoon soccer match involving both HDR students and staff has also been scheduled. The Committee is committed to arranging inclusive activities that will be attractive to students across the spectrum of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds. Three Minute Thesis Competition The Three Minute Thesis competition is again scheduled for 2013 and this year includes Early Career Researchers (as part of the internal UWA Competition). The challenge will be to turn around the declining participation rates within the Business School (and also across UWA). PETER ROBERTSON ASSOCIATE DEAN RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS REPORT

June 2013

The School’s internationalisation mission is to enable a mindset and activity unconstrained by geography, nation, race and culture. This is consistent with the School’s vision to become one of the most influential Business Schools in Australia

and Asia.

There are three planks to the School’s strategy to achieve the above mission: (a) Build a strong international reputation; (b) Enhance international research collaboration; (c) Embrace an international mindset and outlook across all activities in the Business School with guiding

principles of: Quality, Diversity, Engagement.

(developed in August 2010 by participants at School-wide strategy meeting) STAFF CHANGES

Ray Da Silva Rosa stepped down as Associate Dean of International Relations in November 2012. I would

like to thank Ray for the work that he has done in this area so far, and for being such a great help during the transition.

In January 2013 I took over as Associate Dean in an interim capacity while I am on sabbatical. I will be on-board properly from late July 2013.

Bev Partridge is back in the role of International Coordinator. Wade Jarvis will be taking on the new role of Deputy Associate Dean, International Relations. I would like to heartily acknowledge the work done by Bev Partridge, Lili Qiu, and members of the

International Committee. BUILD STRONG INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION

We are being courted by some of the best universities in the world. For example, Manchester Business

School, Leeds University and Bath University (UK), University of Tübingen (Germany), University of Strasbourg (France) amongst others, all want to engage with us at a deeper level than just Study Abroad exchanges. This is a fantastic acknowledgement of the work of the academics (in terms of our academic reputation), our teaching staff and tutors (in terms of our teaching quality) and our marketing team (in terms of getting our name out there).

Rhonda Flottmann and her team, notably Carene Wong and Quang Tao Ly, have been working hard to make our Ambassadorial Council chapters successful. We have a great list of members in WA, Singapore, UK and the US and a huge potential for both in-bound guidance from the Council as well as out-bound reputation. If you have any ideas for how you could use this resource please come and talk to myself or Rhonda.

One of our key strategies over the coming years will be to create meaningful relationships with a few universities. These will involve collaboration and connections across not only Study Abroad but double-degrees, team teaching, and research ties. I will be coming to discipline meetings to identify the best universities for you – who would you like to work with in both teaching and research?

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ENHANCE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION

The outcomes for the Early Researcher Fellowship were announced earlier this year. The Fellowship was

designed by Sharon Parker and put in place by the International Committee and enables “high potential” early career academics to come to UWA for a month or two. As Ray noted in the last Faculty Report,

the response to the first call was excellent – so good, in fact, that two offers were made and accepted. David Wagner from Singapore Management University and James Beck from University of Waterloo will both be coming during late winter/early Autumn.

We have had some individual successes (these are just the ones I am aware of): o Alex Luksyte was successful in applying for the Australia-China Young Researchers’ Exchange Program

and had a successful trip to China o Rod Tyers, Peter Robertson and others held a very successful workshop on economics in China. o I’m sure there are other successes also.

Please note the funding opportunities for research collaboration through WUN/RCA. They are very keen

for us to try and apply for this funding.

How can we (the International Committee/the School) help you to collaborate internationally? I’d like to hear your ideas. o Papers that have authors from more than one country are more likely to be cited than papers with authors

from only one country (apparently). EMBRACE AN INTERNATIONAL MINDSET

Teaching for diversity and to diversity

o CATL are running talks in June on internationalising the curriculum o We are looking at potentially arranging workshops on strategies for teaching diverse groups of

students

Double-degrees o A proposal for funding from the EU (EU-AU scheme) was put together by Ray Da Silva Rosa on

UWA’s behalf. The proposal is for a Masters in International Management that would receive funding from the EU. Students would do one year at their home university in Europe (University of Strasbourg (France), Ca’ Foscari (Venice), or Corvinus University (Budapest)) and a year at either UWA or UAdelaide; they would then receive a degree from both universities. This has been signed off and we are now awaiting news whether or not we have been successful in obtaining the EU funding (due to find out in August).

o We are talking with the University of Tübingen (Germany) to set up an equivalent Masters in International Management double-degree.

o Potentials with Chinese and Indonesian universities – although these are in earlier stages of development.

Study abroad exchange agreements done so far this year o Bath University – undergraduate exchange. This agreement has been approved by the Business

School (at all levels) and is now awaiting final sign off by the VC o Coppead Graduate School – MBA exchange. This agreement has been approved by the Business

School (at all levels) and is now awaiting final sign off by the VC o UCLA – students will study 2 units at UCLA and gain credit of 12 points into UWA bachelor.

85 UWA applications were received for the UCLA Study Abroad Program with 25 spots available.

The breakdown is: o Arts: 19 received, 6 to be allocated o Business: 21 received, 6 to be allocated o Science: 45 received, 13 to be allocated

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Further information about some scholarships and assisted funding:

o The Perth USAsia Centre will be offering three scholarships to UWA students at $4500 each, which will be awarded on the basis of equity and academic merit.

o Participants will be eligible to apply for a short term study abroad scholarship. Applications have been extended to 31 May.

o Participants will be eligible to apply for an OS-HELP Loan to the maximum value of $4000 through the Financial Aid Office.

University of Manchester (Manchester Business School) – An exchange agreement is being set up at the University level with University of Manchester and, for us, MBS in particular.

KERRIE UNSWORTH ASSOCIATE DEAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

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DEAN’S REPORT June 2013

1. EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH FOR AUSTRALIA 2012 [ERA 2012] The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) is an Australian government initiative which aims to “identify and promote excellence across the full spectrum of research activity, including both discovery and applied research, within Australian higher education institutions”. One of the objectives of the ERA initiative is to provide a national stocktake of discipline-level areas of research strength and where there are opportunities for development in Australian higher education institutions. The Business School’s publications are predominantly in two broad Fields of Research (FoR), referred to as the two-digit level FoRs – FoR14 – Economics and FoR 15 – Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services. In both FoRs, we were rated at 4 or at “above world standard”. Within each broad Field of Research, there are particular specialised areas of research (referred to as the four-digit FoRs). To be assessed at these specialised areas, we must have at least 50 publications that meet the criteria for inclusion. The School had sufficient numbers of papers to meet the requirement for assessment at several of these four-digit level; Universities that do not meet the minimum requirement would typically pool these publications for inclusion in a wider FoR. For one of these specialised areas, FoR 1503 Business and Management, we received the top rating of ‘5’ or “well above world standard”. This rating was given to five of the Go8 Universities. Applied Economics was rated at 4, a rating that places the School in a similar ranking to other Go8 universities. Other areas, namely accounting, finance and marketing, were rated “at world standard”, with no area being rated below world standard. This is an excellent outcome for the School. The next ERA assessment is expected to be done in 2015. 2. STAFF NEWS 2.1 NEW APPOINTMENTS The following academic staff have joined the School or appointed to new roles within the School: Dr Keith Godfrey – Accounting and Finance - Assistant Professor Ms Collette Chester (50% FTE) – Accounting and Finance – Lecturer Dr James Key – Economics – Assistant Professor (to start 1 July) The following professional staff joined the School recently: Debbie Dieu - Undergraduate Student Centre Cecilia Sandi Ossio - Accounting and Finance Milica Rajkovic- Postgraduate Student Centre Geri Ngui - Postgraduate Student Centre Karen Della Torre – Marketing Manager (External Relations) Anneke Forster – Events Coordinator (External Relations) Marcelia Young who will fill in for Rosalie during her six month secondment position Ande Roestenburg CSI team member Kirsty Seitz , Administrative Officer, Management & Organisations Catherine Vogel has been appointed Project Manager, Teaching and Learning Michael Sutherland, Undergraduate Student Coordinator, has been appointed Manager of Postgraduate Programs, and Tennille Trevaskis has taken up the appointment as Undergraduate Student Coordinator. BHP BILLITON CHAIR Professor Peter Hartley, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Professor and James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy Scholar at Rice University, arrived in May to take up the BHP Billiton Chair, and will hold a joint appointment with Rice. He was the 2011/2012 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Professor at Large.

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Professor Hartley is a widely acknowledged expert in the areas of natural resource economics, particularly in the energy sector. He has published extensively in major international journals and has consulted at a high level to the electricity, energy and minerals industries. 2.2 PROMOTION AND TENURE Dr Elisa Birch (Economics), Dr Joanne Sneddon (Marketing) and Dr Greg Brush (Marketing) were promoted from Assistant Professor (Level B) to Associate Professor (Level C) in February. Winthrop Professor Richard Heaney (Accounting and Finance) was awarded tenured status in January. 2.3 RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT Emeritus Professor Philip Brown retired (for the second time) at the end of February 2013. He was first appointed Reader at UWA in 1968, and was instrumental in the establishment of the MBA in 1973. He left UWA to take on the role of Foundation Director, Australian Graduate School of Management in 1975, and returned to UWA in 1980. He is amongst the most respected accounting scholars in the world. His research with Ray Ball “An Empirical Evaluation of Accounting Income Numbers, ”Journal of Accounting Research (1968), received the American Accounting Association's inaugural award for Seminal Contributions to the Accounting Literature. Recent honours include: Induction into the Accounting Hall of Fame (2010); Member (AM) of The Order of Australia for service to education in the disciplines of accounting and finance and to professional associations, Australia Day, 2012; Honorary Doctor of Science from Lancaster University in July 2012 for his outstanding contribution to the field of accounting and service through the literature of accounting research and American Accounting Association Presidential Scholar 2012. In recognition of his international eminence, a tutorial room was named after him when the School was first opened, and from 2012, the best Honours student graduating each year in Accounting & Finance will be awarded the “Philip Brown Scholar” Award. Other departures included: Academic staff: Gillian Dale-Jones – (Level A) - Accounting & Finance Susan Pen (Level A) – Economics Shirin Tafazzoli (Level A) – Economics Professional staff: April Foster– Postgraduate Student Centre John Pougher– Postgraduate Student Centre Georgina Roberts – Postgraduate Student Centre Holly Elsholz– Accounting and Finance Lydia Brazzale– Management & Organisations James Strauss– Accounting & Finance Brenda Dagnall – CSI Harpreet Kaur – External Relations Future departures will include: Dr Uta Bindl (Level B) – Management and Organisations, who has accepted a position at the London School of Economics, and will be leaving the School in August. Isabella and Ronny Hoffmann (Level A) – Accounting and Finance, who will be taking up positions in Europe, and will be leaving in August. Dr Mei Hsiu Chen (Level A) – Accounting & Finance, who has been on leave without pay, and returned to Taiwan. Dr Frank Zhang (Level A) – Accounting and Finance, who was here to fill Me Hsiu Chen’s position, and has now accepted a position at Murdoch.

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Dr Tim Daly (Level B) and Dr Sarah Rasmi (Research Associate) – Marketing, who will be moving to Dubai in August. Rosalie Fidge, member of the Finance Team, who is on secondment to the School of Music. We wish them well in their new positions. 2.4 VISITORS The School hosts a number of visitors each year, and recent visitors include: Professor Michael Buroway - the University of California, Berkley and current President of the International Sociological Association Professor David Yermack - Stern School of Business, New York University, and member of the Ambassadorial Council (New York Chapter) Professors Jim Walsh and Sue Ashford – University of Michigan Dr Jennifer Gibbs – Rutgers University Professor Hester Van Kerk - VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands Professor Sofie Reboud - Burgundy School of Business, France Professor Jordan Louviere - University of Technology, Sydney Dr Andrew Ainsworth – University of Sydney Professor Martin Bugeja - University of Technology, Sydney Professor Vikas Mehrotra - University of Alberta, Canada Professor Juliana Ng, Australian National University 2.5 EARLY CAREER VISITING FELLOWSHIP This year, part of the Visiting Professor Fund was allocated to pilot a program, the Early Career Visiting Professorship program. The pilot was conducted within the M&O Discipline group, under the guidance of Winthrop Professor Sharon Parker. There was overwhelming response to this program with 20 high quality applications from some excellent schools received. Because of the quality of the applicants, two Fellowships were awarded: Dr James Beck from the University of Waterloo and Dr David Wagner from Singapore Management University. Both have significant publications even though they have only recently graduated. An offer was also made at a later stage to Dr Winny Shen, whose visit here is supported by research support from within the discipline. 2.6 CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT GROUP MEMBERSHIP

Professor Kerrie Unsworth from the Management and Organisations Discipline has taken over the role of Associate Dean (International Relations) from W/Professor Ray da Silva Rosa. 2.7 AWARDS CEREMONY

The following staff were recognised for Excellence in Teaching Awards for 2012 at a recent Awards Ceremony:

Postgraduate coursework – Dr Leo Langa (Accounting & Finance) Undergraduate (large) – Dr Andrew Williams (Economics) Undergraduate (small) – Dr Tim Daly (Marketing) Early Career – Dr Alex Luksyte (Management & Organisations) Adjunct Lecturer – Ms Dee Roche Tutor – Natalie Drew and Amanda Tedjalulja Tutor – Commendation – Leigh Smith Service Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning – Marjory Harvey (UG Student

Centre) and Michael Sutherland (UG Student Experience Coordinator)

The following staff were recognised for their research awards:

Dean's Best Paper Prizes -- David Day and Cristina Gibson Ahern Family Early Career Research Portfolio Prize -- Uta Bindl and Michele Roberts Dean's Research Fellowships -- Alex Luksyte, Leandro Magnusson, Stijn Masschelein, Sharon

Purchase and Sirimon Treepongkaruna

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The following recipients of Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants were also acknowledged:

Ken Clements: Analysing Global Consumption Patterns with a Large Number of Commodities Sharon Purchase, Doina Olaru, Geoff Soutar, Luis Izquierdo, Ray Cooksey: Modelling Network Innovation Performance Capability: A Multidisciplinary Approach Sharon Parker: Wise proactivity: Making the right things happen in the right way

Externally administered grants:

Sirimon Treepongkaruna Hodgson, Prof Allan; Faff, Prof Robert W; Smith, Prof Tom; Treepongkaruna, Dr Sirimon; Hillier, Prof Dr David J; Lhaopadchan, Dr Suntharee The economic cost of insider trading - culture, legislation, governance, gender and crisis impacts: comparative evidence from around the globe Michael Gillan Ford, A/Prof Michele T; Gillan, Dr Michael P Scaling global labour: the Global Union Federations in Indonesia and India

2.8 TEACHING FELLOWSHIP

Dr Wade Jarvis and Dr Shannon Johnston were successful in receiving one of three UWA Teaching Fellowships awarded in 2013. The title of the fellowship is “Flipped classroom design for ‘non-standard’ students 3. 2013 UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS This first year of New Courses, 2012, was a successful one for the School. The University continues to attract the top students in the state, and the share of students in each ATAR band greater than 80 for the state’s four universities is shown below.

Figure 1: Share of ATAR – 80 and above

Mean and Median ATAR scores The mean and median scores for entry into the New Courses for 2012 and 2013 are given in Table 1 below. Under New Courses, students enter one of five undergraduate courses – the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Science and the four-year Bachelor of Philosophy (with Honours). The mean and median scores for all courses, including the Bachelor of Commerce, have increased marginally over the last year.

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Table 1: Mean and Median TER Scores

Programs Mean 2012

Median 2012

Mean 2013

Median 2013

Commerce 90.31 90.15 90.73 90.35 Arts 89.66 89.15 90.25 90.70 Design 88.88 87.85 88.26 88.22 Science (Biological Sciences) 89.41 88.53

91.50 92.30 Science (Biomedical Sciences) 91.49 92.05 Science (Physical Sciences) 91.98 92.48 Science (Earth & Environment) 88.73 88.00 Philosophy 99.83 99.80

The commencing loads for 2012 and 2013 are shown in Table 2. The data, obtained from the University Executive Information System, suggest that commencement loads have decreased this year, relative to last year. The reason for this seems unclear given our observation that class sizes have in fact increased this year.

Table 2: Commencing Student Load – 2012 and 2013 Source: Executive Information System (EIS)

DEGREE 2012 2013

Domestic International Total Domestic International Total BArts 67.4 6.1 73.5 75.4 5.6 81

BCom/BEc 451.6 98.8 550.4 398.9 91.8 487.1

BScience (incl Engineering) 207.8 20.5 228.3 183.3 17.0 200.3

BDesign 5.0 0.5 5.5 4.5 0.5 5

BPhilosophy 4.3 0.6 4.9 6.4 0.5 6.9

LLB 0.8 0.8

Other cross instit 1.4 14.6 16.0 1.3 16.9 18.2

TOTAL 738.3 141.1 879.4 666.7 131.8 798.5 2013 – Uptake of Business Majors Students who entered in 2012 can now nominate their ‘degree specific major’, and their ‘second major’ should they choose to complete two majors, rather than one. A Bachelor of Commerce student is required to complete a Business major as their ‘degree specific major’. They can also choose a second major offered in the other degrees. Similarly, students from other degrees can complete a Business major as their second major. Table 3 summarises the data as of 6 May 2013 and also provides data on the number of students from other degrees who have chosen to complete our majors. For example, amongst students who are completing the BA, 61 have chosen marketing as their second major, and 45 have chosen management. Amongst those completing the BSc, 148 have chosen Finance, 77 Economics, and 141 Management as their second majors.

Table 3: Enrolment in BCom Majors (data as at 6 May 2013)

DEGREE ACCTG FINANCE ECON (Single)

ECON (Double)

HRM MGMT MKTG BUS LAW

BCom degree major 328  209 116 21 51 82  108  93

BCom second major 68  200 67 1 21 56  40  88

BPhil degree major 2  1 5 1            

BPhil second major 1  6 3       2  1  2

BA 1  4 24    11 45  61  38

BDes                2       

BSc 43  148 77    7 141  22  21

TOTAL 443  568 292 23 90 328  232  242 *The Economics (double major) provides a course of study that is equivalent to the Bachelor of Economics, which was disestablished following New Courses 2012.

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Table 4 below shows the combination of degree specific and second majors taken by BCom students. For example, of those who choose the Accounting major as their degree specific major, 146 choose Finance as their second major, and 14 choose Economics as their second major. Similarly, of those who choose the Finance major as their degree specific major, 35 have chosen Economics as their second major. The data shows that 204 BCom students have opted to complete a second major from outside Business.

Table 4 - Combination of Degree Specific and Second Majors (data as at 6 May 2013)

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ACCTG 81 34 10 1 6 3 14 68

FINCE 146 46 35 1 1 2 6 9 200

ECON (single) 14 35 23 1 1 7 9

ECON (double) 1 19 1

HRM 5 3 13 7 4 2 21

MGMT 10 9 9 26 23 5 56

MKTG 14 5 3 4 8 35 6 40

BUS LAW 44 12 9 9 9 7 7 88

OTHER (outside) 14 65 35 1 13 25 23 28 204

DEG SPECIFIC TOTAL

328 209 116 21 51 82 108

Enrolments in First Year units – 2013 and 2012 2013 is still a transition year for New Courses 2012 as some units have moved levels. A number of units that could be taken by students in their second year have now been moved as Level 3 units, available only in their third year. For these units, enrolments have declined slightly this year. Some units, however, have moved from being level 3units to Level 2 units, and these units have increased enrolments this year as both second and third year students are taking them. Another set of data that provide an indication of the impact of New Courses are data on enrolments in first year units offered by the School. The Semester 1 load for 2013 and 2012 is given in Table 5 below. Last year, we reported that the total 2012 enrolments in Level 1 units were higher by more than 18% relative to 2011. Again in 2013, we see a significant increase (about 20%) in Level 1 enrolments relative to 2012.

Table 5: Level 1 units: Semester 1 offerings (as at start of semester 1, 2013)

Unit Code Unit Name 2012 2013

ACCT1101 Financial Accounting – compulsory for BCom 1030 1016

ACCT1112 Management Accounting – moved to Level 2 from 2012 164 378

ECON1101 Microeconomics, Prices and Markets – compulsory for BCom 936 960

ECON1102 Macroeconomics, Money and Finance 266 285

ECON1105 Rise of the Global Economy – moving to Level 2 139 190

ECON1111 Quantitative Methods – for students without higher level maths 113 107

FINA1221 Introduction to Finance – new first year unit 161 381

EMPLl1101 Employment Relations 93 137

MGMT1135 Organisational Behaviour – compulsory for BCom from 2012 777 900

MGMT1136 Management & Organisations 246 331

MKTG1203 Marketing Management – compulsory for BCom from 2012 564 706

Total 4,489

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2013 POSTGRADUATE ADMISSIONS

Data on commencing students for 2012 and 2013 in our postgraduate courses as of 1 March are given in Table 6. Overall, there is a slight increase in commencements relative to 2012. International enrolments remain close to its 2012 levels, but have dropped significantly from a peak in 2011. The School increased its English language requirements for incoming 2012 international students, and this is a factor that has clearly impacted on the international intake. On the positive side, the Associate Dean of T&L has indicated that change has increased noticeably the overall quality of our student body.

TABLE 6: Postgraduate Acceptances: 2012 and 2013

Source: Executive Information System EIS

Commencing Load 2012 Commencing Load 2013

Domestic International Total Domestic International Total

Master of Business Administration (all) 83 14 97 90 7 97

Executive Master of Business Administration 38 38 38 38

Master of Commerce (Advanced) 6 13 19 7 18 25

Master of Commerce 16 28 44 20 25 45

Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) 8 8 12 12

Master of Professional Accounting 5 12 17 11 7 18

Master of Economics 2 3 5 2 2

Master of Marketing 1 2 3 1 4 5

Master of HR & ER 4 2 6 10 3 13

Master of Business Information Management 3 3 6 3 4 7

Graduate Diploma in Economics 3 3

Graduate Certificate in Social Impact 13 13 11 11

Total 174 85 259 193 80 273

4. EXECUTIVE EDUCATION Registrations are steadily flowing in for this year's Senior Executive Forum, which features Professor Linda A. Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, and Professor D. Quinn Mills, both from the Harvard Business School. This high-level Open Program is the flagship of our suite, typically attracting the most senior participants and ranking most highly in terms of quality, relevance and experience. Other new Open Programs for 2013 include:

Asset Renewal and Replacement Strategies The Leader’s Brain The Mindful Leader Shaping and Shifting Your Culture Negotiating for Success

Executive Education has returned an above-budget surplus of more than $400,000 as a result of its 2012 performance. Finally, planning is underway in preparation for the move of the Executive Education administration and delivery functions to AIM WA at Floreat to free up space for the full time MBA program.

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5 EXTERNAL RELATIONS ACTIVITIES 5.1 BREAKFAST BY THE BAY The School will continue to host Breakfast by the Bay (BBB) events in 2013. The first for the year, was held on 5 April, which dealt with the topic “China’s economic performance: implications for the West”. Panel members included:

Winthrop Professor Rod Tyers (Senior Economist, UWA Business School) – Moderator Mr John Atkins (Chairman, WA - ANZ Banking Group (Perth) Mr George Jones (Chairman, Gindalbie Metals Limited and Sundance Resources) Dr Guonan Ma, Hong Kong branch of the Bank for International Settlements Dr Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington DC) and

China Center for Economic Research (Peking University, Beijing) The second BBB event will be held on Wednesday 12 June at which the panel will discuss Western Australia’s Energy Market Future. Panel members will include:

Dr Mark Barnaba (Business School Board Chair and Chairman of Macquarie Group, Western Australia) – Moderator

Mr Steven Landry (Managing Director, ATCO Australia) Mrs Anne Nolan (Director General, Department of Finance) Jason Waters (CEO, Verve Energy) Ky Cao (Perth Energy)

5.2 LEADERS’ LUNCH A Leaders’ Luncheon with Professor David Yermack was held on 12 April. David spoke on some recent evidence from his research on “Which corporate directors are effective?”. 5.3 PUBLIC LECTURES AND EVENTS Professor Michael Burawoy, Visiting Professor delivered a public lecture on 5 February as part of the Contemporary Issues in Employment Relations Annual Lecture Series. He spoke on “Social Movements in the Era of Neoliberalism”. As part of the UWA Alumni Weekend (8 to 10 February 2013), the Business School organised several presentations by discipline leaders for our alumni which were very well received. Ray da Silva Rosa spoke on “The Efficient Market Hypothesis: Still Applicable after the Financial Crisis”; Ken Clements, Michael McLure and Elisa Birch provided an update on historical and recent highlights and achievements of the Economics group; Geoff Soutar on the “Marketing at UWA: a Proud History”, and Paul Flatau on “Corporate Social Responsibility in Business”. Sir Rod Eddington, distinguished alumnus and currently Chairman of the Hackett Foundation, delivered a special lecture on “Australia’s changing place in the world of business”. Professor David Yermack, Visiting Professor from Stern School of Business delivered a Public Lecture on 27 March on “Identifying and profiting from the vacation schedules of major company CEOs”. 5.4 UWA GIVES BACK As part of the UWA Centenary celebrations, a series of projects has been planned by the University, one being ‘UWA Gives Back’. UWA Gives Back is a significant element of UWA’s Centenary Celebrations that enables UWA to give back to the people of regional Western Australia and where faculties undertake activities in different regions of WA. In the case of the UWA Business School, we have selected the Pilbara region. For our visit to the Pilbara, the UWA Business School will be visiting Karratha, Newman and Port Hedland from Monday 1 July 2013 to Friday 5 July 2013. As part of UWA Gives Back, we will be showcasing UWA’s teaching, research and executive education opportunities to the community within Karratha, Newman and Port Hedland. We will also be bringing along

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high achieving UWA Business School and indigenous students to engage with the local high school students, where they will have opportunities to share their study experience at UWA, student societies, sport clubs, scholarships and student exchanges. In addition to our school visits, we are also working with Woodside and BHP Billiton to co-host a Leaders Luncheon in Karratha (2 July 2013) and Port Hedland (5 July 2013) respectively. These Leaders Luncheons will be presented by Professor Peter Hartley, BHP Billiton Chair in the Business of Resources and Winthrop Professor David Day, Woodside Chair in Leadership and Management. We are planning to invite local community and businesses leaders, school principals, shire council members and media representatives to these Leaders Luncheons. A list of school visits, Leaders Luncheons and Public Lecture is summarised below: Monday 1 July 2013, Karratha St Luke College Tuesday 2 July 2013; Karratha Karratha Senior High School Leaders Luncheon with Winthrop Professor David Day, Woodside Chair in Leadership and Management Co-hosted with Woodside in Karratha Wednesday 3 July, Newman Newman Senior High School Thursday 4 July 2013, Port Hedland Public Lecture with Winthrop Paul Flatau, Director, UWA Business School Centre for Social Impact Co-hosted with Hedland Senior High School and BHP Billiton Friday 5 July 2013, Port Hedland Hedland Senior High School Leaders Luncheon with Professor Peter Hartley, BHP Billiton Chair in Business of Resources Co-hosted by BHP Billiton in Port Hedland The above activities are supported by BHP Billiton, Woodside and James McClements (Resource capital Funds). 6. FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES

 The Business School has received a number of generous gifts from donors and graduates and is securing sponsorships with major organisations including:

$33,300 gift secured from CPA Australia to support the UWA Business School – CPA Australia Future Leaders Luncheon

$30,000 gift secured from Mannkal Economic Education Foundation for studentships

$5,000 gift secured from James McClements for UWA Gives Back - Pilbara including in-kind chartered flight (Karratha to Newman) for the Business School travelling party

$125,000 from Centre for Social Impact (National) for the UWA Business School Centre for Social

Impact Research Projects

Secured in-kind support from Woodside and BHP Billiton for the UWA Gives Back – Pilbara including co-host Leaders Luncheons in Karratha and Port Hedland, accommodations, transportation, meals and tours of significant sites and facilities for the Business School travelling party (1 to 5 July 2013)

In the final stage of securing further funding support from BHP Billiton. New $1.55M funding will be

directed towards supporting a suite of BHP Billiton Scholarships in the UWA Business School and the BHP Billiton Distinguished Research Fellow.

In the final stage of securing new funding from Don Voelte for support of the Nancy Keegan & Don

Voelte Distinguished Scholar program in the Business School.

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A proposal is being submitted to Allens for renewal of their sponsorship of the Ambassadorial Council and potential support of new initiatives within Business School.

In final discussion stage with Michael McAnearney to confirm Gerard Daniels’ support of two Gerard

Daniels Prizes in the Business School to be first awarded in 2014 \

Engaging with Mitsui & Co (Australia) to identify new opportunities for renewal of funds and securing new sponsorship. New proposals are being developed for UBS, KPMG and FMG.

Discussions are underway with Barringtons and BDO to establish new partnerships and sponsorships

with the Business School support students activities, research and leadership events. We are in early discussions with INPEX.

Gifts received from graduates and staff to the Business School from1 January to 30 April 2013 include:

o Business School Building Fund - $2,753 o Business School Futures Fund (including gifts to Dean’s Discretionary Fund) - $10,677

Total external funding receipted from 1 January to 6 May 2013 is $647,052 7. STAFF FORUMS AND WORKSHOPS 7.1 WORKSHOP ON CHINESE ECONOMY The School hosted a workshop designed to foster research on prospects for China’s economic performance. In addition to several Business School faculty, speakers at the Workshop included Dr Guonan Ma, Hong Kong Branch of the Bank for International Settlements; Dr Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington DC) and China Center for Economic Research (Peking University, Beijing); Professor Harry X Wu, Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo; Professor Yao Yang, Director, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing; Dr Miaojie Yu, China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing; and Dr Qingyuan Du, recently from Columbia University and now at Monash University in Melbourne. 7.2 POSTER SESSION – MARKETING DISCIPLINE A ‘Poster Session’ was held in the Marketing discipline to showcase posters compiled by various marketing academics for display at the Australian Market & Social Research Society (AMRSA) WA State Conference, held on May 9. These posters provide an overview of the group’s research program. 7.3 CIRCLE BREAKFAST/LUNCH EVENTS The CIRCLE breakfast events, a series of regular informal breakfast sessions at which researchers from different disciplines can hear about one another’s work, have continued during 2013. This year some of the events will be held at lunchtime. The following speakers presented their research at these Breakfasts recently:

Date Speakers 13 March

Ann Tarca, Accounting & Finance Uta Bindl, Management & Organisations Abu Siddique, Economics

18 April Cristina Gibson, ARC Future Fellow, Management & Organisations Yanrui Wu, Economics Greg Brush, Marketing

13 May Nick Letch, Management & Organisations Keith Godfrey, Accounting & Finance Tim Daly, Marketing

13 June Millicent Chang, Accounting & Finance Anu Rammohan, Economics Kerry Unsworth, Management & Organisations

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7.4 10th INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE This years’ Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, with the theme “Crossing Borders: Exploring the Contribution of Psychology to Organisations in a Global Economy” is being held here in Perth in July with Winthrop Professor David Day, Professor Gillian Yeo and Assistant Professor Aleksandra Luksyte, acting as Chairs of the Organising Committee. The Conference is expected to attract more than 400 delegates from around the globe. 8. STUDENT NEWS 8.1 DAY IN THE LIFE "A Day in the Life of a UWA Business School Student" will be held on Friday, 19 July 2013 to give year 11 and 12 students the opportunity to experience a typical day in the life of a student at the Business School. Students will work in a team on a business case study with real-life outcomes. They will also interact with lecturers and current business students, who will act as mentors and coaches throughout the day. 8.2 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS 2013 The following scholarships have been awarded to date: ATCO Australia Undergraduate Scholarship ATCO Australia provides a scholarship, valued at $10,000, to encourage and assist a high achieving full-time student experiencing financial hardship to achieve their full potential while enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Economics degree course.

Adam Morris – BCom

BDO Undergraduate Scholarship in the UWA Business School BDO provides a scholarship, valued at $20,000 over two years, to assist and encourage a high achieving student who has completed the first 48 points of an undergraduate degree course and is undertaking studies in the areas of accounting and/or finance.

Patrick Davis – BPhil(Hons)

BHP Billiton Honours Scholarship in the UWA Business School BHP Billiton donates a sum of money annually to provide up to four scholarships valued at $20,000 each to encourage students who have demonstrated academic excellence and an interest in economic, business or management issues relevant to the resources sector to undertake an honours course leading to a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree or Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree.

John Boulter – BEc(Hons) Patrick Elliott – BCom(Hons) Edward Ting – BCom(Hons) Maryse Trainer – BCom(Hons)

BHP Billiton Masters Scholarship in the UWA Business School BHP Billiton donates a sum of money annually to provide up to two scholarships each valued at $50,000 to encourage students who have demonstrated academic excellence and an interest in economic, business or management issues relevant to the resources sector to undertake the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree course or other master's degree by coursework.

Not awarded in Semester 1 and will be open for application for Semester 2.

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BHP Billiton MBA Accelerated Scholarships BHP Billiton provides up to $50,000 per annum to encourage part-time MBA students to enrol in full-time study for one trimester. The MBA Accelerated Scholarships are offered each trimester. One scholarship was awarded, valued at $15,000:

Garrett Bray

James McClements Scholarship in the UWA Business School The James McClements Scholarship in the UWA Business School is funded from a donation made to The University of Western Australia by Brian Dolan, a partner at Resource Capital Funds, to acknowledge the achievements of James McClements, a UWA Business School graduate, philanthropist and the co-founder of Resource Capital Funds. The scholarship, valued at $7,500, is provided to assist and encourage high achieving students from a rural, regional or remote area of Western Australia who demonstrate leadership potential to commence a full-time course for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce at the University with a single or double major in Economics.

Caitlin Boccamazzo – BCom

C. A. Vargovic Memorial Scholarship The C. A. Vargovic Memorial Fund was established under the Will of the late Christopher A. Vargovic for the purpose of providing scholarships to assist students in furthering their postgraduate or honours studies in macroeconomics. Two scholarships were awarded, valued at $10,000 each.

Stephen Ingram – BEc(Hons) Patrick Vu – BEc(Hons)

Jean Rogerson Honours Scholarships in the UWA Business School The purpose of the scholarship is to assist and encourage eligible students to undertake the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree course or the Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree course. A scholarship valued at $6,000 was awarded.

The scholarship was awarded to Thomas O’Donnell who subsequently withdrew from honours. There were no other suitable applicants to award the scholarship.

John Willinge Scholarship The scholarship is to encourage full-time students undertaking a Bachelor of Commerce degree. The John Willinge Scholarship is awarded to a meritorious commencing student who demonstrates leadership potential. The value of the scholarship is $10,000 over three years.

Isabella Hancock – BCom

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John Willinge Scholarship in the UWA Business School The purpose of the scholarship is to assist and encourage high achieving students from a rural, regional or remote area of Western Australia who demonstrate leadership potential to commence a full-time course for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce at the University. The value of the scholarship is $10,000 over three years.

Damien Boccamazzo – BCom

Mining Leaders Scholarship Resource Capital Funds together with Ausenco, St Barbara Limited and Trafigura provide up to two scholarships valued at up to $15,000 each to encourage students with an interest in the resources and/or mining sector to undertake relevant full-time undergraduate or postgraduate study and is intended for students who demonstrate leadership potential and who have an interest in joining the resources and/or mining sector.

Matthew Joyce – BE/BCom

Stan and Jean Perron Honours Scholarship The Stan Perron Charitable Foundation, established by Stan and Jean Perron, donates a sum of $15,000 annually to provide a scholarship to encourage full-time students who are completing a Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Economics pass degree course at The University of Western Australia to undertake an honours course in the UWA Business School. The scholarship is awarded to an honours candidate whose dissertation topic is in the areas of ethics and/or entrepreneurship.

Clayton Philippoz – BCom(Hons)

Sir Frank Ledger Scholarship in the UWA Business School The purpose of the scholarship, valued at $10,000 over three years, is to assist and encourage high achieving students who demonstrate leadership potential and who are experiencing financial hardship to commence a full-time course for a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University.

Andy Truong – BCom

Victor Raeburn Honours Scholarship BT Funds donates a sum of $10,000 annually to an honours student in the field of economics or commerce, in relation to the financial services industry.

Jagathis Silvaraja – BCom(Hons)

8.3 UWA BUSINESS SCHOOL AWARDS CEREMONY The 2013 Awards Ceremony was held as a breakfast event on Tuesday 28 May 2013 attended by the by the Senior Vice Chancellor, donors, Board and Ambassadorial Council members, recipients of scholarships and prizes and staff. The Senior Vice Chancellor delivered the opening address, followed by speeches from Andrew Carey, Vice President of Human Resources, BHP Billiton; Special Guest Speaker, Adjunct Professor Sue Murphy, Business School Board member and CEO of the Water Corporation; and Maryse Trainer, recipient of the BHP Billiton Honours Scholarship, on behalf of all students. The event was very well attended, and feedback was uniformly positive.

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8.4 PANORAMA SERIES The “Panorama Series” is a career development seminar series for postgraduate students. The seminar is followed by networking opportunities for participants. The Series is supported by the Commonwealth Bank. This year, the following speakers have delivered talks as part of the Series.

Date Title of Talk Speakers

1 February An Update on Successful Negotiation

Ray Fells, Professor, UWA Business School

22 February

The Michelle mark-up: The First Lady’s Impact on Fashion and Finance

David Yermack, Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation, Stern School of Business, New York University; Visiting Professor, UWA Business School

1 March Managing Diversity Jacquie Hutchinson, Assistant Professor, UWA Business School

22 March Investment Analysis & Decision Making in a Private Equity Environment

James McClements, Managing Partner, Resource Capital Funds

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