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dean of Business and Economics Professor Gill Palmer (pictured) has laid out
her strategic priorities for the coming months.
First up will be a review of the faculty's direction after it recently resumed management of the MBA.
"I want to run a think tank 'post-Mt Eliza' which will be a half-day session and include the Vice-Chancellor's Group, two or three people from Council and several outside people," she said.
Issues for the think tank to discuss included market predictions for programs such as the MBA, joint masters degrees, cross-disciplinary and cross-faculty programs, short courses as degree components, and flexible course design and delivery.
Secondly, Professor Palmer wants to look at the faculty's main research priorities and the respective roles of its departments and research centres.
"There will be an analysis of different ways to seed and promote research output and faculty research development," she said.
She also intends to focus on strategies for internationalisation as well as teaching and learning.
"We need to constantly work to improve the international relevance of our curriculum for our Australian and overseas students," she said.
"We need to relate to the new global Monash campuses and adjust our international strategy to accommodate our existing work, delivering courses with partners overseas with the new development of campuses."
Next, she will examine academic and administrative structures and their relationship to the faculty's strategy and wants to improve information technology and marketing.
"Last on the list, we'll look at the budget, but we'll do that in the context of our strategies," she said.
For the job ahead, Professor Palmer brings to Monash her experience as dean of the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Wollongong, where her involvement with research development resulted in several initiatives with BHP.
Her international experience includes involvement in establishing Wollongong's Dubai campus and time spent early in her career in London in research, lecturing and other roles.
Professor Palmer has degrees in economics, politics and sociology from Birmingham, UK, a Masters in Industrial Administration from the London School of Economics, and a PhD from the City University Business School, London.
She has published in many areas, including organisation theory, industrial relations, public policy, human resource management, quality management, organisational culture and diversity.
Bologna artist on three-month visitItalian painter Maurizio Bottarelli is the first artist-in-residence to use one of two new apartments in the Faculty of Art and Design's building at Caulfield campus. The artist, who lives and works in Bologna and Milan, will stay for three months at Monash where he will spend time talking and offering advice to art students about painting and drawing. He is also preparing to stage an exhibition of abstract works based on the Australian landscape on 8 September. "I feel I am an abstract painter, but my abstraction always has deeper links to the landscape," he said. Mr Bottarelli hopes to explore various parts of Melbourne and Australia to find material for his exhibition. "I have seen some pictures of landscapes of the centre of Australia in the desert in Alice Springs that inspired me very much," he said. "I would like to see this Australian landscape because I would like to try and put my emotion into the works." Mr Bottarelli said he hoped his visit could lead to artist exchanges between Monash and the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Brera, where he teaches painting. The Italian fine arts academies and universities are soon to be amalgamated. The University of Bologna in Italy already has ties with Monash. Mr Bottarelli taught painting in 1998 at the University of California and has also spent time in Austria in 1992. A British Council scholarship also saw him teaching at Brighton Polytechnic and Goldsmith College of Art in the mid-1970s.
Artist-in-residence Maurizio Bottarelli in his Monash studio. |
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Excellence in service to students and staff must be a hallmark of the global Monash in the competitive world market, according to deputy vice-chancellor (Resources) Ms Alison Crook. "We have a much better chance of keeping our best staff if they experience good service while at Monash," she said. "Those staff attract students who are there for high-quality teaching and learning, and administratively everyone must find it a very easy place to be." Ms Crook said the students' total university experiences determine whether they will return later in their lives to Monash and what they tell others about the university. "Students and staff actively contribute to building the university's reputation." Meeting with managers in the newly created Student and Staff Services Division last week, Ms Crook said the renewed focus on service was not a reflection on the current efforts of staff. "The new division has been formed to make sure that Monash leads the way in service delivery. There's an urgent need to make a quantum leap in service quality when students today have so much choice," she said. Tackling these issues, the managers of the former Student Services Division and the Personnel Services Division worked together to determine the key strategic directions for the new division. Service excellence for students and staff was top priority. |
Opportunities for Monash South AfricaTremendous opportunities exist for investment and trade in South Africa, according to internationally renowned journalist Mr Donald Woods, who spoke during a packed luncheon at Parliament House last week. Mr Woods, whose successful fight against apartheid was the subject of the film Cry Freedom, talked about the need for social and economic reinvestment in South Africa. This included addressing the serious issues facing the nation, such as crime and unemployment, in order to give people an equal start in life. But Mr Woods said things were better in South Africa than the outside world sometimes believed. He said the country had made enormous leaps in terms of infrastructure development, which would include Monash's new Johannesburg campus. Mr Woods spoke as a guest of the Australia-Southern Africa Business Council (ASABC), of which Monash is a member. Two tables were reserved for university staff, including Mr Ian Porter, who is principal adviser International and Government Relations for the university and national chairman of the ASABC. - Lisa Pawlicka |
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Mr Donald Woods (centre) with Mr Ian Porter, principal adviser International and Government Relations at Monash (left), and Mr Duncan Fischer, president, ASABC, Victoria. |
The Monash Women's Leadership and Advancement Scheme is conducting a university-wide mentor scheme for women academic and general staff across all campuses.
Mentoring is a mutually beneficial arrangement where one person offers help, guidance, advice and support to facilitate the learning or development of another person.
Initially, the following groups are being targeted, as women predominate in the lower levels of both academia and general administration:
For more information or to register your interest, contact Lisa Pawlicka at lisa.pawlicka@adm.monash.edu.au by Tuesday 1 August.
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