School of Systems, Management and Leadership
The School of Systems, Management and Leadership focuses on the development of skills and methods needed to implement technical systems within enterprises.
Its goal is to teach and carry out research in ways that people can use to apply their knowledge in technology in innovative to improve the way enterprises work. It focuses on the skills, leadership and methods needed to implement, manage and develop information systems and engineering systems in economic and effective ways.
Members
The school is led by its Head of School, Professor Igor Hawryszkiewycz.
The School of Systems, Management and Leadership staff listing provides details of all the school's members.
Teaching and learning
Subjects within the School include core areas in both engineering and information technology. They include a major in business process management in courses in information technology, and the core subjects on project management, financial and design methods within engineering programs. The emphasis is on courses that focus on the application of technology within the increasingly complex environments found in industry and society today.
Course areas
Members of the school teach courses in:
Research
The school has a broad array of research interests and programs. These are generally interdisciplinary, cross-faculty and collaborative in nature. Specific research programs include:
- Information technology management and leadership;
- Transformational Change management;
- Project, program and portfolio management
- Service innovation
- Development and management of increasingly complex systems,
- Operations and risk management;
- Engineering and IT practice,
- Communications and social structures needed for innovation,
- Energy policy and the delivery of energy, and
- Planning systems theory and practice.
Centres and strengths
Research predominantly takes place in the following centres and strengths:
The centre represents a commitment to technology design methods and approaches that prioritise the agency and quality of work of those who use the technology. Researchers working within this centre share a concern with evaluating and directing design away from technology-fed development. Their research focus is on the development of methods, tools, processes, and theoretical perspectives that enhance the usability and usefulness of existing and emerging technologies.
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