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Qualifications:
Doctor of Philosophy (HRM), Griffith University
Master of Business Administration (Organisational Change and HRD), University of Queensland
Bachelor of Business (Accountancy), QUT
Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training
Professional Associations:
Member of the Australian Institute of Management
Life Member - Action Learning, Action Research and Process Management (ALARPM) Association
Career Details:
During his 20 years in the Federal Public Service, Ron specialised in human resource
management and change management. He held many managerial and executive positions in
five Government Departments.
His key roles included Manager of the P.A.Y.E System in the Australian Taxation Office (Qld and
NT, responsible for 100 staff and 0 Million in revenue), Director Training (ATO, Qld &NT),
Personnel Manager (Greenslopes Hospital), and Director Human Resource Management
(Department of Social Security – Qld and NT). In the latter position he was responsible for all
aspects of human resource management for 3,000 staff in 30 locations throughout Queensland
and the Northern Territory. Ron’s 60 HRM staff provided services in selection and recruitment,
pay and conditions, job classification and job design, occupational health and safety, training
and development and staff welfare.
Ron was a full-time lecturer in human resource management and organisational behaviour at
undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Griffith University for more than a decade. One of his
innovations was a collaborative selection training exercise for students in association with HRM
teachers at Logan TAFE.
Specialised Selection Skills:
Ron has been involved in hundreds of selection committees in his roles as an executive,
manager and academic. His very extensive experience includes Chair of selection panels, panel
member, preparation of selection reports, and Departmental delegate on Appeal Review
Committees. He was also the Delegated Officer for selections, grievances and discipline
processes while he held the Senior Executive Service position of Director Corporate Services for
the Department of Social Security (Qld & NT). Ron has trained numerous public servants and
other managers in selection processes and trained many senior managers in Government
Departments throughout Queensland in discipline and inefficiency processes.
Other Achievements:
Ron has worked in many roles in addition to his managerial and executive roles, e.g., systems
analyst, trainer, internal auditor, accountant, tax assessor, personnel clerk, industrial relations
officer, internal and external consultant. He has 25 years experience as a manager and
organisational development consultant. Over the past four years he has coached 20 senior
managers in the vocational educational sector around Australia in change management. Ron
has an international reputation for his contribution to the global development of action learning
and action research. He was recently given the “Master Teacher” award by the International
Management Centres Association (IMCA, UK) for his supervision of Master’s and Doctoral
students who were undertaking organisational change management projects. |
