Associate Professor Peter Miller BBus(UTS) MBus(NE) PhD(SCU) Peter Miller is presently an Associate Professor in the Graduate College of Management at Southern Cross University, and Director of the International Centre for Professional Doctorates. Prior to joining Southern Cross University in 1991, he had 18 years management experience in public and private sector organisations, most recently as Business Manager with a large public mining company. Previously, he was an industrial advocate and organisational analyst within New South Wales Government organisations. Peter holds a Bachelor of Business degree from the UTS and a Master of Business degree from UNE-NR and a PhD in the area of managerial and organisational performance. He has been involved in consultancy with a number of large organisations in the areas of management and organisational development. He is Editor of the Australasian Journal of Business and Social Enquiry and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Workplace Learning and several other international journals. General Research Interests: Management Development; Leadership; Organisational Change and Development; Managerial Competencies; Managerial and Organisational Performance; Human Resource Development Development,Competency Assessment; Doctoral supervisory practice and professional development. Specific Research Projects: Generic Management Competencies in the Australian Context, Assessment of competencies, Leadership styles, doctoral supervisor professional development Examples of Theses/Dissertations Supervised: Mentoring in the Organisation;The Identification of the Impacts of Retrenchment on Retrenchees; Implementing Quality Assurance:What Workers and Managers Think; Manager's Perceptions of Their Own Performance; Tactical Understanding in the Australian Army Officer Corps; Mandatory Workplace Learning in Schools; The Role of the Staff Development Officer in Organisational Change; Online Learning; The Role of Self Reflection in Management Education; Competencies in Religious Education; Human Resource Development and Change
Journal articles
Problematising “good” HDR supervision: a case study of an international pilot of a on-line HDR supervisor professional development program, International Journal of Research Supervision (2007)
There has been considerable discussion in higher degree research (HDR) literature about what constitutes ‘good’...
Problematising “good” HDR supervision: A case study of an international pilot of a on-line HDR supervisor professional development program, International Journal of Research Supervision (2007)
There has been considerable discussion in higher degree research (HDR) literature about what constitutes ‘good’...
Small business mentoring in an international context: a preliminary study (with Leone Cameron and Maurice Tucker), Australasian Journal of Business and Social Inquiry (2007)
This paper presents the findings of a preliminary study of owner/managers of small family owned...
Australian elite leaders and intuition (with Martin Robson), Australasian Journal of Business and Social Inquiry (2006)
Interest in the use of intuition as a viable approach to decision-making and judgements in...
Continuous quality improvement in Australian aged care facilities (with Devi Ranasinghe), International Journal of Health & Ageing Management (2006)
Purpose of the research/paper: This study examines the continuous quality improvement process in Australian aged...
Books and monographs
The gentle juggernaut: the amazing power of leaning in influencing others (with W Pace and E Stephen) (2008)
Exemplary practitioner research in management : ten studies from Southern Cross University's DBA program (with Gita Sankaran), Graduate College of Management Papers (2007)
These studies cover a range of research methodologies, from quantitative to grounded theory and action...
Exemplary practitioner research in management: ten studies from Southern Cross University’s DBA program (with Gita Sankaran) (2007)
These studies cover a range of research methodologies, from quantitative to grounded theory and action...
Leadership : 2nd Asia-Pacific edition (with Andrew J. DuBrin and Carol Dalglish), Graduate College of Management Papers (2006)
"This second edition of Leadership continues to offer a balanced approach to the study of...
Leadership: 2nd Asia-Pacific edition (with Andrew DuBrin and Carol Dalglish) (2006)
This second edition of Leadership continues to offer a balanced approach to the study of...
Book chapters
Action research for continuous quality improvement in aged care (with Devi Ranasinghe), in Exemplary practitioner research in management : ten studies from Southern Cross University's DBA program (2007)
There was much confusion and frustration among staff in the aged care industry when the...
Editorials and book reviews
Book review: J Adair 2005, The inspirational leader: how to motivate, encourage and achieve success, Leadership & Organization Development Journal (2006)
Book review: A Kleiner 2003, Who really matters: the core group theory of power, privilege and success, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, (2005)
Book review: P Gronn 2005, The new work of educational leaders: changing leadership practice in an era of school reform, Leadership & Organization Development Journal (2005)
Book review: M Sloman 2002, The e-learning revolution: from propositions to action, Journal of Workplace Learning (2002)
Book review: A Arguelles & A Gonczi (eds) 2000, Competency based education training: a world perspective, Journal of Workplace Learning (2001)
Conference publications
Demystifying the links between the VET and higher education sectors, Keynote address presented at the Australian Intitute of Training and Development annual conference, "The business of learning: people, skills & technology", Gold Coast, Qld., 30 November - 1 December (2006)
Conference papers
Enhancing HRM practice in SMEs using the concept of relationship marketing (with Leone Cameron), paper presented at the SME Entrepreneurship Global Conference 2008: Creating Sustainable Entrepreneurship Eco-system and High Performance SMEs, Melbourne, 3-4 July (2008)
The proficient human resource management of employees and their contribution to small business is commonly...
A transitional model to assist those experiencing labour market disadvantage (with Roslyn Cameron), paper presented at the 17th annual Australian Association of Career Counsellors (AACC) conference, Hobart, 26-28 March (2008)
This research investigates those disadvantaged in the labour market who need to navigate learning and...
Mixed method research: phoenix of the paradigm wars (with Roslyn Cameron), paper presented at the 21st Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, Sydney, 4-7 December (2007)
Recipes for recognition and lifelong learning: community based approaches to fostering learning transitions (with Roslyn Cameron), paper presented at the Making Connections: Transitions to University conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 26-27 September (2004)
This paper will examine three related concepts: access, RPL & pathways. The purpose of the...