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Sunday 13 NOVEMBER 2011
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2pm - 6pm
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Executive Meeting
Venue: Surf Regency
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MONDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2011 - Conference Day 1
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10.00am – 11am
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Conference Registration and Morning Tea
Venue: Level 1, pre-function area
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11am – 12.30pm
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Official Conference Opening & Keynote Speaker
Venue: Sands Room
Marjorie Jerrard, President, PERA
Professor Chris Leggett
Workforce Development and Employment Relations: National, Regional and Global Perspectives
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12.30pm – 1.30pm
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Lunch Rez252 Restaurant
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1.30pm – 3.00pm
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PAPER SESSION A
Enterprise Bargaining
Venue: Sands Room
Chair: Rupert Tipples
Keith Townsend, John Burgess and Adrian Wilkinson
| Enterprise Bargaining: Still Relevant? |
Gordon Stewart
Enterprise Bargaining at the Fitzroy River Abattoir 1991-2011
Alex Moore
The Legislative Impact upon Enterprise Bargaining in the Australian Maritime Industry
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3.00pm – 3.30pm
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Afternoon tea Level 1, pre-function area
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3.30pm – 4.30pm
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PAPER SESSION B
Skills and Development
Venue: Sands Room
Chair: Dennis Mortimer
Peter Ross
How to Keep your Head Above the Clouds: Changing ICT Worker Skill Sets in a Cloud Computing Environment
Christiaan McComb
Coaching the Coach in a Coaching Culture: Barriers to Transfer
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6.30pm – 8.30pm
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Welcome BBQ
Venue: Surf Regency Apartments, Laycock Street
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TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2011 - Conference Day 2
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10.00am – 11.00am
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Enterprise Bargaining Panel
Venue: Sands Room
Chair: Gordon Stewart, Central Queensland University
Panel: Marjorie Jerrard, Monash University
Dennis Mortimer, University of Western Sydney
John Burgess, Curtin University
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11.00am – 11.30am
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Morning Tea Level 1, pre-function area
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11.30am – 1.00pm
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PAPER SESSION C
Industry Studies
Venue: Sands Room
Chair: Paul Nesbit
Rupert Tipples and Sue Trafford
Where Will the Milkers Come From? A Future Employment Conundrum for New Zealand's Largest Export Industry
Ali Najeeb
HRM in Paradise: Similar or Different? A Study of Tourist Resorts in the Maldives
Sara Abourich and Eric Olmedo
How regulation process is constructed from a temporal view point: A study of multicultural teams in a Kuala Lumpur luxury international hotel
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1.00pm – 2.00pm
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Lunch Rez252 Restaurant
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2.00pm – 3.00pm
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PAPER SESSION D
Human Resource Management
Venue: Sands Room
Chair: Rupert Tipples
Paul Nesbit
HRM Values of Chinese Managers Working in Multi-national Enterprises
Juni Chan and John Burgess
The Reporting and Recognition of Human Resource Assets in Recent Australian IPOs
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3.00pm - -3.30pm
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Afternoon Tea Level 1, pre-function area
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3.30pm – 4.30pm
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PERA AGM
Venue: Sands Room
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7:30pm – 11.00 pm
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Conference Dinner
Venue: Boulevarde Room, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Surfers Paradise Resort
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WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2011 - Conference Day 3
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10.00am – 11.00am
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PAPER SESSION F
Management Skills
Venue: Sands Room
Chair: Marjorie Jerrard
Keith Townsend
The Front Line Manager: A Skilled Practitioner or an Unskilled Manager?
Christiaan McComb
From Mongrel to Mentor: Determinants of Transformation in Coaching
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11.00am – 11.30am
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Morning tea
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11.30am – 12.30pm
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PAPER SESSION G
Unions/Teaching
Venue: Sands Room
Chair: Gordon Stewart
Christine O'Connor, Dennis Mortimer and Sue Bond
Union Leadership: A Neglected Concept?
Dennis Mortimer, Christine O'Connor and Louise Ingersoll
Getting Students' Interest: Do Simulations Work?
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12.30pm-1.30pm
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Lunch Rez252 Restaurant
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1.30pm-3.00pm
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New Researchers Forum
Venue: Sands Room
Facilitators: Marjorie Jerrard, Monash University
Dennis Mortimer, University of Western Sydney
Paul Nesbit, Macquarie University
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3.00pm-3.30pm
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Afternoon Tea Level 1, pre-function area
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3.30pm-4.30pm
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Future Directions: Exploring research opportunities in employment relations and organisation studies
Venue: Sands Room
Facilitator: Paul Nesbit
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THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2011 - Conference Day 4
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10.00am – 11.00am
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Informal research networking session
Conference Close
Venue: Surf Regency Poolside
Facilitators: Marjorie Jerrard, Monash University
Dennis Mortimer, University of Western Sydney
Christine O’Connor, University of Ballarat
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