Dissertations / Theses: 'Innovation, Australia'

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Sneddon, Joanne. "Innovation in the Australian wool industry : a sensemaking perspective." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Management, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0010.

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Achieving the successful development, transfer and adoption of new agricultural technology is a popular issue in the innovation literature. Innovation diffusion and economic theory has informed this literature by emphasising the central role that technology attributes and economic rationality play in the adoption of new technology. In agricultural innovation context, research has traditionally taken a technological determinist perspective, assuming that technologies shape society and that all technological change is positive and progressive. As a result of limitations of the linear, determinist perspective of agricultural innovation to explain how new technologies are adopted and diffused, social constructivist approaches to agricultural innovation have emerged as a complement to this approach. However, a unifying framework of the social construction of new agricultural technologies has not been presented in the agricultural innovation literature. In this study Karl Weicks seven properties of sensemaking are used as the foundation for the development of a unifying conceptual framework for the examination of the social construction of agricultural technology. This thesis is a study of sensemaking in the context of agricultural innovation. It examines how participants in the Australian wool industry make sense of new technologies and how that sensemaking shapes their use of new technologies over time. The focal innovation initiative studied in this thesis is the development, transfer, adoption and abandonment of objective wool fibre testing technologies. This initiative commenced in the 1960s and has resulted in significant changes in the way that Australian wool is produced, marketed and processed. An interpretive research paradigm is adopted in this study. A theory-building case study approach, combining quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis is used to capture the ongoing, iterative, enactive and social actions and interactions that occur throughout the agricultural innovation process. The case study is divided into three separate but interlocking empirical analyses which examine how industry participants' sensemaking shaped their use of wool testing technologies at the industry, technological system and individual farm level. The findings and implications of the three empirical studies in this thesis are discussed in relation to (1) the interpretation frameworks of agricultural industry participants and technology enactment, (2) the sensemaking process, (3) the social construction of shared technology frames, and (4) the social construction of industry belief systems. This study contributes to the debate on the social construction of agricultural technology and sensemaking in the innovation process by exploring the development, transfer, adoption and abandonment of new wool fibre testing technologies by industry participants over time. It builds on theoretical and empirical agricultural innovation and sensemaking research, and draws on a theoretical framework sensitive to the social construction of technology at the individual, group and industry levels. In doing so this study develops the concept of sensemaking in the agricultural innovation process as a way of deepening our understanding of how new agricultural technologies are transferred, adopted and diffused.

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Mattes, Eugen. "Determinants of innovation for Australian-invented medical patents and the case of the VenousAid Stocking." University of Western Australia. School of Surgery and Pathology, 2004. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2004.0083.

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[Truncated abstract] Technological innovation is considered the main contributor to economic growth. The systems of innovation framework aims to examine the causal pathways leading to technological innovation. However, most existing research under this framework, due to theoretical or methodological weaknesses, is unable to validate causal pathways or determinants of innovation. Institutions that guide human interaction within innovation systems are thought to be particularly important. The challenge has been to develop a taxonomy with which to conduct an empirical analysis of the impact of the institutional milieu on innovation. This thesis examines medical technological innovation within Australia and provides a basis from which such a taxonomy and other associated measures for systems of innovation have been developed. Medical industries are economically significant in developed countries and are amongst the most profitable worldwide. They use patents extensively to protect their innovations. In this context medical patents are an efficient means of examining the determinants of innovation. Few studies worldwide have explored the commercialisation process from patent to technological innovation and none has examined medical patents specifically. This thesis contains three empirical studies: - a description of Australian medical technology patented in the US between 1984-1999; - a survey of their inventors to examine the commercialisation process and identify the determinants of technological innovation; and - a case study of the commercialisation of an invention arising within an Australian university using qualitative methods. The first study is a population-based descriptive study of all US medical patents granted to Australian resident inventors between 1984 and 1999. During this period 7,835 US patents were granted to Australian resident inventors. Of these, 17% are identified as medical, and the proportion of medical patents rose from 10% to 25% of all Australian patents in the US from 1984 to 1999. The increase is largely due to Australian biotechnology patents, which increased from 10% to 55% of all medical patents during this period. Overall, medical patents are an increasingly significant proportion of Australia’s intellectual property portfolio. The second study is a survey of 402 first-named Australian inventors listed on the 602 medical patents granted in the US in 1984-1994. The aim is to assess their experience and success in commercialising their patented inventions. The correct address was found for 274 inventors of whom 177 (65%) were surveyed with no evidence of a significant response bias. This is the first known study surveying a nationally representative sample of medical inventors listed on patents

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Bond, Meghan Shae. "Grassroots Climate Action in Australia: Visions, Practices and Innovation." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366826.

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Australian grassroots action on climate change is a recent phenomenon. Climate change as an issue of concern entered the Australian political landscape and national psyche later than in countries like the United Kingdom and some Western European nations, but since then there has been a surge of climate action. In 2007, the first ‘climate election’ was held, followed by many other headline-grabbing events including a proposed (but axed) nationwide emissions trading scheme and an implemented carbon price scheme. Coinciding and co-evolving has been a grassroots layer of the climate movement. This layer consists of concerned citizens seeking to address climate change through personal action and pushing for broader social and political change. The research produced by this thesis delves into this layer of climate action in the Australian state of Victoria, describing grassroots actors and practices as well as the potential contribution that actors could make to the mitigation of the climate problem. This thesis first seeks to answer the questions of who comprises the grassroots layer of the climate movement in Victoria and what practices are being advocated and/or undertaken. It then discusses whether any of these practices contribute to addressing the climate problem more broadly. The intent is to conceptualise and systematically explore the grassroots terrain of Victorian climate action whilst seeking to uncover innovative practices in response to climate change. The significance of exploring this terrain and practices is traced to the limited research to date on the grassroots layer of climate action, and, in turn, the limited exploration of the innovative practices that can occur in that space.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
Griffith Business School
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Barnett, Martha Rebecca Marie. "Evolution: procedural innovation in abduction convention determinations in Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12047.

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The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980) (‘The Abduction Convention’) is the international convention that creates a procedure to return children, who have been wrongfully removed or retained by a parent, to their country of habitual residence. A number of assumptions historically underpinned the rote and mechanical procedure of Convention hearings in Australia. However, The Abduction Convention in Australia has had to deal with a number of pressures given the current environment is child-centric, is one where there is an appreciation of the insidious nature of domestic violence and where signatories diverge socially, economically and legally. This thesis argues that the procedural application of The Abduction Convention in Australia has evolved to deal with these pressures. Convention proceedings now often use cross-examination, judicial communication, and expert evidence to bolster the record upon which determinations are made. Furthermore, the Family Court of Australia will analyse the situation of return to determine whether any mechanism, such as undertakings or mirror orders, can be used to diffuse the risk of harm to the child. The Abduction Convention matters of State Central Authority & Young and Harris are analyzed as they epitomize many of the challenges that must be dealt with by the Family Court of Australia as well as demonstrating the changes to the procedural application of The Abduction Convention that has occurred in the last two decades since the cases of Murray in 1993 and Emmett in 1995. This thesis asks and answers the question: with all of these procedural changes to the application of The Abduction Convention in Australia, what, if any, utility remains in having the Convention? The procedural changes may, to some extent, increase the complexity of Abduction Convention proceedings; but, importantly, they balance the safety concerns of a particular child with the need to continue to return children to their country of habitual residence as a means to deter future abductions. It is argued that the Convention not only retains its usefulness but that the changes in Abduction Convention determinations have allowed the Convention to remain pertinent in the context in which it applies today.

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Waters, John Frederick, University of Western Sydney, College of Law and Business, and School of Management. "Knowledge and commitment in innovation processes." THESIS_CLAB_MAN_Waters_J.xml, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/530.

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This study was aimed at achieving an understanding of the role of knowledge and commitment in the process of innovation. To do that, the study confronted several intractable problems of innovation research that have created barriers to knowledge accumulation. Theoretical models were developed based on organizational knowledge and commitments and aimed at overcoming the shortcomings of the traditional research models. Theoretical models of organizational change were investigated through multiple case studies of innovation projects that compared organizations of different types and size, and change processes of both technological and administrative character. A conclusion from this research is that innovation research should learn to live with the dialectic that innovation is unrelated to knowledge or outcomes. This would help to focus research attention on the means by which knowledge is transformed into action, the central problem of the management of innovation.
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Ottaviano, Michael Edward, and mikeottaviano@hotmail com. "Assessing and improving the enablers of innovation the development of an innovation capability assessment instrument." Swinburne University of Technology. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 2005. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20050707.162428.

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The ability to successfully innovate on a sustained basis is critical in today�s �hyper-competitive� environment characterised by increasingly rapid technological change and shortening product life cycles, and where competitors quickly imitate sources of competitive advantage. At the same time, organisations find managing innovation difficult; both larger firms who fight to avoid being outplayed by smaller, more nimble competitors, and smaller firms struggling to compete against the resources and reach of larger, global competitors. This research develops an assessment instrument designed to assist organisations to improve their ability to innovate. An inductive, case-based methodology is adopted utilising action research techniques to develop the Innovation Capability Assessment instrument. The starting point of the research was an extensive analysis of the corporate entrepreneurship and innovation literature. The literature provided a basis for understanding what question areas might need to be included in such an instrument and led to the development of an initial theoretical framework and a preliminary assessment instrument. The preliminary assessment instrument was further developed and refined via five exploratory case studies. Three subsequent confirmatory case studies were used to validate the instrument�s effectiveness. The case studies were carried out at Australian organisations operating within a variety of industries and of varying sizes, all of whom were looking to improve their innovation performance. Data was collected through interviews with key members of each organisation and through assessment and action planning workshops involving participants from a cross-section of each organisation. The case studies led to additional assessment questions being added to the instrument, and the rationalisation of others. This research identifies the enablers of organisational innovation and finds that these are common to all the case organisations involved in the fieldwork. The innovation enablers form the basis of the Innovation Capability Assessment instrument that measures innovation performance against 21 questions within three key assessment areas: strategic management of innovation, the internal environment, and a series of innovation competencies. The relative importance of each innovation enabler to the organisation is also assessed. The Innovation Capability Assessment instrument is shown to be very relevant across a variety of organisation types and sizes. In addition, it is useful for an organisation to identify and prioritise weaknesses, and develop actions for improving their innovation capability.

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Johnson, Wendi Leigh. "Policy innovation and policy transfer in Australia : a retirement village case study." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998.

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Kenny, Jillian L. "Exploring elements for innovation in the Australian water sector." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/93010/1/Jillian_Kenny_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis explores innovation as a means to achieving an enhanced level of sustainability in the Australian water sector. A modified Delphi study uncovered sixteen key elements centred around themes of 'community acceptance' and 'innovator effectiveness', that provide insights for immediate application within the sector to address impacts of climate change, population increases and resource scarcity. This exploratory research builds a foundational understanding of the components for change and innovation within the Australian water sector, and forms the underpinning for more specific lines of enquiry.

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Gunasekara, Chrys. "The role of universities in the development of regional innovation systems in Australia /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17678.pdf.

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Goodwin, Miriam Winifred. "Technology absorptive characteristics of a national innovation system : IT in Australia, 1981-1991." Thesis, University of Sydney, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/3769.

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Wipulanusat, Warit. "Strategies for Enhancing Innovation of the Engineering Workforce Within the Australian Public Sector." Thesis, Griffith University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/385596.

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Today’s global competition and public pressure have prompted the public sector to focus on innovation as a means of improving productivity and performance. Interest in public sector innovation has been driven by: (a) political, socio-economic, environment, and technological forces, such as citizens’ expectations of better government utilisation of public resources and increased productivity; (b) increasing demand for greater choice and quality in public services and the availability of new technologies; (c) changing societal demographics including aging populations and immigrants; (d) the global financial and economic crisis. Innovation is considered to be a sine qua non to improve government efficiency and effectiveness and respond to citizens’ increasing demands for better services. However, research investigating innovation has mainly been derived from private sector contexts. It is also important to understand how socio-psychological processes provide practical ways to manage innovation within the complex social systems that exist in public sectors. Within public sector contexts, there are still gaps in the literature on the influence of socio-psychological factors on workplace innovation and career satisfaction. Related to this is the need to provide empirical evidence regarding the key factors that impact workplace innovation and successful workplace innovation practices which can lead to increased career satisfaction. Another key factor to be considered is that in Australia, administrative reforms over the last three decades have had significant ramifications on the number of engineers in the public sector. Of these reforms, competition policy, privatisation, contracting out, and commercialisation have impacted engineers. For example, an emerging body of evidence indicates a significant decline in the number of professional engineers in the Australian national, state, and local government sectors. The shortage of engineering professionals poses a critical problem for most public services. In a recent survey of engineers employed in the Australian Public Service (APS), it was found that one of the most common departure reasons among those engineers who indicated that they would leave their agency in the next two years was a lack of opportunities to work on innovative projects. Engineering professionals cannot utilise their full capabilities if innovation in the occupation is not facilitated. No study to date has focused specifically on the innovation process for engineering professionals in the APS. This study aims to fill this gap in the innovation literature by exploring the relationships through which socio-psychological factors affect workplace innovation and career satisfaction. Understanding these complex relationships within the context of the APS will help management to design strategies for recruiting and retaining a high performance engineering workforce by fostering a climate for innovation in the public sector workplace. To achieve the research aim, a conceptual model was formulated to study the influence of two climate for innovation constructs, namely leadership for innovation (LFI) and ambidextrous culture for innovation (ACI), on workplace innovation (WIT) and career satisfaction (CSF). To verify the conceptual model, a sequential mixed methods research design was implemented with the quantitative approach conducted first followed by the qualitative approach. For the first model of the quantitative approach, structural equation modelling (SEM) was conducted to investigate the causal relationships among the conceptual model constructs. The structural model indicated that leadership for innovation and ambidextrous culture for innovation influenced workplace innovation which, in turn, improved career satisfaction. Moreover, the modelling revealed a significant relationship between ambidextrous culture for innovation and career satisfaction. This study also investigated mediation effects, which revealed both simple and sequential mediation paths in the model. It was found that improving workplace innovation and career satisfaction through the recognition of an engineer’s contribution to their agency would assist in retaining and advancing in-house engineering expertise. This structural model could be used to address current shortages of engineering professionals in Commonwealth of Australia departments as the findings emphasise the importance of Commonwealth departments providing opportunities for their engineers to engage in creative and innovative projects which enhance their professional career. The second model of the quantitative approach used the theoretically based and empirically validated model from the first phase SEM to develop a Bayesian network (BN) at the factor level. The focus of the BN was to examine the impact of leadership style and organisational culture on workplace innovation and career satisfaction in the APS. Using scenario analysis, the best combination of managerial actions to enhance APS career satisfaction was determined. The results emphasise the benefit of encouraging management to adopt a transformational leadership style and instilling innovative culture in their organisation. In addition, innovative culture was a key driver of workplace innovation, which served to improve the career satisfaction of APS employees. By applying this integrated research approach, this study identifies causal relationships among factors that affect workplace innovation and career satisfaction. Finally, qualitative thematic analysis was conducted to identify common themes from archival records related to innovation in APS. These documents consisted of transcripts from senior manager presentations at Innovation Month seminars from 2014 to 2018 and other related official documents. As this empirical study addressed innovation from leaders’ perspectives, reflecting upon their past experiences and analysing themes within archival records helped to gain insights on how they regard an innovation agenda for the APS. The thematic analysis was used to identify the key drivers and barriers to innovation. Synthesis of these factors provided important insights for senior APS managers on how they could enhance their organisations’ ability to innovate in order to respond to digital disruption challenges and opportunities.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Eng & Built Env
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Soosay, Claudine A., University of Western Sydney, College of Law and Business, and School of Management. "Continuous innovation in logistics services: an empirical study of distribution centres." THESIS_CLAB_MAN_Soosay_C.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/794.

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This study explores the concept and practical implementation of continuous innovation in logistics services, particularly Distribution Centres. Continuous innovation is a concept that requires a methodical, programmed, incremental and/or radical approach to business improvement involving employees at all levels in the organisational structure. Theories and models of innovation were analysed in the literature, at the outset of this research. As found by previous authors, specific characteristics of service forms did not allow direct application of traditional models of innovation. Most of these traditional models were constructed from the manufacturing perspective. As a result, a new innovation model was designed for this study. It can be used as a guide for understanding the components necessary in service forms to embark on continuous innovation. This model describes the process of service innovation and incorporates theories from literature, and some variables from the CIMA model. The study is exploratory in nature, using empirical data. The study identified, evaluated, compared and contrasted the factors in ten Distribution Centres in Australia and in Singapore that affected the use of continuous innovation in their operations and processes. The focus of the study investigated the drivers, capabilities, behaviours, contingencies, individual competencies and performance measures of innovation in Distribution Centres with logistics services. Overall, this study has made significant contributions in terms of the theoretical investigation adding to the body of literature. This study was exploratory, using case studies as a first hand approach in gaining an understanding of Distribution Centres. There are areas that would merit further investigation and future research. It suggested that additional work should be carried out to expand on this research and refine the model to meet the needs of a wider range of organisations in various service industries. In addition, there are recommendations flowing from this study concerning the practical management of logistics operations. They are addressed mainly to senior management who typically take lead in the implementation of innovative programmes within the organisation. Firms should address continuous innovation as a planned and integrated approach, taking into account many interacting factors that are essential for successful innovation. The challenge facing Distribution Centres is to develop efficient and flexible processes and systems, by continuously innovating to sustain a leading edge in the logistics industry
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Williams, David M. "Financial liberalism and innovation in Australia : the impact on house prices, mortgage markets and consumption." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543604.

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Kim, Ye Ryung. "Understanding the adoption of clusters by SMEs in Australia using innovation diffusion theory a case study /." Access electronically, 2007. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20080610.120546/index.html.

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Waters, John Frederick. "Knowledge and commitment in innovation processes." Thesis, View thesis, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/530.

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This study was aimed at achieving an understanding of the role of knowledge and commitment in the process of innovation. To do that, the study confronted several intractable problems of innovation research that have created barriers to knowledge accumulation. Theoretical models were developed based on organizational knowledge and commitments and aimed at overcoming the shortcomings of the traditional research models. Theoretical models of organizational change were investigated through multiple case studies of innovation projects that compared organizations of different types and size, and change processes of both technological and administrative character. A conclusion from this research is that innovation research should learn to live with the dialectic that innovation is unrelated to knowledge or outcomes. This would help to focus research attention on the means by which knowledge is transformed into action, the central problem of the management of innovation.

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Panuwatwanich, Kriengsak. "Modelling the Innovation Diffusion Process in Australian Architectural and Engineering Design Organisations." Thesis, Griffith University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367744.

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Past decades have witnessed the rapid advancement of new technologies, the development of new business models, and the evolution of cohesive organisational cultures. These factors have transformed the business environment in such a way that firms must collaborate and compete globally and seamlessly. Being able to promptly adapt to a changing environment by engaging in innovation is thus vital for all levels of business enterprises to stay competitive and even to survive in their particular industry. Such a statement also applies to the construction industry, where innovation is not only a source of a firm’s competitive advantage, but also an essential strategic component for accommodating rapid changes embodied in complex products and processes. Realising the significance of innovation, a large number of organisations have expended a lot of resources in an effort to acquire various forms of innovation with the aim to improve their competitiveness. Some of these organisations have been successful, whilst many have not. This inconsistent result has led many built environment scholars to conduct numerous research studies in an attempt to answer the question as to how, why and what causes such a success or failure. Innovation, in its many forms, generally evolves by means of adoption and/or generation, and its successful development and/or implementation are reliant upon an effective diffusion process. Theoretically, diffusion is a process by which innovation is disseminated through communication channels among members of a social system over time. The diffusion of innovation within an organisation has thus been viewed as hinging upon a complex sociopsychological process among the organisation’s members. Such a process can manifest itself in the form of the ‘climate’ in an organisation, which is a critical determinant of people’s motivation and behaviour. In particular, ‘climate for innovation’ has been emphasised by management researchers as having an important role in stimulating innovation. To a large extent, past research studies have provided valuable knowledge regarding the factors that affect the adoption and/or generation of innovation within construction organisations. However, there is still a demand for more empirical studies that focus on the actual implementation and diffusion of such innovation, particularly, from a social perspective. Moreover, despite the fact that design is an important phase of a construction project life-cycle where innovation invariably takes place, the study of innovation within this particular context has not been carried out extensively. In response to such research demands, this study was conducted with the purpose to provide greater understanding on the interrelationships among key socio-psychological constructs that constitute a climate for innovation, and their associated outcomes, within the design organisation environment. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to empirically develop a model that depicts the relationships between the various climate constructs, as well as their influence on the outcomes of innovation diffusion and subsequent business performance within Architectural and Engineering Design (AED) firms. To achieve the above-mentioned research aim, a conceptual model encapsulating three climate constructs, namely, leadership for innovation (LFI), team climate for innovation (TCI), and organisational culture for innovation (OCI), along with two outcome-orientated constructs addressing innovation diffusion outcomes (IDO) and business performance (BPM), was developed. These model constructs were logically linked by hypothetical relationships represented by seven hypotheses. To verify the developed conceptual model, this study employed a sequential mixed method research design, incorporating quantitative and qualitative analysis approaches. The first phase of the study employed a quantitative research method to assess and refine the developed conceptual model, based on the data collected from a questionnaire survey targeting design professionals employed in Australian AED firms. This phase utilised a series of multivariate statistical techniques, specifically, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). EFA and CFA were initially carried out to uncover robust model structures. SEM was then performed to assess and refine the conceptual model by evaluating the hypothesised relationships between the constructs. The results unearthed five statistically significant causal linkages: LFI ? TCI; LFI ? OCI; TCI ? OCI; OCI ? IDO; and IDO ? BPM, which formed an essential part of the final empirical model. Based on the above results, a qualitative research method was employed as a second phase of the analysis to further support the validity of the empirical model. In doing so, explanatory case studies were conducted with five Australian AED firms, primarily through semistructured, face-to-face interviews with a number of design professionals. The primary purpose of this phase was to determine whether the empirical model can be explained (i.e. validated) by the qualitative data collected from actual firms under real-work settings. This was achieved through the ‘pattern matching’ technique, whereby the patterns of relationships between the constructs depicted in the empirical model were compared with those identified from the case studies. Overall, the pattern matching results demonstrated a good match between the patterns of relationships uncovered from the case studies and the relationships postulated in the empirical model. Therefore, the findings provided support for the validity of the model in terms of its ability to represent the actual phenomena within AED firms. Through the above validated model, this study provided fundamental contributions to the imperative research field of innovation diffusion from a social perspective, particularly within the AED context. Firstly, the study identified three critical socio-psychological constructs constituting the climate for innovation, namely, leadership for innovation, team climate for innovation, and organisational culture for innovation. Among these constructs, leadership for innovation was empirically found to be the most influential construct, impacting on the creation of both organisational culture and team climate for innovation. Secondly, the study provided empirical evidence that organisational culture for innovation directly influenced innovation diffusion outcomes, and also mediated the relationships between this construct with both leadership and team climate for innovation. Lastly, the study also provided empirical evidence that innovation diffusion outcomes positively contributed to business performance. From these empirical findings, the study has been able to offer a number of practical implications, which are beneficial to AED firms seeking to enhance their competitiveness through innovation. Firstly, to ensure that innovation will contribute to improved business performance, firms should try to achieve effective innovation diffusion by positioning itself to successfully harness and turn creative ideas into innovative design solutions, and promote the effective utilisation of design technologies/practices. Secondly, to create and sustain the effective diffusion of innovation, firms should ensure that the culture for innovation prevails. Within such a culture, creative ideas are more likely to be better transformed into innovative solutions. Likewise, the adopted technologies/practices are likely to be utilised more effectively to facilitate design activities. Lastly, to create and maintain the culture for innovation, firms should place an emphasis on developing leaders whose behaviours favour innovation. Directly, these leaders can shape an innovation culture by championing policies and practices that accelerate the diffusion of innovation. Indirectly, they can influence the improved climate for innovation among teams which will, in turn, become an important building block for a firms’ culture for innovation. In summary, this research study significantly expanded and improved upon the existing sociopsychological aspect of innovation management within the AED context. A most useful practical guide was developed, through a robust model that explains the mechanisms of the key climate-for-innovation constructs in enhancing innovation diffusion and improving business performance within AED firms.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Engineering
Faculty of Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Siemon, Noel, University of Western Sydney, and School of Management. "Public policy planning and global technology dependence : strategic factors for a national space-related innovation system." THESIS_XXX_MAN_Siemon_N.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/355.

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Australia's space activities since the early sixties have been science-oriented and uncoordinated. As a result, Australia has been unable to develop a long-term sustainable domestic technological capability; with industry being dependent on government funding for its involvement in the nation's space plan. This thesis examines public policy aspects focussing on technology independence that is the building of competencies for the sustainable development of an industry. It compares national technological development by relating Australia's recent space-related successes and failures to those of other nations (especially selected Asian countries and Israel). The overarching research problem addressed within this thesis examined the Australian national space policy and strategy since 1984.It investigated why the Australian Space Industry Development Strategy was not a successful influence on the development of a long-term sustainable national technological base or on the establishment of a viable commercial space-related industry in Australia. The research included the development of a strategic multilevel planning system involving a network innovation model into a nation's space science and technology policy development. The outcomes of the research reported in the thesis are discussed. The level of technological capability and capacity is a direct, inversely related factor to an increase in the degree in technology dependency. Australia needs a change of philosophy by accepting the global challenge through defining and supporting, within a national strategic planning, a national space strategy that incorporates network innovation concepts: a concept that must involve a balanced supply (science) and demand (commercial) characteristics of an innovation network system.
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Subramaniam, Revati, and doraiv@iprimus com au. "A multivariate study of the relationship between organizational learning, organizational innovation and organizational climate in the Australian hospitality industry." Swinburne University of Technology. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 2005. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20051025.151937.

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This multi-method study investigated the relationship between the dimensions of organizational learning, organizational innovation and organizational climate in the Australian Hotel Industry. The hotel industry was chosen as it is highly labour intensive and serves as a suitable environment to test the three dependent variables that are closely employee related. Data was collected from a total population sample of 800 respondents, employed in 50 hotels, which included 45 from a large International Brewery Group located in Melbourne and 5 independent hotels. The response rate was 75%. Organizational learning was measured using, the 34-item Organizational Learning Profile (OLP) scale (Pace et al, 1997) containing the four dimensions of OL (Achievement Mindset, Learning Practices, Information Sharing Patterns, and Inquiry Climate) was used. Organizational Innovation was measured using the 24- item Workplace Innovation Scale (WIS) (McMurray and Dorai, 2002) containing the four dimensions of Innovation (Organizational Innovation, Innovation Climate, Team Innovation and Individual Innovation). Organizational Climate (OC) was measured using the 40 item Koys and DeCotiis (1996) scale containing the eight dimensions of support, autonomy, pressure, cohesion, recognition, fairness, innovation and trust. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS (v.10) and qualitative data was analyzed using theme-category analysis. This study contributes to the management literature and extends the existing knowledge on learning, innovation and climate. Specifically the results show that the dimensions of organizational learning, innovation and climate are predictors of one another and it establishes a significant relationship between the dimensions of learning, innovation and climate. Furthermore, this study found that Workplace Survey is a valid and reliable scale to measure learning, innovation and climate. The recommendations made in this study will help management understand the importance of learning and innovation in the workplace. In turn, this will improve the organizational climate by facilitating learning and innovation among hotel employees.

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Dix, Samuel S. "Understanding contact, hybridity, conservatism and innovation in archaeological superimposition of rock art. Djulirri, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/410540.

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The archaeology of contact rock art in Australia is an emerging field exploring Indigenous reactions to encounters with outsiders, which has gained momentum over the past couple of decades. In this research, the impact of contact seen in rock art and archaeology was assessed, with a focus on the Northern Territory, Australia. Specifically, in Arnhem Land, the Djulirri rock shelter was chosen as the key case study because of its excellent and unique collection of contact rock art. To understand contact narratives more broadly, this thesis focuses on how hybridity (merging of cultures), conservatism (reluctance for change) and innovation (innovations coming from contact) impacted on the nature of recent rock art production at Djulirri’s Main Gallery, through the superimposition of rock art. This superimposition was detailed by digitally tracing each motif so that the stratigraphic profile of the motifs could be determined and an understanding of contact could be made. It is through this analysis that the contact narrative is made, exploring what new forms of rock art emerged, and what techniques can be applied to provide a more detailed understanding of contact rock art. I conclude this thesis by arguing that hybridity, conservatism and innovation were all factors in the contact archaeology of Djulirri. I argue that contact was a turbulent time for Indigenous Australians and that the rock art produced at Djulirri was completed to inform people about a changing world. This rock art was not carried out over prolonged periods, but as bursts of activity as a reaction to a particular event or change. Artists created hybrid ways of producing rock art, where they were innovative in their responses to this contact, but still held conservative values of how this information was delivered. Senior Traditional Owner R. Lamilami called Djulirri a library for his people. Through the process of digitally interrogating the stratigraphic profile of the site, placing the motifs in a chronological context, and understanding hybridity, conservatism and innovation, R. Lamilami’s beliefs are reinforced.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Hum, Lang & Soc Sc
Arts, Education and Law
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Santhanam, Elizabeth. "Investigation and innovation of teaching and learning genetics at the introductory level in the University of Adelaide /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1996. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs2338.pdf.

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Beckett, Ronald C., University of Western Sydney, College of Law and Business, and School of Management. "Learning organisations in high technology industries." THESIS_CB_MAN_Beckett_R.xml, 2001. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/299.

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This study describes an action research program, primarily within one company pursuing learning organisation concepts. The research was an integral part of the implication process, not involving case studies carried out after the event, or analysis prior to it, but an iterative mixture of both.Both the literature and case studies of various aspects of the operations of an Australian Aerospace company are used to help identify some particular practices that support organisational learning. A range of issues arising from the research are also discussed. A multi-faceted systems model of corporate memory is developed, and possible ways of obtaining leverage from that memory are discussed.The research identifies a number of competencies, processes and practices that need to be in place for organisational learning and knowledge management to be effective. It is suggested that a particular organisation may take many years to establish this portfolio of capabilities to the extent that they become the operating room.
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Rossiter, Darien Elizabeth. "Embedding e-learning in universities : analysis and conceptualisation of change processes." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16223/.

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E-learning has acquired the status of a "radical innovation" in higher education over the past decade. This claim is contestable, but certainly as the latest educational innovation, it can be attributed with introducing significant disruption into many facets of university life, reaching well beyond the traditional activities associated with the classroom pedagogies. In Australian universities, there are many now who simply take e-learning for granted as accepted teaching and learning practice (Oliver, 2004). Conversely, there are others who forecast its demise, claiming that, like previous educational technological innovations, it is another passing fad (Noble, 1998b). This thesis does not primarily engage this debate. Instead the purpose of this thesis is to gain insight into how universities can realise sustained benefits from the considerable investments to date that have been made in educational technological innovations. The inquiry seeks to understand better change within contemporary universities, in particular the process of embedding the e-learning innovation effectively. The intention is to produce an analysis useful to university executives, managers, teachers and researchers, as well as to make a more general contribution to knowledge about innovations in organisations. The research literature on change and innovation in organisations is relevant but is reviewed and assessed as of limited value to the enquiry. This is because: * the literature mainly focuses on the objective characteristics of an innovative product which cannot encompass the socially constructed value of e-learning * it fails to differentiate between the concept of "embedding" and other change phases and constructs, mostly examining the precursory and innovation-producing processes * the context of research into innovation has been primarily industrial, not university-based * its variable analytic paradigm fails to produce holistic analyses which can be appreciated and enacted on by decision makers and practising managers. For these reasons and because suitable research on innovation in universities is lacking, an introductory investigation based on grounded theory building was undertaken. To this end, four qualitative, descriptive case studies of contrasting Australian universities embedding e-learning were compiled. The four case universities (their identities protected through use of pseudonyms) assessed were: * Gamma University - a multi-campus institution, geographically spread across urban and regional locations * Lambda University - an established university, with the majority of students located at a single urban campus * Epsilon University - a younger, multi-campus amalgamated university with a strong reputation for distance education * Delta University - a relatively young multi-campus, urban university, although its parent bodies provide a longer history. The cases were based on interviews and focus group sessions with 74 participants, and electronic resource and document analyses over two phases; the first conducted in 1998-1999 and the second in 2002-2003. These analyses provided holistic pragmatic accounts that encapsulate a number of issues. One issue was about the importance of creativity in the innovating process. A second set of issues centred on the theme of complexity and the multifarious nature of the e-learning innovation. Other themes included the significance of the innovation context, partnerships and collaborations, and the emerging polarisation of issues such as standardisation versus diversification. These issues provoked three major propositions about the process of embedding and prompted the development of two systems-based analytical frameworks; one focusing on the nature of system relationships and interactions and the second providing a longitudinal perspective of system change. The propositions are: * the ability of a university to negotiate system intersections and transitions influences the degree to which e-learning can be embedded in that university * complexity is an integral part of an innovation, therefore cannot be ignored or eliminated without destroying the kernel of the innovation itself, and its longterm viability * the efficacy of the innovation is related, in some measure, to the ability to sustain partnerships and collaborations. The analysis suggested that there are number of key influences which affect the embedding process and the ability of an organisation, such as a university, to manage the processes associated with the e-learning innovation. The key system influences which affect embedding include: * the nature of the interactions and transactions occurring within the system, at the boundaries and between the phases of transition * the importance of organisational context (cultural, technological, strategic, geographic) * the pervasive impact of complexity on all dimensions of the research problem (the e-learning innovation, the change process and the university environment) * the necessity for collaboration. The implications of this study for university executives, managers and beyond are far reaching, and in some respects contradict accepted contemporary management practice. They include: seeking ways to maximise organisational tensions to achieve positive outcomes; enhancing decision making by allowing more flexibility and personal judgement into the process; developing greater tolerance for system fuzziness and uncertainty; and encouraging better utilisation of previous knowledge gained about innovation practices and processes.

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Haukka, Sandra, and s. haukka@qut edu au. "Research training and national innovation systems in Australia, Finland and the United States: a policy and systems study supported by 30 case studies of research students in the fields of geospatial science, wireless communication, biosciences, and materials science and engineering." RMIT University. Education, 2006. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20061109.120913.

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Reforms to the national research and research training system by the Commonwealth Government of Australia sought to effectively connect research conducted in universities to Australia's national innovation system. Research training has a key role in ensuring an adequate supply of highly skilled people for the national innovation system. During their studies, research students produce and disseminate a massive amount of new knowledge. Prior to this study, there was no research that examined the contribution of research training to Australia's national innovation system despite the existence of policy initiatives aiming to enhance this contribution. Given Australia's below average (but improving) innovation performance compared to other OECD countries, the inclusion of Finland and the United States provided further insights into the key research question. This study examined three obvious ways that research training contributes to the national innovation systems in the three countries: the international mobility and migration of research students and graduates, knowledge production and distribution by research students, and the impact of research training as advanced human capital formation on economic growth. Findings have informed the concept of a research training culture of innovation that aims to enhance the contribution of research training to Australia's national innovation system. Key features include internationally competitive research and research training environments; research training programs that equip students with economically-relevant knowledge and the capabilities required by employers operating in knowledge-based economies; attractive research careers in different sectors; a national commitment to R&D as indicated by high levels of gross and business R&D expenditure; high private and social rates of return from research training; and the horizontal coordination of key organisations that create policy for, and/or invest in research training.

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Ruiz, Espinosa Laura. "Assessment of the adoption and utilization of conservation agriculture in wheat growing regions of Australia and Mexico using the agricultural innovation system framework." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29252.

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The Conservation Agriculture Appraisal Index (CAAI) is a theoretical framework that was developed as a benchmarking tool to quantify, at the farm level, the concomitant utilization of the conservation agriculture (CA) principles: 1) minimum soil disturbance (MSD), 2) permanent soil cover (PSC), and 3) diversified crop rotations (DCR), plus the additional principle of controlled-traffic (CTF) farming which includes permanent-raise beds on small to medium farms in irrigated systems. The degree of adoption of CA has been widely studied, however estimates are questionable as different units of measurement were used. This prompted the development of CAAI as an integrated scoring system to account for CA adoption by farm area and cropping season. CAAI was validated on 100 farms in four regions: two in Australia and two in Mexico, to assess the degree of CA adoption. It was found that minimum soil disturbance accounted for most of the variance in CAAI scores. Significant regional differences were found and CA per se was higher in Australia, compared to Mexico where partial and periodic adoption was more prevalent. The drivers of adoption were then examined by comparing CAAI scores with the use of key inputs such as glyphosate, paraquat, N, P and in water use efficiency (WUE) for wheat. Significantly greater use of glyphosate and paraquat were observed in the two Australian dryland regions with higher CA adoption. There were no statistically significant differences between N and P with CAAI, although greater amounts of these fertilizers were applied in Mexico compared to Australia. Likewise, WUE did not differ significantly with CAAI score but by region. Finally, using the data of 114 farmers a social network analysis identified that early adopters, agronomists, research, and government institutions are actors that influenced knowledge sharing of CA principles in the studied regions. More heterophilic networks were observed in regions with both summer and winter crops.

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Velarde, Pajares Sandra Judith. "Building critical mass of tree growers for bioenergy: The case of Central West New South Wales, Australia." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/143281.

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The progression of the bioenergy industry needs to address concerns regarding the security of feedstock supply and the related environmental sustainability. Traditional first-generation biofuel feedstocks (e.g. maize, soybeans) are being questioned in favour of more environmentally-sound second-generation biofuel feedstocks (e.g. trees, perennial grasses). However, as an emerging industry, the commercial use of second-generation biofuel feedstock sources has several challenges to overcome. One of these challenges is landholders’ willingness to plant second-generation crops on their farms. To understand the landholders’ perspectives, this thesis used a conceptual framework based on adoption of innovation and diffusion theory, and applied this framework to a case study in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The research questions addressed were: 1) what factors underlie landholders’ willingness to plant bioenergy tree crops, 2) what are the landholders’ preferences in the design of contracts for planting these trees, and 3) what are the potential pathways to build a critical mass of tree growers for bioenergy. A mixed methods approach was used involving quantitative analytical tools (e.g. tobit and logit regressions, choice modelling, and break even analysis) and qualitative analytical tools (e.g. integrated analysis). Tobit and logit regression models estimates revealed three key traits that positively influence the decision to plant second-generation biofuel feedstocks: 1) the landholder’s proportion of unproductive land, 2) the landholder’s membership in farming related organisations, and 3) the landholder’s experience with planting blocks of trees. Conversely, the landholder’s older age-squared would negatively influence their decision to plant second-generation biofuel feedstocks. The choice model estimates revealed that landholders who had already planted blocks of trees would be less likely to need a flexible contract for planting trees as energy crops, while landholders with larger proportions of unproductive land would prefer higher returns. This thesis concludes that for a second-generation bioenergy industry to emerge, a critical mass of biomass growers needs to be secured; this can be achieved by developing interlinked pathways that include: 1) supportive policies, 2) local support and an innovation champion, and 3) corporate support and/or a potential biomass buyer or investor. This research has identified critical pathways that can be developed to progress the bioenergy industry in Australia. The proposed pathways can be used to explore actors’ participation and their potential roles in scaling up, and to better understand the process of building critical mass for a second-generation bioenergy industry.

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Jones, Harry W. "The potential use of smart cards in vehicle management with particular reference to the situation in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1363.

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Vehicle management may be considered to consist of traffic management, usage control, maintenance, and security. Various regulatory authorities undertake the first aspect, fleet managers will be concerned with all aspects, and owner-drivers will be interested mainly in maintenance and security. Car theft poses a universal security problem. Personalisation, including navigational assistance, might be achieved as a by-product of an improved management system. Authorities and fleet managers may find smartcards to be key components of an improved system, but owners may feel that the need for improved security does not justify its cost. This thesis seeks to determine whether smartcards may be used to personalise vehicles in order to improve vehicle management within a forseeable time and suggest when it might happen. In the process four broad questions are addressed. • First, what improvements in technology are needed to make any improved scheme using smartcards practicable, and what can be expected in the near future? • Second, what problems and difficulties may impede the development of improved management? • Third, what non-vehicle applications might create an environment in which a viable scheme could emerge? • Finally, is there a perceived need for improved vehicle management? The method involved a literature search, the issue of questionnaires to owner drivers and fleet managers, discussions with fleet managers, the preparation of data-flow and state diagrams, and the construction of a simulation of a possible security approach. The study concludes that although vehicle personalisation is possible- and desirable it is unlikely to occur within the next decade because the environment needed to make it practicable will not emerge until a number of commercial and standardisation problems that obstruct all smartcard applications have been solved.

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Watson, Robert Stewart. "Richard Rorty, innovation strategies & movie inspiration." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2010. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41465/1/Robert_Watson_Thesis.pdf.

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Movie innovation is a conversation between screenwriters and producers in our mixed economy – a concept of innovation supported by Richard Rorty and Aristole's Poetics. During innovation conversations, inspired writers describe fresh movie actions to empathetic producers. Some inspired actions may confuse. Writers and producers use strategies to inquire about confusing actions. This Australian study redescribes 25 writer-producer strategies in the one place for the first time. It adds a new strategy. And, with more evidence than the current literature, it investigates writer inspiration, which drives film innovation. It reports inspiration in pioneering, verifiable detail.

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Rossiter, Darien Elizabeth. "Embedding e-learning in universities : analysis and conceptualisation of change processes." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16223/1/Darien_Rossiter_Thesis.pdf.

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E-learning has acquired the status of a "radical innovation" in higher education over the past decade. This claim is contestable, but certainly as the latest educational innovation, it can be attributed with introducing significant disruption into many facets of university life, reaching well beyond the traditional activities associated with the classroom pedagogies. In Australian universities, there are many now who simply take e-learning for granted as accepted teaching and learning practice (Oliver, 2004). Conversely, there are others who forecast its demise, claiming that, like previous educational technological innovations, it is another passing fad (Noble, 1998b). This thesis does not primarily engage this debate. Instead the purpose of this thesis is to gain insight into how universities can realise sustained benefits from the considerable investments to date that have been made in educational technological innovations. The inquiry seeks to understand better change within contemporary universities, in particular the process of embedding the e-learning innovation effectively. The intention is to produce an analysis useful to university executives, managers, teachers and researchers, as well as to make a more general contribution to knowledge about innovations in organisations. The research literature on change and innovation in organisations is relevant but is reviewed and assessed as of limited value to the enquiry. This is because: * the literature mainly focuses on the objective characteristics of an innovative product which cannot encompass the socially constructed value of e-learning * it fails to differentiate between the concept of "embedding" and other change phases and constructs, mostly examining the precursory and innovation-producing processes * the context of research into innovation has been primarily industrial, not university-based * its variable analytic paradigm fails to produce holistic analyses which can be appreciated and enacted on by decision makers and practising managers. For these reasons and because suitable research on innovation in universities is lacking, an introductory investigation based on grounded theory building was undertaken. To this end, four qualitative, descriptive case studies of contrasting Australian universities embedding e-learning were compiled. The four case universities (their identities protected through use of pseudonyms) assessed were: * Gamma University - a multi-campus institution, geographically spread across urban and regional locations * Lambda University - an established university, with the majority of students located at a single urban campus * Epsilon University - a younger, multi-campus amalgamated university with a strong reputation for distance education * Delta University - a relatively young multi-campus, urban university, although its parent bodies provide a longer history. The cases were based on interviews and focus group sessions with 74 participants, and electronic resource and document analyses over two phases; the first conducted in 1998-1999 and the second in 2002-2003. These analyses provided holistic pragmatic accounts that encapsulate a number of issues. One issue was about the importance of creativity in the innovating process. A second set of issues centred on the theme of complexity and the multifarious nature of the e-learning innovation. Other themes included the significance of the innovation context, partnerships and collaborations, and the emerging polarisation of issues such as standardisation versus diversification. These issues provoked three major propositions about the process of embedding and prompted the development of two systems-based analytical frameworks; one focusing on the nature of system relationships and interactions and the second providing a longitudinal perspective of system change. The propositions are: * the ability of a university to negotiate system intersections and transitions influences the degree to which e-learning can be embedded in that university * complexity is an integral part of an innovation, therefore cannot be ignored or eliminated without destroying the kernel of the innovation itself, and its longterm viability * the efficacy of the innovation is related, in some measure, to the ability to sustain partnerships and collaborations. The analysis suggested that there are number of key influences which affect the embedding process and the ability of an organisation, such as a university, to manage the processes associated with the e-learning innovation. The key system influences which affect embedding include: * the nature of the interactions and transactions occurring within the system, at the boundaries and between the phases of transition * the importance of organisational context (cultural, technological, strategic, geographic) * the pervasive impact of complexity on all dimensions of the research problem (the e-learning innovation, the change process and the university environment) * the necessity for collaboration. The implications of this study for university executives, managers and beyond are far reaching, and in some respects contradict accepted contemporary management practice. They include: seeking ways to maximise organisational tensions to achieve positive outcomes; enhancing decision making by allowing more flexibility and personal judgement into the process; developing greater tolerance for system fuzziness and uncertainty; and encouraging better utilisation of previous knowledge gained about innovation practices and processes.

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Green, Deirdre. "Engagement and Innovation in Criminal Justice: Case Studies of Relations between Indigenous Groups and Government Agencies." Thesis, Griffith University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366272.

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This research aims to draw attention to the way government and Indigenous groups engage in community settings and explores the potential of this sphere of political activity as a source of innovation and reform. Indigenous people have many good ideas about managing crime and justice in their communities, but what happens to those ideas when they are presented to an agency of the criminal justice system? To investigate the fate of Indigenous ideas and how they might be progressed through western bureaucracies, I conducted four case studies – two in New Zealand and two in the Australian state of Queensland – that represent examples of what occurs when government and Indigenous groups come together to develop a local crime and justice project. This thesis presents an empirical record of the events in each case, a comparative analysis of what occurred and my hypothesis of what might be likely to occur in other similar cases. I found that Indigenous leaders responded to government projects by challenging the government’s intentions, venting their anger, hijacking the agenda and contesting the projects’ assumptions. My analysis of the policy background to the cases shows that although governments currently favour community ‘capacity building’ strategies, these policies mistakenly assume that Indigenous communities are capacity deficient. Indigenous leaders tend to interpret policies that encourage devolved decision-making arrangements as government support for self-determination, and ‘whole of government’ strategies continue to disappoint because the public sector is unable to coordinate its resources. Instead, successful local projects often depend on the accidental convergence of a good idea, a committed and enthusiastic leadership, some degree of political will and sufficient resources. To maximise these opportunities for reform, bureaucrats need to feel comfortable in the ‘community space’, to learn to operate within the Indigenous domain and be willing to put Indigenous ideas into practice. The thesis concludes that Indigenous communities are highly capable of developing reform projects and effective forms of governance on Indigenous terms, but government actors are often unsure of how to utilise the expertise of Indigenous people. Effective Indigenous leaders are experts in the history, conditions and aspirations of their communities. They are also experts in the practice of consensus decision-making, can mobilise community support for a good idea and have learned to negotiate with unresponsive and uncoordinated government agencies. When government and Indigenous groups are willing to engage, and each acknowledges the potential contribution of the other, then there is potential for a new way forward in the relationship between government agencies and Indigenous people.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Zhou, Ding. "Adopting design-based pedagogy utilising 3D printing to develop integrated STEM programs in Queensland, Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228586/1/Ding_Zhou_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis develops a novel Solution-based Design Process (SBDP) to explore the research problem: the under-explored value of Design-based Pedagogy utilising 3D printing in enabling the development of integrated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. A conceptual framework adopting SBDP is prototyped for teachers to develop relevant educational programs reconciling integrative content knowledge and authentic problem finding and solving. It will likely facilitate the improvement of program planning and teaching resources for STEM educators, encourage an epistemological shift in the Australian STEM education community, and enhance the development and prospects of future innovative thinkers.

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Madugoda, Gunaratnege Senali. "Consumers’ payment preference at Point-of-Sale (POS) in Australia, China and Sri Lanka." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2021. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2438.

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Payment methods have been expanding rapidly in recent years. To develop effective strategies and to meet individuals’ payment satisfaction, financial institutions need to understand the factors that influence the payment preferences of individuals from different cultural backgrounds. This study aims to investigate the drivers of payment preference at the Point-of- Sale (POS) and the moderating effects of cultural dimensions. Drawing on the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory and contextual factors a conceptual framework was developed and tested using a two phases approach. In the qualitative phase, focus groups were conducted to explore the similarities and differences amongst Australians, Chinese, and Sri Lankans in terms of salient attitudes toward payment methods at the point-of-sale (POS). Two focus groups were conducted for Australia (n=12) and Sri Lanka (n=12), and individual interviews were carried out with 11 Chinese participants (total n=35). As a result, the initial framework (derived from the literature) was revised. In the quantitative phase, the developed framework for the study was tested. A questionnaire was developed using the key factors identified from the literature review and focus groups. An online survey was employed to collect data from Australia (n= 292), China (n= 358), and Sri Lanka (n= 309) using a convenience sampling technique. The partial least squares (PLS) technique was used to analyse 959 valid responses. The results showed that perceived relative advantage and social influence are positively associated, and perceived risks and perceived rewards are negatively associated, with payment preference. The effects of perceived compatibility and perceived situations on consumers’ payment preferences were non-significant. In terms of cultural dimensions, uncertainty avoidance positively moderated the negative relationship between perceived risks and payment preference. Furthermore, long-term orientation positively moderated the negative relationship between perceived rewards and payment preferences. The findings help banks and other financial institutions to design efficient payment methods and develop effective strategies to promote particular payment methods. In particular, the findings provide useful insights for financial companies in changing the way of offering rewards to their consumers by differentiating themselves from their competitors, thus enhancing the capacity to both acquire and retain consumers. These outcomes supported the conceptual framework developed based on DOI theory and contextual factors and extend the literature on payment preference. Furthermore, the drivers of consumers’ payment preference for different cultures suggests important implications for global marketers

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Marques, Jamile Sabatini. "Reforming technology company incentive programs for achieving knowledge-based economic development:a Brazil-Australia comparative study." Thesis, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95386/1/__qut.edu.au_Documents_StaffHome_StaffGroupR%24_rogersjm_Desktop_Jamile%20Sabatini%20Marques%20Thesis.pdf.

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This doctoral thesis aims to demonstrate the importance of incentives to technology-based firms as a strategy to promote knowledge-based economic development (KBED). To remain competitive, technology-based firms must innovate and seek new markets; therefore, this study aims to propose an incentive model to technology-based firms as a strategy to promote knowledge-based urban development, according to framework described by Yigitcanlar (2011). This is an exploratory and descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Surveys were carried out with national trade associations that represented technology-based firms both in Brazil and Australia. After analysing the surveys, structured interviews were conducted with government representatives, trade associations and businessmen who had used financial support by the federal government. When comparing both countries, the study found the importance of direct incentives through tax incentives, for it is a less bureaucratic, quicker and more direct process for firms. We suggest to include the terms incentives in the framework of knowledge-based urban development, as one of the pillars that contribute to knowledge-based economic development.

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Pancholi, Surabhi A. "A conceptual approach for place making in knowledge and innovation spaces: Case investigations from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/120697/1/Surabhi_Pancholi_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis advances a conceptual framework as well as planning and policy approaches for place making in knowledge and innovation spaces to make them more people-oriented. In doing so, it establishes place making as a multi-dimensional strategy contributing in sustainable urban development of knowledge locations and cities after investigating the three case studies of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The spatial, social, economic, political and contextual aspects in these three cases are investigated by adopting a qualitative research methodology to explain their integrated role in the facilitation of place making.

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Haukka, Sandra. "Research training and national innovation systems in Australia, Finland and the United States : a policy and systems study supported by 30 case studies of research students in the fields of geospatial science, wireless communication, biosciences, and materials science and engineering." Thesis, RMIT University, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32212/1/Sandra_Haukka_PhD_thesis.pdf.

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Reforms to the national research and research training system by the Commonwealth Government of Australia sought to effectively connect research conducted in universities to Australia's national innovation system. Research training has a key role in ensuring an adequate supply of highly skilled people for the national innovation system. During their studies, research students produce and disseminate a massive amount of new knowledge. Prior to this study, there was no research that examined the contribution of research training to Australia's national innovation system despite the existence of policy initiatives aiming to enhance this contribution. Given Australia's below average (but improving) innovation performance compared to other OECD countries, the inclusion of Finland and the United States provided further insights into the key research question. This study examined three obvious ways that research training contributes to the national innovation systems in the three countries: the international mobility and migration of research students and graduates, knowledge production and distribution by research students, and the impact of research training as advanced human capital formation on economic growth. Findings have informed the concept of a research training culture of innovation that aims to enhance the contribution of research training to Australia's national innovation system. Key features include internationally competitive research and research training environments; research training programs that equip students with economically-relevant knowledge and the capabilities required by employers operating in knowledge-based economies; attractive research careers in different sectors; a national commitment to R&D as indicated by high levels of gross and business R&D expenditure; high private and social rates of return from research training; and the horizontal coordination of key organisations that create policy for, and/or invest in research training.

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Siemon, Noel. "Public policy planning and global technology dependence : strategic factors for a national space-related innovation system." Thesis, View thesis, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/355.

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Australia's space activities since the early sixties have been science-oriented and uncoordinated. As a result, Australia has been unable to develop a long-term sustainable domestic technological capability; with industry being dependent on government funding for its involvement in the nation's space plan. This thesis examines public policy aspects focussing on technology independence that is the building of competencies for the sustainable development of an industry. It compares national technological development by relating Australia's recent space-related successes and failures to those of other nations (especially selected Asian countries and Israel). The overarching research problem addressed within this thesis examined the Australian national space policy and strategy since 1984.It investigated why the Australian Space Industry Development Strategy was not a successful influence on the development of a long-term sustainable national technological base or on the establishment of a viable commercial space-related industry in Australia. The research included the development of a strategic multilevel planning system involving a network innovation model into a nation's space science and technology policy development. The outcomes of the research reported in the thesis are discussed. The level of technological capability and capacity is a direct, inversely related factor to an increase in the degree in technology dependency. Australia needs a change of philosophy by accepting the global challenge through defining and supporting, within a national strategic planning, a national space strategy that incorporates network innovation concepts: a concept that must involve a balanced supply (science) and demand (commercial) characteristics of an innovation network system.

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Laupase, R. "Perceptions of web site design characteristics: A Malaysian/Australian comparison." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1204.

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The study compared the perceptions of Malaysians, representing Asian culture, and Australians, representing Western culture, for four Web design characteristics (atmospherics, news stories, signs, products and services), as part of the Integrated Internet Marketing model. Under controlled laboratory conditions, two groupings of thirty subjects evaluated eight Web sites in the retail and services sectors located equally in Malaysia and Australia. This study hypothesised that the predominant culture would not be generalised to another culture. Significant differences found for Web design characteristics were typically for one site only and not across all sites. In other words, consistent differences did not eventuate. This appears to indicate that members of both groups are citizens of the Web's global village in which consumer behaviours and values are converging. There were some specific perceptual differences between Australians and Malaysians of Web design characteristics and their impact on the overall effectiveness of Web sites. For example, differences for the Web design characteristic products and services were clearly perceived for Dewsons Supermarket (DS) and Netcard Station (NS). The graphical presentation on the DS Web site appears to encourage Australians to examine the products and services in more depth. Products were presented in bright colours and photographic views. On the other hand, for the NS Web site, products were represented in descriptive, technical words, which appealed more to Malaysians. The study found that Malaysians would emphasize the atmospherics for seeking to obtain an indication of integration (tolerance, non-competitiveness) by examining virtual presence. Australians give emphasis to articulate news stories as both products and services and news stories attracted inter-group significant differences in Café St. Tropez Restaurant and Netcard Station sites. For the extent to which the Web is used to locate products, services or information, there was no impact of these on the way Malaysians perceived the Web design characteristics and their impact on the overall effectiveness of Web sites. On the other hand, the extent to which the Web was used to locate products, services or information impacted on the way Australians perceived the Web design characteristics and the impact of these on the overall effectiveness of Web sites. The study makes recommendations for Australian Web designers, for example, that they should give emphasis to graphical and photographic pictures for attracting Australian Web users. On the other hand, Malaysians Web designers should, for example, employ technical words in order to attract Malaysian Web users. The study recognises the strength and the limitations of the controlled laboratory method of research, which are in the main that results cannot easily be generalised and that procedures may appear to be artificial. Suggestions for further study are offered.

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Bradley, Lynne M. "Found in translation: Transcultural performance practice in the 21st century." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/104124/1/Lynne_Bradley_Thesis.pdf.

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This practice-led PhD proposes Cultural Translation as a methodology for engaging with transcultural performance as innovative and ethical practice. The investigation draws upon the decade-long collaboration between Australian contemporary performance company Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre and Japanese Butoh company Dairakudakan. The study addresses questions regarding the transposition of cultural product; the ethics of cultural exchange; and artistic innovation in transcultural performance praxis. The study's findings include a cultural translation of Maro Akaji's Butoh training and devising. These methods profoundly influenced the creation of "In the Company of Shadows", the original performance work which constituted the core of this study.

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Bates, Ian George Bindon. ""Necessity's inventions" : a research project into South Australian inventors and their inventions from 1836 to 1886." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09armb3924.pdf.

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"August 2000" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-118) and index of inventors 1. Introduction, overview of years 1836-1886 -- 2. The Patent Act, no. 18, of 1859 -- 3. The Provisional Registration of Patents Act, no. 3, of 1875 -- 4. The Patent Act, no. 78, of 1877 -- 5. Numerical list of inventions

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van, Leeuwen Susan. "Innovation in the Western Australian state public sector." Thesis, Curtin University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/545.

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This research sought to gain a deeper understanding of innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector. It achieves this by exploring the perceptions of Leaders, Experts and lnfluencers regarding innovation, enablers and barriers to innovation, and examples of innovation in the sector. In this study, 'Leaders' were employees in the State Public Sector selected from the top two tiers of the Senior Executive Service position. 'Experts and lnfluencers' were individuals who were recognised as having specialized knowledge, skills and / or success regarding innovation and / or recognised as having the power to affect or influence innovation in the Western Australian Public Sector. In addition, the research also aimed to determine ways in which innovation can be enhanced in the sector. The context of this study is the Western Australia State Public Sector (WASPS) which includes departments, trade concerns, instrumentalities, agencies and state bodies run by the WA State Government. This study is significant because there is little exploration and description of the perception of innovation in the Public Sector of Australia and a lack of common understanding of innovation in the WASPS. This study enables a much greater understanding of the depth, extent and success of innovation in this sector. Innovation is vital for a public sector needing to respond to Western Australia's growth and prosperity. The description of innovation and strategies for enhancing innovation will assist in the further development of a responsive sector.This study adopts a qualitative methodology to explore the meaning given by Leaders, Experts and lnfluencers and their perceptions of innovation in the public sector. The qualitative paradigm provides rich meaning to the research questions for the study which are: I . What are the perceptions of innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector amongst Leaders? 2. What are the perceptions of innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector amongst Experts and lnfluencers? 3. What are the barriers and enablers to innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector 4. How can innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector be enhanced? A phenomenological approach is adopted for the study which allows the structure and essence of the phenomena of innovation within the public sector to be explored. Data was collected using semi structured, in-depth interviews and data analysis using a phenomenological approach was conducted. This ensured that the experience and meaning of the phenomena of innovation is described and explained as faithfully as possible. The key findings of the study indicate that while there are pockets of innovation within the WASPS there is an overall need to enhance the capacity for innovation.An 'emergent model' is proposed as a framework that can provide an enhanced capacity for innovation in the WASPS. This is achieved by addressing the cultural, structural and human resource barriers that exist and by simultaneously enhancing the enablers that were identified in this study. The 'emergent model' takes a strategic view with special consideration for the context for innovation within the WASPS. Inherent in this model is the need for a clear and shared definition of innovation; the creation of ideal conditions for innovation; and the development of an innovation action plan. Superimposed on this model is the need for greater capacity for, and commitment to, meaningful public consultation. In addition the study highlighted a need for strong and effective leadership throughout the Western Australia State Public Sector to enhance innovation. In making these conclusions it is recognised that this study is specific to the state public sector of Western Australia. This study opens the possibility of more extensive research within the public sector, specific to innovation. In particular, there is significant scope to explore the relationship between political and public sector leadership and the effect of this relationship on innovation. In addition, further exploration of successful innovation in the sector could better inform the type of agency in which innovation is successful and an analysis of the leadership factors that influence successful innovation. Further research regarding the ability of leaders to create an environment to enhance innovation within the sector, recruitment practices of the WASPS, and of resource allocation and its effect on innovation capacity is advocated in this study.

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van, Leeuwen Susan. "Innovation in the Western Australian state public sector." Curtin University of Technology, Graduate School of Business, 2006. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=17156.

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This research sought to gain a deeper understanding of innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector. It achieves this by exploring the perceptions of Leaders, Experts and lnfluencers regarding innovation, enablers and barriers to innovation, and examples of innovation in the sector. In this study, 'Leaders' were employees in the State Public Sector selected from the top two tiers of the Senior Executive Service position. 'Experts and lnfluencers' were individuals who were recognised as having specialized knowledge, skills and / or success regarding innovation and / or recognised as having the power to affect or influence innovation in the Western Australian Public Sector. In addition, the research also aimed to determine ways in which innovation can be enhanced in the sector. The context of this study is the Western Australia State Public Sector (WASPS) which includes departments, trade concerns, instrumentalities, agencies and state bodies run by the WA State Government. This study is significant because there is little exploration and description of the perception of innovation in the Public Sector of Australia and a lack of common understanding of innovation in the WASPS. This study enables a much greater understanding of the depth, extent and success of innovation in this sector. Innovation is vital for a public sector needing to respond to Western Australia's growth and prosperity. The description of innovation and strategies for enhancing innovation will assist in the further development of a responsive sector.
This study adopts a qualitative methodology to explore the meaning given by Leaders, Experts and lnfluencers and their perceptions of innovation in the public sector. The qualitative paradigm provides rich meaning to the research questions for the study which are: I . What are the perceptions of innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector amongst Leaders? 2. What are the perceptions of innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector amongst Experts and lnfluencers? 3. What are the barriers and enablers to innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector 4. How can innovation in the Western Australian State Public Sector be enhanced? A phenomenological approach is adopted for the study which allows the structure and essence of the phenomena of innovation within the public sector to be explored. Data was collected using semi structured, in-depth interviews and data analysis using a phenomenological approach was conducted. This ensured that the experience and meaning of the phenomena of innovation is described and explained as faithfully as possible. The key findings of the study indicate that while there are pockets of innovation within the WASPS there is an overall need to enhance the capacity for innovation.
An 'emergent model' is proposed as a framework that can provide an enhanced capacity for innovation in the WASPS. This is achieved by addressing the cultural, structural and human resource barriers that exist and by simultaneously enhancing the enablers that were identified in this study. The 'emergent model' takes a strategic view with special consideration for the context for innovation within the WASPS. Inherent in this model is the need for a clear and shared definition of innovation; the creation of ideal conditions for innovation; and the development of an innovation action plan. Superimposed on this model is the need for greater capacity for, and commitment to, meaningful public consultation. In addition the study highlighted a need for strong and effective leadership throughout the Western Australia State Public Sector to enhance innovation. In making these conclusions it is recognised that this study is specific to the state public sector of Western Australia. This study opens the possibility of more extensive research within the public sector, specific to innovation. In particular, there is significant scope to explore the relationship between political and public sector leadership and the effect of this relationship on innovation. In addition, further exploration of successful innovation in the sector could better inform the type of agency in which innovation is successful and an analysis of the leadership factors that influence successful innovation. Further research regarding the ability of leaders to create an environment to enhance innovation within the sector, recruitment practices of the WASPS, and of resource allocation and its effect on innovation capacity is advocated in this study.

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Gengatharen, Denise E. "Assessing the success and evaluating the benefits of government-sponsored regional internet-trading platforms for small and medium enterprises: A Western Australian perspective." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2006. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/65.

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The Internet has been viewed as an opportunity for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to efficiently compete in the global arena with their larger counterparts by overcoming distance and size. However, research has shown that actual uptake of Internet e-commerce by SMEs has been lagging behind that of larger companies. Fearing a growing digital divide between large companies and SMEs, some governments have taken specific measures to encourage SME participation in ecommerce. One of the more direct government initiatives to hasten the progression of SMEs on the e-commerce adoption curve is the creation, sponsorship and management of regional Internet trading platforms for these enterprises. Such a move is predicated on the belief that these platforms will offer SMEs a low-cost introduction to participation in Internet trading platforms without the need for significant technology investments, allowing them to reap benefits like lower costs, improved customer service and new levels of innovation through knowledge-sharing.

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Loh, Poh Kooi. "Innovations in health for older people in Western Australia." University of Western Australia. School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0051.

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Australia and many other developed communities are ageing rapidly, placing a strain on the delivery of health services. This thesis examines the use of innovative health services management coupled with information and communication technology (ICT) to more efficiently deliver services to disabled older people in the hospital, community and residential care. The hypothesis explored is that ICT can provide clinical services to older people in poorly serviced communities and groups, thus extending the influence and capabilities of specialist health care professionals. The relevance of these studies is predominantly for those people who live outside the metropolitan regions, particularly in remote and rural communities, and also for those frail older people, who because of disability, are unable to travel to specialist health services. There are a series of studies presented in this thesis which have all been published. They have demonstrated that in a community and rural setting, ICT use in the assessment and management of geriatric syndromes such as dementia is valid and practical. This included the validation of commonly used assessment tools via Telehealth. A Telehealth protocol for assessment of Alzheimer's Dementia (AD) was developed and published. The use of ICT to link health services clinical and administrative data for determining stroke outcomes and disability has been evaluated and a resource utilization prediction model developed. Finally, in residential care a survey and a qualitative study of poor uptake of ICT services in hostels and nursing homes revealed insights into ICT perception by the older people in care facilities and their professional staff. The implications and future development of these studies have been discussed, especially barriers to increased uptake of ICT, cost comparisons and the potential of future technologies such as video conferencing mobile phones.

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Price, Rebecca A. "Implementing design-led innovation in an Australian airport corporation." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/97994/1/Rebecca_Price_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis explores the introduction and application of DLI to bring about desired changes in operations, improved business outcomes and to build innovation capabilities in the organisational context of an Australian Airport Corporation (AAC). The study employed qualitative action research methods to explore DLI through action, with the researcher acting as an 'Innovation Catalyst' for the duration of 18 months. Several novel contributions to knowledge are made from this thesis. First, the DLI implementation framework was developed, building upon experiential learning theory, to aid organisations to implement DLI in a way that complements existing organisational processes. Second, three narrative typologies were developed as distinct design tools specifically deployed during DLI. Third, an evidence-based definition of DLI, linking the unique nature of the design-led approach to expected outcomes, was developed.

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Kritikos, Vicky. "INNOVATIVE ASTHMA MANAGEMENT BY COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS IN AUSTRALIA." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2064.

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Excerpt Chapter 2 - A review of the literature has revealed that asthma management practices in the Australian community are currently suboptimal resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. In adolescent asthma there are added challenges, with problems of self-image, denial and non-adherence to therapy where self-management skills assume a greater importance (Forero et al 1996, Price 1996, Brook and Tepper 1997, Buston and Wood 2000, Kyngäs et al 2000). In rural and remote areas in Australia, asthma management practices have been shown to be poorer and mortality rates from asthma are considerably higher compared to metropolitan areas (AIHW ACAM 2005, AIHW 2006). Limited access and chronic shortages of specialist services in rural areas are shifting the burden more and more towards the primary sector (AIHW 2006). It becomes paramount that people with asthma in rural settings become involved in self-management of their asthma and that community based health care providers be more proactive in facilitating these self-management behaviours by appropriate education and counselling. Health promotion activities, which are a broad range of activities including health education, have been acknowledged as having the potential to improve the health status of rural populations (National Rural Health Alliance 2002). Community pharmacy settings have been shown to be effective sites for the delivery of health promotion, screening and education programs (Anderson 2000, Elliott et al 2002, Cote et al 2003, Hourihan et al 2003, Watson et al 2003, Boyle et al 2004, Goode et al 2004, Paluck et al 2004, Sunderland et al 2004, Chambers et al 2005, Saini et al 2006). In the case of asthma, outreach programs have been shown to have beneficial effects in terms of reducing hospital admissions and emergency visits and improved asthma outcomes (Greineder et al 1995, Stout et al 1998, Kelly et al 2000, Legorreta et al 2000, Lin et al 2004). We proposed to extend the role of the community pharmacist beyond the traditional realm of the “pharmacy” into the community in rural Australia with the first asthma outreach programs designed for community pharmacy. The outreach programs were designed to include two health promotion strategies, the first targeting adolescents in high schools and the second targeting the general community. The project aimed firstly, to assess the feasibility of using community pharmacists to deliver two asthma outreach programs, one targeting adolescents and one for the wider community in a rural area and secondly, to assess the programs’ impact on adolescent asthma knowledge and requests for information at the community pharmacy. Excerpt Chapter 3 - Patient education is one of the six critical elements to successful long-term asthma management included in international and national asthma management guidelines, which have emphasised education as a process underpinning the understanding associated with appropriate medication use, the need for regular review, and self-management on the part of the person with asthma (Boulet et al 1999, National Asthma Council 2002, National Asthma Education and Prevention Program 2002, British Thoracic Society 2003, NHLBI/WHO 2005). The ongoing process of asthma education is considered necessary for helping people with asthma gain the knowledge, skills, confidence and motivation to control their own asthma. Since most health care professionals are key providers of asthma education, their knowledge of asthma and asthma management practices often needs to be updated through continuing education. This is to ensure that the education provided to the patient conforms to best practice guidelines. Moreover, health care professionals need to tailor this education to the patients’ needs and determine if the education provided results in an improvement in asthma knowledge. A review of the literature has revealed that a number of questionnaires have been developed that assess the asthma knowledge of parents of children with asthma (Parcel et al 1980, Fitzclarence and Henry 1990, Brook et al 1993, Moosa and Henley 1997, Ho et al 2003), adults with asthma (Wigal et al 1993, Allen and Jones 1998, Allen et al 2000, Bertolotti et al 2001), children with asthma (Parcel et al 1980, Wade et al 1997), or the general public (Grant et al 1999). However, the existing asthma knowledge questionnaires have several limitations. The only validated asthma knowledge questionnaire was developed in 1990 and hence, out of date with current asthma management guidelines (Fitzclarence and Henry 1990). The shortcomings of the other knowledge questionnaires relate to the lack of evidence of the validity (Wade et al 1997, Grant et al 1999, Bertolotti et al 2001), being outdated 81 with current concepts of asthma (Parcel et al 1980) or having been tested on small or inadequately characterised subject samples e.g. subject samples consisting of mainly middle class and well educated parents (Brook et al 1993, Wigal et al 1993, Moosa and Henley 1997, Allen and Jones 1998, Allen et al 2000, Ho et al 2003). Furthermore, most of the published asthma knowledge questionnaires have been designed to assess the asthma knowledge of the consumer (i.e. a lay person with asthma or a parent/carer of a person with asthma). There is no questionnaire specifically developed to assess the asthma knowledge of health care professionals, who are key providers of asthma education. It is hence important to have a reliable and validated instrument to be able to assess education needs and to measure the impact of training programs on asthma knowledge of health care professionals as well. An asthma knowledge questionnaire for health care professionals might also be used to gauge how successful dissemination and implementation of guidelines have been. Excerpt Chapter 4 - Asthma self-management education for adults that includes information about asthma and self-management, self-monitoring, a written action plan and regular medical review has been shown to be effective in improving asthma outcomes (Gibson et al 1999). These interventions have been delivered mostly in a hospital setting and have utilised individual and/or group formats. Fewer interventions have been delivered in a primary care setting, usually by qualified practice nurses and/or general practitioners or asthma educators and, to date, their success has not been established (Fay et al 2002, Gibson et al 2003). Community pharmacy provides a strategic venue for the provision of patient education about asthma. Traditionally, patient education provided by community pharmacists has been individualised. However, group education has been shown to be as effective as individualised education with the added benefits of being simpler, more cost effective and better received by patients and educators (Wilson et al 1993, Wilson 1997). While small group education has been shown to improve asthma outcomes (Snyder et al 1987, Bailey et al 1990, Wilson et al 1993, Yoon et al 1993, Allen et al 1995, Kotses et al 1995, Berg et al 1997, de Oliveira et al 1999, Marabini et al 2002), to date, no small-group asthma education provided by pharmacists in the community pharmacy setting has been implemented and evaluated.

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Kritikos, Vicky. "INNOVATIVE ASTHMA MANAGEMENT BY COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS IN AUSTRALIA." University of Sydney, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2064.

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Doctor of Philosophy
Excerpt Chapter 2 - A review of the literature has revealed that asthma management practices in the Australian community are currently suboptimal resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. In adolescent asthma there are added challenges, with problems of self-image, denial and non-adherence to therapy where self-management skills assume a greater importance (Forero et al 1996, Price 1996, Brook and Tepper 1997, Buston and Wood 2000, Kyngäs et al 2000). In rural and remote areas in Australia, asthma management practices have been shown to be poorer and mortality rates from asthma are considerably higher compared to metropolitan areas (AIHW ACAM 2005, AIHW 2006). Limited access and chronic shortages of specialist services in rural areas are shifting the burden more and more towards the primary sector (AIHW 2006). It becomes paramount that people with asthma in rural settings become involved in self-management of their asthma and that community based health care providers be more proactive in facilitating these self-management behaviours by appropriate education and counselling. Health promotion activities, which are a broad range of activities including health education, have been acknowledged as having the potential to improve the health status of rural populations (National Rural Health Alliance 2002). Community pharmacy settings have been shown to be effective sites for the delivery of health promotion, screening and education programs (Anderson 2000, Elliott et al 2002, Cote et al 2003, Hourihan et al 2003, Watson et al 2003, Boyle et al 2004, Goode et al 2004, Paluck et al 2004, Sunderland et al 2004, Chambers et al 2005, Saini et al 2006). In the case of asthma, outreach programs have been shown to have beneficial effects in terms of reducing hospital admissions and emergency visits and improved asthma outcomes (Greineder et al 1995, Stout et al 1998, Kelly et al 2000, Legorreta et al 2000, Lin et al 2004). We proposed to extend the role of the community pharmacist beyond the traditional realm of the “pharmacy” into the community in rural Australia with the first asthma outreach programs designed for community pharmacy. The outreach programs were designed to include two health promotion strategies, the first targeting adolescents in high schools and the second targeting the general community. The project aimed firstly, to assess the feasibility of using community pharmacists to deliver two asthma outreach programs, one targeting adolescents and one for the wider community in a rural area and secondly, to assess the programs’ impact on adolescent asthma knowledge and requests for information at the community pharmacy. Excerpt Chapter 3 - Patient education is one of the six critical elements to successful long-term asthma management included in international and national asthma management guidelines, which have emphasised education as a process underpinning the understanding associated with appropriate medication use, the need for regular review, and self-management on the part of the person with asthma (Boulet et al 1999, National Asthma Council 2002, National Asthma Education and Prevention Program 2002, British Thoracic Society 2003, NHLBI/WHO 2005). The ongoing process of asthma education is considered necessary for helping people with asthma gain the knowledge, skills, confidence and motivation to control their own asthma. Since most health care professionals are key providers of asthma education, their knowledge of asthma and asthma management practices often needs to be updated through continuing education. This is to ensure that the education provided to the patient conforms to best practice guidelines. Moreover, health care professionals need to tailor this education to the patients’ needs and determine if the education provided results in an improvement in asthma knowledge. A review of the literature has revealed that a number of questionnaires have been developed that assess the asthma knowledge of parents of children with asthma (Parcel et al 1980, Fitzclarence and Henry 1990, Brook et al 1993, Moosa and Henley 1997, Ho et al 2003), adults with asthma (Wigal et al 1993, Allen and Jones 1998, Allen et al 2000, Bertolotti et al 2001), children with asthma (Parcel et al 1980, Wade et al 1997), or the general public (Grant et al 1999). However, the existing asthma knowledge questionnaires have several limitations. The only validated asthma knowledge questionnaire was developed in 1990 and hence, out of date with current asthma management guidelines (Fitzclarence and Henry 1990). The shortcomings of the other knowledge questionnaires relate to the lack of evidence of the validity (Wade et al 1997, Grant et al 1999, Bertolotti et al 2001), being outdated 81 with current concepts of asthma (Parcel et al 1980) or having been tested on small or inadequately characterised subject samples e.g. subject samples consisting of mainly middle class and well educated parents (Brook et al 1993, Wigal et al 1993, Moosa and Henley 1997, Allen and Jones 1998, Allen et al 2000, Ho et al 2003). Furthermore, most of the published asthma knowledge questionnaires have been designed to assess the asthma knowledge of the consumer (i.e. a lay person with asthma or a parent/carer of a person with asthma). There is no questionnaire specifically developed to assess the asthma knowledge of health care professionals, who are key providers of asthma education. It is hence important to have a reliable and validated instrument to be able to assess education needs and to measure the impact of training programs on asthma knowledge of health care professionals as well. An asthma knowledge questionnaire for health care professionals might also be used to gauge how successful dissemination and implementation of guidelines have been. Excerpt Chapter 4 - Asthma self-management education for adults that includes information about asthma and self-management, self-monitoring, a written action plan and regular medical review has been shown to be effective in improving asthma outcomes (Gibson et al 1999). These interventions have been delivered mostly in a hospital setting and have utilised individual and/or group formats. Fewer interventions have been delivered in a primary care setting, usually by qualified practice nurses and/or general practitioners or asthma educators and, to date, their success has not been established (Fay et al 2002, Gibson et al 2003). Community pharmacy provides a strategic venue for the provision of patient education about asthma. Traditionally, patient education provided by community pharmacists has been individualised. However, group education has been shown to be as effective as individualised education with the added benefits of being simpler, more cost effective and better received by patients and educators (Wilson et al 1993, Wilson 1997). While small group education has been shown to improve asthma outcomes (Snyder et al 1987, Bailey et al 1990, Wilson et al 1993, Yoon et al 1993, Allen et al 1995, Kotses et al 1995, Berg et al 1997, de Oliveira et al 1999, Marabini et al 2002), to date, no small-group asthma education provided by pharmacists in the community pharmacy setting has been implemented and evaluated.

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Brooker, Edward. "In Search of Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Australian Outdoor Hospitality Parks Sector." Thesis, Griffith University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365699.

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Innovation has been lauded as a key ingredient in business success, and while several studies have examined the role of innovation in manufacturing and technology, fewer studies have explored its role in tourism., and even less in the caravan park industry. The notion of innovation has undergone a semantic stretch, to the point where it is tossed into many contexts as a strategic action step. The term is derived from Latin meaning "to introduce something new to the existing realm and order of things", and can be applied to products, services, processes, organization, and marketing. Much of the literature refers to innovation as being either incremental or radical, with the latter particularly referenced with technology. Ultimately, most innovations are improvements to what is already in place, designed to act as a point of differentiation, targeting primarily existing markets, and to a lesser extent, new markets.
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Dussart, Francoise. "Warlpiri women's yawulyu ceremonies : a forum for socialization and innovation." Phd thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/112716.

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This thesis examines the ritual life of Warlpiri women in the Central Desert community of Yuendumu. Though there is now a growing literature on the ritual life of Aboriginal women, these works present generalized accounts of women as a category in their ritual activity which obscures the social dynamics and processes that are central to women's religious life. I argue that a fuller understanding of women's ritual life in Warlpiri society in particular and of Aboriginal women's lives more generally is dependent on seeing women as individual social actors. The thesis therefore concentrates on the activities and motivations of individual women in the most common form of women's ceremony at Yuendumu, the yawulyu. The analysis provides access to the complex issues of power and competition among Aboriginal women, and goes a long way to defining the role of women in the ritual life of the community at large. The introductory chapter reviews the literature on women and their religious lives. Chapter two provides an overview of the main Warlpiri religious concepts, in particular of the principal features of the Dreaming and its manifestations and the formal aspects of women's rights and duties that fulfil in the ritual domain. The third chapter describes women's life cycle in terms of their ritual career and argues that women continue their role as nurturers beyond the end of their reproductive life by redirecting their energies into ritual activities. Chapter four examines the acquisition and transmission of knowledge. Chapter five defines the ritual domain of yawulyu, and distinguishes this ceremony from others performed by women. The sixth chapter provides a detailed case study of the organization and performance of yawulyu ceremonies. And chapter seven describes the integration of 'new' Dreams and dances into an existing ceremony. I conclude by recapitulating some of the major points made in the thesis and by making some suggestions concerning the future of Warlpiri women's acquisition of status and prestige in the social and ritual spheres.

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De, Leon Maverick. "Location, Location, Innovation: The Impact of Local Environmental Factors on Regional Innovation in Australia." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/108119.

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Abstract This paper investigates the determinants of innovation among Australian regions, focusing on the spatial dimension of innovation and innovative-related activities in creating spillover effects. Through `exploratory' and `confirmatory' spatial data analysis we find evidence that innovation activity is spatially dependent, and that there is evidence of spatial clustering of highly innovative regions. Applying spatial econometric techniques, we estimate a Spatial (panel) Durbin Model to control for spatial autocorrelation to analyse the driving forces of innovation throughout regions. We find that the number of university campuses within a region along with university research has a significant and positive effect on local levels of innovation. In terms of spillover effects, we find that population density creates a negative indirect effect; where neighbouring region's population density adversely impacts innovation levels.
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Basri, Ester. "Technological collaboration and the innovation activities of Australian firms." Phd thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151523.

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Taylor, Luke. "'The same but different' : social reproduction and innovation in the art of the Kunwinjku of western Arnhem Land." Phd thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/132451.

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This thesis presents an analysis of the artistic systern of the Kunwinjku of western Arnhen1 Land, Australia. The analysis focusses on the n1eanings encoded in Kunwinjku bark paintings and how the operation of the artistic system develops the sernantic productivity of paintings. The theoretical basis of this analysis is semiological in the n1anner outlined by Saussure. The thesis begins with a historical analysis of the development of the market for K unwinjku paintings. I argue that the production of bark paintings for sale has largely replaced the traditional contexts of secular painting and also some forms of ceremonial painting. I show how bark painting now has a very in1portant role in the transmission of culturally constituted sets of rneanings between generations of Kunwinjku. After this general introduction, the analysis shifts to the way that bark paintings are integrated with the Kunwinjku social systen1. I consider the dynamics of the way Kunwinjku men compete to acquire knowledge of Ancestral subjects, and how paintings are used as a public display of the knowledgeable status of individual artists. I show how the acquisition of knowledge is organised in respect of the ceremonial systen1 and how paintings used in ceren1ony are an important means by which such knowledge is comn1unicated. The analysis of the rneanings encoded in ceremonial paintings provides th~ introductory background for a rnore detailed exarnination of the way bark paintings encode both rnundane and 111ore esoteric ceren1onial references. The 111ain body of the thesis identifies different types of Kunwinjku bark paintings and the specific way n1eaning is encoded in each type. It begins with paintings that Kunwinjka consider to be naturalistic representations. This analysis distinguishes the variety of ways that Kunwinjku see components of the outline form of their figures to be iconically motivated. The succeeding chapter investigates the way that paintings which show more an1biguous figurative forms depict the transformational characteristics of the Ancestral Beings. The innovative potential of such paintings is discussed. The next chapter shows how the composition of the figurative forms of some bark paintings can be n1odified to resernble the composition of ceremonial paintings as a means of incorporating more esoteric references in the work. The final chapter of this analysis reveals how different types of x-ray infill of figurative motifs associates the figures with distinct reahns of 1neaning. Different paintings can refer to the reahns of food division, the nature of death. social grouping or the organisation of landscape. I describe the way that. senior K unwinjku artists 1nay develop new types of x-ray infill i.o create new n1ean1ngs. In the conclusion I consider the way Kunwinjku are progressively socialised to understand the n1eanings of different types of paintings , and how the artistic systen1 is organised to create the se111antic productivity of paintings. I show that Kunwinjku not. only learn t.he 1neanings of different paintings , but also learn to abstract stuctures that organise their understanding of the relationships between paintings. By showing how the artistic systen1 works to condense many reahns of Kunwinjku experience of the world I show how this sytem is involved in the n1aintenance of the continued coherence and vitality of K unwinjku belief. I relate innovation in K unwinjku art to the sen1antic productivity developed within the system.

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