Dr Luke Faulkner

Luke Faulkner is a lecturer within the School of Management, City West Campus of the University of South Australia. He is also a sessional member of the academic staff within the School of Natural and Built Environments, City East Campus.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities he was responsible for the development and implementation of two specialist post-graduate Management programs: the Manufacturing Management and Automotive Dealership Management programs. Each of these is comprised of a Graduate Certificate, a Graduate Diploma and Masters Degree. The Manufacturing Management program was able to be developed and implemented because of the sponsorship provided by the Foundation for Manufacturing Education (FAME), a unit of Australian Business Limited (formally called the New South Wales Chamber of Manufacturers). FAME has, as one of its core values, the formulation of manufacturing focused and management-specific tertiary programs designed to assist the Australian manufacturing sector compete in an ever-globalising business environment. The Automotive Dealership Management programs also received industry support in the developmental stage. This was provided primarily by the Automotive Exhibitors Association of South Australia with the Motor Trades Association advertising the program widely throughout it extensive membership network.

Luke is also the Program Director for the Bachelor of Management (Human Resource Management) and is responsible for the personal supervision of a number of under-graduate and post-graduate students undertaking industry-based projects as part of their assessment within different programs.

Finally, in conjunction with Dr. Manjit Monga, Luke is the Course Coordinator for 'Introduction to Management', a Division of Business core course. This course has an average annual enrolment of approximately 1880 students and is offered at the City West and Mawson Lakes campuses of the University of South Australia as well as within partner insitutions in South Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and, in 2008, Hong Kong. Introduction to Management has been designed to provide foundation studies in the discipline of Management and expose students to the broad array of issues that practicing managers face on a regular basis.

• Industrial Relations
• Human Resources Management
• Management
• Organisational Design
• Supervision of students undertaking project-based studies at either undergraduate or post-graduate levels.

Member of the Industrial Relations Society of Australia (South Australian Branch).

Member of the International Employment Relations Association

Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Psychology and Political Science), Flinders University of South Australia.

Graduate Diploma in Social Science (majoring in Psychology and Political Science), Flinders University of South Australia.

Associate Diploma in Labour Studies (majoring in Industrial Relations), University of Adelaide.

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (majoring in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management), University of South Australia.

Master's Degree in Policy and Administration (majoring in Management), Flinders University of South Australia.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business & Management (Australian Industrial Relations), University of South Australia.

• Luke's PhD explored the relative effectivness of centralised, industry-based and enterprise bargaining in an attempt to ascertain which model of industrial relations best contributes to organisational efficiency, flexibility and productivity.

Faulkner, L. M. 2007, ‘When did unions become the bad guys?’ in Online Opinion. Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate. Posted on 3rd October. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6446

Faulkner, L. M. 2006, ‘Flexibility leads to productivity…Really?’ in J. Lind (ed.), The Varieties of Employment Relations, Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Employment Relations Association (IERA) Conference, Aalborg University, Denmark, 26-29 June 2005, pp 11-37.

Faulkner, L. M. 2005, ‘A study of the relative effectiveness of centralised, industry level and enterprise based industrial on flexibility and productivity,’ in K. Spooner, S. Bond, D. Mortimer & C. Innes (eds.), Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association (IERA), Singapore, July 5-8, vol. 1, 209-220.

Faulkner, L. M. 2000a, ‘A study of the relative effectiveness of centralised, industry level and enterprise based industrial on flexibility and productivity,’ in K. Spooner, S. Bond, D. Mortimer & C. Innes (eds.), Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association (IERA), Singapore, July 5-8, vol. 1, 209-220.

Faulkner, L. M. 2000b, ‘Working in teams: A study of the relative effectiveness of centralised, industry-level and enterprise-based industrial relations – do IR really influence ER?’ in R. Park, R. Harris & E. Collins (eds.), Teamworking: Some International Perspectives, Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work, University of South Australia, Adelaide, pp.47-60.

Faulkner, L. M. 1997, ‘A study of the effectiveness of centralised, industry level and enterprise based industrial relations in the Australian automotive component products manufacturing industry: The Accord – which bits worked best?’ in K. Spooner & S. Wright (eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association (IERA), University of Technology, Sydney, July 16-18, pp.219-234.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Management

• Contemporary Australian Industrial Relations
• Organisational Design
• Human Resources Management