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Dr Murray Olliver

Position: Program Director Dr Murray Olliver
Division/Portfolio: Division of Business
School/Unit: School of Management
Campus: City West Campus
Office: EM4-25
Telephone: +61 8 830 20538
Fax: +61 8 830 20512
Email: Murray_dot_Olliver_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Murray.Olliver


Formerly Senior Deputy Public Trustee for the State Government, Murray has developed major strategic business activities in both the private and public sectors. A graduate of the prestigious Australian Administrative Staff College, Mt. Eliza, he joined the IGSM in 1996 to teach strategy orientated courses, and to provide additional management and leadership for the school's programs. Murray previously directed the MBA programs, the Master of Management suite of specialisation Programs and the Double Master of Business Programs. He has a leading role in the development of courses and was Discipline Leader for Management and Leadership which includes the Contemporary Management Perspectives course in the MBA. His current research centres on the interaction between MBA programs and the competencies of global leaders. He is Director of the ICFAI (India)/UniSA Double masters program. He teaches Strategic Concepts in the post-graduate Programs and Strategic Management as a capstone undergraduate course. In 2006 he received a "Supported Teacher Award for recognition of high performance in teaching as determined by the 2005 Student Evaluation of Teaching data" and was nominated in the 2008 Australian of the Year Awards.


Teaching interests

  • Strategic leadership and management
  • Strategic Concepts
  • Contemporary Management Perspectives

I teach the following courses

BUSS 3023Strategic Management
BUSS 5244Contemporary Management Skills
BUSS 5074Strategic Concepts
BUSS 5115Strategic Thinking in an Organisational Context LCB
(This course is not currently being taught)
BUSS 5072Strategic Leadership and Management
(This course is not currently being taught)
BUSS 5282Business Experience Project for Hospitality Managers LCB
(This course is not currently being taught)


Professional associations

Institute of Public Administration Australia


Qualifications

Doctor of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

Fellow of the Executor and Trustee Institute


Research interests

  • Global leadership and post-graduate teaching and learning.

Expertise for Media Contact

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

Discipline: Management

  • Systems Thinking - Holistic Views
  • Strategic Management




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