Ms Libby Hobson |
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| Position: | Program Director | |
| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Business | |
| School/Unit: | School of Management | |
| Campus: | City West Campus | |
| Office: | EM4-17 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 20240 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 20512 | |
| Email: | Libby_dot_Hobson_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Libby.Hobson | |
Currently I am the Program Director for the Bachelor of Management (Administrative Management) degree, both onshore and offshore, as well as the Course Coordinator for Desktop Publishing for Business which I teach onshore in Adelaide and have taught offshore in Hong Kong previously. I also team teach Administrative Systems Management in Hong Kong and am the new Course Coordinator for Pharmacy Management Essentials. I have held a range of positions within the School of Accounting and Information Systems and the School of Management including Program Director, Course Coordinator and Lecturer in various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. I originally worked as a Cartographer, (assisting in the conversion from manual to digitalised systems) and have held a range of positions both here and overseas including Planning Officer (Fareham Borough Council UK), Production Controller (Seraphic) and Business Manager (SPD Transport).
I teach the following courses
| PHAR 4014 | Pharmacy Management Essentials |
| INFS 2032 | Desktop Publishing for Business |
| BUSS 3056 | Administrative Systems Management |
Professional associations
International Society of the Learning Sciences
Qualifications
BBus
Research interests
- Business education
- Desktop Publishing
- Business documentation
- IS education across the disciplines
- University program quality
Research publications
Hobson, L & Joham, C (2006) 'Facilitating Group Learning in IT Higher Education', in Proceedings of the Information Resources Management Association International Conference, Idea Group Publishing, Washington DC, USA, pp. 565-566.
Hobson, L & Joham, C (2004) 'Can online enrolment systems survive the onslaught? - Reflection and experiences', in Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Web Based Communities 2004, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 520-524.
Hobson, L & Joham, C (2003) 'Problem based group learning in IT in higher education: Reflection and experiences', in Proceedings of the 2003 Informing Science and Information Technology Education Conference, Informing Science Institute, Pori, Finland, pp. 829-834. Accepted as a Best Paper and received a Best Paper award.
Joham, C & Hobson, L (2003) 'A Systemic Approach to IT Policy: A new perspective for developing countries', in Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems, Naples, Italy.
Metcalfe, M & Hobson, L (2001) ‘Concern solving not problem solving’, in Proceedings of the 12th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia, pp. 455-461.
Community Service
| Organisation Name: | Friends of Parks Inc |
| Section: | Friends of Cleland Conservation Park |
| Type of Organisation: | Community organisation |
| Level of involvement: | Member since 1991 |
| Comments: | Currently Editor of the FCCP newsletter. |
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