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Mr Richard McGrath

Position: Research Assistant CERMPI
Division/Portfolio: Division of Business
School/Unit: School of Management
Campus: Mawson Lakes Campus

Position: Marker
Division/Portfolio: Division of Business
School/Unit: School of Management
Campus: Mawson Lakes Campus

Position: Offshore Academic
Division/Portfolio: Division of Business
School/Unit: School of Management
Campus: Offshore

Position: Tutor
Division/Portfolio: Division of Business
School/Unit: School of Management
Campus: City West Campus

Position: Tutor
Division/Portfolio: Division of Health Sciences
School/Unit: School of Health Sciences
Campus: City East Campus

Office: P2-12
Telephone: +61 8 830 23344
Fax: +61 8 830 25255
Email: Richard_dot_McGrath_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Richard.McGrath



CERM Performance Indicators Project

Parks and Leisure Australia

UniSA United Nations Society


I teach the following courses

COMM 1054Managing Communication in Business
HLTH 2009Sociology of Health and Physical Activity
HLTH 2013Health Risks and Relationship Education


Professional associations

Parks an Leisure Australia (SA Regional Council member)


Qualifications

2005 B.App.Sc. (Recreation Planning and Management)(Honours), University of South Australia


Research publications

Young, J., McGrath, R. & Filiault, S. 2009, Book Review: Linda Dale Bloomberg & Marie F. Volpe (2008). Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Roadmap From Beginning to End, FQS (Forum: Qualitative Social Research), Vol.10, no.3.

McGrath, R. 2009, A Discourse Analysis of Australian Local Government Recreation and Sport Plans Provision For People with Disabilities, Public Management Review, Vol.11, no.4, pp.477-497

McGrath, R. 2009, A critical discourse analysis of Australian local government recreation and sport plans’ provision for people with disabilities, Paper presented at the 13th Annual International Research Society of Public Management, Copenhagen, Denmark

McGrath, R. 2008, What do they say they are doing? Thematic analysis of local government Disability Action Plans, Annals of Leisure Research, Vol.11, no.1&2

Howat, G., Crilley, G. & McGrath, R. 2008, A focused service quality, benefits, overall satisfaction and loyalty model for public aquatic centres, Managing Leisure, Vol.13, July-October

McGrath, R. 2008, What do they say they are doing: Thematic analysis of Local Government Disability Action Plans, Paper presented at the ANZALS Conference, Melbourne

McGrath, R. 2006, Participation pathways, Paralympians and the Olympic Games, Paper presented at the 13th Commonwealth International Sports Conference, Melbourne

McGrath, R. 2006, Using a mixed method approach to explore the inclusion of athletes with disabilities into the Olympic Games, Paper presented at the Melbourne International Sports Conference, Melbourne

McGrath, R. 2005, Extending the continuum: Paralympians’ views and abilities, Paper presented at the ANZALS Conference, Tauranga, NZ

McGrath, R. 2004, "Can I go": Paralympians and the Olympic Games, Paper presented at the World Leisure Conference, Brisbane

McGrath, R. & Crilley, G. 2004, Collaborative evaluation: Examining a partnership between UniSA and Minda Incorporated, Paper presented at the Australasian Evaluation Society Conference, Adelaide


Community Service

Organisation Name:   UniSA United Nations Society
Organisation URL:   http://www.unsociety.unisa.edu.au/
Level of involvement:   Secretary
Year from:   2007

Organisation Name:   School of Management Postgraduate Scholars' Association
Organisation URL:   http://www.unisa.edu.au/management/psa/psa.asp
Year from:   2009

Organisation Name:   Salisbury Active Community Network
Type of Organisation:   Community organisation
Level of involvement:   Committee member (Chairperson 2001/02)
Year from:   1999
Year to:   2002

Organisation Name:   Ingle Farm Little Athletics Centre
Type of Organisation:   Community organisation
Level of involvement:   President
Year from:   1995
Year to:   2000




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