Associate Professor
Phone: 07 3138 4108
Fax: 07 3138 1529
E-mail: p.davidson@qut.edu.au
Room: 312, Level 3, A Block, GP
Career Summary
Dr Paul Davidson is a management specialist with over 25 years university teaching experience and 100 academic publications including a major textbook in management. He has studied and taught at several universities including the University of Queensland, University of Birmingham, University of Geneva, University of Otago, Stanford University, Southern Cross University, and Queensland University of Technology. In between academic appointments, he has been CEO of a company with 650 employees. At QUT since 1991, he has a number of achievements, including the development and delivery of courses for BGSB's high profile corporate organisations. Dr Davidson has received a number of awards for his teaching and academic publishing. He is a Councillor (1994-) and more recently President (2000-) of the Australian Human Resource Institute (Queensland).
In academic administration, he serves the BGSB as Subject Area Coordinator for Management, HRM and Organisational Behaviour, and manages the School's program for Defence Force students.
Professional Affiliations
Fellow of the Australian Human Resource Institute
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management
Member of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
Member of the Academy of Management
Research Interests
- The development of management competencies
- International Human Resource Management
Research Profile
Recent Publications
Davidson, P. and Griffin, R. W. (2006). Management: An Australasian Perspective, 3rd edn., John Wiley & Sons, Brisbane.
Davidson, P. (2004). The MBA: Managing Business Assets of'Mediocre But Arrogant'? Global Study Magazine, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 47.
Davidson, P. (2003), "Management Competence in a Small Business: Lessons from the Royal Australian Navy" in Proceedings of the 48th World Conference of the International Council for Small Business, Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 15-18.
Davidson, P. (2003), "Teaching and Learning IHRM: A Model for Practice" in Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on International Human Resource Management, Limerick, Ireland, 4-6 June, pp. 47-48.
Davidson, P. and Griffin, R. (2003). Management: Australia in a Global Context. (2nd Edition), John Wiley & Sons, Brisbane.
Davidson, P. (2003), "Tomando tiempo en Australia (Time management in Australia)" in Conocimiento & Dirección (Publicación para la Gestión el Capital Humano), ISSN: 1515-503X, pp. 68-72.
Recent Presentations
HRM as an agent of responsible disturbance. Paper presented to the Australian Human Resource Institute Queensland State Conference, Gold Coast, 25-29 August 2003.
Accountability and relationship building: How much is a student worth? Invited paper to the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee Seminar, Melbourne, 31 October 2003.
Knowledge management across cultures. Refereed paper present to the Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans, USA, August 2004 (with Tracy Stanley).
Being strategic every day. Paper presented to the Australian Human Resource Institute Queensland State Conference, Cairns, 17 August 2004.
New directions in HRM. Invited paper present to the HRM Department Education Queensland Conference, Brisbane, 23 August 2004.