Lecturer
Phone: (07) 3138 5082
Fax: (07) 3138 1313
E-mail: r.thompson@qut.edu.au
Room: 952, Level 9, Z Block, GP
Qualifications
PhD, Queensland University of Technology, Organisational Change, 2006
M App Psych, University of Queensland, Social and Organisational Change, 1989
BA (Hons), University of Queensland, Psychology and Asian History, 1978
Career Summary
Robert has been teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level in Management and Human Resource Management at QUT since 1989. His principle teaching areas have been management, organisational change & development, change project management, organisational behaviour and organisational theory.
Robert has worked in a variety of roles in both private and public sectors including a period in the Administration of Papua New Guinea, prior to that country gaining independence.
Robert's research addresses the relationship between managerial and organisational cognition and organisational change with a focus on the development of actionable knowledge.
Teaching Interests
- Social and organisational change
- Organisational behaviour
- Organisational theory
- Project management
Research Interests
- Social and organisational change
- Change leadership
- Managerial and organisational cognition
- Organisational learning