Leadership, Strategy and Culture

To support business and operational goals, it is essential to learn what information a human operator needs and when it is needed; the impact of high-stress environments to study memory, navigation and functioning; how decision makers rely on multiple information sources; and how bias or decision failures arise

Trust is grounded in emotional experience. Understanding the emotional basis of trust is key to not only building and maintaining it, but also repairing it when broken. A scientific approach in this domain yields deep insights into the nature of human behaviour.

Examining how interfirm cooperation leads to innovation and exploring the point at which trust becomes a liability.

Combining accounting rigour with expertise in work health and safety (WHS), performance measurement and governance to improve the measurement and reporting of WHS performance.

The Public Leadership Research Group (PLRG) embodies the commitment to the principles and practice of public leadership through teaching, research and global engagement. The PLRG hosts the ‘Howard Library’, an apolitical and non-partisan research initiative created to support the study of national affairs.

Research focused on the cognitive processes underlying judgement, choice and decision-making and the application of this knowledge to environmental, medical, financial and forensic contexts.