Dr Johanna Macneil

Work Phone	(02) 4921 6471
Email	Johanna.Macneil@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Senior Lecturer Newcastle Business School The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office	UNH3.08, University House

Biography

Dr Johanna Macneil joined the University in 2007, returning to academia after several years as senior consultant in workplace relations and organisation design. She has built a strong national reputation on issues related to building collaborative workplace relations.

Johanna is an outstanding educator. She has been a leader in implementing problem-based learning in professional education in the Faculty of Business and Law, and has received University and national teaching awards. She acted as Program Convenor for the Masters program in Human Resource Management from 2007-2010, a role to which she returned in 2013. She was awarded a University Career Enhancement Fellowship in 2011.

She was formerly a senior consultant for Corrs Schneider (later Schneider (Australia) Consulting) (1999-2006); a Senior Lecturer in Management and Executive Director of the Centre for Change Management at Deakin University (1996-1998); and a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University's National Key Centre in Industrial Relations (1992-95).

Qualifications

PhD, University of Melbourne, 2005
Master of Business Administration, University of Melbourne, 1992
Post Graduate Diploma (Educational Psychology), Monash University, 1987
Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne, 1986

Research

Research keywords

high performance work systems
interest-based bargaining
work redesign

Research expertise

In applied/workplace industrial relations issues; in theory and practice of change management; in theory of work design and worker participation

Collaboration

Johanna's primary research collaboration within the discipline of industrial/employment relations is with Mark Bray, Professor of Employment Studies at the University of Newcastle. She also works with Professor Nigel Haworth (Auckland University) and Professor Erling Rasmussen (Auckland University of Technology). Their shared interests are in on government and regulatory processes to promote effective co-operation.

Johanna is also working with Professor Allyson Holbrook and Professor Sid Bourke from Education on doctoral education.

Languages

English

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
150306	Industrial Relations	60
150305	Human Resources Management	40

Centres and Groups

Centre

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

Member - Industrial Relations Society of Australia

Learned Academy.

Member (Academy of Management)
Editor - Member, Executive Committee

Appointments

Book Review Editor Journal of Industrial Relations (Australia)	01/10/2010
Executive Member Association of industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) (Australia)	01/01/2012

Awards

Recognition.

2010	Australian Learning and Teaching council Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning ALTC (Australia) For successfully integrating problem-based learning into graduate Human Resource Management courses, thereby enhancing student engagement, professional knowledge, and an appreciation for plural perspectives.
2009	Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning The University of Newcastle (Australia) For successfully integrating problem-based learning into graduate and executive Human Resource Management courses, thereby enhancing student engagement, professional knowledge and an appreciation for plural perspectives.

Administrative

Administrative expertise

In convening programs; in management of large-scale research projects; in design and implementation of effective program/ course review processes; in policy design; in chartering/chairing committees

Teaching

Teaching keywords

human resource management
managing change
organisation theory
problem-based learning

Teaching expertise

In teaching graduate students, particularly with diverse life experiences/cultural backgrounds; in problem-based learning; in teaching both introductory and capstone courses; in course / curriculum design; in case teaching

The University of Newcastle, Australia