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Dexter Dunphy

Dexter Dunphy is Distinguished Professor, University of Technology, Sydney, a position he has held since 1 January, 2000.

Dexter's main research and consulting interests are in corporate sustainability, the management of organisational change and human resource management His research is published in over 80 articles and 22 books, including Beyond the Boundaries: Leading and Re-creating the Successful Enterprise (with Doug Stace), McGraw Hill, revised edition 2001, The Sustainable Corporation: Organisational Renewal in Australia (with Andrew Griffiths), Allen and Unwin, 1998; Sustainability: The Corporate Challenge of the 21st Century (co-edited with others), Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2000, Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability, (with A. Griffiths and S. Benn), Routledge, London, NY, 2003; In Great Company: Unlocking the Secrets of Cultural Change, Human Synergistics, Sydney, 2006; Corporate Governance and Sustainability: Challenges for Theory and Practice, (with Suzanne Benn), Routledge, London (in press).

Dexter has consulted to over 160 private and public sector organisations in Australia and abroad. His consulting includes advising on major organisational transitions, design of human resource strategies and implementing sustainability practices. He also has thirty years experience working with senior executives, managers and other professionals in enhancing their managerial skills through executive workshops, consulting and counseling/mentoring.

Dexter holds the degrees of BA(hons) M Ed(hons) and Dip Ed from Sydney University and PhD in Sociology from Harvard University. After receiving his PhD, he held the position of Assistant Professor there, teaching in both the Graduate School of Business and the Department of Social Relations. He returned to the University of New South Wales where he held successive positions as Senior Lecturer in Sociology (1967- 1969), Professor of Business Administration and Head, Department of Organisation Behaviour, Faculty of Commerce (1970-1982);. Professor of Management, Australian Graduate School of Management (1982-2000). He has also held visiting professorships at Harvard University USA, Keio University Japan, Shanghai First Medical College, PRC, the National University of Singapore and the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland.

He has been a recipient of a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, the University of New South Wales’ Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence and, on leaving the University of NSW in 2000, was appointed Professor Emeritus. In 1998 he was awarded the Australian Human Resources Institute’s Mike Pontifex Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Human Resources Profession and The Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management’s Distinguished Member Award for contributions to management research, scholarship, education and leadership. In 2001 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. He is a member of the Westpac Community Consultative Council and a Patron of the Global Sustainability Institute at RMIT. In 2003 he published his first book of poetry: Jaguar Heart: Poems (Wellington Lane Press, Sydney).

From 1990 to 1997 he was Director of the Centre for Corporate Change at the AGSM, one of twenty Special Research Centres funded by the Australian government. At UTS Dexter is directing the Corporate Sustainability Project and supporting sustainability initiatives within UTS and in a range of other organisations. In 2004 - 2005 he directed a collaborative research project undertaken with colleagues at UTS and Sydney University for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia examining the future for Pharmacy in Australia.



	Document Actions Dexter Dunphy Dexter Dunphy is Distinguished Professor, University of Technology, Sydney, a position he has held since 1 January, 2000. Dexter's main research and consulting interests are in corporate sustainability, the management of organisational change and human resource management His research is published in over 80 articles and 22 books, including Beyond the Boundaries: Leading and Re-creating the Successful Enterprise (with Doug Stace), McGraw Hill, revised edition 2001, The Sustainable Corporation: Organisational Renewal in Australia (with Andrew Griffiths), Allen and Unwin, 1998; Sustainability: The Corporate Challenge of the 21st Century (co-edited with others), Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2000, Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability, (with A. Griffiths and S. Benn), Routledge, London, NY, 2003; In Great Company: Unlocking the Secrets of Cultural Change, Human Synergistics, Sydney, 2006; Corporate Governance and Sustainability: Challenges for Theory and Practice, (with Suzanne Benn), Routledge, London (in press). Dexter has consulted to over 160 private and public sector organisations in Australia and abroad. His consulting includes advising on major organisational transitions, design of human resource strategies and implementing sustainability practices. He also has thirty years experience working with senior executives, managers and other professionals in enhancing their managerial skills through executive workshops, consulting and counseling/mentoring. Dexter holds the degrees of BA(hons) M Ed(hons) and Dip Ed from Sydney University and PhD in Sociology from Harvard University. After receiving his PhD, he held the position of Assistant Professor there, teaching in both the Graduate School of Business and the Department of Social Relations. He returned to the University of New South Wales where he held successive positions as Senior Lecturer in Sociology (1967- 1969), Professor of Business Administration and Head, Department of Organisation Behaviour, Faculty of Commerce (1970-1982);. Professor of Management, Australian Graduate School of Management (1982-2000). He has also held visiting professorships at Harvard University USA, Keio University Japan, Shanghai First Medical College, PRC, the National University of Singapore and the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland. He has been a recipient of a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, the University of New South Wales’ Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence and, on leaving the University of NSW in 2000, was appointed Professor Emeritus. In 1998 he was awarded the Australian Human Resources Institute’s Mike Pontifex Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Human Resources Profession and The Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management’s Distinguished Member Award for contributions to management research, scholarship, education and leadership. In 2001 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. He is a member of the Westpac Community Consultative Council and a Patron of the Global Sustainability Institute at RMIT. In 2003 he published his first book of poetry: Jaguar Heart: Poems (Wellington Lane Press, Sydney). From 1990 to 1997 he was Director of the Centre for Corporate Change at the AGSM, one of twenty Special Research Centres funded by the Australian government. At UTS Dexter is directing the Corporate Sustainability Project and supporting sustainability initiatives within UTS and in a range of other organisations. In 2004 - 2005 he directed a collaborative research project undertaken with colleagues at UTS and Sydney University for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia examining the future for Pharmacy in Australia.

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