University of New South Wales

News & Analysis

management and university of new south wales - All News and Analysis

• Identifying Key Risks In Construction Projects: Life Cycle And Stakeholder Perspectives

  BNET - 2006-02-23

  Managing risks in construction projects has been recognised as a very important management process in order to achieve the project objectives in terms of time, cost, quality, safety and environmental sustainability. However, until now most research has focused on some aspects of construction risk management rather than using a systematic...

  Tags: Risk, University Of New South Wales, Construction Project, Strategy, Security, Management

• Key Factors In e-Government Information System Security

  BNET - 2005-06-06

  This paper investigates the key drivers and key inhibitors from an Information System IS Security and Business Continuity Management BCM perspective. The research was conducted using a forum with personnel from nine government agencies with follow-up interviews with personnel from a further few agencies. The paper identifies key issues across...

  Tags: Information System, Agency, University Of New South Wales, Business Continuity, E-government, It Services, Strategy, Government, Management

• Style Drift in Private Equity

  BNET - 2004-12-06

  This paper introduces the concept of style drift to private equity investment. This paper presents theory and evidence pertaining to style drifts in terms of a fund's stated focus on particular stages of entrepreneurial development. This paper presents a model that derives conditions under which style drifts are less likely...

  Tags: Private Equity, Fund, University Of New South Wales, Drift, Investment, Entrepreneurship, Financial Services, Finance, Management

• Decision Support Through Knowledge Management: An Empirical Examination Of Two Strategies

  BNET - 2004-06-07

  This paper reports the results of an empirical examination of the effectiveness of two knowledge management strategies codification and personalisation in improving decision making performance in a simulated forecasting task. Codification was manipulated with and without a procedural knowledge map, and personalisation in terms of an interactive and non-interactive decision...

  Tags: Knowledge, University Of New South Wales, Decision Support, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Data Management

• Insurance and Asset Pricing in Incomplete Markets With Heavy Tailed Risks

  BNET - 2004-05-18

  A model for pricing risks in incomplete markets using prices for traded assets and allowing for heavy tailed risks is developed. The approach used is based on an approximation that collapses to the CAPM for multi normal portfolios. The pricing result is derived as an approximation using elliptical distributions and...

  Tags: Asset, Risk, Asset Pricing, University Of New South Wales, Pricing Strategy, Asset Management, Pricing, Insurance, Marketing Research, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing, Corporate Insurance, Management

• On Tail Conditional Variance and Tail Covariances

  BNET - 2004-03-28

  This paper examines the tail conditional variance of a risk X defined to be the variability of the risk along its right tail and tail covariance of two risks X1 and X2 defined to explain the linear dependency of the risks along their right tails, and study their potential use...

  Tags: Risk, Variance, University Of New South Wales, Strategy, Security, Management

• National Emissions Trading: Key Design Issues and Complementary Policies for Promoting Energy Efficiency, Infrastructure Investment and Innovation

  BNET - 2003-10-22

  This white paper article discusses some of the possible limitations with emissions trading, and the potential for appropriate scheme design choices and complementary policy measures to compensate for these. It reveals the key design questions for emissions trading schemes include coverage and permit allocation. In particular, the challenges faced by...

  Tags: Innovation, Energy Efficiency, University Of New South Wales, Emission, Investment, Infrastructure Investment, Strategy, Management

• Leadership Applications - Organizational Effectiveness

  BNET - 2003-04-14

  This paper focuses firstly on the ideas put forward in Behavioural Complexity Theory to account for leadership behaviours that meet the challenges posed by turbulent environments. The theory amplifies the behaviours and processes required for leading dynamic systems that are evident in military organisations by examining the cognitive and social...

  Tags: University Of New South Wales, Leadership, Management

• Building a Knowledge-Based Strategy: A System Dynamics Model for Allocating Value Adding Capacity

  BNET - 2002-06-20

  This paper reports on a project which integrates the pioneering work on 'intangible assets' with system dynamics based human capital modeling undertaken for the Australian Federal Public Service by the UNSW Centre for Business Dynamics. The project aims to create a dynamic 'management flight simulator' which helps managers understand better...

  Tags: Knowledge, University Of New South Wales, Human Capital, Research & Development, Organizational Structure, Asset Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Operational Planning, Management