Qualifications
Fellow
• Australian Institute of
Management (FAIM) (2005)
Certified Professional
• Australian Human Resources
Institute (CAHRI) (2005)
MCom(HRM)(Hons)
CSturt
Master
of Commerce (Human Resource Management) (Honours)
Subjects included:
Research Methods/Project | Advanced Research Methods
Thesis:
The Applicability of High Commitment Management Within A Hospital Context:
Evidence From a Private Hospital in a Regional City in Australia.
Research Supervisors: Dr Robert Macklin and Professor Alan Fish
Examiners: Dr Pamela Mathews, School of Commerce, Charles Sturt University
Dr Julie Cogin, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New
South Wales
Recommendation that the degree be awarded without further assessment – 30 May
2006
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• Charles Sturt University
(2000-2006)
MHRM CSturt
Master of Human Resource Management (1999)
Subjects included:
Labour Market Studies | Law of Employment | Work Organisation | The Training
Environment | Industrial Relations Systems and Issues | Management of Change |
Strategic Human Resource Management | Industrial Relations Practice
▪ Charles Sturt University
GradCertHRM CSturt
Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management (1997)
Subjects included:
Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations | Theory and Practice
Modern Management | Applied Personnel Management | Advanced Studies in
Industrial Relations
• Charles Sturt University
DipHR Monash/AHRI
Diploma in Human Resources (1995)
Subjects included:
Management Theory and Functions | Human Resource Management | Industrial
Relations | Training and Development
• Monash University /
Australian Human Resources Institute
ADipBus TNQT
Associate Diploma of Business (1989)
• Tropical North Queensland
Institute of TAFE

Research Papers
The Applicability of High Commitment Management within a Hospital Context:
Evidence From a Private Hospital in a Regional City in Australia. MCom(Hons) thesis, 2006

Research Interests
- High Commitment Work Systems
- High Commitment Management within the hospital and healthcare sectors
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- The history of organisational thought, particularly institutionalism and the
thought of F.W. Taylor, Mary Parker Follett, and Henry. S. Dennison
- The historiography of scientific management and the Human Relations "School"
of management
- Critical organisational theory and discourse
- Activist management, particularly in the post-Fordist era
- Postmodernism

Awards
• Recipient of the Golden Key
International Honour Society, in recognition of outstanding scholastic
achievement and excellence (2004).
Overview: The Golden Key International Society Award provides
academic recognition to high-performing students with membership being offered
by invitation only and is based purely on academic merit. Membership is
therefore limited to the top 15% of bachelor degree students, from all
disciplines, with students having completed at least one year of undergraduate
studies.
The Golden Society chapters allow students to establish professional and
social contacts within the network of universities while also uniting students from
diverse faculties and programs to continue promoting altruistic activities.

Presentations
Marsh, R, M., (2001). The Applicability of High Commitment
Management Within a Hospital Context : Evidence From a Private Hospital in
Queensland. Research Proposal for MCom (Hons) submitted to the School of
Management, Charles Sturt University.
Marsh, R, M., (2001). The Applicability of High Commitment
Management Within a Hospital Context : Evidence From a Private Hospital in
Queensland. Research Proposal for MCom (Hons) submitted to the Centre for
Research and Graduate Training, Charles Sturt University.
Marsh, R, M., (2001). The Applicability of High Commitment
Management Within a Hospital Context : Evidence From a Private Hospital in
Queensland. Research Proposal for MCom(Hons) submitted to the Ethics in
Human Research Committee, Charles Sturt University.

Technologies
Statistical package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Windows 10
• MS Windows
• Outlook Express • Internet •
MS Excel

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