Dr Peter McClenaghan
Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
PhD (NE) Title: How Australian Vice-Chancellors do their jobs (A Role Theory Analysis)
Contact
| Email: | pmcclena@une.edu.au |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2688 (or +61 2 6773 2688 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3148 |
Areas of Teaching
Organisational Behaviour, Research Methods, Human Resource Management, and Executive Leadership.
Research interests
Role Enactment,Organisational Change,
Higher Education Management,
Leadership in Higher Education,
Strategic Leadership
Consultancy
Peter consults to industry in a range of HR, strategic leadership and management areas.
Peter delivers strategic leadership programs for the Australian Institute of Management and will present four of these in 2008.
His speciality areas are staff selection and recruitment; leadership; organisational role analysis; organisational learning; and motivation.
Other Activites
Former HR Manager within HR Division UNE. Former EEO Project Officer UNE.
Peter has been the Academic Mentor for Students In Free Enterprise at UNE. SIFE is an international organisation that encourages students to apply their academic learning through teaching business practices in their local and regional communities. SIFE UNE has been successful at National Competition winning many awards in the past 4 years. Peter was voted “Most Outstanding Mentor” winning the Woolworth's Leadership Trophy at the 2004 and 2007 National Competition in Melbourne and attended the SIFE World Cup in New York in October 2007.
Peter is a past member of the UNE Distinguished Alumni Committee; past Vice-President of The Armidale UNE Alumni Group; has been a past President of Sport UNE and is currently a member of the New England Award Committee, the UNE Workready Committee, and is a presenter in Vice-Chancellor's Student Leadership Program and the UNE Staff Leadership program in 2008, and the UNE Evaluations Review Working Party.
Publications
Refereed Conference Proceedings.
*Harrell, P, McClenaghan, P. Johnston, S, (2001). The role of action learning in facilitating project management skills development. Research and Development in Higher Education, 24, pp.32-41. HERDSA. (Refer Section 3.3).
Non Refereed Publications
McClenaghan, P. (2000). People management: Problems and realities. New England Perspectives. Journal of the Faculty of Economics, Business and Law, 4. UNE.
McClenaghan, P. (1999). The human factor in management. New England Perspectives. Journal of the Faculty of Economics, Business and Law, 3. UNE.
McClenaghan, P. (1999). Implementing a Human Resource Information System. Case Study (In) Dessler, G. Griffiths, J. Lloyd-Walker, B. & Williams, A. Human Resources Management, Prentice Hall: Sydney.
McClenaghan, P. (1998). Management issues for the late nineties: Human resources. New England Perspectives. Journal of the Faculty of Economics, Business and Law, 2. UNE.
Refereed Conference Papers
*McClenaghan, P. Truly, madly, deeply-personal, interpersonal, and organisational influences on how Australian Vice-Chancellors manage their internal heart land. International Human Resource Management Converence, 2007, Tallina, Estonia, June 12-15.
*McClenaghan, P. The Vice-Chancellor in Action - Managing Internal Stakeholder Relationships. EDU-COMM 2006 Nong Khai, Thailand Nov 22-24 2006.
*Harrell, P, Johnston, S, & McClenaghan, P. Enhancing project management skills for teaching development projects. HERDSA, University of Newcastle 8-11 July 2001.
*McClenaghan, P. University Leadership: New directions for role theory research. International Conference on Advances in Management – Colorado Springs, July 12-15, 2000 (Double Blind Reviewed).
*Harrell, P. & McClenaghan, P. Approaching leadership strategically: The key to making leadership theory relevant to the practicing manager. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference – Hobart, December 2-4, 1999 (Poster Paper).
*McClenaghan, P. The Vice-Chancellor as CEO: Corporate Manager, Transformational Leader or Academician? Transformation in Higher Education Conference – Auckland New Zealand, July 7-10, 1998. (Refer to Section 3.3).
Postgraduate Supervision
Currently co-supervising one Ph.d Student. Supervised one masters and one honours student
Supervises Honours & MM300 Students.