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Dr Judy Matthews

QUT Business School,
Management

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Name
Dr Judy Matthews
Position(s)
Senior Lecturer
QUT Business School,
Management
Discipline *
Business and Management, Design Practice and Management
Phone
+61 7 3138 1734
Fax
+61 7 3138 1313
Email
Location
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Qualifications

PhD (Queensland University of Technology)

Keywords

Business Model Innovation, Design Led Innovation, Design and Strategic Organisational Renewal, Design, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Exploration and Exploitation, Innovation, Innovation in SMEs, Knowledge Management and Innovation, Learning and Innovation, Problem Solving in Complex Environments

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Biography

Judy is a researcher, facilitator and educator, currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management in the QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology, actively engaged in research in design led innovation.
Until January 2007, she was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management, Marketing and International Business in the College of Business and Economics at the Australian National University and from 2002- 2005 was the Director of Master of Management Programs at the National Graduate School of Management at the Australian National University. In 2005-2006 she taught units in Organisational Behaviour and Knowledge Management to senior managers in China (through interpreters) in a Master of Management (Technology) program at Tsinghua University, Beijing. Judy works with individuals, groups and organisations to improve their understanding and practice of the leadership and management of people and organisations, and the issues, themes and processes that make a difference in managing the innovation and effective knowledge generation and implementation. Judy has worked with government agencies to identify barriers to innovation and developed some practical customised solutions to improve innovation. In 2004, Dr Matthews was a Visiting Scholar at the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom and the Innovation Policy Centre at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.
Research interests
  • Design Led Inovation
  • Innovation processes
  • Knowledge management
  • Innovation
  • Creativity, Design and Entrepreneurship
This information has been contributed by Dr Judy Matthews.

Teaching

Teaching Expertise                                                                                                                                                             Dr Judy Matthews enjoys initiating and developing graduate and corporate education in areas of Managing Innovation, Knowledge Management and Organisational Behaviour.  Judy  has delivered programs in Executive MBA, MBA and Master of Management Programs in these topic areas in Beijing, Canberra and Brisbane.  

Since 2008, Judy has developed new units for the Executive Masters in Complex Project Management (EMCPM) Program and delivered these units in Canberra and Brisbane in:

  • Problem Solving in Complex Environments
  • Creative and Enterpreneurial Thinking
  • Managing Innovation in Technology Based Organisations

Judy’s other areas of teaching expertise include:

  • Design Thinking in Management Education
  • Technology and innovation management
  • Knowledge management
  • Creativity and management
  • Organisational behaviour and Managing People in Organisaitons
This information has been contributed by Dr Judy Matthews.

Publications


For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Awards

Awards and recognition

Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2007
Details
Best Paper Award, British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference. Challenges of New Technologies on the Animation and Film Industry: The Case of Singapore. In: 2007 Conference British Academy of Management – Management Research, Education and Business Success: Is the Future as Clear as the Past? 11-13 September 2007, Warwick, United Kingdom, with Caroline Wong (PhD Student), Joint recipient,
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2009
Details
Highly Commended Paper Award, Continuous Innovation Network (CINet) Conference Proceedings; Human resource management and innovation: what are knowledge-intensive firms doing? In: Enhancing the innovation environment: Proceedings of the 10th International CINet Conference. 6-8 September 2009, Australia, Queensland, Brisbane.September, Brisbane, Joint recipient,
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2010
Details
WINNER, GLOBAL FORUM BEST SYMPOSIUM AWARD, Transfer of Learning Success: The benefits of collaborative academic/industry engagement, Management Education and Development (MED) Division, US Academy of Management Conference, 6-10 August, 2010, Montreal, Canada. (Joint recipient)
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2011
Details
Winner, Edith Cowan University Authentic Learning Award for the Best Paper at HERDSA Conference 2011. The purpose of the award is to promote the development of authentic learning environments in all facets of university teaching and learning, and to support the dissemination and publication of good practice associated with these environments. The award is given to the full refereed paper which, in the opinion of a panel of judges, makes a significant contribution to knowledge about authentic learning environments in higher education. (Joint Recipient)
Type
Funding Award
Reference year
2004
Details
Chief Investigator with ARC Linkage Grant, LP0219667: Innovation in Australia: Measurement, Performance, Systems, Dynamics and Change; With Dodgson, M., Scott-Kemmis, D., Bryant , K. & Jones, A. (2002-4) Funding in cash and in-kind contributions ~$1 million.