Role of strategic human resource management in crisis management in Australian greenfield hospital sites: a crisis management theory perspective [Layperson Translation]

This is the 'official' Layperson's edition of a paper I authored with my supervisors earlier this year. I say 'official' because I not only authored the paper, but also conducted the research contained within the paper*.  For the purpose of 'impact' (aka, people using the research I've done), I'm recommended to translate my work from…

There Are No Dumb Questions

This blog seems (now) to be a 50-50 split between my PhD progress, and my personal opinions. This post displays the best of both worlds, with a topic that impacts students and non-students. Now, I usually preface classes and tutorials with 'there are no dumb questions', but I'd like to introduce a clause that makes…

Childhood Books

I've mentioned in a few earlier posts about the fact that my childhood habits later became my foundation as an academic. In some posts, I even describe how some of these habits set me up for academia, yet I realise that I haven't listed the most important part of my personality and my intellectual development;…

An Open Letter Reply

Open letters and requests like this has resulted in this blog post. As a future tutor, and (hopefully) someday someone who will run lectures and classes, I wanted to respond. I am part of the academic cohort to whom these letters are addressed and, since my professors are unlikely to use this platform to respond,…

Achieving a Dream

By the time this post is published, I will be in Japan. I dreamed of going since I was 13 years old. I watched videos about the country as my class learned the basics of the Japanese language, and I was fascinated. Cracks in my euro-centric upbringing started to appear as I saw a different…

My paper is Ready!

http://www.publish.csiro.au/AH/AH17160 A paper based on my Honours is now available online! Enjoy~

To the Man with the Noisy Bike,

You ride up my street at 7am every morning with what sounds like a dirt bike re-purposed as a vehicle for your daily commute. I can tell, because it sounds like you fitted a kazoo to your exhaust pipe. I can hear you as you turn from our street to drive up the freeway. I…

An Open Letter to my Husband

To my sweetheart on our first wedding anniversary. Thank you for bringing me unending joy for the last 5 years, including the year we've spent as an officially married couple. Your patience, your sense of humour, and your unconditional love has improved my life a hundredfold since we met, and I am proud to share…

Getting Graduate Students to Revise

Source: Getting Graduate Students to Revise I'm going to add to this REALLY useful post by ScholarStudio. What am I going to add? A student's affirmation. As a PhD student who was constantly penalised in their high school years for 'unclear writing' and 'needs structure', I understand the impact of good feedback, and desperately wanting to…

PUBLISHED!

My first, first-author paper is now awaiting publication after being accepted by the target journal. The process of writing a paper based on my Honours Dissertation took 7 months, many drafts, and 1 Revise and Resubmit. I will take the time to celebrate accordingly, and remember this process for next time.