Peter Sheldrake

Peter Sheldrake

Peter Sheldrake's most recent position was as Professor of Business Entrepreneurship at RMIT University, responsible for developing research and teaching in innovation and entrepreneurship, global business, and business strategy and leadership. He was Deputy Head of School, Industry Engagement in the University's Graduate School of Business, and developed and conducted courses and undertakes consulting assignments with companies in Australia and South East Asia.

Peter Sheldrake joined the staff of RMIT University in 1997, and is a Visiting Professor at three universities in the Peoples Republic of China – Zhejiang University, the University of Science and Technology Beijing, and Qingdao University. The Graduate School of Business has offered an MBA for thirty years, and a DBA for ten years. He has been on various Boards over the past twenty years, and until recently was a Director of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, the Royal Agricultural Society (Victoria), and the Red Stitch Theatre Company, and Chairman of Radio 3MBS. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. In addition, he is a director of Urban Forum, a Malaysian based company that offers forums and training programs in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Thailand, Indonesia, India and the Middle East.

Qualifications

  • PhD, 2008, RMIT University
  • Master of Science 1975 University of Cambridge
  • Master of Arts 1972 University of Cambridge
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons) 1966 University of Cambridge

Experience

  • Professor of Business Entrepreneurship, RMIT, establishing programs for companies, 2001 to 2010
  • Head, School of Management, RMIT, 1997 to 2000
  • Taught courses and short programs at RMIT, and for RMIT in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Also developed and taught a number of in-company programs, 1997-2005
  • CEO, The Cranlana Programme, 1997
  • Executive Director, Australian Institute of Management 1988 – 1996 (and National CEO 1993-1996)
  • Partner, Tadorna Consulting, since 1987
  • Director, Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs, 1985-6 (and Deputy Director 1981-4)
  • Senior Development Advisor, Shell Company of Australia, 1979-1981
  • Associate Professor and Reader in Educational Management, Flinders University of South Australia, 1975-1979
  • Lecturer, Educational Research Unit, University of Edinburgh, 1971-5
  • Teaching Fellow, Management Unit, University of Cambridge, 1969-1971

Recent Books

  • Ronin and Revolutionaries, Singapore: Times Publishing, 2003
  • The Ronin Age, Singapore: Times Publishing
  • with Brian Hirsh, Inclusive leadership: an introduction, Melbourne: Information Australia, 2001

Recent Professional Journals

  • 'The Good Manager in a World of Change", Journal of Human Values, Vol 6, No 2, pp 131-44, 2000
  • Great expectations: education and the world of work, Unicorn, Vol 24, no 3, December 1998, pp73-8
  • 'Trying to keep up: the shifting sands of industry needs', The Australian Journal of Vocational Education and Training in Schools, Vol 1, August, pp. 28-9, 1998
  • 'Autonomy and control: government and statutory authorities', Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol XLVI, No 3, September, 1987

Recent journal articles (non-refereed)

  • With James Hurley, 'Management, values and spirituality', Chapter 12 of Ethics and spirituality at work, Ed. Thierry Pauchant and Associates, New York: Quorum Books, 2002
  • 'Seeing future opportunities', Executive Excellence, April 2001, page 20
  • 'Inclusive Leadership', Business Essentials, June 2001
  • With Dai Shufen, 'Creating a culture of innovation', RMIT Business Working Papers, WP 2001/19, September, 2001
  • 'Revolutionary leadership: innovation and entrepreneurship as key competitive skills', Managing People, No. 8, December, 2001
  • 'Managing productivity – it's really about people', Drake Business Review, Vol 14, no 2, pp 6-8, 2000
  • 'Creating a culture of innovation', Drake Business Review, 2000, Vol 14, no 3, pp 10-12
  • With James Hurley, 'Affaires, valeurs, et spiritualité', Chapter 12 of Pour un management éthique et spirituel, Edited by Thierry Pauchant et Associates, Montreal: Editions FIDES, Presses HEC, 2000
  • 'Matching personal and corporate values –the challenges of cultural diversity', Invited paper: Corporate Human Values Seminar, Malaysian Airlines Academy: Kelana Jaya, Malaysia, 2 August 1999
  • With James Hurley, 'The Good Manager in a World of Change', RMIT Business Working Paper WP99/18, 1999
  • 'Knowing what we know', Drake Business Review, 1999, Vol 13, no 3, pp 16-18
  • Career planning and postgraduate education: putting the pieces together, Australian CPA, vol 68, no 8, September 1998, pp 26-29, 1998
  • Quality and control: are we losing the plot with ISO-craziness? Drake Business Review, Vol 12, no 2, pp 14-15
  • A duty of care, Ethos, vol 2, no 1, November 1998, pp 21-22

Recent Conference Proceedings

  • 'Creating innovative SMEs: is copying the sincerest form of flattery?', paper presented at the 50th ICSB World Conference, Washington, June 15-18, 2005
  • 'Encouraging corporate entrepreneurship: public policy and enterprise responsiveness – an Australian case study', paper presented at the Singapore Management University EDGE Conference - Bridging the Gap: Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice, Singapore, 11-13 July, 2005-10-06
  • 'Facilitating Change and Innovation – challenges in small and medium companies', paper presented at the 17th Annual SEEANZ Conference, Brisbane 27-29 September, 2004
  • 'Stimulating innovation: business and government strategies in Australia and China', paper presented at the, 6th west Lake International Conference on Small and Medium Business, Hangzhou, PRC, 30 October – 1 November, 2004
  • 'Small business and the arts: encouraging arts companies to be business innovators', paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand, Ballarat, 29 September, 2003
  • With Chen YF and Ji YJ, “The Commercialisation of Science and Technology: Government strategies in Australia and China', Paper presented to the 15th Annual Conference of the Association for Chinese Economic Studies Australia 2 October, 2003
  • with Meigu Guan, 'Revolutionary leadership', paper presented at the Sino-Australian Conference of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Policy and Practice, Hangzhou, PRC, 7-9 November, 2001
  • 'E-business and corporate governance', paper presented at the Asian Forum on Business Education Conference: Reform and Accountability, Chiang Rai, Thailand, 29 November-1 December, 2000
  • With James Hurley, 'Business management and the role of values: an Australian perspective', presented at the First International Forum on Management, Ethics and Spirituality, Montreal, September 1998
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