Dr Richard Cooney - Researcher Profile

Biography

Richard works in the Faculty of Business & Economics at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer.

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Keywords

Occupational Health & Safety, Organizational Innovation, Return to Work, Vocational Education, Workforce Development

Qualifications

Doctorate

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2000

Bachelor

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1987

Diploma

Institution: La Trobe University

Year awarded: 1982

Publications

Books

Cooney, R.F., Stuart, M. (eds), 2012, Trade Unions and Workplace Training: Issues and International Perspectives, Routledge, New York USA.

Buttigieg, D.M., Cockfield, S., Cooney, R.F., Jerrard, M.A., Rainnie, A. (eds), 2007, Trade Unions in the Community: Values, Issues, Shared Interests and Alliances, Heidelberg Press, Heidelberg Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Cooney, R.F., Stuart, M., 2012, Introduction: Trade unions and vocational education and training in theory and practice, in Trade Unions and Workplace Training: Issues and International Perspectives, eds Richard Cooney and Mark Stuart, Routledge, New York NY USA, pp. 1-20.

Cooney, R.F., 2012, The dimensions of union interest in training: Trade unions and workplace training in Australia, in Trade Unions and Workplace Training: Issues and International Perspectives, eds Richard Cooney and Mark Stuart, Routledge, New York USA, pp. 41-56.

Cooney, R., Long, M., 2010, Vocational education and training in Australia: The evolution of a segmented training system, in Vocational Training: International Perspectives, eds Gerhard Bosch and Jean Charest, Routledge, New York USA, pp. 27-57.

Cooney, R.F., Sewell, G., 2008, From lean production to mass customisation: Recent developments in the Australian automotive industry, in Flexibility at Work: Critical Developments in the International Automobile Industry, eds Valeria Pulignano, Paul Stewart, Andy Danford and Mike Richardson, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke UK, pp. 127-149.

Jerrard, M.A., Cooney, R.F., Buttigieg, D.M., Cockfield, S., Rainnie, A., 2007, Unions in the community: Towards community unionism?, in Trade Unions in the Community: Values, Issues, Shared Interests and Alliances, eds Donna Buttigieg, Sandra Cockfield, Richard Cooney, Marjorie Jerrard and Al Rainnie, Heidelberg Press, Heidelberg Vic Australia, pp. 1-9.

Cooney, R.F., Bhatia, A., 2005, Analysing, designing and implementing workplace training programs, in Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Development: An Australian perspective, eds Peter Holland and Helen DeCieri, Pearson Education, Frenchs Forest NSW Australia, pp. 95-108.

Cooney, R.F., Sohal, A.S., 2003, The human side of total quality management, in The New Workplace. A Guide to the Human Impact of Modern Working Practices, eds David Holman, Toby D Wall, Chris D Clegg, Paul Sparrow and Ann Howard, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester UK, pp. 37-53.

Journal Articles

Cooney, R., 2010, Australian unions and vocational training: Theory and cases, Labour and Industry [P], vol 21, issue 2, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 529-544.

Cooney, R., Jerrard, M., Donohue, R., Kimberley, N., 2010, Exploring skill ecosystems in the Australian meat processing industry: Unions, employers and institutional change, The Economic and Labour Relations Review [P], vol 21, issue 2, Centre For Applied Economic Research, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 121-138.

Cooney, R.F., 2010, Workplace training in a deregulated training system: Experiences from Australia's automotive industry, Economic and Industrial Democracy [P], vol 31, issue 3, Sage Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 389-403. View Publication

Cooney, R.F., Gospel, H., 2008, Interfirm cooperation in training: Group training in the UK and Australia, Industrial Relations Journal, vol 39, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 411-427.

Jerrard, M.A., Donohue, R.D., Kimberley, N.A., Cooney, R., 2008, Reinventing meatworkers: Old skills but new careers for the twenty-first century?, Employment Relations Record [P], vol 8, issue 1, Pacific Employment Relations Association, Broadway NSW Australia, pp. 51-67. View Publication

Cooney, R.F., Sewell, G., 2008, Shaping the other: Maintaining expert managerial status in a complex change management program, Group and Organization Management, vol 33, issue 6, Sage Publications Inc, USA, pp. 685-711.

Cooney, R.F., 2004, Empowered self-management and the design of work teams, Personnel Review, vol 33, issue 6, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bradford UK, pp. 677-692. View Publication

Cooney, R.F., Sohal, A.S., 2004, Teamwork and total quality management: a durable partnership, Total Quality Management & Business, vol 15, issue 8, Routledge, London UK, pp. 1131-1142.

Cooney, R.F., 2003, Group training companies and the inter-firm provision of training in Australia, Labour & Industry, vol 14, issue 1, Union Research Centre on Organisation and Technology, RMIT, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 59-72.

Cooney, R., 2002, Is 'lean' a universal production system?: batch production in the automotive industry, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, vol 22, issue 10, MCB UP Ltd, Bradford UK, pp. 1130-1147.

Cooney, R., 2002, The contingencies of partnership: experiences from the training reform agenda in Australian manufacturing, Employee Relations, vol 24, issue 3, Emerald, Bradford UK, pp. 321-334.

Consulting

Richard has undertaken consulting work for private and public sector organizations including the Ford Motor Company of Australia, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, the International Labour Organization, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Western Australia and WorkSafe Victoria. 

Activities

Editing special issues of journals

From: 01/06/2010 To: 31/12/2010
University of Karlstad
Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv
Guest Editor

Editorships of academic journals

From: 01/01/2009 To: 01/04/2012
AIRAANZ
Labour & Industry
Associate Editor

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The role of metworks in managing process improvements in small and medium sized agricultural enterprises: a study of Zambia.

Supervisors:

Cooney, R (Main), O''Neill, P (Associate), Bamber, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

We've buildt it, why don't they come?.

Supervisors:

Cooney, R (Joint), O''Neill, P (Joint-co), Sohal, A (Associate).