Dr Robert Meredith - Researcher Profile

Robert Meredith

Address

Faculty of Information Technology
Level 6, Building H, Caulfield

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 990 32396

Email: Rob.Meredith@monash.edu


Biography

Robert works in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University as a Lecturer.

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Research & Supervision Interests

Keywords

Business Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems, Judgement & Decision Making

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2007
Doctor of Philosophy
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2004
Bachelors
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1997
Bachelors
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1996

Publications

Books

Meredith, R.A., Shanks, G., Arnott, D.R., Carlsson, S. (eds), 2004, Decision support in an uncertain and complex world : proceedings of the 2004 IFIP WG8.3 International Conference on Decision Support Systems DSS2004, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Meredith, R.A., O'Donnell, P.A., 2010, A functional model of social media and its application to business intelligence, in Bridging the Socio-technical Gap in Decision Support Systems: Challenges for the Next Decade, eds Ana Respicio, Frederic Adam, Gloria Phillips-Wren, Carlos Teixeira and Joao Telhada, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 129-140.

Meredith, R.A., O'Donnell, P.A., Arnott, D.R., 2008, Databases and data warehouses for decision support, in Handbook on Decision Support Systems 1: Basic Themes, eds Frada Burstein and Clyde W. Holsapple, Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 207-230.

Nantiyakul, R., Meredith, R.A., 2008, Developing effective corporate performance management systems: A design-science investigation, in Collaborative Decision Making: Perspectives and Challenges, eds Pascale Zarate, Jean Pierre Belaud, Guy Camilleri and Franck Ravat, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 430-437.

O'Donnell, P.A., Meredith, R.A., 2008, Influence diagrams as a tool for decision support system design, in Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies, eds Frederic Adam and Patrick Humphreys, Information Science Publishing, Hershey PA USA, pp. 474-481.

Meredith, R.A., 2008, Information technology governance and decision support systems, in Collaborative Decision Making: Perspectives and Challenges, eds Pascale Zarate, Jean Pierre Belaud, Guy Camilleri and Franck Ravat, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 175-186.

Meredith, R.A., 2006, Creative freedom and decision support systems, in Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support, eds Frederic Adam, Patrick Brezillion, Sven Carlsson and Patrick Humphreys, Ludic Publishing, London UK, pp. 30-46.

Journal Articles

Meredith, R.A., Remington, S.M., O'Donnell, P.A., Sharma, N., 2012, Organisational transformation through business intelligence: Theory, the vendor perspective and a research agenda, Journal of Decision Systems [P], vol 21, issue 3, Taylor & Francis, London UK, pp. 187-201.

Meredith, R., O'Donnell, P., 2011, A framework for understanding the role of social media in business intelligence systems, Journal of Decision Systems [P], vol 20, issue 3, Lavoisier, Paris France, pp. 263-282.

Nantiyakul, R., O'Donnell, P.A., Meredith, R.A., 2005, Using the technology acceptance model to analyze the likely impact of Microsoft's Reporting Services product, KMITL Science Journal, vol 5, issue 1, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok Thailand, pp. 86-96.

Meredith, R.A., 2003, Using the Internet to support the patient treatment decision process, Journal of Decision Systems, vol 12, issue 2, Lavoisier, Cachan Cedex France, pp. 209-224.

Conference Proceedings

Sathyanarayana, P., Tran, P., Meredith, R.A., O'Donnell, P.A., 2012, Towards a protocol to measure the social media affordances of web sites and business intelligence systems, Fusing Decision Support Systems into the Fabric of the Context, 28 June 2012 to 30 June 2012, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 317-322.

Meredith, R.A., Remington, S.M., O'Donnell, P.A., Sharma, N., 2012, Transforming organizations with business intelligence: Comparing theory with the vendor perspective, Proceedings of the 16th IFIP Working Group 8.3 International Conference on Decision Support Systems, 28 June 2012 to 30 June 2012, IOS Press, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 89-100.

Meredith, R.A., 2004, Decision support systems as tools for critical reflection: in search of Rawls' reflective equilibrium, Decision Support in an Uncertain World: Proceedings of the 2004 IFIP International Conference on Decision Support Systems (DSS2004), 01 July 2004 to 03 July 2004, Monash University, Melbourne VIC Australia, pp. 547-556.

Meredith, R., Arnott, D.R., 2003, On ethics and decision support systems development, Proceedings of the 7th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, 10/07/2003 to 13/07/2003, University of South Australia, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 1562-1575.

Meredith, R., 2002, Design of a multimedia, internet-enabled decision support system for patients and physicians, Decision Making and Decision Support in the Internet Age: Proceedings of DSIage 2002, 04 July 2002 to 07 July 2002, Oak Tree Press, Cork Ireland, pp. 176-188.

Meredith, R., Burstein, F.V., 2001, Getting the message across with communicative knowledge management, Knowledge Management for Information Communities: Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support, 04 December 2000 to 05 December 2000, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, Kew Vic Australia, pp. 43-55.

Meredith, R., May, D., Piorun, J., 2000, Looking at Knowledge in 3D: An Holistic Approach to DSS Through Knowledge Management, IFIP TC8/WG8.3 Int.Conf. on Decision Support Through Knowledge Management, Stockholm SWEDEN 9-11 July 2000, Stockholm University and Royal Institute of Techno, Stockholm Sweden, pp. 241-254.

Teaching Commitment

Dr Rob Meredith  is the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT;

  • FIT5095 - Data warehousing
  • FIT9003 - Database systems design
  • FIT3128 - Database systems design

  

Rob teaches the following units in the Faculty of IT;

  • FIT5095 - Data warehousing
  • FIT9003 - Database systems

Activities

Education

Deputy Course Director
Graduate Diploma in Information & Knowledge Management
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University

Deputy Course Director
Master of Business Information Systems
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University

Faculty academic committee

Member
Graduate Programs Committee
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University

Grants

Title:
Business Intelligence Database server.
Investigators:
O'Donnell, P, Meredith, R
Funding:
(2006 - 2010). Collier Charitable Fund.
(2006 - 2010). Monash University.
Title:
PodCast and Blog Server.
Investigators:
O'Donnell, P, Meredith, R
Funding:
(2009 - 2013). Collier Charitable Fund.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The conceptualization and implementation of information governance: A design-science approach.
Supervisors:
Arnott, D (Main), Meredith, R (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Barlow, G.
Program of Study:
Software development and the next generation: Y hits the IT Workplace. (Masters) 2011.
Supervisors:
Meredith, R (Main), Dawson, L (Honorary).
Student:
Nantiyakul, R.
Program of Study:
Using a design-science approach for effective corporate performance management systems development. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Arnott, D (Main), Meredith, R (Associate).
Student:
Shah, P.
Program of Study:
Data Warehouse Governance and Outsourcing: An Empirical Investigation and Framework Proposal. (Masters) 2006.
Supervisors:
O''Donnell, P (Main), Meredith, R (Associate).