Dr Nicholas Allix - Researcher Profile

Nicholas Allix

Address

Faculty of Education
Building 6, Clayton

Biography

General management and administration in the corporate commercial/business sector.
Human resource management and development in the corporate commercial/business sector.
Management consulting in organizational development, and recruitment and selection.
Educational administration and management in private sector vocational education.
Knowledge management in public and human services sectors.
Fellow and Research Associate in the Centre for Organizational Learning and Leadership at the University of Melbourne (2000 - 2003).

Research & Supervision Interests

    Cognition (Neurobiology of learning, memory, and mind)
    Computational Psychology
    Natural and Artificial Intelligence
    Philosophy of Science (Theories of knowledge)
    Neurophilosophy
    Leadership
    Problem Solving and Decision Making
    Creativity and Innovation
    Theories of Administration and Organization
    Policy Analysis
    Knowledge Management (the creation and utilization of knowledge in policy contexts)
    Learning Organization (the coordination of learning, intelligence, innovation and change in administrative contexts)

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2006
RESEARCH SUPERVISOR TRAINING PROGRAM - LEVEL 1 + 2
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2005
PHILOSOPHY
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 1999
EDUCATION POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 1994
PSYCHOLOGY (HONOURS)
Institution: The University of the Witwatersrand
Year awarded: 1981
PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY
Institution: Rhodes University
Year awarded: 1980

Publications

Book Chapters

Allix, N., 2011, Knowledge and workplace learning, in The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning, eds Margaret Malloch, Len Cairns, Karen Evans, Bridget N. O'Connor, Sage, USA, pp. 132-148.

Journal Articles

Allix, N., Gronn, P.C., 2005, 'Leadership' as a manifestation of knowledge, Educational Management Administration & Leadership, vol 33, issue 2, SAGE Publications, London UK, pp. 181-196.

Allix, N.M., 2003, Epistemology and Knowledge Management Concepts and Practices, Journal of Knowledge Management Practice, vol 1, Journal of Knowledge Management Practice, htp://www.tlainc.com/articl49.htm, pp. 1-21.

Allix, N., 2000, The theory of multiple intelligences: A case of missing cognitive matter, Australian Journal of Education, vol 44, issue 3, Australian Council for Educational Research, Australia, pp. 272-293.

Allix, N., 2000, Transformational leadership: Democratic or Despotic, Educational Management & Administration, vol 28, issue 1, SAGE, http://ema.sagepub.com/current.dtl, pp. 7-20.

Conference Proceedings

Beatty, B.R., Allix, N., 2005, Being there: exploring extending and enriching distance education in real time with WEBEX, Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Conference of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, 9 November 2005 to 11 November 2005, ODLAA and the University of South Australia, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 1-13.

Other

Gronn, P.C., Allix, N., Penna, C., 2004, "Part of a wheel": An evaluation of the police schools involvement program, Contracted report presented to Crime Prevention Victoria (Monash University: Faculty of Education).

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Crisis Management: more than a matter of skills.
Supervisors:
Allix, N (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Identifying dispositions for youth leadership development through an action research project in the Singapore scouts association.
Supervisors:
Allix, N (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Policy prospection and foresight in the public sector..
Supervisors:
Allix, N (Joint), Riley, P (Joint-co).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The World Health Organisation Good Governance of Medicines Program: An evaluation of leadership strategies for the prevention of corruption in the glocal pharmaceutical sector.
Supervisors:
Allix, N (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Learner, K.
Program of Study:
A Study of Role and Identity in Australian Swimming. 2005.
Supervisors:
Allix, N (Main).
Student:
Lyon, T.
Program of Study:
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP: An integrated approach to diverse issues. (Masters) 2008.
Supervisors:
Allix, N (Main).
Student:
Newcomb, T.
Program of Study:
Do Learning Logs help schools to learn?. (Masters) 2008.
Supervisors:
Allix, N (Main).
Student:
Rowlands, A.
Program of Study:
THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATION TRAINING ON JUDGEMENT, DECISION MAKING AND ANTICIPATION ANXIETY. (Masters) 2006.
Supervisors:
Allix, N (Main).
Student:
Yu, R.
Program of Study:
Characterising employees' learning in Australian organisations. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Gronn, P (Main), Allix, N (Associate).