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Timothy (Tim) O'Shannassy

Senior Lecturer, RMIT University

Dr Tim O'Shannassy is a Senior Lecturer and the Executive MBA Program Director at RMIT University in the Graduate School of Business and Law. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce and Postgraduate Diploma in Economics from University of Melbourne. Tim then completed MBA and PhD degrees at Monash University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.

Tim is managing author of the book Strategic Management: The Challenge of Creating Value (Routledge Publishing). He has been Associate Editor for Journal of Management & Organization since 2012 and serves on the Editorial Board of Australian Journal of Management, and Journal of Strategy and Management. In 2018 Tim won the Associate Editor Excellence Award from Journal of Management & Organization and Cambridge University Press. His research and consulting interests are strategy, strategy process, strategic marketing and corporate governance. Tim has published six refereed book chapters, four refereed journal editorials, 21 refereed journal articles and has 25 conference papers published in proceedings for conferences including British Academy of Management, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, and Australian and new Zealand Marketing Academy. Tim has presented two refereed conference papers at Academy of Management and nine refereed conference papers at Strategic Management Society. His work appears in Journal of Business Research, Frontiers in Public Policy, Journal of Strategic Marketing, Journal of Management & Organization, Journal of Strategy and Management, Research in Ethical Issues in Organisations and Singapore Management Review - with strong impact scores on Google Scholar (H-Index 12, 828 citations) and Scopus (H-Index 7, 158 citations).

Tim coordinates and teaches strategy courses in RMIT University (RMIT) MBA programs and has been in the Executive MBA Program Director role since February 2021. Tim has served on RMIT Academic Board from 2015 to 2017 and from 2020 to the present. Tim started the teaching of Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation in the RMIT MBA programs in 2000. He has directed and delivered custom Executive MBA Programs for Ford Motor Company and Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, and has consulted to stock exchange listed companies including Melbourne IT Limited and Compumedics Limited.

Tim contributes to the community and sport through his role as President of Dendy Park Tennis Club from 2011 to the present and has worked with Tennis Australia and Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club to prepare a $2.5 million re-development package. He regularly organises Cancer Council of Victoria Charity Tennis Days at the Club. Tim has represented Dendy Park Tennis Club in Tennis Victoria Grade 1 pennant and Bayside Regional Section 1 pennant, and is a veteran of 31 Tennis Victoria pennant tennis seasons. He was made a Life Member of Dendy Park Tennis Club in 2020. Tim is a Life Member of the De La Salle College Malvern Old Collegians Association and was the 1982 Captain of Tennis. Tim's interest in sport and sports management extends to being a member of Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club and the Melbourne Cricket Club.

Tim's media activity includes articles in The Conversation, MBA News and interviews for Australian Financial Review and Human Resources Online.

Experience

  • 2007–present
    Senior Lecturer, RMIT
  • 1999–2006
    Lecturer, RMIT
  • 1997–1997
    Senior Credit Analyst, Westpac Banking Corporation
  • 1988–1995
    Credit Analyst/Manager, ANZ Banking Group Limited

Education

  • 2005 
    Monash University, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 1996 
    Monash University, Masters of Business Administration
  • 1991 
    Melbourne University, Postgraduate Diploma in Economics
  • 1988 
    Melbourne University, Bachelor of Commerce

Publications

  • 2021
    Journal of Management & Organization, Editorial: The Challenges of Strategic Leadership
  • 2020
    Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, Using Ethics of Governance to Sooth Tensions on Strategic Intent: Artfully Managing an Age Old Source of War in Organizations
  • 2019
    Journal of Strategic Marketing, The dramatic breakdown of the market orientation concept in the Pharmaceutical industry: Lessons from Vioxx
  • 2018
    Journal of Management & Organization, Editorial: A Research Agenda for Alternative Forms of Corporate Governance in Journal of Management & Organization,
  • 2017
    Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, Gift giving, guanxi, bribery and corruption challenges in Australia-China business: An ethical tension between the global south and the east
  • 2017
    Journal of Management & Organization, Associate Editor reflections on the Progress in and Future of strategic management research in Journal of Management & Organization
  • 2016
    Journal of Business Research, Avoiding the "too comfortable in the saddle" syndrome: Obtaining high performance from the chairperson, CEO and inside directors
  • 2016
    Strategic Management: The Challenge of Creating Value (3rd Edition),
  • 2016
    Journal of Management & Organization, Strategic intent: The literature, the construct and its role in predicting organization performance
  • 2015
    Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, The importance of the ethics of governance regime for the corporation and the connection to corporate governance practice
  • 2015
    Journal of Management & Organization, Exploring the influence of Chief Executive Officer professional development and work context on organization performance: A multi-theoretic perspective
  • 2010
    Journal of Management & Organization, Board and CEO practice in modern strategy-making: How is strategy developed, who is the boss and in what circumstances?
  • 2001
    Journal of Management & Organization, Lessons from the evolution of the strategy paradigm

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow Institute of Management and Leaders
  • Member Strategic Management Society
  • Member Academy of Management