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Malcolm Rimmer to Head School of Business at La Trobe University

Leading Australian educator, researcher and writer in the fields of management, industrial relations and human resources, Malcolm Rimmer, has been appointed Professor and Head, School of Business, at La Trobe University in Melbourne.

Professor Rimmer, also well-known as a commentator in Australian business media, is currently Professor of Human Resource Management at Deakin University.

His research interests include high performance work teams, trade union power, industrial relations reform and historical aspects of industrial relations.

He has published eight books, one as sole author, three major research monographs and numerous research reports, book chapters and refereed journal articles.

Professor Rimmer has been involved in executive development programs for more than 20 years, and has substantial experience in distance education and senior academic administration.

A Bachelor of Arts graduate from Oxford University with a MA from Warwick University, UK, Professor Rimmer is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia. He was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2003 in recognition of his distinguished academic career.

From 1996 until 2002 he was Head of the Bowater School of Management and Marketing at Deakin University. Prior to that, from 1990 at Monash University, he served as Professor and Director of the National Key Centre in Industrial Relations.

From 1983 he was at the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, following ten years in the Department of Industrial Relations at Sydney University.

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