Faculty profile
Thought leadership and teaching excellence
Melbourne Business School attracts world-class faculty who bring their knowledge and expertise directly into our postgraduate business education programs, research activity and our key centres of excellence in executive education, and business and public policy.
Their worldwide networks keep them at the forefront of business education, management thought and practice and in executive learning and contemporary leadership development. Their consulting and boardroom and experience keeps them in touch with current business issues.
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Ian O. Williamson
PhD (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) BA (Miami University)
Associate Professor – Human Resource Management
“Rigorous theoretical foundation, practical application and a global orientation – this defines the Melbourne Business School MBA. You will gain a new perspective on business and a renewed sense of what you can achieve for yourself and your organistion.”
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Mara Olekalns
PhD, BA (Hons) (Adel)
Professor of Management - Negotiations
“Our faculty are internationally recognised researchers who help build the management theories of the future. By bringing their research into the classroom, our faculty transfer the next generation of business knowledge to their students.”
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Mark Ritson
PhD Marketing (Lancaster)
Associate Professor of Marketing
“A typical month for me has me teaching MBA students on Monday, working on a big brand launch in Japan for Baxter Healthcare on Wednesday and working on a luxury brand for LVMH in Paris on Friday.My colleagues and I here at MBS go beyond textbooks and theory and work at the highest level of our disciplines all over the word.”
