Faculty of Economics and Commerce Department of Management and Marketing

Professor Danny Samson

Profile

Career History


Engineer in industry
Lecturer at UNSW and at The University of Illinois
Professor of Management at the University of Melbourne since 1988
Director of the Centre for Manufacturing Management

Research Interests


Business competitiveness drivers
Operations strateg
Risk management
Sustainable development
E-business
Decision-making under uncertainty

Qualifications


BE Hons(UNSW)
PhD (AGSM, UNSW)

Awards


1986-1998 Awarded two graduate Excellence in Teaching Awards at the University of Illinois
Awarded two research prizes, best paper in the journal of operations management (1999) and Best research paper in insurance economics (1986)

Professional Activities


Consultancies

Advisor to numerous corporations

Research

Significant Publications


Books

Patterns of Excellence (Pearson, UK,1999)
Managerial Decision Analysis (Irwin, USA, 1988)
Management for Engineers (3rd edition Pearson, 2000)

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities 2009

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