Research progresion

My research is progressing to plan, but is about 12 months behind schedule. The milestones achieved as at the 4th of July 2008 are as follows:

Date

Milestone

23 June 2004 Preliminary Research Proposal submitted.
12 January 2005 Accepted into University of Canberra PhD program.
30 June 2005 Completed prerequisite Research Methods unit.
27 October 2005 Presented A Knowledge Management Research Approach? to the actKM 2005 conference Research Forum stream.
09 December 2005 Presented TARDIS: An Australian Case Study in Applied Knowledge Management to the ACKMIDS 2005 conference .
20 January 2006 Completed a course on Social Network Analysis with ACSPRI .
28 January 2006 Final Research Proposal accepted.
02 March 2006 Initial Seminar examination.
17 March 2006 Authority to proceed with the research granted by the Divisional Research Degrees Committee .
11 April 2006 Participated in the GAP Network Analysis Forum at the invitation of Professor John Galloway .
18 August 2006 Completed a NVivo qualitative analysis course.
29 August 2006 Land and Water Australia agree to allow the research to be conducted in their organisation.
05 September 2006 Presented A Network Analysis of the actKM Community of Interest to the actKM Community of Interest .
20 September Completed a NetMap course with Professor John Galloway .
12 October 2006 Ethics Approval documentation submitted.
19 October 2006 Presented A Network Analysis of actKM to the Queensland Knowledge Management Forum at their invitation.
26 October 2006 Presented Knowledge Management Models or Models of Knowledge? to the actKM 2006 conference Research Forum.
10 November 2006 Presented Corporate Amnesia, Discipline and Knowledge Management to the KM Singapore 2006 conference.
04 December 2006 University of Canberra Human Research Ethics Committee rejects Ethics documentation.
08 December 2006 Presented A Knowledge Productivity Model for the Public Sector to the 2006 STEP forum .
07 January 2007 Amended Ethics Approval documentation submitted.
07 January 2007 Professor Deborah Blackman added to the supervisory panel.
31 January 2007 University of Canberra Human Research Ethics Committee grants approval to proceed.
10 February 2007 Penultimate documentation circulated to Land and Water Australia , including:

13 February 2007 Initial presentation to Land and Water Australia staff.
15 February 2007 Completed a course on Narrative Analysis with Professor Catherine Riessman of Boston College .
18 April 2007 Completed an advanced course on NVivo with Doctor Pat Bazeley .
10 May 2007 Completed an advanced course on NetMap with an associate of Professor Professor John Galloway .
12 May 2007 Accepted to participate in the Doctoral Consortium at PACIS 2007 in New Zealand
13 May 2007 My paper 'Knowledge Productivity in a Project-Focused Government Department: What Works and What Doesn’t' is accepted for publication in the International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management .
13 May 2007 My paper 'Knowledge Productivity in a Project-Focused Government Department: What Works and What Doesn’t' is accepted for presentation to the 7th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations
04 June 2007 Land and Water Australia provide final approval for the research to proceed.
03 July 2007 Attended a Doctoral Consortium at the PACIS 2007 conference in Auckland. Mentors included Professor Carol Saunders from the University of Central Florida , Dr Cathy Urquhart from the University of Auckland , and Professor Roy Johnson who is a Fulbright Scholar .
24 July 2007 Presented 'Knowledge Productivity in a Project-Focused Goverenment Department: What Works and What Doesn't' at the 7th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations.
26 July 2007 Presented 'How to Do a Business Network Analysis' to the Singapore Information and Knowledge Management Society .
15 August 2007 Presented 'Social, Organisational, and Business Network Analysis as Research Techniques' to Australia's National Institute for Governance .
19 September 2007

After considerable thought, and taking into account the lessons from the Doctoral Consortiums I attended, I refined thesis to 'Mapping social connectivity and product relationships to improve knowledge productivity in a complex project-focused organisation'.   

I also refined my questions to:

  • How can mapping knowledge and knowledge flows improve knowledge worker productivity?
  • How is organisational knowledge acquired?
  • How is organisational knowledge used?
  • How are the pattern of ties related to organisational knowledge and knowledge transfer?
  • How does social connectivity correlate with task performance?
22 September 2007 Capability Systems Division of the Australian Defence Force grants permission for the research to proceed inside their organisation .
02 October 2007 Data collection begins at Capability Systems Division .
14 November 2007 Attended the Ark Group 'Promoting a Culture of Knowledge in the Public Sector Conference'.
17 November 2007 Co-presented with Patrick Byrne a half-day workship on 'Developing an Integrated IT, IM and KM Strategy: Managing the Continuum of Government Business Knowledge'.  The workshop was presented to participants in the Ark Group 'Promoting a Culture of Knowledge in the Public Sector Conference'.
09 January 2008 Land and Water Australia briefed on the methodology to be used in their organisation.
30 January 2008 Data collection in Capability Systems Division finishes.
30 January 2008 Presented Introducing Network Analysis as a Research Technique to the Inter-University Research Workshop Program .  This presentation was to doctoral students and academics from other universities and research organisations.  It also effectively served as a dress rehearsal for my second examinable seminar.
26 February 2008 Presented Understanding the Complexity of Program Management to the Melbourne Chapter of the Project Management Institute . Just over 150 project and program managers attended the session. This was the first time I exposed my Business Network Analysis techniques to a public forum of my peers who were practitioners rather than academics.  The presentation was very well received, and convinced me I have something new to offer.
14 May 2008 Presented Understanding the Complexity of Program Management to the Canberra Chapter of the Project Management Institute. Just over 30 project and program managers attended the session. This was the second time I exposed my Business Network Analysis techniques to a public forum of my peers who were practitioners rather than academics. Once again the presentation was very well received, and convinced me I have something new to offer.
12 June 2008 Presented Understanding the Complexity of Program Management to the Sydney Chapter of the Project Management Institute. Just over 80 project and program managers attended the session. This was the third time I exposed my Business Network Analysis techniques to a public forum of my peers who were practitioners rather than academics. I am now absolutely convinced I have something new to offer.
27 June 2008 Completed a one-week advanced course on Social Network Analysis by Professor Garry Robins and Professor Pip Pattison, both from the University of Melbourne - MelNet .
04 July 2008 Presented Introducing Network Analysis as a Research Technique to the Inter-University Research Workshop Program . This presentation was to doctoral students and academics from other universities and research organisations. It also effectively served as a dress rehearsal for my second examinable seminar.

 



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