Partnerships

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL (ANBS)

The Australian National Business School (ANBS) is a conglomerate of six Australian universities dedicated to the provision of high quality, innovative management education.

The members of ANBS are:

  • University of Canberra
  • Deakin University
  • Griffith University
  • University of Tasmania
  • University of Western Australia
  • University of Wollongong

The key benefits of our ANBS membership are:

  • Combined resources of the member universities.
  • Ability to transfer at any time to other ANBS universities (domestic students only).
  • Opportunity to participate in South East Asian and European intensive programs.
  • Flexibility for students to work temporarily interstate without disrupting their studies (domestic students only).

For further information on ANBS visit their web site at http://www.anbs.com.au/

Asian Intensive School for Advanced Management (AISAM)

Each year ANBS conducts the Asian Intensive School for Advanced Management (AISAM).

 

INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

Sydney Business School has a number of relationships with industry based organisations. The nature of these relationships varies from consultancies and training delivery through to longer term research collaborations.

For more information about our industry partners, click on the individual logos.

BlueScope Steel
The University of Wollongong and BlueScope Steel have a relationship reaching back to the very beginning of UOW's formation in 1951. During the late 1990s, the Sydney Business School developed an executive program for BlueScope Steel staff, which has continued with client based training and seminars.

BlueScope Steel is a major financial contributor to research in the areas of supply chain and logistics. The two organisations undertake extensive collaborative research through the BlueScope Steel Metallurgy Centre and the Centre for Supply Chain Management Research.

DMW Group & Access Business Lawyers

The DMW Group & Access Business Lawyers, in conjunction with SBS, have created a needs based innovative education program for individuals and business organisations.

The program provides a pathway for successful participants into the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration, accrediting them with 12 credit points of the total 24 required for the Graduate Certificate.

Logistics Association of Australia

The Logistics Association of Australia (LAA) supports the SBS in its logistics and supply chain activities. The LAA's main role is to ensure that logistics professionals, industry and educational bodies are informed of research developments and innovations which impact on logistics practice.

The LAA worked with SBS as part of the ALPHA Research Consortium to investigate characteristics and strategies for Third and Fourth Party Logistics (3PL/4PL) in Australia.

Logistics Association of Australia website

Toll Holdings

Toll Holdings support research initiatives in the Centre for Supply Chain Management Research by bringing experienced professionals from the industrial sector to provide solutions to emerging supply chain management problems.


DHL

DHL works with SBS on collaborative research in both Australia and Singapore.

DHL is working in partnership with SBS in an ARC linkage project - Supply Chain Alignment (SCalign) to develop a distinctive analytical approach that can be used to profile customer behaviour.

South Eastern Sydney
and Illawarra Area Health Service

SESIAHS links with SBS through the Centre for Health & Service Development (CHSD) to expand and provide corporate training programs for junior and middle level management, both community and hospital based.

Shoalhaven City Council

SBS and the Shoalhaven City Council (SCC) work closely together on a range of executive training programs for the on-going development of their employees, ranging from short term executive courses through to the Graduate Certificate in Business.


Linfox

Linfox worked with SBS and the The Logistics Association of Australia - as part of the ALPHA Research Consortium to investigate characteristics and strategies for Third and Fourth Party Logistics (3PL/4PL) in Australia.

 

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND ACCREDITATION

The School is an independent faculty within the University of Wollongong. The University of Wollongong was audited by the Australian Universities Quality Association during the second half of 2005. This audit included a review of the School's activities in Dubai, Wollongong and Sydney. AUQA reported that:

The University of Wollongong is a comprehensive University which has justifiably earned an excellent reputation for its teaching, research training, research and community engagement activities. This reputation has been earned through a strong commitment to quality assurance and quality enhancement and through innovative and entrepreneurial approaches to meeting the needs of its communities.

Program Accreditation

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Australia (CILTIA)
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in UK (CILT(UK))
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
Hong Kong Logistics Association (HKLA)
UAE Ministry of Education

Memberships

Australian National Business School (ANBS)
Logistics Association of Australia
Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management
European Foundation for Management Development
Australian Industry Group
Dubai Quality Group
Australian Business in the Gulf

Institutional Licensure

The University of Wollongong in Dubai is required to be licensed at an institutional level within the UAE with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. UOWD received its initial licensure in 1999 and then again when it was renewed in 2004.

International Research and Other Collaborative Linkages

Sydney Business School works with many organisations in order to further research activities, keep abreast of industry changes and provide quality teaching programs to its students. Some examples of the linkages are:

Management

Russian Academy of Science (Russia)
IESEG, Lille (France)
Queens University, Belfast (Ireland)
University College, Dublin (Ireland)
Robinson School of Management (USA)
Dubai Executive Office (UAE)

Quality Management

Al Ain Hospital (UAE)

Supply Chain Management

Cranfield University (UK)
Penn State University (USA)
North Carolina University (USA)
Michigan State University (USA)

Health Management

Accident Compensation Commission (New Zealand)
Uniform Data Systems (USA)
Canadian Health Services (Canada)
Centre Suicide Research (UK)
IT Track Health (USA)
Oxford Outcomes (UK)
Mapi Research Trust (France)
National Centre for Health Outcome Development (UK)
London Sc. Hygiene trop Med (UK)
Quality Metric Boston (USA)
Ministry of Health (Malaysia)
International Rehabilitation Outcomes Networks (Global)
International Society for Quality of Life Res. (Global)

Finance

Dubai International Finance Centre (UAE)

Accountancy

Government & Public Policy Network (Global)
Universidad De Deusto (Spain)

Social Marketing

Stirling University (Scotland)


Last reviewed: 26 August, 2009