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Dr Nick Grainger

Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Information & Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology


Emailngrainger@swin.edu.au
Phone+61 3 9214 8056
Fax+61 3 9819 0823
OfficeEN602d


Administrative Responsibilities

  • Convenor HIT3410/8410 Systems Acquisition & Implementation Management
  • Convenor HIT8036 Business Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing World
  • Program Coordinator, Graduate Diploma of Information Systems Management
  • Program Coordinator, Master of Information Systems Management / Master of Business Administration
  • Program Coordinator, Master of Information Systems Management / Master of Accounting
  • Program Coordinator, Master of Information Systems Management
  • Program Coordinator, Graduate Certificate of Information Systems Management

Qualifications

  • PhD (RMIT)
  • MA (Virtual Communication) (RMIT)
  • MBA (Massey)

Research Interests

  • Implementation of ERP systems, particularly internationally using virtual communication technologies.
  • The effect of the Internet on expedition communication, how the Internet is being used by expeditioners, the making of meaning online, ethical issues arising, communications support to expeditions.
  • Member of RISO (Research on Information Systems in Organsiations)

Recent Publications

  • McKay, Judy; Grainger, Nick; and Marshall, Peter, "Designing Implementation and Communication Approaches in IT Project Management" (2010). International Research Workshop on IT Project Management 2010. Paper 7. http://aisel.aisnet.org/irwitpm2010/7
  • Thatte S.and Grainger N. (2010) Feral Systems: Why Users Write Them and How They Add Value. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Pre-Conference ERP Workshop 2010, 11 December 2010, St Louis, Missouri, USA. http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~sederad/Files/Nicholas%20Grainger%202010.docx
  • McKay, Judy; Grainger, Nick; Marshall, Peter; and Hirschheim, Rudy, "Artefaction as Communication: Redesigning Communication Models" (2010). ACIS 2010 Proceedings. Paper 18. http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2010/18
  • Marshall P., Grainger, N. and McKay, J (2010) Power and Enterprise System Implementation: An Analysis Using Cleggs Circuits of Power Model, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Pre-Conference ERP Workshop 2010, 11 December 2010, St Louis, Missouri, USA. http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~sederad/Files/Peter%20Marshall%202010.docx
  • Grainger, Nick; McKay, Judy; and Marshall, Peter, "Learning from a Strategic Failure" (2009). ACIS 2009 Proceedings. Paper 69. http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2009/69
  • McKay, J, Grainger, N. and Marshall P. (2009) Using System Justification Motives to Understand Stakeholder Resistance in ES Project Implementation, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Pre-Conference ERP Workshop 2009, 14 December 2009, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • Baltatzis, George; Ormrod, David George; and Grainger, Nicholas, "Social Networking Tools for Internal Communication in Large Organizations: Benefits and Barriers" (2008). ACIS 2008 Proceedings. Paper 86. http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2008/86
  • Grainger, Nick and McKay, Judy, "ERP: More than Just a System The Role of ERP in Mergers and Acquisitions" (2007). ACIS 2007 Proceedings. Paper 54. http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2007/54
  • Grainger, Nick, "Adventure Expedition Communication, Sponsors, and the Internet" (2007). ACIS 2007 Proceedings. Paper 63. http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2007/63
  • Grainger, N. and McKay, J. (2007) The Influence of Culture on the Implementation of Enterprise Systems, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Pre-Conference ERP Workshop 2007, 9-12 December 2007, MontrĂ©al, Canada.
  • Grainger, N. V. (2006) The Albatross Voyage: The Effect of the Internet on Expedition Communication. PhD Thesis. School of Education. Melbourne, RMIT. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20070620.084723/
  • Grainger, N., Allen, N. & Tobin, J. (2002) Online Presentations: Not the Same Old Slides Please. In McKay, E. (Ed.) E-Learning Conference on Design and Development 2002: International Best Practice to Enhance Corporate Performance. Melbourne, RMIT Publishing
  • Grainger, N. V. (1992) The New Zealand Quality Prize - One Year on in ICI Paints. New Zealand Organisation for Quality Conference 1992. Auckland, NZ Organisation for Quality.
  • Grainger, N. V., Ayoub, J., Chubb, G. & Young, D. (1991) Customer Care Starts Right Here: The ICI Paints IFOT Story. Quality New Zealand, 2-12.

Awards and Honours

  • RMIT Research Innovation Award 2006

Teaching Areas

  • HIT3410/8410 Systems Acquisition & Implementation Management
  • HIT3407/7407 Information Systems Project Management
  • HIT8036 Business Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing World

Research Groups

  • Research into Information Systems in Organisations

Academic Discipline

  • Information Systems