Professor Paul Couchman

B Science, M Public Policy, PhD

Professor, Griffith Business School

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Research expertise

  • The management of innovation
  • Research and development management
  • Interorganisational collaboration
  • Risk management
  • Supply chain innovation
  • Social science research methods
  • Cross-functional integration
  • Project management
  • Manufacturing strategy

Current teaching areas

  • Production and management systems
  • Management consulting
  • Human resource change management
  • Managing strategically

Publications

  • Zanko, M., Badham, R., Couchman, P. K. and Schubert, M., 2008 forthcoming. 'Innovation and HRM: absences and politics', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19 (5).
  • Couchman, P. K. and Fulop, L., 2007. 'Building effective interorganizational relationships in multi-partner Research and Development collaborations: findings from a study of cross-sector Research and Development projects'.  Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Annual Conference (BAM 2007), Warwick Business School, Coventry, UK, 11–13 September. ISBN 0 9549608 3 1.
  • Couchman, P. K. and Beckett, R., 2006. 'Achieving effective cross-sector Research and Development collaboration: a proposed management framework', Prometheus, 24 (2): 151 - 168.
  • Fulop, L. and Couchman, P.K., 2006. 'Facing up to the risks in commercially-focused university-industry Research and Development partnerships', Higher Education Research and Development, 25 (2): 163 – 177.
  • Couchman, P. K. and Fulop, L.,2006. 'Bringing innovation to centre stage: the rhetoric of commercialisation and cross-sector collaboration'.  In: Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies 11th International Colloquium (4–7 December 2005), pp. 275-284. Melbourne: Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies, 2006.  http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=308021055082469;res=E-LIBRARY EISBN: 192116638X.
  • Couchman, P. K. and Fulop, L., 2006. 'Credible commitments in Research and Development collaborations: a testing exercise with a troublesome construct'.  Proceedings of the 20th ANZAM Conference “Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities”,6–9 December 2006 (J. Kennedy and L. di Milia, eds.), Sydney: ANZAM.
  • Couchman, P. K. and Fulop, L., 2006. 'Engaging in collaborative Research and Development: an international case study of cross-sector collaboration'.  In: Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies 11th International Colloquium (4-7 December 2005), pp. 285-295.  Melbourne: Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies, 2006.  http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=308039688053728;res=E-LIBRARY EISBN: 192116638X.
  • Zanko, M., Badham, R., Couchman, P. K. and Schubert, M., 2006. 'The play of power and politics in innovation and HRM'.  Proceedings of the 20th ANZAM Conference “Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities”, 6 – 9 December 2006 (J. Kennedy and L. di Milia, eds.), Sydney: ANZAM.
  • Couchman, P. K., Fulop, L. and Batchelor, L., 2005. 'Managing commercially-focused collaborative Research and Development projects: preliminary findings from an Australian survey'.  Proceedings of the 19th ANZAM Conference “Engaging the Multiple Contexts of Management”, Canberra, 7 – 10 December.
  • Couchman, P. K. and Fulop, 2004. 'Managing risk in cross-sector Research and Development collaborations: lessons from an international case study', Prometheus, 22 (2): 151 – 167.
  • Couchman, P. K. and Fulop, L., 2004. 'Collaborative Research and Development project partner experience in the Australian CRC Program: a theoretical framework'.  Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of ANZAM “People First – Serving Our Stakeholders”, Dunedin, New Zealand, 8 – 11 December.
  • Suh, K., Couchman, P. K. and Park, J., 2003. 'A web-mediated communication (WMC) model based on Activity Theory'.  Proceedings of the 7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI2003), Orlando Florida, 27 – 29 July, and TT21C (Transformational Tools for 21st Century Minds), Gold Coast, Queensland, 27 – 29 July.
  • Suh, K., Hasan, H. and Couchman, P. K., 2003. 'Web-mediated communication and social interaction: a social psychological approach'. Proceedings of the 7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI2003), Orlando Florida, 27 – 29 July, and TT21C (Transformational Tools for 21st Century Minds), Gold Coast, Queensland, 27 – 29 July.
  • Suh, K.-W., Couchman, P. K. and Hasan, H., 2003. 'Understanding web-mediated communication: a web acceptance model'.  In A. Buttery (editor) Research into Contemporary Issues in Marketing.  South Penrith: Chartered Institute of Marketing.
  • Suh, K.-W., Couchman, P. K., Lee, D.H. and Hasan, H., 2003. 'Exploring social interaction in web-mediated communication'. In H. Hasan, E. Gould and I. Verenikina (editors) Information Systems and Activity Theory Volume 3: Expanding the Horizon.  Wollongong: University of Wollongong Press.
  • Suh, K.-W., Couchman, P. K., Park, J.-W. and Hasan, H., 2003. 'The application of activity theory to web-mediated communication'.  In H. Hasan, E. Gould and I. Verenikina (editors) Information Systems and Activity Theory Volume 3: Expanding the Horizon.  Wollongong: University of Wollongong Press.
  • Webster, O. and Couchman, P. K., 2003. 'The methodology of a risk mapping methodology for customer-supplier projects'.  Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Manufacturing Excellence (ICME2003), Melbourne, 13 – 15 October.
  • Yang, S., Couchman, P. K. and White, L., 2003. 'Purchasing Health Supplement Products: A two-phased study of consumer behaviour'.  In A. Farrell, N. Lee and I. Lings (editors) A History of the Next Decade: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Annual Conference, 8 – 10 July 2003, Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK.

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