HDR Introductory

Seminar
23rd August 2016
Room 11c91
David Williams
Faculty of Business, Government & Law
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Acknowledgement of
Country

I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people

as the traditional custodians of the
land upon which we meet today, and
pay my respects to all Elders past and
present.

David Williams

Background in project management in the construction industry

on large projects such as Loy Yang power station in Victoria,
the Submarine construction facility in SA, Bruce Stadium & New
Parliament House.
Joined the Dept of Defence in 1989 working on major projects
and across the management fields of contract, policy, human
resources, information, knowledge, quality, risk, enterprise
architecture, business policy and procurement.
Currently working as a management consultant/contractor in
systems procurement and information management and
lectures at UC.
David has a Master's degree in project management and has
managed a range of change and ICT systems projects in federal
government agencies.
President of the Australian Society of Knowledge Management
Board Member of the Institute of Information Management
On the Board of Education for the Australasian College of Podiatric
Surgeons
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Overview
Thesis Title: Leveraging Exogenous Social
Capital
Commenced: January 2016
Expected Completion: mid 2018
Supervisors: Dale Kleeman (primary)
Lubna Alam
Craig McDonald
Contact is frequent, but adhoc

Scope

Approach
Subject
Progress to date
Plan for the future
Questions as we go
Discussion and feedback

Approach
1. Synopsis
2. Introduction
9. Previous
Research

3. Acknowledgements

10. Other
Research
disciplines

4. Personal
Motivations and
Perceptions
5. Hypothesis
6. Research
QuestionsDesign
7. Research

8. Methodology
11. Literature Review
12. Method
13. Data collection
14. Analysis
15. Synthesis
16. New
Knowledge
17. Future
research

18. Conclusion
19.

Subject: Social Capital

The goodwill available to individuals or
groups. Its source lies in the structure
and content of the actor's social
relations. Its effects flow from the
information, influence, and solidarity it
makes available to the actor. (Adler and
Kwon p.23, 2002)

Topic: Exogenous Social

Capital
The intellectual capital that exists
external to the organisation that is
generated and accessed through the
relationships between people.

Key Concepts
Economic
Economic Development
Transaction cost
economics
Intellectual Property

Intangibles
Knowledge
Management
Intellectual Capital
Human Capital

Citizen power
Participation
Proactivity
Volunteerism

Connections
Networking
Neighbourhood
connections
Generalised Norms

Relations
Diversity
Everyday Sociability
Trust and safety

Belonging
Values and Norms
Group Characteristics
Social
Identify/Togetherness

Approach

Anti-foundationalism ontology
Interpretivist epistemology
Interactive Model of Research Design
Data collection by interview and
questionnaire

Weaknesses in proposal

The number and range of organisations to be

researched
The need to access key managerial personnel
Analysing and measuring qualitative
responses
The potential to raise unrealistic expectations
in the workplace
The potential to expose inappropriate
practices being applied in the workplace

Phenomenon:
Organisations that claim to
value networking (exogenous
social capital) have poor or no
processes to support it.

The Problem to be solved

Hypothesis:
Organisations that put systems in
place to actively manage the
development of exogenous Social
Capital, gain a viable benefit.

Objective:
To investigate the most effective
strategies for organisations to manage
Exogenous Social Capital.

Stakeholders:
Managers and knowledge workers in
organisations and their trusted
networks

Motivation:
Curiosity, respect, address poor
experiences that could have been
addressed with better management in
this space, potential for a publication,
additional consulting work, direct link
to KM (area of passion) and potential
for a future career in academia.

Progress
S1: Completed 6647 Research
Methodology with Dr Ben ELLWAY (D)
Draft Research Proposal
Partially completed Literature Review
Invited to present to S2 cohort

S2: Commenced 9311 Research Skills with

Dr Joelle VANDERMENSBRUGGHE
http://socialcapitalthesis.weebly.com/blog
Research skills self assessment

Research Design Master

Canvas

Research Skills Assessment

Literature Review
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Body of
Literature

Constellati
on of
studies
As
so
Lit ciat
era ed
tur
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Constellation of Studies

Marx (1867)
Granovetter (1973)
Loury (1977)
Putnam (1995)
Coleman (1988)
Nahapiet & Ghoshal (1998)
Lin (1999)
Adler & Kwon (2000)
Burt (2000)
Bourdieu (2011)
Portes (2014)

From an adjoining galaxy

Popper (1979)
Sveiby (1997)
Wiig (1997)
Davenport and Prusak (2000)
Cohen & Prusak (2001)
Dawson (2002)
Milton & Lambe (2016)

Network analysis of the literature

Next 6 months

Complete Unit 9311 Research Skills

Complete research integrity module
Complete most of Literature Review
Complete Research Proposal
Prepare application for Ethics
Approval
Prepare for Confirmation Seminar
Take kids skiing in the US

Discussion/questions
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