BUSINESS ANALYTICS RESEARCH FELLOW

Position no.: 0022959
Employment type: Full-time Fixed Term
Campus: Parkville
Department Information Systems , Faculty of Science
Salary: Level B: $75,341 - $89,465 p.a. or Level C: $92,290- $106,416 p.a. plus
9% superannuation.

This is a fixed term position available for two and a half years. Hours
negotiable as either full-time or part-time (0.8 EFT). Salary is payable pro
rata if fractional EFT applies. Level of appointment is subject to
qualifications and experience.
You will work on an Australian Research Council funded project titled "The
Impact of Strategy on Business Analytics Success", in collaboration with the
investigators Prof. Graeme Shanks, A/Prof. Peter Seddon, Mr Peter Reynolds and
Prof. Leslie Willcocks. The fellowship is offered at either Research Fellow
Level B or Senior Research Fellow Level C dependent upon qualifications and
relevant experience.
Business analytics involves the collection, storage and interpretation of data
in order to make better decisions and to optimise business processes. Although
the analysis of data has been used in business for many years to aid
decision-making, many organisations have had difficulty in achieving anticipated
benefits from large-scale, enterprise-wide, business-analytic systems. Recently,
however, compelling evidence has emerged of the successful use of
business-analytic systems to gain competitive advantage. This project will
develop and test a new theoretical model that explains and predicts how
organisations can match their organisational strategy with their business
analytics capabilities to improve firm performance. A longitudinal empirical
study will refine the model and examine how business analytics capabilities are
developed and leveraged over time.
The position will require a wide range of skills and experience, including a
good understanding of information systems and management theory, interviewing
managers in many of Australia's leading corporations, quantitative and
qualitative data analysis and report writing skills. Maturity, sophisticated
interviewing skills, and the capacity to relate to managers are essential. These
abilities are likely to be possessed by someone with a PhD and relevant work
experience.

Interested candidates can contact Prof. Graeme Shanks (gshanks@unimelb.edu.au).

Close date: September 12th, 2010

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