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My aim as an academic is to create an interesting, relevant and innovative learning environment for students. Through a strongly experiential based approach I seek to provide students with the benefits of being exposed to current thinking in the relevant disciplines as well as a unique opportunity to put into practice the concepts, tools and techniques presented. In terms of my work with organisations, my broader vision is to faciliate oppportunities to enhance decision quality, especially with regard to senior management teams. This underpins my role in the GSB Strategic Planning and Decisions Unit and the Stratcom Facility, where much of what we do focuses on developing specialised processes and software for supporting business needs in strategic planning activities, resource allocation and decision making. My expertise here is in creativity and innovation, enhancing the effectiveness of top management teams (TMTs), expert group facilitation and developing processes to support improved decision quality. Where relevant, this includes the use of decision support technologies that are now available to support complex decision making.

Specialisation

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Teaching Areas

Competitive Marketing Strategy

Strategic Customer Leadership

Business Strategy & International Business

Industry Experience

Margot joined the GSB in 1998 and has over 20 years experience in working with organisations. In terms of her work, Margot’s broader vision is to facilitate opportunities to enhance decision quality, especially with regard to senior management teams. This underpins Margot’s role as co-Principal of the Centre for Innovation in Decision Quality.  CIDQ’s focus (reflected in the CIDQ framework) is on enhancing Decision Quality with respect to Creativity and innovation in organisations; application of decision theory; strategy development and resource allocation; high performance cultures and inspiring Leaders to think differently.   Margot’s expertise here is on creativity and innovation, enhancing the effectiveness of top management teams (TMTs), Board and executive team development, expert group facilitation and developing processes to support improved decision quality. Where relevant, this includes the use of decision support technologies that are now available to support complex decision making.
Other areas of expertise include service quality, innovation, strategy and policy development and review, the development and application of business simulation games, executive and management team development and enhancing decision quality.   Margot continues to practice in her areas of expertise through consulting and in the delivery of tailored Executive Team and Leadership programs.

Publications

Conference Publications

Marshall, Verena, and Margot Wood. "Cracks in the fuselage? Performance in the management cockpit." In Connecting theory and practice:Conference papers, edited by Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Northern Ireland: Irish Academy of Management & Queen's University Belfast, 2007.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-43808 E2 verified)

Wood, Margot, and Desmond Klass. "Executive team effectiveness and organisational performance:Leveraging team intellectual capital." In Proceeding of 21st ANZAM 2007 Conference- Managing our intellectual and social capital, edited by Ross Chapman, WA: Promaco Coventions, 2007.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-DM-43958 E1 verified)

Wood, Margot, Graham Pervan, and Olive Schmidenberg. "The Role of Cognitive Mapping in Exploting the Key Tenets of Decision Conferencing." In 2004 QualIT - The Way Forward: Proceedings of the Qualitative Research in IT and IT in Qualitative Research, edited by Beekhuyzen,J., 1-9, Australia: Griffith University, 2004.
(PUB-CBS-SIS-SA-19725 E1 verified)

Wood, Margot, Verena Marshall, and Robert Evans. "High performance amidst high anxiety: Implications for emotional intelligence among aviation pilots." In Emotional intelligence in organisations, edited by Tony Tarvaglione, Adre Boshoff, Natalie Ferres, David Crombie, 57-67, South Australia: University of Adelaide, 2003.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-SA-17026 E1 entered)

Wood, Margot, Olive Schmidenberg, and Graham Pervan. "The link between computer modelling, shared understanding and commitment in decision conferencing - an interpretive study." In Group decision and negotiation: Conference proceedings, edited by Mohammed Quaddus, 410-443, Perth, Western Australia: Curtin University of Technology, 2002.
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Quaddus, Mohammed, and Margot Wood. "Factors of usefulness and benefits of knowledge management systems: Results of field and pilot studies in Western Australia." In Quality Innovation Knowledge, edited by Amrik Sohol, 1-15, Australia: Monash, 2002.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-SA-14306 E1 entered)

Wood, Margot, Graham Pervan, and Olive Schmidenberg. "An empirical investigation of shared understanding and commitment to action in decision conferencing." In Proceedings of the 2001 group decision and negotiation conference, edited by Fran Ackerman and Gert-Jan de Vreede, 285-289, The Netherlands: Delft University of Technology, 2001.
(PUB-CBS-SIS-SA-11431 E1 entered)

Wood, Margot, Graham Pervan, and Olive Schmidenberg. "The impact of computer modeling on the development of commitment to action in the application of decision conferencing to strategic issues: preliminary results from a field study." In ACIS'98 Proceedings of the 9th Australasian conference on information systems, edited by Bob Edumundson and David Wilson, 698-708, Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales, 1998.
(PUB-CBS-SIS-SA-04296 E1 entered)

Pervan, Graham, Margot Wood, and Olive Schmidenberg. "Shared understanding and commitment to action in technology-supported group processes." In WITS'98 Eighth annual workshop on information technologies and systems, edited by Salvatore March and Janice Bubenko, 105-114, Helsinki: Royal Institute of Technology and University of Stockholm, 1998.
(PUB-CBS-SOM-SA-04176 E1 entered)

Conference Presentations

Quaddus, Mohammed, and Margot Wood. "Factors of usefulness and benefits of knowledge management systems: Results of field and pilot studies in Western Australia." Paper presented at the 6th International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Malaysia, February 1, 2002.
(PUB-CBS-GSB-RG-37237 Z1 entered)

Schmidenberg, Olive, and Margot Wood. "The link between computer modelling, shared understanding and commitment in decision conferenceing - an interpretive study." Paper presented at the Group Decision and Negotiation Conference 2002, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, January 1, 2003.
(PUB-CBS-SIS-RG-36938 Z1 entered)

Working Papers

Wood, Margot, Desmond Klass, and Mohammed Quaddus. Executive team effectiveness and organisational performance: A research program on leveraging team intellectual capital. Graduate School of Business Working Paper Series 68, Perth, Western Australia: Curtin University of Technology, 2007.
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Research Interests

Enhancing Decision Quality: Social and Creative Dimensions; Innovation Complex Adaptive Systems in Decision Making Group decision support systems/ computer aided facilitation/group facilitation Board development and Top Management Team effectiveness Narrative Inquiry/Qualitative research methodology/cognitive mapping Business Strategy/Strategic Planning Services Marketing/Delivering Quality Service/Marketing Orientation

Awards

2002 Innovative Teaching Practice Award (Team Award), Curtin University of Technology Team Members: Nowak, M., Ladyshewsky, R.., Moynihan, C., Wood, E., Wood, M., Welsh, P., Marshall,V., Quaddus,M.

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