Management, Technology and Organisation department

The Management, Technology and Organisation department brings together researchers with a shared interest in the positive impact that inclusive and sustainable business practice has on people, organisations and society.

We have researchers with expertise in a range of fields relevant to today’s workplace, including leadership, sustainability, ethics, diversity, human resources and employment relations.

We also investigate the impacts of digital technology on business, with teaching and research expertise in data and analytics, enterprise systems, business process management, and operations and supply chain management.

Undergraduate courses

Undergraduate study in management, technology and organisation will give you a solid grounding in this area.

Postgraduate courses

You can study a range of postgraduate degrees related to management, technology and organisation:

Our research

Our research addresses key issues at the intersection of management, technology and organisational dynamics.

OUR RESEARCH

Research groups and centres

News

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Are you planning to retire or “rewire”?

14 May, 2025

Increasingly, employees appear open to different ways of combining some paid work alongside increased leisure and/or family time, writes Kate Kearins.

When does “gossip” become “intel”?

16 Apr, 2025

What counts as gossip is a slippery notion. The key is not any set of objective criteria, but rather a shared agreement that a situation counts as gossip.

How to handle “double hatting”

21 Oct, 2024

Kate Kearins shares some of the tips she is finding helpful as she takes on “double hatting” - doing two big roles at the same time.

Having faith in spirituality at work

31 Jul, 2024

Professor Kate Kearins reflects on how spirituality, in all its diverse cultural, religious, and non-religious dimensions, can foster unity at work.

“Difficult” or “difference-making”?

03 May, 2024

AUT Business School Dean, Professor Kate Kearins, explores a central question: How to help turn difficult conversations into difference-making dialogues?

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