School of Management and Marketing

Geoff Bamberry is Associate Professor of Public Administration in the School of Management and Marketing at Charles Sturt University and has been a member of the staff of CSU and predecessor institutions for 37 years. Prior to that, he worked in Papua-New Guinea for about 10 years, teaching in secondary and technical education, as well as lecturing at the Port Moresby Teachers' College and the PNG Administrative College. His teaching has been in the fields of private and public sector management. Research in recent years has been mainly in the areas of regional development, including regional manufacturing, regional business clusters and the development of international markets. He has been involved in regional development activities including being a member of the Riverina Regional Development Board and Riverina Regional Tourism, and a Director of the Wagga Wagga Business Enterprise Centre. He has published and undertaken research and consultancies in the above and related areas.

Teaching Responsibilities

• DBA713 Writing a Literature Review
• ECO330 Regional Sustainable Development
• HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations
• HRM531 Organisation Politics Culture and Change Management
• PAD591 Public Sector Management

Admininstrative Responsibilities

• Chair, Faculty Exclusion Appeals Committee
• Member, Faculty Sub-Committee of the Board of Graduate Studies
• Member, University Committee on Indigenous Research

Grants and Awards

Past research grants include two from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) and the Riverina Regional Development Board as well as Faculty of Business grants for general research and research into teaching and learning. A CSU 'Writing Up' Award was received following completion of PhD as well as a research grant from the Economics and Regional Development Group of the Institute for Land, Water and Society and an ILWS Research Fellowship.

Research Focus

Broad areas of research and consultancy over the past 30 years have been in regional development and associated fields. This has included research in the agricultural sector such as the identification of investment opportunities in the Riverina Region, impediments to the development of agriculture, the restructuring of rural lands protection boards and the relationship between farmer education and farm management skills. In relation to the manufacturing sector, research has included surveys of manufacturing in the Riverina and identification of factors influencing the clustering of manufacturing in certain Riverina centres. A related area of research includes the development of export markets by regional firms in the food and beverage processing sector, particularly the wine industry, where the concept of 'born global' firms has been investigated with Dr Rumintha Wickramasekera. Other areas of research include the staffing and training needs of rural industries, the economic development of small rural towns, the development of the regional tourism industry (including the preparation of a regional tourism strategy for the Riverina Region) and the impact of innovation and technology on regional development. The latter has included a case study of a regional telecommunications program undertaken by the Riverina Regional Development Board, Current research topics are extending previous areas of research as well as extending into new areas such as the role of non-profit organisations in regional development.

Research Project Supervision

Areas of Expertise and Interest for HD Research Supervision

• Issues associated with regional development including manufacturing/processing; industry clustering, linkages and networks; technology and telecommunications, tourism.
• Issues associated with regional and local government.
• Administration including policy; staff-councillor relationships; council amalgamations; delineation of regions; business enterprise centres; business incubators.
• Issues associated with Public Sector Management at the State and Federal level including policy issues and human resource management.
• Issues associated with work organisations.

Current Research Students

• Anthony Chan (Principal Supervisor)
• Gregory Dresser (Principal Supervisor)
• Daniel Guilfoyle (Principal Supervisor)
• Michael Walsh (Principal Supervisor)
• Maria Farrell (Co-supervisor)
• Marie Sheahan (Co-supervisor)
• Valentine Siemionow (Co-supervisor)

Selected Publications

Books

• Bamberry, G., Dunn, A. & Lamont, A. (1997). A pilot study on the relationship between farmer education and good farm management. Canberra: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.

Book Chapters

• Bamberry, G. (2009). Cumulative causation as an explanatory theory for innovation in regional manufacturing. In Al-Hakim, L. & Chen, J. Handbook of Research on Innovation Systems for Business: Technologies and Applications. Hershey PA. IGI Global.
• Argyrous, G., & Bamberry, G. (2009). Cumulative causation and industrial development: The regional stage. In Berger, S. (ed) TheFoundations of Non-Equilibrium Economics: the Principle of Circular and Cumulative Causation. London: Routledge.
• Bamberry, G. (2007). Cumulative causation as explanation and policy base for child labour. In Herath, G. & Sharma, K. Child labour in South Asia. Aldershot: Ashgate.
• Wickramasekera, R., & Bamberry, G. (2001). Australian wineries: Factors perceived to enhance or inhibit export market expansion. In Asia Pacific Issues in International Business. Edited by S.J. Gray, McCaughey, S.L. & Purcel, W.R. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Bamberry, G., & Dale, P. (2009). Telecommunications and regional development. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies.
• Bamberry, G. (2006). The influence of technology on regional development: Case studies from the Riverina region. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 12(2), 173-190.
• Bamberry, G. (2005). The influence of technology on regional development: Case studies from the Riverina region. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International, Manukau, NZ.
• Wickramasekera, R., & Bamberry, G. (2003). An overview of a successful export industry from regional Australia. International Journal of Wine Marketing, 15(3), 15-27.
• Wickramasekera, R., & Bamberry, G. (2003). Exploration of born globals/international new ventures: Some evidence from the Australian wine industry. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 9(2), 207-219 .

Refereed Conference Papers

• Bamberry, G., & Dale, P. (forthcoming) A rural region's use of a virtual organisation in telecommunications development. Proceedings of the fourthconference on Co-operation and Promotion of Resources in Science and Technology. Beijing.
• Wickramasekera, R., Bamberry, G., & O'Donovan, R. (2009). Achieving success in the Queensland wine industry. Proceedings of the Inaugural Symposium of the Association of Networking and Collaboration. Newcastle. Centre for Institutional and Organisational Studies, University of Newcastle.
• Wickramasekera, R., & Bamberry, G. (2009). Enhancing student learning outcomes in international business using audio-visual case studies. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand International Business Association. Brisbane: QUT.
• Bamberry, G. (2006). The significance of linkages for regional manufacturers: A case study of the Riverina region of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Contemporary Business. Leura. Edited by P.K. Basu & G.O'Neill. Charles Sturt University, Bathurst.
• Bamberry, G. (2004). Internationalisation and regional development. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International. Wollongong.
• Wickramasekera, R., & Bamberry, G. (2002). Exploration of born globals: Are stage theories of internationalisation redundant? Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand. Academy of Management. Editor L. Bennington. Melbourne: La Trobe University.
• Bamberry, G., Dunn, A., & Lamont, A. (1997). The relationship between farmer education and good farm management: implications for extension providers. Proceedings of the Second Conference of the Australasia-Pacific Extension Network, 1, 479-491.

Working Papers

• Wickramasekera, R., & Bamberry, G. (2001). Born globals within the wine industry: An exploratory study. Faculty of Commerce Working Paper Series 1(01). Wagga Wagga, NSW: Charles Sturt University.

Submissions

• Bamberry, G., & Dale, P. (2008). Telecommunications and regional development. A submission to the Regional Telecommunications Taskforce of the Parliament of NSW. Wagga Wagga: Riverina Regional Development Board.
• Bamberry, G. (2007). Policies to support manufacturing in the Riverina region of NSW. A submission to the Regional and Rural Taskforce of the Parliament of NSW. Wagga Wagga: Charles Sturt University.
• Bamberry, G., & Cox, S. (1995), A submission on a national strategy for backpacker tourism to the Commonwealth Department of Tourism. Wagga Wagga: Riverina Regional Tourism.
• Bamberry, G. (1993a). Impediments to regional industry adjustment. A submission to the Industry Commission on behalf of the Riverina Regional Development Board. Wagga Wagga; RRDB.