BA, DipEd (Syd), MA, PhD (Macq)

Senior Lecturer
Academic area: Workplace and Organisational Learning

Telephone: +61 2 9514
Email: Robyn.Johnston@uts.edu.au
Room:
Campus: City - CB10 Building

Robyn Johnston is a lecturer in the UTS Faculty of Education as well as a research fellow of the RCVET. She is also currently Co-ordinator for the HRD specialism in the Bachelor of Education (Adult Eduation)at the University.

Research Areas:
Robyn's experience as a researcher is reflected in her active participation in national and international conferences. In her conference presentations she has addressed issues related to enhancing communication in organisations, dimensions of training reform in Australia, best practice in group training and changing patterns of HRD practice. Robyn has been a keynote speaker and workshop presenter at a wide variety of conferences ranging from the NSW Secondary School Principals and the Australian Health Communicators Association to ANTA conferences and seminars and international conferences in the UK, Europe and the USA as well as Australia. Robyn is currently examining shaping influences on careers in HRD, and in conjuncton ,with researchers from Charles Sturt University participating in an NCVER funded project in on the role of the HRD professional.

Robyn is is an experienced teacher, researcher and consultant in the areas of Human Resource Development, Vocational Education and Training and Communication Management. Robyn's professional experience has included providing consultancy advice in a range of areas including the development of competency standards for a several industries, design and provision of employee development and training programs, and commissioned research and evaluation which has formed the basis of new program initiatives or submissions to professional bodies. Clients have included the NSW Department of Health and Community Services and Department of Education and Training, John Fairfax and Sons,Niki Ellis and Associates for the Australian Medical Association, Kimberley Clarke Ltd, the Australian Pharmacy Guild, Retail Group Training and Employment, Tourism Training, NSW, the Centre for Management Studies, UTS, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Pacific Island Club resorts on Micronesia and Thailand. Robyn has been actively involved in professional associations and was Vice President of the NSW Division of the Australian Institute of Training and Development for several years in the early 1990s.

Publications:
Johnston,R (1998) "Critical competencies for senior HRD practice". Paper presented at 6th Annual International Conference on Post Compulsory Education and Training , Griffith University.

Anderson, G and Johnston, R (1997) "Human resource development: Developing the developers in a changing field". Paper presented at 5th Annual International Conference on Post Compulsory Education and Training, Griffith University.

R. Johnston (1997) "Lessons in Government Communication Strategies of Best Practice in Australia in S. King and D Cushman Lessons from the Recession A Management and Communication perspective, State University of New York, USA pp.277-297.

R Johnson (1997) "Meeting the needs of industry: A case study of a group training iniatitive in the Australian retail industry". Paper presented at the Journal of Vocational Education and Training Conference " Policy and practice in Vocational Education and Training "Hudddersfield, UK. July

R. Johnston (1996)"A Partnership Orientation: A case study documenting leading edge practice for entry level training of the Retail Group Training and Employment Ltd". Research report supported by a grant from the Australian National Training Authority.

R Johnston and Watkins, G.(1996) "Report on leading edge practices in entry level training", Australian National Training Authority Conference, Melbourne, October .

R. Johnston ( 1995)"Comunicating Organisational Change in Australia" in D.P Cushman and S.S King Communicating Organisational Change , State University of New York press; USA pp.251-274

R. Johnston (1995) "Best practice Communication : A key to workplace reform". Paper presented at Global Diversity Global Connections Conference, Centre for Workplace Communication and Culture, Sydney