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RECOMMENDED BOOKS Work health and safety Sherriff, B. & Tooma, M. (2010) Understanding the Model Work Health and Safety Act. CCH AUSTRALIA LIMITED. Printed in Australia by McPherson's Printing Group. ISBN: 978 1 921593 72 7. Great, easy to read guide to the forthcoming work health and safety legislation. Performance management Do you struggle with the performance management conversation? Chris Whitecross from Arrowdynamics Pty Ltd has written a user friendly book titled "Why do you frown Daddy?' A simple lesson in managing people, ISBN 0-9775986-0-8. There have been some excellent reviews about the book and his workshops. Check his website at www.arrowdynamics.com.au Counsellors, Psychologists and Psychiatrists Do you know the difference between a counsellor, psychologist and a psychiatrist? Which one should you should talk to? Dawn Spinks, from Spinks & Associates Pty Ltd has written a very useful and practical guide to choosing the right counsellor. The book is titled "Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes". A practical guide to choosing the right counsellor, ISBN 978-0-646-49453-1. As her book cover suggests, it covers 'what you always wanted to know about counselling and were afraid to ask'. Check out the book at her website - www.nothingchangesifnothingchanges.com.au. Workplace conflict and revenge Do you know that workplace revenge is not about violence, but is about justice? Thomas Tripp and Robert Bies are workplace conflict experts and in their book GETTING EVEN THE TRUTH ABOUT WORKPLACE REVENGE - AND HOW TO STOP IT they address basic questions relating to offences that result in revenge, why some victims respond more aggressively to harm than others, the role the organisation plays in how victims respond and how managers can prevent employees from seeking revenge. The book is published by Jossey-Bass. Conventional and cyber bullying Do you know about the legal issues arising from both conventional and cyber bullying confronting schools? In their book 'Schools and the Law", ISBN 978-86287-624-8, Dr Des Butler and Dr Ben Mathews cover a range of issues relating to Children's Rights, Duties of Care and Vicarious Liability, Statutory Requirements for Child Safety, Student Misconduct and Discipline, Equal Opportunity and Information and Privacy. Their book is available from Federation Press at www.federationpress.com.au. Cyber bullying in schools These topical issues appear in the media on a regular basis. The National Centre Against Bullying (NCAB) has some excellent information on their website http://www.ncab.org.au/ncab.html. There are presentations and papers from the NCAB National Conference held on 3-4 November 2007and these can be accessed on their website and following the links to Further Reading. You will also find some Links to External Resources about publications and resources that can be used in schools to address school bullying and cyber bullying. Check out HELPFUL READINGS for more useful book titles about the above topics. PUBLICATIONS
FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONSWA Safety Conference, Perth 24-26 August 2010. "Fun police" and workplace behaviours - when workplace behaviours cross the line and cost your job. PAST CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Althofer, BK (2010) Workplace Bullying - Killing Your Culture. Asian Confederation of Institute of Internal Auditors (ACIIA/SOPAC 2010) Conference, Sydney - 9-12 May, Althofer, BK (2010) Does Risk Management Provide the Magic Bullet to Reduce the Risk of Workplace Bullying? Safety in Action Conference, Melbourne 20-22 April, Althofer, BK (2009) Boozy nights, unsafe sex and mobile technology: a wild ride on the streets where you live. Queensland Safety Conference, Brisbane 16th - 18th June Althofer, BK (2008) Workplace Bullying – What are the factors to consider if it is a criminal offence and not ‘just a health and safety issue’? - WA Safety2008 Conference, Perth 13th August Althofer, BK (2007) "Creating waves by conducting ethical audits" - 15th Annual Occupational Health and Safety Conference, 14th - 16th November Althofer, BK (2007) "Resolving undiscussable sacred cows, dead cats, taboos and other unwritten ground rules are essential if safer workplace cultures are to be created" - Queensland Safety Conference 24th June Althofer, BK (2006) "Leadership culture and performance management: the trinity of safer workplaces" - Queensland Safety Forum, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane - 21-23 June Althofer, BK (2006) "The Role of Leadership in Driving OHS – How do you drive if you can’t lead?" Risk Management Institute of Australia (Brisbane Chapter) – 18th September Althofer, BK (2005) "Ethical leadership and performance management: is this the missing link in reducing deviant behaviour?" - Annual Conference of Australian Organisation for Quality, 2005, Marriott Hotel, Gold Coast - 30th October to 2 November Althofer, BK (2005) "Workplace harassment: more health, more safety, less of the blame game" - Annual Conference of Australian Organisation for Quality, , Marriott Hotel, Gold Coast 30th October to 2 November Althofer, BK (2005) "Prairie dogs, battery hens, cube farms and risk management: STOP that noise in my office" - Annual Conference of Australian Organisation for Quality, Marriott Hotel, Gold Coast - 30th October to 2 November SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPSAlthofer, BK (2010) Institutionalised Corruption in a Context of Workplace Bullying. The Leadership Lounge, Police Headquarters, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane 9th March Althofer, BK (2009) How much do bullies cost you? Leadership Lounge, Police Headquarters, Roma Street, Brisbane, 10th August Althofer, BK & Gorman, Dr Peter (2009) "What are a School's Duty of Care Obligations to Protect Pupils Against Bullying?", School Law Seminar, Hilton Hotel, Brisbane. Legalwise Seminars www.legalwiseseminars.com.au 20th May Althofer, BK (2009) Workplace bullying: A practice you cannot afford. Psychology @ Work Special Interest Networking event at the Australian Institute of Management Qld & NT, Cnr Boundary and Rosa Streets, Spring Hill, Brisbane - 7th May Althofer, BK (2009) Broken Bodies, Broken Spirits - A Logical Consequence of Bullying. Corruption Prevention Network Qld Show Tell and Share, Brisbane 15th April Althofer, BK (2009) Resolving Workplace Bullying. Rotary Youth Leadership Award District 9600 Australia, Kindilan Outdoor Education & Conference Centre, Redland Bay 15th April Althofer, BK (2009) Internal Auditors - Bullies or Bullied? - Institute of Internal Auditors Members Meeting, BDO Kendalls, Brisbane 13th March Althofer, BK (2008) Why workplace bullying reduces the corruption resistance of an agency. Corruption Prevention Network Queensland Bullying...Pathways to Corruption Seminar, Brisbane - 15th July Althofer, BK (2008) Modern Communication Methods: Why risk management helps avoid embarrassing real life situations. QUT Career Mentor Mid Year Scheme, The Chifley on Lennon's, Brisbane, 10th July Althofer, BK (2008) 'What does risk management have to do with binge drinking, safe sex and Face Book' - Rotary Youth Leadership Award Program, Redland Bay, 10th April Althofer, BK (2007) "Leading the way in Health and Safety: Leadership culture and performance management as drivers of safer workplaces" - Griffith University Health and Safety Forum, Logan Campus, Logan - 26th June Althofer, BK (2007) "Taking Workplace Health and Safety Accreditation for Granted" - Corruption Prevention Network Qld – Accreditation and Corruption Risks Seminar, Brisbane 24th May Althofer, BK (2007) "Moving from the dark side – developing responses to the Negative 4 P’s." Leadership Lounge, Brisbane - 8th May HELPFUL READINGS
Albrecht, S. (1996).
Crisis Management
for Corporate Self-Defense
“How to
Protect Your Organisation in a Crisis...How to Stop a Crisis Before It Starts”.
Babiak,
P. & Hare, R.D. (2006).
Snakes in Suits.
When Psychopaths Go To Work.
Bernstein, A.J. (2001).
Emotional
Vampires. Dealing with People Who Drain You Dry.
Butler, D.A. & Mathews, B. (2007) Schools and the Law. Published in Sydney by The Federation Press. Website: http://www.federationpress.com.au Catanzariti, J. (1998). Dealing with the workplace bully in Bullying and Peer Pressure, with Healy, K. (Ed.) Issues in Society, Volume 97, The Spinney Press, 35.
Cavaiola, A.A, & Lavender,
N.J. (2000).
TOXIC COWORKERS, How to deal with
dysfunctional people on the job. Working with narcissists, borderlines,
sociopaths, schizoids, and others.
Clarke, J. (2005).
Working with Monsters, How to identify and protect yourself from the
workplace psychopath.
Field, T. (1996). Bully in Sight -
How to predict, resist, challenge and
combat workplace bullying - Overcoming the silence and denial by which
abuse thrives. Oxfordshire: Field, E. M. (2010) BULLY BLOCKING AT WORK. A Self-Hep Guide for Employees and Managers. Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills, Qld Australia
Flores-Walsh, S. (2005).
Employer
responses to incidents of alleged harassment and discrimination - Australian
Master Human Resources Guide.
Frost, P.J. (2003).
Toxic Emotions at Work.
How
Compassionate Managers Handle Pain and Conflict. Harvard:
Fuller, R. W. (2004).
SOMEBODIES AND NOBODIES.
Overcoming the abuse of rank. Furnham, A. & Taylor, J. (2004). The Dark Side of Behaviour at Work. Understanding and avoiding employees leaving, thieving and deceiving. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 83
Gettler,
L. (2005). Organisations Behaving Badly.
A Greek tragedy of corporate pathology.
Grainger, C. (1994).
‘Violence: A risk
management handbook for dealing with violence at work!’
Healey, J. Ed. (2006) Bullying and Harassment. Issues in Society. Volume 231. The Spinney Press.
Labig, C.E. (1995).
Preventing Violence
in the Workplace.
Lowe, A. (2005).
Bullying - Australian Master
Human Resources Guide.
Lowe, A. (2002)
'Preventing Bullying' -
Australian Master Human Resources Guide.
Lubbit,
R. H. (2004).
Coping with Toxic Managers,
Subordinates… and other difficult people. Using Emotional Intelligence to
Survive and Prosper.
Mayhew, C. (2000).
Preventing Violence Within
Organisations: A Practical Handbook - Australian Institute of
Criminology Research and Public Policy Series No. 29.
Mayhew, C. (2000).
Preventing Client-Initiated Violence. A
Practical Handbook - Australian Institute of Criminology Research and
Public Policy Series No. 30.
McCarthy, P. & Mayhew, C. (2004).
Safeguarding the Organization against Violence and Bullying.
An International Perspective.
McCarthy, P., Rylance, J., Bennett, R., & Zimmerman, H. (Eds.). (2001).
'Bullying from Backyard to Boardroom',
(2nd ed.).
McGrath, H., & Edwards, H. (2000) 'Difficult Personalities' - A practical guide to managing the hurtful behaviour of others (and maybe your own!). CHOICE Books, Australian Consumers Association, McPherson's Printing Group.
McGrath, H. & Nobel, T. (2006) Bullying Solutions. Evidence-based approaches to
bullying in Australian schools. Pearson Education Australia (a division of
Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) 2006 McHugh, T.J. (2009) How to Beat Your Boss. The Workplace Survival Guide. Published by Maxads Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. ISBN: 9780980520705
Namie, G, & Namie, R. (1999).
Bullyproof Yourself at Work - Personal
Strategies to Stop the Hurt from Harassment,
Namie, G, & Namie, R. (2000).
‘The Bully at Work - What you can Do to
Stop the Hurt and Reclaim Your Dignity On the Job'.
Perrone, S. (2000).
Violence in the Workplace.
Australian
Randall, P. (1997).
Adult Bullying. Perpetrators and
Victims.
Richards, H. & Freeman, S. (2002)
'Bullying in the Workplace’ An
occupational hazard.
Rigby, K. (2002).
New Perspectives on Bullying.
Simpson, S. (2004).
Unwritten Ground Rules: The way we
really do things around here. In Barker, C. (Ed.).
The Power of
Culture.
Spinks, D. (2008) Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes. A practical guide to choosing the right counsellor. Spinks & Associates Pty Ltd, Brisbane
Sutton, R. (2007).
The No Asshole Rule:
Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t. Warner Great
Tripp, T.M., & Bies, R.J. (2009) Getting even: the truth about workplace revenge and how to stop it. Jossey-Bass, United States of America
Wheatley, R. (1999).
'Dealing with
Bullying at Work in a week'. Berkshire: Whitecross, C. (2008) 'Why do you frown, Daddy'. A simple lesson in managing people. Second Edition. Published by Arrowdynamics Pty ltd, PO Box 889, Paradise Point, Gold Coast
Adams-Roy, J. & Barling, J. (1998). -
Predicting the decision to confront or report sexual harassment.
Journal of Organisational Behaviour.
19, 329-336
Hoel, H., Rayner, C, and Cooper, C L. (1999). Workplace Bullying in Cooper, C.L.
and Robertson, I.T., International Review
of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, 14, 197, 217.
Lord, V.B. (1998). Characteristics of
Violence in State Government.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 13(4), 489-503
McCarthy, P. (1997). ‘Between
Managementality and Victim-Mentality in the Pressures of Continuous Change’,
School of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resource Management, CAM,
Spry, M. (1998). Workplace Harassment:
What is it, and What should the law do about?
The Journal of Industrial Relations.40(2),
232-246
Conference papers
Althofer, B.K. & Giles, V (1999)
‘Hear no evil, see no evil: developing
a solution to workplace violence in Government agencies’ -
unpublished assignment completed for
Master of Arts (Justice Studies), Queensland University of Technology.
Gorman, P. (1999).
Bullying
of Victims by the Present Injustices in the System - Paper presented to
‘Responding to Professional Abuse’
Conference, July,
Gorman, P. (1997). ‘Bullying - A
Legal Response: The Duty of Good Faith as against Bullying’ - The
1997 Roberta Morgan Memorial Lecture.
Gorman, P. (2000). 'Professional
Managerial Ethical Expertise'. Paper presented at the AAPAE
Conference,
Gorman, P. (2004). Grievance Procedures and Dispute Procedures. |
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