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Joce Santa Maria
Joce Santa Maria is experienced Executive Director and Management Consultant in the ICT and Management Industry since 1977 and has a proven track record in managing large complex businesses and technology projects within budget and schedule across organisations in Asia Pacific, Australasia and the US. Industries of expertise include Telecommunications, Retail, Wholesale, Energy, Government, Transport and Finance. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Education and specialises in ICT and Management consulting corporate strategy and business frameworks. His PhD is an investigation of the factors that best promote success for Organisations through a defined business solution framework, considering aspects related to every level of the organisation and their influences on Policy, Strategy and Operational levels, and their influences on the Staff and in turn the wider Corporate community.
Qualifications
Grad Dip in Industrial Management
Awards
Asia Pac Practice Director of the Year – Oracle, CIO Decisions – OPM, one of the ten innovative strategies of 2007
Thesis Title
Explicating a New Framework – Business Culture, Motivation and Self-Concept Adopting Corporate Strategies
Supervisors
Professor Rhonda Craven & Dr Ann Dadich
Abstract
The overarching aims of the research are to address the lack of empirical Corporate Strategy research and its impacts on Society. Our current economic climate is unforgiving to the unwise, inefficient or slow-moving organisations that have previously rarely faced such pressure to develop pragmatic strategies that require precision and efficiency in their execution. Organisations that have failed in such tasks have fallen by the wayside, and the list of senior executives who lacked the foresight and insight to avert disaster is getting longer with every passing day. As markets, strategies, organisations and operating models continue to evolve and become more complex, the lines between operational execution and performance measurement have blurred. However, one thing that is not uncertain in this climate is the critical importance of information measurement and management to enable Strategy execution. The research aims to investigate (a) which characteristics of quality management across all levels impact Staff engagement and Performance outcomes; (b) what specific characteristics of Organisation Strategy impact positively on Staff outcomes. This will result in new research-identified solutions for developing innovative and effective educational intervention to result in penetrating the Boardroom door and making a real difference in the Australian Business community.
