George Arthur Hobbs
PhD Student
BA (La Trobe), MIS (Melbourne)
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne
Room 5.45 , ICT Building, 111 Barry St, Carlton, Vic, AustraliaPhone: 04 3723 5120
Email: gahobbs@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
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Research Interests
The Role of the IT function, Cybernetics, Agility in Information Systems
Thesis
Enabling Agility in Existing Information Systems: A Control Structure for the IT Function
Supervisors
Associate Professor Rens Scheepers, The University of Melbourne
Professor Pernille Kræmmergaard, Aalborg University
Publications
Hobbs, G.A., and Firth, L. 2004. "Offshore Outsourcing and Organizational Learning: A Model of Cultural Occlusions," Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Hobart, p. 9.
Background
I have 20 years experience in the IT industry in Australia, most recently as an enterprise architect at Telstra from 2004 to July 2006. In this role, I contributed to the architecture of business support systems to meet the emerging strategic needs of Telstra's business models. A principal responsibility was an architectural solution to introduce new accounts receivable and credit management packages to be interoperable with legacy and next-generation billing systems. This included a fit evaluation of a SAP telecommunication-industry solution. I have been also employed on a contract-basis by EDS Australia, Accenture and the National Australia Bank.
At the University of Melbourne, I am the coordinator of the Organisational and Social Aspects of Information Systems (OASIS) research group, and a treasurer of the Information Systems Research Postgraduate Committee.