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Professor Fred Hilmer's research and publications are clustered in three areas:


Books
1. General Management, with an emphasis on strategy, and organisation design and effectiveness.

a) Books

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1985, When the Luck Runs Out: The Future for Australians at Work (Sydney, Harper & Row)

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1993, Strictly Boardroom: Improving Governance to Enhance Company Performance (Melbourne, The Business Library)

  • Hilmer, F. G. and L. Donaldson, 1996, Management Redeemed: Debunking the Fads that Undermine Our Corporations (New York, Free Press) Note: Also published in Dutch, 1997; German, 1997; and Spanish, 1998

b) Selected Articles

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1989, Real Jobs for Real Managers, The McKinsey Quarterly, Summer, Pages 20-36

  • Hilmer, F. G. and R. Tricker, 1990, An Effective Board, Company Directors' Manual (Editor-Athol Yeomans, Sydney, Prentice Hall)

  • Yetton, P., J. Craig, J. Davis and F. G. Hilmer, 1992, Are Diamonds a Country's Best Friend: A Critique of Porter's Theory of National Competition as Applied to Australia, New Zealand and Canada, Australian Journal of Management, June, Pages 67-88

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1993, The Governance Research Agenda, Corporate Governance, An International Review, January, Pages 26-32

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1994, The Functions of the Board-A Performance-Based View, Corporate Governance, An International Review, July, Pages 170-179

  • Quinn, J. B. and F. G. Hilmer, 1994, Strategic Outsourcing, Sloan Management Review, Summer, Pages 43-55

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1994, Implementing a Long-Term Goal: Lessons from Business, Australian Quarterly, Winter, Pages 64 -83

  • Hilmer, F. G. and L. Donaldson, 1996, The Trivialisation of Management, The McKinsey Quarterly, Number 4., Pages 26-37 Note: Also reprinted in Dutch in Nijenrode Management Review, 1997 (Number 3), Pages 69-75

  • Donaldson, L. and F. G. Hilmer, 1998, Management Redeemed: The Case Against Fads that Harm Management, Organisation Dynamics, Spring, Pages 7-20

  • Hilmer, F. G. and P. Stern, 1998, Executive Share Options: Jumping the Hurdle, Corporate Governance International, Pages 4-12

2. Industrial Relations:

In October 1987 Professor Hilmer was asked to head a major research project for the Business Council of Australia to recommend how Australia's regulation of labour markets might be reformed.

Major Reports and Publications

  • Hilmer, F. G., P. McLaughlin, D. MacFarlane and J. Rose, 1989, Enterprise-Based Bargaining Units: A Better Way of Working (Melbourne, Business Council of Australia)

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1989, New Games, New Rules: Work in Competitive Enterprises (Sydney, Angus & Robertson)

  • Hilmer, F. G., P. McLaughlin, D. MacFarlane and J. Rose, 1991, Avoiding Industrial Action (Melbourne, Allen & Unwin)

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1991, Coming to Grips with Competitiveness and Productivity (Economic Planning Advisory Council of Australia-Discussion Paper 91/01)

  • Hilmer, F. G., M. Anguin, J. Layt, G. Dudley, P. Barratt and P. McLaughlin, 1993, Working Relations: A Fresh Start for Australian Enterprises (Melbourne, The Business Library)

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1994, The Future for Australians at Work (in Readings in Strategic Human Resource Management), edited by Alan Nankervis and Robert Compton (Australia, Thomas Nelson)

3. In October 1992 Professor Hilmer was asked by the then Prime Minister to lead a review of Competition Law and Policy.

Major Reports and Publications

  • Hilmer, F. G., M. Rayner and G. Taperell, 1993, National Competition Policy (Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service)

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1994, The Basis of Competition Policy, University of NSW Law Journal, Volume 17, No. 1, Pages ix-xiv

  • Hilmer, F. G., 1995, The Rocky Road to Reform, Higgins Memorial Lecture, Economic Round-up, Spring, Pages 23-32

  • Hilmer, F. G., 2000, Competition Policy: Underlying Ideas and Issues, New Directions in Corporate Strategy, edited by Garry Twite and Michael O'Keeffe (Sydney, Allen & Unwin)

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