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Several published articles are available to view on this website. If you are interested in values in management or gender issues or how to overcome conflict in organisations, click on the links below.
Recent Published articles
Dempsey, K (2010) ‘Board Doctor’ The Board Builder
November 2010 edition. Our community. Melbourne Australia.
Dempsey, K (2009) ‘Board Doctor’ The Board Builder November 2009
edition. Our community. Melbourne Australia.
Dempsey, K (2009) 'Board Doctor' The Board Builder February 2009 edition. Our community. Melbourne Australia.
Dempsey, K (2009) 'A terrible legacy: the lingering impact of predecessors on current leaders.' Socio-Analysis No. 10 pp80-97
Dempsey, K (2008) 'An Action Research project: Developing a Guide to Writing
Essays.' The Monash Transition Roundtable 25 November 2008. Monash University.
Dempsey, K (2008) 'Is Good Management the Same in Any Sector?' Profile LGPro Spring.
Dempsey, K (2008) 'Women at Work Revisited: Roundtable.' Local Government Manager Vol 42 No.1 September.
Dempsey, K (2008) 'Leadership for Local Government Today: What does the literature tell us ' Profile LGPro. Winter 2008.
Dempsey, K (2008) 'Board Doctor' The Board Builder April 2008 edition. Our community. Melbourne Australia.
Dempsey, K (2008) 'Coaching in Depth' Book Review. Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal, Issue 8.
Dempsey, K (2008) 'School Values: Are they a Double Edged Sword?' Leadership in Focus.
Dempsey, K (2007) 'Board Doctor' The Board Builder November 2007 edition. Our community. Melbourne Australia.
Dempsey, K (2007a) 'Leading and Managing: Mending the Split' The Board Builder August 2007 edition. Our community. Melbourne Australia.
Dempsey K (2006b) ‘Local Government Amalgamation: lessons from Victoria’ Local Government Manager . June/July 2006. Vol 39 (6).
Dempsey K (2006c) ‘Are CEOs walking the talk?’ LGMA Managers' Resource Book 2006 , published by Indigo Arch Pty Ltd for Local Government Managers Australia, May 2006.
Dempsey K (2005a) ‘What Makes a Good CEO?’ Profile, Summer, Local Government Professionals Inc., pp.8-10.
Dempsey K (2005b) ‘Do Business Values Belong in Local Government?’ Profile, Winter, Local Government Professionals Inc., pp.8-10.
Dempsey K (2005c) ‘Organisational Ghosts’ Profile, Spring, Local Government Professionals Inc., pp.8-10.
Dempsey K (2005d) ‘Values in Public Sector Leadership’ Profile, Autumn, Local Government Professionals Inc., Melbourne, pp.15-17.
Recent Published Reports
Dempsey, K (2011) ‘Supervision and Moderation for Offshore Delivery: VTI Guide
to Good Practice in Transnational Education’ A document developed for and
with the Victorian TAFE International Inc. Published by VTI Inc.
Dempsey, K (2010) ‘Best Practice in Education Agent Management’ a
document developed for and with the Victorian TAFE International Inc. Published
by VTI Inc.
Dempsey, K (2010) ‘Quality Assurance in Transnational Vocational Education
Programs’ A policy and procedure document developed for and with the Victorian
TAFE International Inc. Published by VTI Inc.
Dempsey K (2005e) Overseas Students at Risk. Monash International.
Dempsey K & Street W (2005) Information Technology Services Customer Satisfaction Survey. Monash International. Kate Dempsey & Associates and Street, Ryan & Associates.
Dempsey K & Fletcher H (2005) Domestic Violence Media Project: A Prevention Campaign aimed at 15 - 25 year olds . Prepared by Kate Dempsey & Associates and Fletcher Consulting Pty Ltd. Published by Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Service. Relationships Australia, Queensland. June 2005
Dempsey K (2004) ‘Values in Business’, New Community Quarterly, Vol. 2(4) Summer, pp. 56-57.
Dempsey K (2004b) Student Information Needs: Focus Groups Results. Monash International.
Dempsey K (2003) Electronic Gaming Policy and Action Plan . City of Wyndham .
Dempsey K (2002) Shaping the Future. Supporting a Vibrant and Diverse Childrens Services Sector for the Communities of Boroondara . City of Boroondara. November.
Dempsey, K, Borrell, J & Boulet J (2002) Striking a Balance. The Impact of Gaming in the City of Kingston . City of Kingston.
Dempsey K (2000) Counselling Services in Monash: A Framework for Service Delivery . Produced for the City of Monash.
Dempsey K (2000b) An Action Plan for the First 12 Months of Operation. July 2000. City of Monash Electronic Gaming Machine TaskForce. Produced for the City of Monash.
Dempsey K (2000c) Second Language Skills Among City of Monash Staff. Staff survey produced for the City of Monash.
Presentations
Dempsey, K & Bottomley J (2011) ‘Has God stopped calling or has the Church
stopped listening? — Perspectives on the Decline and Regeneration of Ordained
Ministry Candidates for the Uniting Church in Australia’ Conference Paper
delivered 19th June 2011 at the Annual Meeting of ISPSO in Melbourne, Australia
Dempsey, K (2011) ‘How do we know our Chinese teaching partners are doing a good
job?’ Research in VET: Janus – Reflecting Back, Projecting Forward. 14th Annual
Conference of AVETRA. Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne 28th-29th April.
Dempsey, K (2010) ‘Networks: the Siren Song of our time’ Presentation to NIODA
November 25th Melbourne. National Institute of Organisation Dynamics Australia.
Dempsey, K (2010) ‘Broadening your Credentials: How to get ahead in management’
Presentation to the LGPro Local Government Women's Professional Development
Forum: Session at 2.30pm on Thursday 29 July 2010. Local Government Professional
Officers Association
Dempsey, K (2010) ‘What makes a good Leader in Local Government…and is gender an
issue?’ Presentation to the LGPro Local Government Women's Professional
Development Forum: Session at 4.00pm on Thursday 29 July 2010. Local Government
Professional Officers Association
Dempsey, K & Ahlers-Niemann, A (2010) ‘Networks: the Siren Song of our time -
Socio-analytic reflections on the seductive appeal of networks. 27th ISPSO
Annual Meeting - 2010 http://www.ispso2010.dk/
June 14-20 Elsinore, Denmark.
Dempsey, K (2010) ‘Collaborating For Success: A Case Study Of Victorian
TAFE International as a Community Of Practice’ VET Research: Leading and
Responding in Turbulent Times AVETRA 2010 13th Annual Conference Holiday Inn
Surfers Paradise, QLD 8 April – Friday, 9 April 2010
Dempsey, K (2009) ‘Co-Operating in A Competitive World: Tales Of Success And
Struggle From The Coalface’ Presentation to the NCVER ‘No Frills’ Conference
Ballarat 8th July 2009
Dempsey, K (2008) 'An Action Research project: Developing a Guide to Writing Essays.' The Monash Transition Roundtable 25 November 2008. Monash University.
Dempsey, K (2008) 'One Size Fits All Or does it? Leading in Local Government Today'. Keynote address to the LGMA WA Annual Conference 15th October. Fremantle, Western Australia.
Dempsey, K (2008) 'Gender is not an issue' Presentation to the International Women's Day Celebrations at the City of Darebin. 6th March.
Dempsey, K (2007) 'Public Sector Value Statements: Are they Talismans against evil.' Presentation at the Education Faculty Seminar October 3rd 2007.
Dempsey, K (2007) 'Public Sector Value Statements as Talismans against evil.' Presentation at the ISPSO Annual Meeting Stockholm June 2007.
Dempsey K (2006) ‘ War & Peace- Minimise the Angst: Board-Staff Relations for Community Boards & Committees.’ Board Builder Conference 2006 – Better Boards; Better Meetings; Better Staff-Board Relationships; Better Outcomes 17 November 2006 - Moonee Valley Race Course.
Dempsey K (2006) ‘The myth of heroic leadership’ presentation to AuSAE professional development series. November 14 th Australian Society of Association Executives.
Dempsey K (2005a) ‘What makes a good local government CEO?’ presentation to senior managers at the City of Monash, November 7.
Dempsey K (2005b) ‘What does Local Government Value?’ presentation to senior managers at the City of Port Phillip, February 10.
Dempsey K (2005c) ‘Female CEOs and the Ghosts of Leaders Past’, presentation to Work in Progress Meeting of Group Relations Australia, 1 February.
Dempsey K (2004a) ‘Themes arising from the Research’, presentation to Work in Progress Meeting of Group Relations Australia, 14 December.
Dempsey K (2004b) ‘Values in Leadership: Victorian Local Government Managers’, presentation made at the IPAA (Institute of Public Administration Australia) Research Forum, Public Administration Challenges & Capabilities: Research & Practice, 10 November, Canberra University.
Dempsey K ( 2004c ) ‘Values in Leadership: Themes emerging from Research’, presentation to LGPro Conference, City of Manningham, 22 October.
Dempsey K (2004d) ‘Where to from here: Careers for Social Researchers’, Postgraduate Day, The Australian Sociological Association Conference, 2004, Beechworth.
Dempsey K (2003) ‘Values in Leadership: Overview of the Research’, presentation to Local Government Professional Officers Association (LGPro) CEOs Breakfast Meeting, 11 April.