Family and Small Business Research Unit

Director - Dr Donna Buttigieg

FSBRU Aims

FSBRU Seminar, Managing People in Small Firms

Current Research Projects

Staff Associated the FSBRU

Advisory Board Members

Energise Enterprise Festival- including information on each event and registration form

Additional Information

Director - Dr Donna Buttigieg

At Monash University family and small business research is recognised as a strength competitive with best national equivalents. The Family and Small Business Research Unit is located within the School of Business and Economics on the Gippsland campus, Monash University. The FSBRU draws on research strengths across the School to undertake multi-disciplinary research around issues concerning family and/or small business. The FSBRU also collaborates with other research institutions in Australia and internationally.

FSBRU Aims

• To be recognised nationally and internationally as a centre for high quality, interdisciplinary research that is critical and empirically focussed on family and/or small business.
• To disseminate research in a relevant and practical manner suitable for academic, policy and practitioner audiences.
• To deliver training and development programs focussed on the needs of family and/or small business.

FSBRU Seminar, Managing People in Small Firms
Monash University. September 22, 2005.

Click here to listen to whole seminar. (Windows media, streamed at 29.4 meg)
(you may opt to rightclick and "save as" to your computer)

Introduction by Rowena Barrett.
Click here to listen to Rowena. (Windows media, streamed at 9.1 meg)

Keynote speaker: Professor Monder Ram (OBE), Director of Small Business and Enterprise Research Group (SBERG) at Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, UK and Director of CRÈME (Centre for Research on Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship).
Monder discusses the work of the UK Government's Small Business Council and what the UK government is doing to support and grow small business.
Click here to listen to Monder (Windows media, streamed at 5.96 meg)

Small business employers who presented at the seminar:

Marg Norder (Nordical Diving & All Fresh to GO)
Click here to listen to Marg (Windows media, streamed at 5.41 meg)
Mario Monacella (Monacellars)
Click here to listen to Mario (Windows media, streamed at 5.04 meg)
Peter Polson (FabCad)
Click here to listen to Peter (Windows media, streamed at 3.98 meg)

Current Research Projects

Staff Associated the FSBRU

• Mr Peter Carey - Department of Acounting and Finance
• Dr Susan Mayson- Department of Management
• Dr Susan Freeman- Department of Management
• Dr George Tanewski - Department of Acounting and Finance
• Dr Glennis Hanley - Department of Management

Advisory Board Members

• Professor Bernard Barry (Uni. Canberra; Yarra International)
• Ms Lynda Bertoli (Sage Technology)
• Professor Max King (Monash Uni.)
• Ms Maree MacPherson (Gippsland Area Consultative Committee)
• Professor Amrik Sohal (Monash Uni.)

 Energise Enterprise Festival

• Event 1. Receipts, Records and Reports: Accounting for Small Business
• Event 2. Small Business Breakfast
• Event 3. Small Business Marketing: Things Not To Do.

For registration form as well as full details on each session including, time, date and cost please click here

 For more information, or to join our mailing list, please contact:

Dr Donna Buttigieg

Tel: +61 3 9902 6614

Fax: +61 3 9902 7154

Mail: Family and Small Business Research Unit
Faculty of Business and Economics
Monash University
Churchill 3842 VIC
AUSTRALIA