Dr Cate Jerram

Biography/ Background

Cate is currently the Lecturer in Charge of the first year course Information Systems 1 and of the IS component of the Masters of Commercial Law and Information Systems. Since 2000, she has taught in Commerce/Management Information Systems and in ECommerce; EBusiness; IT Information Systems; Education; and Social Psychology; at University of Western Sydney, University of New South Wales and University of Technology, Sydney. Cate spent years in management in Australia, NZ, USA, Canada, UK and Germany before coming to academia.

Qualifications

PhD (Sensemaking; Information Systems; Knowledge Management; Organisational Change Management)
Bachelor Education (Hons) (Use of Drama for Education)
Bachelor Adult Education
Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training
Certificate IV in Small Business Management
Adventure Training Systems High Ropes Trainer

Teaching Interests

Cate's primary interest is in improving the quality of teaching, learning and assessment, regardless of the subject being taught.

Information Systems - management approach and perspective
Knowledge Management
Organisational Change Management
Research Methods & Thesis Writing
Education - Tertiary, Adult & VET
Communication
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation

Research Interests

Information Systems Education & Employment
Employer & Industry needs in IS graduates and implications for IS education
Exploring reasons for critical need of management trained IS graduates & employees
Marketing IS industry & discipline as a future career

Tertiary Education
Applying adult education principles to tertiary education
ELearning & use of technology to support learning & teaching
Authentic learning
Addressing learner needs
Making assessment more relevant and reliable

Information Systems
Role of IS to facilitate education and learning
Unique issues of IS in Australian environment

Human Resources Information Systems
Critical IS Issues for Human Resources in Organisations
Payroll Systems & the unique issues of HRIS in Australian environment

Knowledge Management
Role of KM & KMIS in management of organisational change

Publications

Book Chapters
Jerram, C 2005, Applying Adult Education Principles to an Undergraduate Subject, in A & J Herrington (eds) Authentic Learning Environments in Higher Education, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey PA.
Cecez-Kecmanovic, D, Jerram, C & Treleaven, L 2003, A Sensemaking View of Knowledge in Organisations: The Insiders’ Tale, in (H Hasan & M Handzic, Eds) Australian Studies in Knowledge Management, University of Wollongong Press.

Conferences & Proceedings
Jerram, C 2007, Taking the pain out of Groupwork assignments. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, 8-11 July, 2007, Adelaide, SA.
Jerram, C 2007, To Cheat or Not to Cheat – use of student-prepared notes (cheat sheets) in exams. ERGA, 19-20 Sept 2007, Adelaide.
Jerram, C 2005, Synthesising Sensemaking Approaches for Understanding Distributed Knowledge in Organisations, ACIS 2005, Sydney.
Jerram, C 2005, Information Systems Rollout for a Knowledge Management Initiative at the ABS, ACIS 2005, Sydney.
Lewin, C & Jerram, C 2004, Creating Learning Communities: Using CMC Tools in Large Class Situations, 15th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Hobart, Tasmania, 1-3 December 2004.
Lewin, C & Jerram, C 2003, The Changing Face of Teaching: Using CMC Tools for Large Group Interaction, HERDSA 2003, NZ.
Jerram, C, Treleaven, L & Cecez-Kecmanovic, D 2003, “Give Me Back My Word Processor”: Making sense of a KM Strategy, ACIS, 2003, Perth WA.
Cecez-Kecmanovic, D, Jerram, C, Treleaven, L, & Sykes, C 2003, Knowledge in Organisations: a sensemaking view, OKLC 2003, Barcelona, Spain.
Lewin, C & Jerram, C 2003, Creating Learning Communities. IERA 2003, NZ.
Jerram, C 2002, Applying Adult Education Principles to University Teaching, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia: Perth, WA.
Cecez-Kecmanovic, D & Jerram, C 2002, A Sense-Making Model of Knowledge Management in Organisations, European Conference on Information Systems: Gdansk, Poland.
Jerram, C, Cecez-Kecmanovic, D, Treleaven, L & Sykes, C 2002, ‘Email and Assumptions: a study in electronic (mis)understandings’ in A Wenn, M McGrath & F Burstein (eds), Enabling Organisations and Society through Information Systems, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Australasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS 2002, Melbourne, Australia, 2, pp. 509-521.
Treleaven, L, Cecez-Kecmanovic, D & Jerram, C 2002, A Post-structural Reading of Knowledge Sharing in a University Restructuring Process, Organisational Knowledge And Learning Conference: Athens, Greece.
Cecez-Kecmanovic, D & Jerram, C 2001, Understanding Crisis from a Sense-Making Perspective: An IS Operation Change, Australian Conference on Information Systems: Coffs Harbour, NSW.

Theses
Jerram, C 2004, A Sensemaking Approach to Knowledge Management in Organisations for Information Systems Change, UWS.
Jerram, C 1999, Use of Drama as a Pedagogical Tool, UWS.

Trade Journals
Jerram, C 2007, Is VET Training Real Education? Back to Base, NSWFB & RFS (ESLD), Sydney. 2.2.Jun 07
Jerram, C 2006, Your Organization and You, Back to Base, NSWFB & RFS (ESLD), Sydney. 1.1.Mar 06
Jerram, C 2006, Those Dangerous Decisions, Back to Base, NSWFB & RFS (ESLD), Sydney, 1.4 Dec 06.

Professional Associations

ACT/KM Forum (Knowledge Management)
AAIS (Australasian Assoc for Information Systems)
AIS (Assoc for Information Systems)
ASCILITE (Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education)
HERDSA (Higher Education & Research Development)
SRITEC (Sydney Regional Information Technology Educators' Conventicle)

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 26 May 2009