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About the Author
Graham is Founder of the company Strategic Factors and led the development of the Strategic Factor System. He has undertaken industry research and analysis, strategy development and performance measurement for a wide range of organisations in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. For the last 19 years he has also conducted public seminars in strategic planning and performance measurement. They are the only public seminars on these topics that have been run continuously over this period in Australia and both are regarded as industry leaders.
Graham has also been CEO of a timber building products company where he was responsible for turning around its operations. Previously in his career he had been Plant Manager in a concrete company, a Market Development Manager at an electricity generator and distributor, and a Design Engineer and Construction Supervisor in a city council.
Prior to 1987 Graham was a Professor of Management at San Diego State University in the US, the University of Alberta and the University of New Brunswick in Canada; Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Bradford Management Centre in the United Kingdom; Visiting Scholar at the University of North Florida, US; Adjunct Professor of Management at Bond University, Australia; and Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Graham has published more than 50 articles and three books. Those articles aimed at practicing managers have appeared in the Company Director, Leadership Excellence, Management, Management Today, Marketing, Commodities & Trade to Asia, HR Monthly and Charter. Two of his books, Strategic Planning and Performance Management and Diversification Strategy have been published internationally in 2005 and 2009 respectively. He has also published research articles in academic management journals throughout the world, some of which have been reproduced in US management textbooks and translated into other languages. These journals have included Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Journal of General Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Evaluation Review and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
Graham's academic qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy in Management from the University of New South Wales, Australia; Master's Degree in Management from Durham University in the United Kingdom; and a Bachelor of Engineering from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Graham is a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, and a Member of the US Academy of Management.