Senior Lecturers

Dr Arnela Ceric

PhD

Arnela has been a lecturer in management at CSU since 2012. She teaches Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Business Strategy, and Operations Management. Her research interests are related to Human Resource Management (e.g.,evaluation of training programs, recruitment and retention of self-initiated expatriates), the process of ICT value creation, application of Cross-Impact Analysis (a systems theory method) and Resource-Based View (RBV).

Arnela has also been involved in research projects in the area of Knowledge Management and Innovation (Team Teaching in Management Education Innovation in Regional SMEs; Communities of Practice; Knowledge Management and Innovation), and development of trust in organisational relationships.

Teaching

Arnela is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the School of Business. Her recent teaching practice (2024/2025) focuses on the following subjects:

MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT100 Organisations and Management
MGT245 Leading yourself and teams
MGT330 Business Strategy
MGT206 Fundamentals of Strategic Planning
MGT510 Strategy and Planning

Arnela was a recipient of an Executive Dean Teaching award in 2023.

Research

Arnela’s research interests are related to the use of technology in the workplace and its impacts on people, work and well-being.

In some of her earlier research projects, Arnela explored:

Recruiters’ ethical decision making in relation to the use of cybervetting.
e-HRM challenges experienced by HR professionals.
Bullying in the Australian ICT industry.
Evaluation of training of Indigenous employees in health services in rural and regional Australia.
ICT value creation in business.

Professional Activities

As part of her teaching practice, Arnela is inviting industry experts to present industry related practices to her students.

Member of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)