Anthony (tony) Bush

Biography

Tony has business degrees as well as a Masters in Education, and has a lengthy connection to CSU having started his studies here in 1979. He has considerable professional experience within management, education and VET areas in both a teaching and administrative capacity. His managerial and industry experience within both the public and tertiary sectors totals over 8 years at senior levels, while he has over 15 years' experience within both the VET and university areas. Tony served as Coordinator of Queensland's Department of Employment, Vocational Education, Training and Industrial Relations' (DEVETIR's) Recruitment/Traineeship branch as well as an honorarium as Chair of the Queensland Business and Office Studies Accreditation Branch in the early 1990's, before returning to Charles Sturt University (CSU) as a lecturer in management in September 1991. His specialty areas are human resource development, organisational behaviours and training. He left CSU in 1997 to take up a Senior Instructors position in the United Arab Emirates in the Higher Colleges of Technology. He taught a wide range of subjects in the Diploma, Higher Diploma and Bachelors degree programs for 6 years, prior to returning to Australia, in late 2003. On his return, Tony was employed as Manager of CSU Training, an RTO established as an adjunct of the university in a half-time capacity as well as working half-time as a lecturer in VET within the School of Education. From July 2005, Tony was appointed International Program Coordinator with the International School of Business (currently International School of Business and Partnerships) at CSU. Because of his expertise and contributions, he was invited by the Vice Chancellor at CSU to also Chair the Management Committee of CSU Training from July 2005. He continues to undertake this role.

Research Interest

Management and international business in general and specifically human resource management, training and development, VET and organisational behaviour