Thesis
A policy analysis of the Australian water industry : relevance to physical asset management and organisational performance
Southern Cross University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25918/thesis.79
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Abstract
This thesis examines the effectiveness of policy development within the Australian Water Industry and the relationship between the development of public and organisational policy in relation to asset management. This thesis analyses the synergy between public policy and organisational polices in relation to the management of public water assets. Effective policy planning is increasingly being recognised as a vital part of a public organisation’s responsibility to mitigate threats and maximise life-cycle income and cost-effectiveness of their assets. An effective water policy provides a blueprint from which a more effective management of water assets in Australia is possible.<p>
In order to achieve the aims of the research, a case study approach was adopted to investigate three water enterprises. The methods used to analyse data were document and template analysis guided by ISO55000 standard, policy cycle analysis and policy delphi, as well as the Balanced Scorecard (BSc) framework. Some papers have already been published from this thesis, including (a) Brown, Keast, McGeoch and Wiewiora (2012); (b) McGeoch, Brunetto and Brown, (2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013); (e) McGeoch and Godau (2016). Additionally, the thesis includes work from McGeoch et al. (2014) that supports the utilisation of policy delphi in the development of organisational policy.<p>
This thesis examined the way in which federal policy cascades into the state policies for water management and are then implemented in some form in at the organisational level. This thesis is specially, about the ways in which the different states interpret these policies in making organisational policies. The outcome is that unless there is synergy, the water asset management is not sustainable. The outcomes of the research were supported through a link between the development of public and organisational policy in relation to engineering asset management within the water industry, with evidence of some translation of public policies to organisational policies. The research further provided a platform of evidence that demonstrated the need for synergy between federal and state government policy, and organisational policies. It validated the theory that asset management achieves sustainability; and when it does not.
Details
- Title
- A policy analysis of the Australian water industry : relevance to physical asset management and organisational performance
- Creators
- Mary McGeoch
- Contributors
- Yvonne Brunetto (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityRodney Farr-Wharton (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityKerry A Brown (Supervisor) - Southern Cross University
- Awarding Institution
- Southern Cross University; Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Theses
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
- Publisher
- Southern Cross University
- Number of pages
- 243
- Identifiers
- 991012893900402368
- Copyright
- © M McGeoch 2020
- Academic Unit
- School of Business and Tourism; Management; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Resource Type
- Thesis