Sanjeev Abeynayake

Dr Sanjeev Abeynayake

Lecturer

School of Management

College of Business and Law


I have a PhD (Management) from CQ University, an MBA, MCom (Economics) and a Master of International Business from the University of Wollongong, Australia.  I am a Banking and Finance graduate from the University of Pune, India. I also have a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Innovation and Learning from Curtin University.
Before commencing the PhD, I worked as General Manager – Strategy and Business Development for a Singapore based Agri-manufacturing conglomerate with regional operations. I also worked as a strategy consultant at MTI Consulting, a Dubai based management consultancy.
I started my career at Nielsen (Market Research) and then moved to JWT (now called Wunderman Thompson). Over 15 years, I was stationed in eight countries and participated in numerous strategic planning projects, corporate restructuring exercises, and mergers and acquisitions.
I coordinate, author, and lecture on strategic management, organisational entrepreneurship, and strategic human resource management at several higher education institutions (bachelor's and master's level).
 

PhD: Changing roles of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) practitioners in Australia: Challenges, opportunities and a potential paradigm shift

https://acquire.cqu.edu.au/articles/thesis/Changing_roles_of_Diversity_and_Inclusion_D_I_practitioners_in_Australia_Challenges_opportunities_and_a_potential_paradigm_shift/27627153?file=50290014 

(Also published academically under the name Pushpitha Abeynayake)

Courses I teach

  • BUSS 1066 UO Career Development in Business (2025)
  • BUSS 2077 UO Foundations of Human Resource Management (2025)
  • BUSS 2085 Entrepreneurship for Social and Market Impact (2025)
  • BUSS 3023 Strategic Management (2025)
  • BUSS 3097 UO Strategic Management (2025)
  • BUSS 3102 Enterprise Design and Value Creation (2025)
  • BUSS 5065 Leading and Managing Organisational Change (2025)
  • BUSS 5424 Strategic Thinking: Concepts and Tools (2025)
  • BUSS 1066 UO Career Development in Business (2024)
  • BUSS 2085 Entrepreneurship for Social and Market Impact (2024)
  • BUSS 2086 UO Entrepreneurship for Social and Market Impact (2024)
  • BUSS 3023 Strategic Management (2024)
  • BUSS 3092 UO Strategic Human Resource Management (2024)
  • BUSS 3096 UO Organisational Leadership (2024)
  • BUSS 3097 UO Strategic Management (2024)
  • BUSS 3108 UO Organisational Entrepreneurship (2024)
  • BUSS 5074 Strategic Concepts (2024)
  • BUSS 5398 Managing Employee Performance and Rewards (2024)
  • BUSS 5424 Strategic Thinking: Concepts and Tools (2024)

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