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Steve Benson

Steve Benson

Dr Steve Benson

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5475  
Email: s.benson@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.453  

 

Availability:

By appointment

Current teaching:

  • eBusiness Systems

Background

Steve has a background in motor vehicle engineering and management interspersed with jobs which have included: street theatre, fire eating, escapology, stand up comedy, throwing people out of nightclubs, ballroom dance instructor, working in a morgue and speedway riding. He commenced study late in life discovering a knack for computer related areas.

Steve worked in real time systems before being seduced into academia. His academic career has seen him hold a variety of roles in both the UK and Australia, lecturing at ECU since 1990.He maintains a small but active consultancy, carrying out work in Canada and Australia.

Staff qualifications:

  • BSc(Hons) 1st Class CNAA;
  • MSc (Systems Design)Mancs;
  • PhD Curtin;
  • IEEE member for 12 years

Research

Research interest:

  • Cognitive/Educational Psychology

Current research area:

  • Cognitive Psychology

Recent publications

Monographs:

  • Benson, S. & Standing, C.R. (2008) “Information Systems: A Business Approach” 3rd Edition, 2008, Pub: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd.

Conference papers in proceeding:

  • Benson, S. & Sova, B. (2003) Age Assessment Considerations Within An Undergraduate Management Information Systems Course: A Hidden Aspect Of IT Education, GITMA conference 2003, Calgary, Canada;
  • Benson, S. (2004) “How Useful Is Hermeneutic Phenomenology In Shaping IS Pedagogy And Research?” ICED2004 conference, Ottawa, Canada.