Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Knowledge management – human & machines
  • Human capital and capabilities management
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Qualitative; post-qualitative and relational research
  • Narratives

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

About Selvi Kannan

Selvi Kannan is Senior Lecturer and Head of Innovation & Management at VU Business School, specialising in knowledge management and human capital.

Her research centres on knowledge management, translation between humans and machines. Research for solutions to intersect intelligent technology and human capabilities. Experience in evidence-based methodologies, narratives, case studies and relational studies.

She has written in areas of change, innovation, entrepreneurship, knowledge management, gender and digital technology across industries.

Research affiliation

  • Hacettepe University, Visiting Academic Fellow, IDEAL
  • Swansea University, Visiting Research Scholar, Digital Risk & Organisational Resilience
  • Visiting Scholar Griffith University, Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems
  • Visiting Scholar University of South Bohemia in České Budejovice
  • Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, Berkeley, USA

Consultancy expertise

Provides advisory and management consultancy to complex organisational issues with a drive to make economic and social impact. The heart of her work is to effectively manage change with human-centered approach and balancing with advanced technologies. Strategic solutions in: partnership between employer-employee, knowledge-centric high performance, advanced technology and human capability management.

Keynote speaker

Creative publications

Qualifications

  • PhD in Human Capital & Knowledge Management, Victoria University, Australia, 2016
  • Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2017
  • Grad Cert Education, Victoria University, Australia, 2008
  • MComms (ICT), Monash University, Australia, 2002
  • BBus Prof Comm, RMIT University, Australia, 2000

Key publications

Year Citation
2020 Mehera, A. R., Islam, S. MN., & Kannan, S. (200101). SUSTAINABLE AND SHARED VALUE CREATION: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR ORGANISATIONAL SUCCESS.
2017 Beech, N., & MacIntosh, R. (170601). Managing Change Enquiry and Action (Australasian Edition). Port Melbourne, VIC: Cambridge University Press.
2017 Beech, N., MacIntosh, R., Krust, P., Kannan, S., & Dadich, A. (170101). Managing Change: ENQUIRY AND ACTION: Australasian Edition.

doi: 10.1017/9781316995624

Year Citation
2023 Kannan, S., & Camgoz, S. M. (231207). Innovation leadership and resilience: Alan joyce, qantas (pp. 61-77).

doi: 10.1108/978-1-83753-396-120231004

2019 Kannan, S., & Miah, S. J. (190101). Integration of Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence for Lean Organizational Learning by the Digital Worker (pp. 130-140). IGI Global.

doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5718-0.ch007

Year Citation
2023 Magableh, K. N., & Kannan, S. (230601). Early recognition of entrepreneurial traits and intentions: a comparative study on university students in Australia and Japan. Entrepreneurship Education, 6(2), (99-124).

doi: 10.1007/s41959-023-00097-z

2023 Simone, J., & Kannan, S. (230228). A career break questionnaire for employees and human resource practitioners. Strategic HR Review, 22(1), (32-33).

doi: 10.1108/shr-02-2023-197

2023 Kannan, S., & Bergami, R. (230101). Entrepreneurship education: Voices from Australia. International Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 30(2), (141-169).

doi: 10.18848/2327-7955/CGP/v30i02/141-169

2021 ADEBAYO, O., & KANNAN, S. (210101). Whole life program success, leadership competencies and motivation for learning. Journal of Modern Project Management, 9(1), (65-85).

doi: 10.19255/JMPM02606

2020 Heisig, P., & Kannan, S. (200708). Knowledge management: does gender matter? A systematic review of literature. Journal of Knowledge Management, 24(6), (1315-1342).

doi: 10.1108/JKM-08-2018-0472

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

How are Australian SMES achieving the UNs SDG Goals through Internet technologies and ICT
From: auDa Foundation Grants Program
Other investigators: Dr Scott Bingley
For period: 2023-2023
$40,000

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

Currently supervised research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
1 Doctor of Business Administration Principal supervisor

Currently supervised research students at VU

Students & level Role
Doctor of Business Administration (1) Principal supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
1 PhD Principal supervisor
1 PhD Integrated Principal supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (1) Principal supervisor
PhD Integrated (1) Principal supervisor

Other supervision of research students

Mentor to PhD Student from Economic Faculty, University of South Bohemia (Czech Republic) on the topic "Developing Entrepreneurship Competencies and SME Management" (Intern from September 2019 to December 2019).

Teaching activities & experience

Teaching expertise: Selvi specialises in knowledge management and human capital, teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level across a number of areas:

  • innovation
  • leadership
  • knowledge and change management
  • entrepreneurship
  • artificial intelligence.

Current Doctoral study topics include: Entrepreneurship Orientation; Immigrant Women & Entrepreneurship; Women & Career in STEM; Innovative Work spaces; Resilient Leadership, Learning & Motivation in Organisations, Knowledge & Quality Management in Organisations.

Key industry, community & government roles

Dates Role Department/Organisation
Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
Taskforce Member, Future Skills & AI
Committee for Melbourne
Jan 2016 - Oct 2019
Panel, Chair & Judge
Australian Information Industry Association
Jan 2018 - Oct 2019
Mentor
Sutardja Centre for Entrepreneurship & Technology, Berkeley University, USA
Mar 2014 - Oct 2019
Member
Asia-Ed-Net (Melbourne University)
Jan 2015 - Oct 2019
Mentor
Monash Alumni
Dates Role & Department/Organisation
Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
Taskforce Member, Future Skills & AI
Committee for Melbourne
Jan 2016 - Oct 2019
Panel, Chair & Judge
Australian Information Industry Association
Jan 2018 - Oct 2019
Mentor
Sutardja Centre for Entrepreneurship & Technology, Berkeley University, USA
Mar 2014 - Oct 2019
Member
Asia-Ed-Net (Melbourne University)
Jan 2015 - Oct 2019
Mentor
Monash Alumni

Awards

Year Award
2016

Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Victoria University

2008

Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Recognition for Engagement with Industry & Community - Victoria University

Keynote and invited speeches

Year Title/Description
2015

Managing Knowledge in a Diverse Workforce

2nd Annual Global Congress of Knowledge Economy-2015 (GCKE-2015), held in Qingdao, China 13-15 November, 2015, with a theme of “One Sea, One Belt, One Great Dream"

2018

Accelerating Start-Ups

Closing Speech as University Academic Representatives, European Innovation Academy, Turin, Italy

Professional memberships

  • Fellow, Australian Institute of Management
  • Professional Member, Australian Institute of Project Management
  • Academic Member, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
  • Committee member, European Conference on the Impact of AI and Robotics
  • Committee member, European Conference of Knowledge Management
  • Committee member, European Conference on Social Media –
  • Academic Member, Australian HR Institute
  • General member, Australiasia Pacific Extension Network

Media appearances

23rd April 2012

Story and Storytelling in Organisations

Did a four part session on Story and Storytelling in Organisations.