Overview
Background
Robyn’s teaching expertise is in management accounting at the introductory, advanced and post graduate levels. Her research interests include management control system design and use, with a particular interest in health care settings. Robyn’s prior work focussed on how management control system design varies with ownership of health care organisations. More recently the focus has shifted to management control system design and use in innovative organisations and not for profit settings. In conducting her research Robyn has worked closely with a number of Queensland hospital and health services, the Australian Association of Practice Management and privately held health care businesses. Robyn is an active member of the UQBS Future of Health Research Hub Future of health - Business School - University of Queensland.
Availability
- Associate Professor Robyn King is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Management control system design and accountability
Management control system design including the relationship with ownership in service organisations, particularly primary healthcare, and the impacts on accountability.
Works
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2006
Other Outputs
Budget use in small healthcare businesses in Australia
King, Robyn (2006). Budget use in small healthcare businesses in Australia. Honours Thesis, School of Business, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/222583
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Robyn King is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Management Control System in Public Sector: A Longitudinal Case Study of Indonesian Government Internal Control System.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Peter Do
Completed supervision
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2025
Master Philosophy
Understanding why clinicians embrace health information technologies: Qualitative investigation of the role of clinical informaticians
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones, Dr Rebekah Eden
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
The property and casualty insurance claims reserve error: Determinants and consequences
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Grace Hsu
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