The Australian Positive Organisational Scholarship (POS) CoP is where theory meets practice. Cultivating individual and organisational flourishing and optimal functioning.
Our purpose
The Australian Positive Organisational Scholarship (POS) CoP came into being to support researchers, teachers and practitioners who are interested in fostering positive organisations.
Academics inform the fields of Positive Psychology and Positive Organisational Scholarship (PP/POS) through formal theory, research and teaching. Practitioners inform academia – through a depth of insight gained from real-world practice, building a theory of practice. Together they form a community of practice.
Join leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of Positive Psychology and Positive Organisational Scholarship (PP/POS) in deliberative settings to discuss the latest thinking in research, teaching and practice and its timely role in an age of disruption and change.
Our events
The Australian POS Cop holds an annual event featuring leaders from academia and the field of practice. Each of our events has generated valuable resources for our community.
The story so far ...
- Reflections on meaning and purpose – 3 July 2025
- Driving the positive organisation with purpose – 7 August 2024
- Unlocking sustainable success – 11 October 2023
- Positive leadership in challenging times – 12 October 2022
- Organisational compassion in challenging times – 13 October 2021
- Resilience, compassion and wellbeing in times of challenge – 22 April 2020
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The Australian POS CoP supports the following UN Sustainable Development Goals and the UTS Business School’s commitment to the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME).
The UTS Business School's strategic focus areas include productive partnerships and engaged people; supporting people to develop capabilities to thrive in a complex and dynamic work environment.
Our co-founders
Dr Rosemary Sainty
UTS Business School
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Dr Suzy Green
Founder and CEO, The Positivity Institute
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Acknowledgements
With thanks to the Center for Positive Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and to Professor Emeritus Kim Cameron, Emerita Professor Jane Dutton and Monica Worline (PhD).
We are grateful for their support.