Organised a pre-conference professional development workshop (PDW) called ‘The leadership of radical change in a Higher Education setting: Lessons from the experience of internal HR consultants’ for the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in New Orleans, LA., 2004 (with Marsh, P.J.G. and Lobley, K.E.).

Organised and scripted a pre-conference professional development workshop (PDW) on the pedagogic and research use of cinema in management for the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Denver, CO., 2002 (with Champoux, J.E.).

Organised and delivered a workshop on the use and construction of multiple–choice questions in management course examinations at the Open University, Milton Keynes, 2002.

Organised and chaired caucus 'Person-organisation fit: A synonym for cloning?' at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in San Diego, CA., 1998.

Conference Session Management

Expert panel member at the Person-Environment Fit Incubator professional development workshop (PDW) at the Academy of Management, Anaheim, August 2008.

Facilitator of the interactive paper session called 'Topics and Practices in Management Education' at the Academy of Management, Anaheim, August, 2008.

Facilitator at the MED Writers professional development workshop (PDW) at the Academy of Management, Anaheim, August, 2008.

Presenter at the 'Making Large Global Collaborations Succeed' professional development workshop (PDW) at the Academy of Management, Anaheim, August, 2008.

Session Chair for the paper session What's New in Management Education?: A Look at Four New Approaches for Teaching and Learning' at the Academy of Management, Anaheim, August, 2008.

Chair for the 'Using film as a teaching resource' session at the 2nd Open Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Conference, Open University, Milton Keynes, October 2007.

Session chair for the paper session 'Studies in person-organisation fit' in the Organisational Psychology stream at the British Academy of Management conference, Warwick, September 2007.

Session chair for the developmental paper session 'Motivation studies' in the Organisational Psychology stream at the British Academy of Management conference, Warwick, September 2007.

Discussant for the paper session 'Teaching Strategy: Different Options' at the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA., August 2007.

Moderator of the oral paper session 'Penalty Shootouts' at the 6th World Congress on Science and Football, Antalya, Turkey, January 2007 (with Williams, A.M.).

Session Chair for the paper session 'Advances in person-organisation fit' in the Organisational Psychology stream at the British Academy of Management conference, Belfast, September 2006.

Session Chair for the paper session 'Support, safety and trust' in the Organisational Psychology stream at the British Academy of Management conference, Oxford, September 2005.

Session Chair for the paper session 'Lighten Up! Understanding the influence of humour and positive mood in work settings' at the Academy of Management, Hawaii, August 2005.

Session Chair for the recruitment and selection papers at the 1st HRM-The Inside Story conference, Milton Keynes, April 1996.

Other Conference Involvement

Attended the Doctoral Consortium of the Organizational Behavior/Organization and Management Theory/Organization Development and Change divisions of the Academy of Management held at the annual meeting in Cincinnati, OH, 1996.

Teaching Initiatives

Developed the B654 tutor support CD-ROM. Wrote and presented the video 'Better Selection Interviews' for B654 The Effective Manager (35 minutes).

Lead academic on B784 The Effective Manager live interactive satellite broadcast number 4 'Motivation and Job Design': 90 minutes.

Lead academic on B784 The Effective Manager live interactive satellite broadcast number 5 'Recruitment and Selection': 90 minutes.

Other

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Research Funds

Ongoing funding from the Open University to support the research and evaluation work of the Fit Project: 2005-2009. 

£100,000 from the Open University Human Resource Department’s HEFCE strategy funding for the development of an online instrument for the measurement of employees’ fit.

£40,000 matched funding from the Open University Business School’s Research Committee and the Open University’s Personnel Division to research the effects of high levels of person–organisation fit in the Open University.

£14,000 from the Open University’s Human Resource Division to fund an MSc Research Methods studentship looking at the nature of misfit.

£10,000 from the Open University’s Human Resource Division to fund a study into the situational influences on distributed leadership.

£3,000 from the Open University Business School Research Committee for my Ph.D. studies.

£500 from the Open University Business School to fund a collaborative writer on the cinematic portrayal of recruitment and selection project.

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Research Students

PhD

• Linda Wilks (2005-current; supervised with Kirstie Ball, Geoff Mallory and Dave Wright)
• Dannie Talbot (2006-current; supervised with Graeme Salaman)
• Patrick Nelson (2007-current; supervised with Geoff Mallory)
• Ross Davidson (2007-current; supervised with Geoff Mallory)
• Quirin Dittmann (2008-current; supervised with Geoff Mallory)

Masters in Research Methods

• Linda Wilks (2004-2005)
• Dannie Talbot (2005-2006)

PhD Panel Member

• Mervwyn Williamson, University of Kwa-Zulu/Natal, South Africa (2005-current)
• Elena Papavero, Northcentral University, USA (2007-current)

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Editorial Boards

• Academy of Management Learning & Education (AMLE)
• International Journal of Call Centre Management

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Ad Hoc Reviewer

Funding Bodies

• Economic and Social Research Council

Journals

• Academy of Management Learning and Education
• British Journal of Management
• British Journal of Psychology
• Human Resource Management Journal
• International Journal of Selection and Assessment
• Journal of Applied Social Psychology
• Journal of Management Education
• Journal of Managerial Psychology
• Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
• Journal of Sports Sciences
• Organization Management Journal
• Personnel Review

Publishers

• Prentice-Hall Ltd.
• Routledge
• Sage Publications Ltd.
• Wiley-Blackwells

Conferences

• Academy of Management (Management Education and Development; Organizational Behavior)
• British Academy of Management (Organizational Psychology)
• British Psychological Society, Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference
• Global e-Conference on Fit

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External Examiner

• School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London.
• Westminster Business School, University of Westminster.
• Newcastle Business School, University of Northumbria at Newcastle.
• KYRA programme, Coventry University.

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External Assessor

• Masters in European Business, Cass Business School, City University, 2008 (Periodic Programme Review, External Panel Expert).
• BSc Business Studies, Cass Business School, City University, 2008 (Periodic Programme Review, External Panel Expert).
• BSc Management, Cass Business School, City University, 2008 (Periodic Programme Review, External Panel Expert).
• BSc Business Administration, Undergraduate distance-learning programme, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2003.

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Consultancy

Founder and Director of OrgSolutions Ltd, a consultancy offering services in leadership development, management skills training, executive coaching, and executive search assistance. Most work involves the design, development and delivery of tailor-made practical leadership and management skills courses for organisations in a wide-range of industries and sectors. The focus of the consultancy is on developing bespoke solutions for HR Directors. You can find out more about OrgSolutions at www.orgsolutions.co.uk (under construction).