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CURRICULUM VITAE
PROFESSOR IRENA GRUGULIS
EDUCATION
1993 – 1996 University of Warwick, PhD ‘Managerial Work and theManagement NVQ’ awarded October 1997
Scholarships: First Business School student to be awarded a WarwickGraduate Award 1993
ESRC Studentship 1994 - 1996
1983 – 1986 University of Bristol
BA Hons, 2.1 History and German
Scholarships: from EEC and Bristol University
1985 University of Giessen, (West) Germany
EMPLOYMENT
March 2013 - date Professor of Work and Skills, Leeds University BusinessSchool
January 2011 – March2013
January 2010 - date
Professor of Employment Studies, Durham BusinessSchool
Visiting Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University
September 2003 –December 2010
Professor of Employment Studies, Bradford UniversitySchool of Management
September 2003 - 2008 Visiting Professor of Employment Studies, School ofManagement, University of Salford
August – 2003 –September 2003
Professor of Employment Studies, School ofManagement, University of Salford
April 2002 – August 2003 Reader in Employment Studies, School of Management,University of Salford
April 2002 - 2005 Visiting Lecturer in Employment Studies, ManchesterSchool of Management, UMIST
September 1996 - 2002 Lecturer in Employment Studies, Manchester School ofManagement, UMIST
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1992 - 2000 Part-time work with Open University Business Schoolon a range of posts including Tutor, Senior Tutor,Member of Course Team and summer schoolappointments for several courses.
1992 Sketches writer for Radio 4’s Week Ending1987 - 1991 Various posts in the National Westminster Banking
Group including Executive then Manager NatWestCapital Markets Ltd and PA to Director.Professional qualifications: ACIB, ACT, StockExchange Registered Representative
1987 Various posts including: Research Assistant andTranslator for a biography of Lord Acton, actor intravelling theatre company and teaching English as aforeign language
RESEARCH
My principal research interests lie in the (broadly constituted) area of skills,particularly the way that organisations attempt to shape their employees and theimpact and implications of this for the employees themselves. The notion of a partialcoincidence of interest between employer and employee is central to much industrialrelations writing but has been largely neglected in the more prescriptive humanresource development literature. I have tried to remedy this omission, in ways thatmay not only provide a more robust basis for understanding current training initiativesbut might also facilitate the design of future ones.
In writings on, and an ethnographic study of, Management NVQs, I have argued thatthe design of these qualifications prevented either a meaningful description of work orany substantive input on knowledge and skills. Following on from this I haveexplored the impact that ‘managing culture’ has on employees, arguing that this isbest understood as a different form of control, rather than freedom from control. Ihave both written and edited work on the nature of skill, the way that ‘soft skills’ aredeveloped and controlled, and the impact of ‘customers’ and ‘customer service’ onwork processes. Material from the Future of Work project undertaken with colleaguesat UMIST has provided considerable data on the way that ‘fragmenting’organisational forms impact on skilled work, the increasing emphasis on ‘soft’ skillsand the neglect of technical ones.
I led a multi-disciplinary team on an EPSRC-funded study of employment in retail.The project had a number of different streams (as well as integrated work on the waydifferent disciplines viewed the area) and the one I was involved in generatedextensive rich research data. In it the contrast between tight control by head officeand ideas of leadership at store level was marked. At the same time, I also led aresearch project studying the employment of freelancers and small companies in theBritish film and television sector, following on from the theoretical developments onthe Future of Work study and focussing particularly on the way people learn anddevelop skills. In TV and film production the shift from strong internal labour marketsto fragmented freelance labour has fractured the old communities of practice, through
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which skills were learned at work, and enhanced the middle class advantage insecuring creative jobs.
This led, practically and theoretically to another research project, a two yearAIM/ESRC fellowship during which I explored the way people learn skills, the waywork is organised and controlled, and the work that managers do in computer gamescompanies. I spent a year doing an ethnographic study of a computer games companyand supplemented this with interviews with workers and key informants in theindustry.
In 1998 I was invited to be an associate fellow of SKOPE, an ESRC-funded researchcentre specialising in skills, knowledge and performance based at the universities ofCardiff and Oxford. In addition to my work on skills and human resourcedevelopment I have also undertaken work on the NHSU funded by the ESRC throughSKOPE, ‘best practice’ human resource management, the Labour Process debate,employment relations in small and medium sized enterprises and organisationalboundaries. On a lighter note, I have written (seriously) about humour, exploringwhat it can reveal about organisational life as well as arguing in favour of its use as avehicle for teaching management. I also write cases and book chapters on the area ofskills as a whole for research-based teaching books.
Research Grants
1. ESRC/AIM Capacity building workshops in Yorkshire (Irena Grugulis andKathryn Haynes) £855. October 2009 – July 2010.
2. ESRC/AIM Fellowship Service Work: the creative industries (Irena Grugulis)£142,040.91. Two-year fellowship October 2008 – March 2011. Award:RES-331-27-0038
3. Knowledge, skills and productivity in retailing. Irena Grugulis, Dolores AnonHigon, Jeremy Clegg and Allan Williams. £206,650 from the EPSRC.September 2005 – September 2008. Award: EP/D01350X/1
4. NHSU. Scott Taylor, Irena Grugulis, Emma Bell and John Storey £7,000 fromSKOPE/ESRC. July 2004 – October 2005
5. Critical Management Studies Seminar Series. Irena Grugulis and HughWillmott. £15,400 from the ESRC to convene and co-ordinate a series ofseminars at UMIST, Warwick and Keele. Duration: 2 years (2000 - 2002)Award: R 45126500499
6. Changing Organisational Forms and Organisational Performance. Future ofWork Programme. Mick Marchington, Jill Rubery, Hugh Willmott, JillEarnshaw, Damian Grimshaw and Irena Grugulis. Grant from the ESRC,£252,000. Duration: 3 years (1999 - 2002) Award L 212252038 Graded:Outstanding
7. HRM in SMEs. Adrian Wilkinson and Irena Grugulis. £35,000 from theERDF to conduct research into employment practices in SMEs in the NorthWest. Duration: 13 months (1997 - 1998).
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Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals:
1. Social capital and networks in film and TV: jobs for the boys? (Irena Grugulisand Dimitrinka Stoyanova) Organization Studies 33 (10) pp. 1311 – 1331October 2012 DOI: 10.1177/0170840612453525http://oss.sagepub.com.ezphost.dur.ac.uk/content/33/10/1311.full.pdf+html
2. Writing articles for Work, Employment and Society: different voices, samelanguage (Irena Grugulis, Mark Stuart, Chris Forde, Ian Kirkpatrick, RobertMacKenzie and Jennifer Tomlinson) Work, Employment and Society 26 (1) pp.5 – 9 February 2012 doi:10.1177/0950017011433988
3. Skill and performance (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) BritishJournal of Industrial Relations 49 (3) pp. 515 – 536 September 2011 DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.2010.00779.xhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2010.00779.x/pdf
4. The missing middle: communities of practice in a freelance labour market(Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) Work, Employment and Society 25(2) pp. 342 – 351 June 2011 DOI: 10.1177/0950017011398891
5. The more things change . . . towards 25 years of Work, Employment andSociety (Mark Stuart, Irena Grugulis, Chris Forde, Ian Kirkpatrick, RobertMacKenzie and Jennifer Tomlinson) Work, Employment and Society 25 (2) pp.197 – 201 June 2011 DOI: 10.1177/0950017011405121
6. The determinants of retail productivity: A critical review of the evidence(Dolores Anon Higon, Ödül Bozkurt, Jeremy Clegg, Irena Grugulis, SergioSalis, Nicholas Vasilakos and Allan Williams) International Journal ofManagement Reviews 12 (2) pp. 201 – 217 June 2010
7. Politics and power in training and learning: the rise and fall of the NHSUniversity (Scott Taylor, Emma Bell, Irena Grugulis, John Storey, Lee Taylor)Management Learning 41 (1) pp. 87 – 99 March 2010
8. Whose skill is it anyway? Soft skills and polarisation (Irena Grugulis andSteve Vincent) Work, Employment and Society 23 (4) pp 597 – 615 December2009
9. Employment relations, cost minimisation and inter-organisational contracting(Steve Vincent and Irena Grugulis) Industrial Relations Journal 40 (1) pp. 40 -59 2009 ISSN 0019-8692
10. The institution that wasn’t: the British National Health Service University(Scott Taylor, Emma Bell, Irena Grugulis and John Storey) The Observatoryon Borderless Higher Education Report December 2007 www.obhe.ac.uk
11. Information but not consultation: exploring employee involvement in SMEs(Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis) International JournalHuman Resource Management 18 (7) pp. 1279 – 1297 2007 DOI:10.1080/09585190701393798
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12. Understanding construction employment: the need for a fresh research agenda(Andy Dainty, Irena Grugulis and David Langford) Personnel Review 36 (4)pp. 501 – 509 2007
13. Introduction (Colette Fagan, Irena Grugulis, Mark Smith and Kevin Ward)Work, Employment and Society 20 (4) pp. 675 – 683 December 2005
14. Panel Discussion (Irena Grugulis, Nick Bacon, Jill Rubery and Mike Terry)Human Resources and Employment Review 2 (4) pp. 235 – 237 December2004
15. Human Resource Management and the permeable organisation: the case of themulti-client call centre (Jill Rubery, Marilyn Carroll, Fang Lee Cooke, IrenaGrugulis and Jill Earnshaw) Journal of Management Studies 41 (7) pp. 1199 –1222 November 2004
16. National Vocational Qualifications in the United Kingdom: a research basedcritique (Irena Grugulis) British Journal of Industrial Relations 41 (3) pp 457– 476 September 2003
17. Putting skills to work: learning and employment at the start of the century(Irena Grugulis) Human Resource Management Journal 13 (2) pp3 - 12 April2003
18. The rise of the ‘network organisation’ and the decline of discretion (IrenaGrugulis, Steven Vincent and Gail Hebson) Human Resource ManagementJournal 13 (2) pp 45 - 59 April 2003
19. New technology and work practices (Damian Grimshaw, Fang Lee Cooke,Irena Grugulis and Steven Vincent) New Technology, Work and Employment17 (3) pp. 186 – 203 November 2002
20. The impact of Investors in People on Employees: a case study of a hospitaltrust (Irena Grugulis and Sheena Bevitt) Human Resource ManagementJournal 12 (3) pp. 44 – 60 July 2002
21. ‘Nothing serious? Candidates’ use of humour in management training’ (IrenaGrugulis) Human Relations 55 (4) pp 387 – 406 April 2002
22. (a) Managing culture at British Airways: hype, hope and reality (IrenaGrugulis and Adrian Wilkinson) Long Range Planning 35 (2) pp. 179 – 194April 2002
23. (b) Management van de bidrijfscultur bij British Airways: hype, hoop enwerkelijkheid (Irena Grugulis en Adrian Wilkinson) Holland ManagementReview 87 pp 43 – 53 Jan – Feb 2003 (Dutch translation of 8 above)
24. The Labour Process Debate: Twenty five years on. Preface. (Irena Grugulisand David Knights) International Studies of Management and Organization(30) 4 pp 3 - 11 Winter 2000 - 2001
25. ‘Best Practice’ Human Resource Management: perfect opportunity ordangerous illusion? (Mick Marchington and Irena Grugulis) InternationalJournal of Human Resource Management (11) pp 1104 - 1124 2000
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26. Cultural control and the ‘culture manager’: employment practices in aconsultancy (Irena Grugulis, Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson) Work,Employment and Society 14 (1) pp 97 - 116 March 2000
27. The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance (Irena Grugulis)Journal of Vocational Education and Training 52 (1) pp 79 - 99 2000
28. ‘Looking out of the black hole’: non-union relations in an SME (TonyDundon, Irena Grugulis and Adrian Wilkinson) Employee Relations 21 (3) pp251 – 266 1999
29. Training managers: the consequences of competence (Irena Grugulis)Personnel Review Select 2 (1) pp. 14 – 22 1999
30. ‘Real’ Managers don’t do NVQs: a review of the new management ‘standards’(Irena Grugulis) Employee Relations 20 (4) pp 383 - 403 1998
31. Training managers: the consequences of competence (Irena Grugulis)Personnel Review 26 (6) pp 428 - 444 1997 This article was given a HighlyCommended Award by MCB University Press
Books
1. Skills, Training and Human Resource Development: a critical text (IrenaGrugulis) Palgrave Macmillan 2007 ISBN 1-4039-4802-X
Edited Work:
1. Managing Services: Challenges and Innovations (eds. Kathryn Haynes and IrenaGrugulis) Oxford University Press forthcoming
2. Retail Work (eds. Irena Grugulis and Ödül Bozkurt) 2011 Palgrave MacmillanISBN: 978-0-230-28357-2
3. People in Construction (eds. Andy Dainty, Irena Grugulis and David Langford)Personnel Review 36 (4) 2007
4. Conference special issue (eds. Colette Fagan, Irena Grugulis, Mark Smith andKevin Ward) Work, Employment and Society 20 (4) 2005
5. The Skills that Matter (eds. Chris Warhurst, Irena Grugulis and Ewart Keep)Palgrave 2004 ISBN 1-4039-0639-4
6. Putting skills to work? Learning and employment at the start of the century (ed.Irena Grugulis) special issue Human Resource Management Journal 13 (2) April2003
7. Critical Management Studies (eds. Clive Gilson, Irena Grugulis, John Hassard andHugh Willmott) special issue Electronic Journal of Radical Organisation TheorySummer 2001
8. Customer Service: Empowerment and Entrapment (eds. Andrew Sturdy, IrenaGrugulis and Hugh Willmott) Basingstoke: Palgrave 2001 ISBN 0-333-73535-8
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9. The Labour Process Debate (eds. Irena Grugulis, Hugh Willmott and DavidKnights) special issue International Studies of Management and Organization 30(4) Winter 2000 - 2001
10. Critical Management Studies (eds. Clive Gilson, Hugh Willmott and IrenaGrugulis) special issue Electronic Journal of Radical Organisation TheoryAutumn 1999
Chapters in Books:
1. Service work and the service sector (Irena Grugulis) in Haynes, K. andGrugulis, I. eds. Managing Services: Challenges and Innovations OxfordUniversity Press forthcoming
2. Managing services and the service sector: an introduction (Irena Grugulisand Kathryn Haynes) in Haynes, K. and Grugulis, I. eds. ManagingServices: Challenges and Innovations Oxford University Pressforthcoming
3. Employee Training and Development (Irena Grugulis) in Redman, T. andWilkinson, A. Contemporary Human Resource Management FinancialTimes: Prentice Hall Fourth Edition (forthcoming)
4. Soft Skills at Work (Irena Grugulis and Steven Vincent) in Redman, T. andWilkinson, A. Contemporary Human Resource Management FinancialTimes: Prentice Hall Fourth Edition (forthcoming)
5. Skills and Training (Irena Grugulis) in Bach, S. and Edwards, M. (eds.)Managing Human Resources 5th edition (forthcoming)
6. Learning on the job in UK TV and film production (Irena Grugulis andDimitrinka Stoyanova) in Dundon, T. and Wilkinson, A. (eds.) CaseStudies in People Management, Strategy and Innovation forthcoming
7. Tournament careers: working in UK television (Dimitrinka Stoyanova andIrena Grugulis) in Mathieu, C. (ed.) Careers in Creative IndustriesLondon: Routledge 2012 pp. 88 – 106 ISBN-10: 041580826X ISBN-13:978-0415808262
8. ‘No place to hide’? The realities of leadership in UK supermarkets (IrenaGrugulis, Ödül Bozkurt and Jeremy Clegg) in Grugulis, I. and Bozkurt, Ö.(eds.) Retail Work Palgrave 2011 pp. 193 – 212 ISBN: 978-0-230-28357-2
9. Why retail work demands a closer look (Ödül Bozkurt and Irena Grugulis)in Grugulis, I. and Bozkurt, Ö. (eds.) Retail Work Palgrave 2011 pp. 1 – 21ISBN: 978-0-230-28357-2
10. Skill and the Labour Process: conditions and consequences of change(Irena Grugulis and Caroline Lloyd) in Thompson, P. and Smith, C. (eds.)Working Life: renewing Labour Process Analysis Palgrave MacmillanHoundsmills 2010 pp. 91 – 112 ISBN: 978-0-230-22223-6
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11. ‘I don’t know where they learn them’: skills in film and television (IrenaGrugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) in Smith, C. and McKinlay, A. (eds.)Creative Labour: working in the creative industries Palgrave MacmillanHoundsmills 2009 pp. 135 – 155 ISBN: 978-0-230-22200-7
12. Human Resource Development (Irena Grugulis) in Wood, D. and Collings,D. (eds.) Human Resource Management: a critical approach RoutledgeLondon and New York 2009 pp. 222 – 236 ISBN: 978–0–415–46247-1
13. Employee Development (Irena Grugulis) in Redman, T. and Wilkinson, A.Contemporary Human Resource Management Financial Times: PrenticeHall Third Edition 2008 ISBN 978-0-273-71633-4
14. Jobs, skill and discretion (Irena Grugulis, Steven Vincent and GailHebson) case study in Redman, T. and Wilkinson, A. ContemporaryHuman Resource Management Financial Times: Prentice Hall ThirdEdition 2008 ISBN 978-0-273-71633-4
15. Skill Formation (Irena Grugulis) in Blyton, P., Bacon, N. Fiorito, J. andHeery, E. (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Industrial Relations London:Sage2008 ISBN: 978-1-4129-1154-2
16. Prólogo (Irena Grugulis) in Fernández Rodríguez, C. (ed.) Vigilar yOrganizar: Una introducción a los Critical Management StudiesSiglo:Salamanca 2007 ISBN 978-84-323-1288-5
17. The human side of skills and knowledge (Irena Grugulis) in Bolton, S. andHoulihan, M. Searching for the Human in Human Resource ManagementPalgrave Macmillan 2007 ISBN 978-0-230-01935-5
18. Employee Development (Irena Grugulis) in Redman, T. and Wilkinson, A.Contemporary Human Resource Management Financial Times: PrenticeHall Second Edition 2006 ISBN 0-273-68663-1
19. Investing in People (Irena Grugulis and Sheena Bevitt) case study inRedman, T. and Wilkinson, A. Contemporary Human ResourceManagement Financial Times: Prentice Hall Second Edition 2006 ISBN 0-273-68663-1
20. Managing culture at British Airways (Irena Grugulis and AdrianWilkinson) case study in Redman, T. and Wilkinson, A. ContemporaryHuman Resource Management Financial Times: Prentice Hall SecondEdition 2006 ISBN 0-273-68663-1
21. Changing boundaries, shaping skills: the fragmented organisational formand employee skills (Irena Grugulis and Steven Vincent) in Marchington,M., Grimshaw, D., Rubery, J. and Willmott, H. (eds.) Fragmenting Work:blurring organisational boundaries and disordering hierarchies OxfordUniversity Press: Oxford 2005 ISBN 0-19-926224-1
22. Gender and new organisational forms (Gail Hebson and Irena Grugulis)book chapter in Marchington, M., Grimshaw, D., Rubery, J. and Willmott,H. (eds.) Fragmenting Work: blurring organisational boundaries anddisordering hierarchies Oxford University Press: Oxford 2005 ISBN 0-19-926224-1
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23. Strategy, Contracts and Control in Government IT Work (Steven Vincentand Irena Grugulis) in Paul Stewart (ed.) Employment, Trade UnionRenewal and the Future of Work Oxford University Press:Oxford 2005ISBN 1-4039-1227-0
24. Whatever happened to skill? (Irena Grugulis, Ewart Keep and ChrisWarhurst) book chapter for The Skills that Matter Chris Warhurst, IrenaGrugulis and Ewart Keep (eds.) Palgrave 2004 ISBN 1-4039-0639-4
25. Best practice human resource management: perfect opportunity ordangerous illusion? (Mick Marchington and Irena Grugulis) in The JohnLovett Lectures: a decade of developments in Human ResourceManagement Patrick Gunnigle, Michael Morley and Michael McDonnell(eds.) The Liffey Press: Dublin 2002 ISBN 1-904148-08-5
26. New Management Techniques in SMEs (Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis andAdrian Wilkinson) in Contemporary Human Resource ManagementAdrian Wilkinson and Tom Redman (eds.) Financial Times/Prentice Hall2001 ISBN 0-201-59613 X
27. BeverageCo (Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis and Adrian Wilkinson) a casestudy in Contemporary Human Resource Management Adrian Wilkinsonand Tom Redman (eds.) Financial Times/Prentice Hall 2001 ISBN 0-201-59613 X
28. Employee Involvement in SMEs (Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis andAdrian Wilkinson) a case study in Contemporary Human ResourceManagement Adrian Wilkinson and Tom Redman (eds.) FinancialTimes/Prentice Hall 2001 ISBN 0-201-59613 X
29. ConsultancyCo: managing culture (Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis andAdrian Wilkinson) a case study in Contemporary Human ResourceManagement Adrian Wilkinson and Tom Redman (eds.) FinancialTimes/Prentice Hall 2001 ISBN 0-201-59613 X
Policy Papers:
1. UK TV: skills in a fragmented industry (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova)UKCES Issues Paper 2010
2. Response from AIM Service Fellows Cohort on “Strengthening EU Services” byDepartment of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Kathryn Haynes,Kate Blackmon, Guilliana Batista, Irena Grugulis, Irene Ng and Martin Spring)AIM Advisory Paper for BERR, 2009
3. Skill and performance (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) UKCES IssuesPaper 2009
4. Learning skills in the TV sector (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova)Skillset internal policy paper 2008
Refereed Working Papers:
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1. ‘No place to hide’? The realities of leadership in UK supermarkets (IrenaGrugulis, Ödül Bozkurt and Jeremy Clegg) SKOPE Research Paper No. 91 May2010, Universities of Oxford and Cardiff
2. Skill and performance (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) BradfordUniversity School of Management Working Paper 2007
3. Skill and performance (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) SKOPE IssuesPaper 9, Universities of Oxford and Warwick 2006
4. Skill and qualifications: the contribution of NVQs to raising skill levels (IrenaGrugulis) ESRC Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Performance (SKOPE)Working Paper 36, Universities of Oxford and Warwick, 2002 ISSN 1466-1535
5. The future of professional work? The rise of the ‘network form’ and the declineof discretion (Irena Grugulis, Steven Vincent and Gail Hebson) Future of WorkWorking Paper No. 24 2002 ISSN 1469-1531
6. Emotions and aesthetics for work and labour: the pleasures and pains of thechanging nature of work (Irena Grugulis) School of Management, SalfordUniversity Working Paper No. 2 2002 ISSN 1472-314 X
7. British Airways: Culture and Structure (Irena Grugulis and Adrian Wilkinson)Loughborough University Working Paper 2001 ISBN 1 85901-172-1
8. Audit tools for managing human resources in small to medium sized enterprises(Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis and Adrian Wilkinson) UMIST Working Paper1998
9. Order, Method and Madness: evidencing managerial work (Irena Grugulis)UMIST Working Paper 1997 ISBN 1-86115-040-7
10. The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance (Irena Grugulis)UMIST Working Paper 1996 ISBN 1-86115-036-9
Plenary Papers:
1. ‘25 years of the Labour Process Conference’ (Plenary panel: Paul Edwards, PaulThompson, Hugh Willmott and Irena Grugulis) 25th International Labour ProcessConference, Amsterdam 2nd – 4th April 2007
2. ‘Best Practice’ Human Resource Management: perfect opportunity or dangerousillusion? (Mick Marchington and Irena Grugulis) Paper presened at the SeventhAnnual John Lovett Memorial Lecture at the University of Limerick, 25th March1999
3. Human Resource Management in Theory and Practice (Irena Grugulis and MickMarchington) Plenary session presented at the BUIRA HRM Study GroupConference, Cardiff Business School 6th - 7th January 1999
Refereed Conference Papers:
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1. Social capital and networks in film and TV: jobs for the boys? (Irena Grugulisand Dimitrinka Stoyanova) Art of Organising Conference, York University 4th
– 7th September 2012
2. Social capital and networks in film and TV: jobs for the boys? (Irena Grugulisand Dimitrinka Stoyanova) British Sociological Association Conference,Leeds 2012
3. Symposium on the Creative Industries (Doris Eikhof, Keith Randle, IrenaGrugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) 29th International Labour ProcessConference, Leeds University 5th – 7th April 2011
4. Assessing soft skills (Irena Grugulis, Jeremy Clegg and Ödül Bozkurt) Paperpresented at the 29th International Labour Process Conference, LeedsUniversity 5th – 7th April 2011
5. Jobs for the boys: social capital in UK film and TV (Irena Grugulis andDimitrinka Stoyanova) Paper presented at Conference on Working in theCreative Industries, Durham Business School 23rd – 24th February 2011
6. AIM Symposium (Nic Beech, Kathryn Haynes, David Denyer, Katy Mason,Jennifer Whyte, Guiliana Battisti, Irena Grugulis and Martin Spring)Symposium at the British Academy of Management Conference, Sheffield 14th
– 16th September 2010
7. Doing Ethnography (Paul Thompson, Paul Edwards and Irena Grugulis)Symposium at the Work, Employment and Society Conference, Brighton 7th –9th September 2010
8. The missing middle: communities of practice in a freelance labour market(Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) Paper presented at 60th BritishUniversities Industrial Relations Association Conference, Manchester 1st – 3rd
July 2010
9. Latent entry to the labour market: in or out of work? (Dimitrinka Stoyanovaand Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the 28th International Labour ProcessConference, Rutgers University NJ, USA 15th – 17th March 2010
10. No place to hide. The realities of leadership in UK supermarkets. (IrenaGrugulis, Ödül Bozkurt and Jeremy Clegg) Paper presented at the 27th
International Labour Process Conference, Edinburgh 6th – 8th April 2009
11. Periphery centre-stage: small regional independents and skills (DimitrinkaStoyanova and Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the 27th International LabourProcess Conference, Edinburgh 6th – 8th April 2009
12. Not what you know: professionalism, being nice and social capital in film andTV (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) Paper presented at the Media,Communication and Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference NationalMedia Museum/University of Bradford, Bradford 14th – 16th January 2009
13. Not what you know: professionalism, being nice and social capital in film andTV (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) Paper presented at the 26th
International Labour Process Conference, Dublin 18th – 20th March 2008
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14. Skill and the Labour Process (Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the 26th
International Labour Process Conference, Dublin 18th – 20th March 2008
15. Fragmented (working) lives (Dimitrinka Stoyanova and Irena Grugulis) Paperpresented at the 25th International Labour Process Conference, Amsterdam 2nd
– 4th April 2007
16. The “Zero Skills” Business? Soft Skills and Polarized Skills Demands inEmployment by UK Supermarkets (Ödül Bozkurt, Irena Grugulis and JeremyClegg) Paper presented at the 25th International Labour Process Conference,Amsterdam 2nd – 4th April 2007
17. Making knowledge work? Strategy and network structures in a knowledgebased organisation (Steven Vincent and Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the25th International Labour Process Conference, Amsterdam 2nd – 4th April 2007
18. Careers in film and television (Dimitrinka Stoyanova and Irena Grugulis)Paper presented at the 22nd EGOS Conference, Oslo July 2006
19. Information but not consultation: exploring employee involvement in SMEs(Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the 56th
British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference, NationalUniversity of Ireland, Galway 28th – 30th June 2006
20. ‘I don’t know where they learn them’: skills in film and television (IrenaGrugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) Paper presented at the 24th InternationalLabour Process Conference, London, 10th – 12th April 2006
21. Skill and performance (Irena Grugulis and Dimi Stoyanova) Paper presented atCTEE Conference, Italy 21st – 23rd September 2005
22. Peripheral Vision (Steven Vincent and Irena Grugulis) Paper presented atBritish Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference, Newcastle7th – 9th July 2005
23. Skill and performance (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) Paperpresented at Human Resource Development Conference, Leeds 25th – 27th
May 2005
24. Skill and performance (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) Paperpresented at 23rd International Labour Process Conference, Strathclyde 21st –23rd March 2005
25. Whose skill is it anyway? (Irena Grugulis and Steven Vincent) Paper presentedat the Academy of Management Conference, August 2004
26. Whose skill is it anyway? (Irena Grugulis and Steven Vincent) Paper presentedat the 22nd International Labour Process Conference, AIAS Amsterdam 5th –7th April 2004
27. The future of professional work? The rise of the ‘network form’ and thedecline of discretion (Irena Grugulis, Steven Vincent and Gail Hebson) Paperpresented at Conference on Training, Employability and Employment, London11th – 12th July 2002
28. The future of professional work? The rise of the ‘network form’ and thedecline of discretion (Irena Grugulis, Steven Vincent and Gail Hebson) Paper
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presented at British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference,University of Stirling 4th – 6th July 2002
29. Whatever happened to skill? (Irena Grugulis, Ewart Keep and Chris Warhurst)Paper presented at the 20th Annual Labour Process Conference, University ofStrathclyde 2nd – 4th April 2002
30. Re-forming skills: a study of IT workers on the public-private boundary(Steven Vincent and Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the 20th Annual LabourProcess Conference, University of Strathclyde 2nd – 4th April 2002
31. Analysing diversity in the management of human resources in call centres(Marilyn Carroll, Fang Lee Cooke, Irena Grugulis and Jill Rubery) paperpresented at Human Resource Management Journal Conference Call Centresand Beyond: the HRM Implications, Kings College London, 6th November2001
32. Organisational structure and employee skills (Irena Grugulis and StevenVincent) paper presented at the Work, Employment and Society Conference,Nottingham September 2001
33. Nothing serious? Candidate's use of humour in management training:expressing and containing resistance (Irena Grugulis) paper presented at theSecond International Critical Management Studies Conference 11th - 13th July2001 UMIST Manchester
34. Employment Relations in SMEs (Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis and AdrianWilkinson) paper presented at the International Employee RelationsAssociation Conference 2000
35. Film in Teaching (Joe Champoux, John Hassard and Irena Grugulis)Professional Development Workshop run at the American Academy ofManagement, Toronto August 2000
36. When organisations learn (Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the FirstInternational Critical Management Studies Conference, UMIST 14th – 16th
July 1999
37. The Learning Organisation Re-visited (Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the17th Annual Labour Process Conference, Royal Holloway, University ofLondon, 29th – 31st March 1999
38. Exploring Employee Involvement in SMEs (Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundonand Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the BUIRA HRM Study GroupConference, Cardiff Business School 6th - 7th January 1999
39. Cultural Control and the ‘Culture Manager’: manipulating meaning in an SME(Irena Grugulis, Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson) Paper presented atBUIRA Annual Conference Keele July 3rd - 5th 1998
40. Order, Method and Madness: evidencing managerial work (Irena Grugulis)Paper presented at the Nottingham Trent University HRM Conference: TheContext of Practice: the Lives and Thoughts of HRM People December 1996
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41. In Search of the Professional Manager (Irena Grugulis) Paper presented atWarwick University’s Centre for Education, Development and ResearchAnnual Conference March 1996
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Special Sessions and Workshops:
1. Research after the Cuts (Irena Grugulis) SKOPE workshop, 21st February 2011Oxford University Education Department
2. Meet the Editors (Tim Clark, Irena Grugulis and Birgit Schyns) Durham BusinessSchool 16th February 2011
3. Assessing soft skills (Irena Grugulis, Jeremy Clegg and Ödül Bozkurt), WarwickUniversity Seminar Series 26th January 2011
4. Abstracts and articles (Irena Grugulis and Keith Sisson) Doctoral session, 60th
British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference, Manchester 1st –3rd July 2010
5. Doing Ethnography (Irena Grugulis) Doctoral Session, Exeter University, 9th
March 2010
6. Jobs for the boys? Social capital in film and TV (Irena Grugulis and DimitrinkaStoyanova) Nottingham University, 28th October 2009
7. How to fail that crucial ESRC research bid (Irena Grugulis) York UniversityResearch Awayday 1st June 2009
8. Research Council Funding (Irena Grugulis) Manchester Metropolitan University,20th May 2009
9. Writing for journals (Irena Grugulis) Manchester Metropolitan University, 13th
May 2009
10. Skill and Performance (Irena Grugulis and Dimitrinka Stoyanova) part of LeedsUniversity Lifelong Learning Institute Seminar, Critical Research and PolicyPerspectives (panel: Ewart Keep, Irena Grugulis and Helen Rainbird) Leeds 22nd
April 2009
11. Skills in the service sector (Irena Grugulis) AIM/BERR Advisory Presentation,18th March 2009
12. ‘I don’t know where you learn them’: skills in film and TV’ Irena Grugulis andDimitrinka Stoyanova, special session at LSE, ESRC Festival of Science Week 11th
March 2009
13. No place to hide. The realities of leadership in UK supermarkets. (Irena Grugulis,Ödül Bozkurt and Jeremy Clegg) Paper presented at Retail workshop, The Lowry,Salford Quays 30th September 2008
14. Whose skill is it anyway? Soft skills and organisational politics (Irena Grugulisand Steven Vincent) Paper presented at University of Wolverhampton 14th March2006
15. Whose skill is it anyway? Soft skills and organisational politics (Irena Grugulisand Steven Vincent) Paper presented at University of Aberdeen 2nd November2005
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16. Research Grants (Irena Grugulis and Paul Edwards) Doctoral Session at BritishUniversities Industrial Relations Association Conference, Newcastle 7th – 9th July2005
17. Whose skill is it anyway? (Irena Grugulis and Steven Vincent) Paper presented atNapier University Research Seminar Series 10th June 2005
18. Skill and performance (Irena Grugulis and Dimi Stoyanova) Paper presented atLeeds University Research Seminar Series 20th April 2005
19. Publishing in refereed journals (Chris Baldry, John Gennard, Irena Grugulis andPaul Stewart) Doctoral Session at 23rd International Labour Process Conference,Strathclyde 21st – 23rd March 2005
20. Whose skill is it anyway? (Irena Grugulis and Steven Vincent) Paper presented atLeicester University Research Seminar Series 15th April 2005
21. The certification of management skills (Irena Grugulis) paper presented atSKOPE/Evolution of Business Knowledge workshop, London September 20th
2004
22. Publishing in refereed journals (Irena Grugulis and Nick Bacon) Doctoral Sessionat British Universities Industrial Relations Association Annual Conference,University of Nottingham 1st – 3rd July 2004
23. Towards a High Skills Vision (Ewart Keep, Irena Grugulis and Bert Clough) Paneldiscussion at SKOPE workshop, Westwood Training Centre 4th May 2004
24. Whose skill is it anyway? (Irena Grugulis and Steven Vincent) Paper presented atSalford University Research Seminar Series 21st April 2004
25. Beyond the Learning Organisation (Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at theUniversity of Galway, 9th March 2004
26. The contribution of NVQs to skills in the UK (Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at aworkshop on the definition of professional profiles and qualifications: differentroles of institutions and social partners at the University of Trento, Italy 17th
November 2003
27. Research funding (Irena Grugulis and Mark Stuart) Doctoral Session at BritishUniversities Industrial Relations Association Annual Conference, University ofLeeds 3rd – 5th July 2003
28. Re-orgainising for skills: customer service in the public sector (Irena Grugulis andSteven Vincent). Paper presented at an ESRC-funded seminar on EmotionalLabour University of Loughborough, 23rd April 2003
29. Cultural Management: employment practices in a consultancy (Irena Grugulis,Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson) Paper presented at Keele UniversityResearch Seminar Programme 29th May 2002
30. Re-orgainising for skills: customer service in the public sector (Irena Grugulis andSteven Vincent). Paper presented at an ESRC-funded seminar on The ChangingNature of Skills and Knowledge UMIST, Manchester 3rd - 4th September 2001
31. Management skills in the twenty-first century (Irena Grugulis) Paper presented tothe Wales Management Council 12th - 13th March 2001
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32. Cultural Management: employment practices in a consultancy (Irena Grugulis,Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson) Paper presented at Lancaster UniversityResearch Seminar Programme 9th February 2000
33. Nothing Serious? Candidates’ use of humour in management training: expressingand containing resistance (Irena Grugulis) Paper presented at the University ofStrathclyde Human Resource Management Seminar Series 5th May 1999
Other:
1. Show staff trust and they will respond (Irena Grugulis) Thought Leaders:Employee Benefits p. 21 March 2011
http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/download/4747/EBS_0311_TL.pdf
2. Research ethics and James Bond (Irena Grugulis) Sage Socialsciencespace blog 6th
January 2011 http://www.socialsciencespace.com/2011/01/research-ethics-and-james-bond/
3. Getting into TV production: a tough career choice (Irena Grugulis and DimitrinkaStoyanova) Britain in 2011 (forthcoming)
4. Book review of Gerhard Bosch and Jean Charest (eds.) Vocational Training:international perspectives, Industrial Relations Journal 42 (4) pp. 407 – 409 2011
5. Learning (Irena Grugulis) podcast talk in HRM series, Wilkinson A. (ed.) HumanResource Management: , The Marketing & Management Collection, HenryStewart Talks Ltd, London (online at http://hstalks.com/?t=MM1302833-Grugulis)
6. Getting a job in TV: it’s all about who you know (Irena Grugulis and DimitrinkaStoyanova) Britain in 2010 p. 116 ESRC 2009 9-771756 057013
7. Supermarkets reveal reality of leadership (Irena Grugulis, Ödül Bozkurt andJeremy Clegg) Britain in 2010 p. 77 ESRC 2009 9-771756 057013
8. Skills, training and human resource development: a response (Irena Grugulis)Economic and Labour Relations Review, 19 (2) pp. 123 – 128 July 2009 ISSN1035-3046
9. Book review of Chris Baldry, Peter Bain, Phil Taylor, Jeff Hyman, DoraScholarios, Abigail Marks, Aileen Watson, Kay Gilbert, Gregor Gall and DirkBunzel The Meaning of Work in the New Economy Work, Employment and Society23 (2) 382 - 384 June 2009
10. ‘I don’t know where you learn them: skills in film and TV’ Irena Grugulis andDimitrinka Stoyanova, briefing paper for Skillset, March 2009
11. Labours of love (Irena Grugulis) People Management June 2007
12. What can assessment centres tell us about how we choose leaders? (IrenaGrugulis) Research Forum People Management 30th June 2005
13. Learning Organisations (Irena Grugulis) People and Organisations BradfordUniversity MBA Distance Learning Teaching Materials 2005
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14. HRM (Irena Grugulis) People and Organisations Bradford University MBADistance Learning Teaching Materials 2005
15. Book review of Cohen, M.G. (ed.) Training the Excluded for Work: Access andEquity for Women, Immigrants, First Nations, Youth and People with LowIncome, UBC Press, Vancouver, Canada 2003 forthcoming in Work, Employmentand Society
16. Book review of Workplace Learning in Context Helen Rainbird, Alison Fuller andAnne Munro (eds.) Routledge, London and New York 2004 (Irena Grugulis)Human Resource Management Journal 14 (4) pp. 89 – 91 2004
17. Research: Irena Grugulis rounds up the latest HRM studies (Irena Grugulis)People Management 18th December 2003
18. Research: Irena Grugulis rounds up the latest HRM studies (Irena Grugulis)People Management 1st May 2003
19. Book review of Organisational Culture: Organisaitonal Change? by PeterElsmore Management Learning 34 (1) pp 143 – 146 2003
20. Research: Irena Grugulis rounds up the latest HRM studies (Irena Grugulis)People Management 5th December 2002
21. Research: Irena Grugulis rounds up the latest HRM studies (Irena Grugulis)People Management 12th July 2002
22. Research: Irena Grugulis rounds up the latest HRM studies (Irena Grugulis)People Management 16th May 2002
23. Best practice HRM (Irena Grugulis and Mick Marchington) in The InformedStudent Guide to HRM Tom Redman and Adrian Wilkinson (eds.)London:Thomson Learning 2001 ISBM 1-86152-541-9
24. Nothing serious? Candidate’s use of humour in management training: expressingand containing resistance (Irena Grugulis) Electronic Journal of RadicalOrganisation Theory Special issue. Guest editors Clive Gilson, Irena Grugulis,Hugh Willmott and John Hassard. July, 2001.
25. Glossary. (Irena Grugulis and David Knights) special issue of InternationalStudies of Management and Organization guest editors Irena Grugulis, HughWillmott and David Knights. 30 (4) pp 12 - 24 Winter 2000 - 2001
26. Marchington, M., Cooke, F. L., Earnshaw, J., Vincent, S., Rubery, J., Willmott,H., Hassard, J., Grimshaw, D. and Grugulis, I. (2000). `Transfer of Undertakingsand the Reshaping of Work: Some Empirical Evidence from the Service Sector’,Management Research News, Ed. Morris, J., Work Futures, vol. 23 (9/10/11) pp.104-5.
27. Marchington, M., Cooke, F. L., Earnshaw, J., Vincent, S., Rubery, J., Willmott,H., Hassard, J., Grimshaw, D. and Grugulis, I. (2000). 'Changing OrganisationalForms and the Reshaping of Work', ESRC Future of Work Bulletin, No 3.
28. Vincent, S., Cooke, F. L., Grimshaw, D., Grugulis, I. and Willmott, H. (2000).`Going Privately: Practices of Partnership in the Outsourcing of Services in thePublic Sector’, Management Research News, Ed. Morris, J., Work Futures, vol. 23(9/10/11) pp. 152-3.
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29. Shopping and Banking: the challenge of retailing financial sector services (IrenaGrugulis, Nadege Genetay, Dale Littler and Barbara Lewis) European CaseClearing House Collection 599-042-1 1999
30. Book review of Garrick, J. (1998) Informal Learning in the Workplace:unmasking human resource development London:Routledge Employee Relations21 (2) pp 189 – 190 1999
31. Book review of Morgan, G. and Knights, D. (eds.) (1997) Regulation andDeregulation in European Financial Services in Journal of Management Studies
32. Innovation, Climate and Change (Jane Henry, Paul Gardiner, Irena Grugulis andDavid Mayle with David Walker) Open University MBA, B822 CreativeManagement, Summer 1999 ISBN 0-7492-9510-4
33. When organisations learn (Irena Grugulis) Electronic Journal of RadicalOrganisation Theory Special issue. Guest editors Clive Gilson, Hugh Willmottand Irena Grugulis
34. Employment Relations in SMEs (Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis and AdrianWilkinson) ERDF End of Project Report
35. Shopping and Banking: the challenge of retailing financial sector services (IrenaGrugulis, Nadege Genetay, Dale Littler and Barbara Lewis) Case study for theChartered Institute of Bankers, September 1998 599-042-1
36. Changing Organisations (Jane Henry, Irena Grugulis, David Walker and DavidMayle) Open University MBA, B882 Creative Management, Spring 1998 ISBN0-7492-9285-7
37. Climate and Entrepreneurship (Jane Henry, Irena Grugulis and David Walker)Open University MBA, B882 Creative Management, Spring 1998 ISBN 0-7492-9285-7
38. Book review of Heene, A. and Sanchez, R. (eds.) (1997) Competence BasedStrategic Management Journal of Management Studies 35 (3) pp.407 – 409 1998
Research in the Media
1. Reported in Broadcast magazine ‘Study:getting ahead is about who you know’Balihar Khalsa 23rd August 2012http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/people/study-getting-ahead-is-about-who-you-know/5045574.article
2. Follow up interview on Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed to deal with comments aboutthe initial broadcast 8th August 2012
3. Interview on Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed ‘Jobs for the Boys’ 1st August 2012http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy05
4. Reported on blog http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/04/12/462640/the-british-sociological-association-and-discrimination-in-british-film-and-television/ April2012
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5. Reported on blog http://www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/film-industry-dominated-by-middle-classes-who-hoard-job-opportunities-says-researc April 2012
6. Reported in The Independent ‘Film and television industry discriminates againstwomen, ethnic minorities and the working class’ Richard Hall 11th April 2012http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/film-and-television-industry-discriminates-against-women-ethnic-minorities-and-the-working-class-7630929.html
7. Reported on blog http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/study-british-film-tv-industry-middle-class-discrimination-women-minorities-310966 April 2012
8. Reported on blog http://www.screendaily.com/home/blogs/hair-apparent/5040264.article?blocktitle=Most-commented&contentID=-1 April 2012
9. Reported on blog http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/04/11/237-Study-finds-British-Film-and-Television-industry-discriminates-against-ethnic-minorities-women.html April 2012
10. Reported on blog http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/u-k-study-find-british-film-tv-biz-discriminates-against-working-class-women-minorities/ April 2012
11. Reported in The Guardian 4th February 2012 ‘Zoe Williams Saturday Sketch,From RBS to Starbucks, mum’s the word on the shopfloor’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/feb/03/rbs-starbucks-shopfloor-fred-goodwin?newsfeed=true
12. Reported in The Guardian 20th December 2011 ‘How British Workers are losingthe power to think’ Aditya Chakraborttyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/dec/19/british-workers-losing-power-think?INTCMP=SRCH
13. Interviewed on Saturday Extra, ABC National, Australia 16th October 2010
14. Reported on Today, Radio 4, 4th September 2010
15. Reported in The Guardian 31st August 2010 ‘Brain food’ Aditya Chakraborttyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/31/why-our-jobs-getting-worse
16. Reported in The Sunday Times September 2005
17. Research on emotional labour covered by The Guardian, June 12th 2004
18. Interviewed on Radio 4’s The Learning Curve on NVQs, November 2003
19. Research on humour covered by People Management 10th October 2002
20. Research on skills and discretion covered by People Management, July 2002
21. Research on culture covered by The Observer January 2000
22. Research on culture covered by People Management July 1999
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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL STANDING
Editorial Work:
I have been fortunate enough to serve two terms on the editorial team of Work,Employment and Society (rated 4* on the ABS list). In the first, 2005 – 2007 I editedthe Research Notes and Debates and Controversies section of the journal. In thesecond, 2011 – 2014, I am serving as joint Editor in Chief with Professor Mark Stuart.Both editorial teams have worked hard to innovate and adopt new practices, maintainacademic standards and develop the research work submitted. During our currenttenure we have adopted Online First, reformed the International Board, introduced anAssociate Board and introduced external review. We are now celebrating the 25th
anniversary of the journal and, as editors, have been leading on academic celebrationsincluding a selection of favourite articles on the journal’s website(http://wes.sagepub.com/site/includefiles/WES_25th_Intro_page.xhtml) and aworkshop celebrating its academic achievements to be held in October 2012.
Reviewer for:
Research Councils:
Journal editorships:
Member of ESRC Review Panel (July 2010 - date)
Member of ESRC College of Management, Linguistics,Philosophy and Education (MPLE) which involvesreviewing and commenting on proposals for researchprogrammes as well as refereeing small grant andseminar applications. (1999 – 2003)
Regular reviewer for ESRC large grants
Rapporteur for ESRC large grants
Regular Reviewer for British Academy
Regular Reviewer for Nuffield Foundation
Regular Reviewer for Leverhulme
Joint Editor in Chief, Work, Employment and Society(2011 - date)
Editor, Debates and Controversies, Work, Employmentand Society (2005 – 2007)
Guest editorships: Work, Employment and Society,International Studies in Management and Organization,Human Resource Management Journal, PersonnelReview, Electronic Journal of Radical OrganizationTheory
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Journals: Personnel Review, International Journal of Operationsand Production Management, Employee Relations,Gender, Work and Organisation, International Journal ofTraining and Development (1997 edition of journalitself), Management Learning, Human ResourceManagement Journal, International Studies ofManagement and Organisation, International Journal ofManagement Reviews, Journal of Management Studies,Organization, Tamara, Industrial Relations Journal,British Journal of Industrial Relations, Work,Employment and Society, New Technology, Work andEmployment, International Journal of ManagementReviews, Long Range Planning, International BusinessReview, Journal of Management Studies, Journal ofEducation and Work, Human Relations, OrganizationStudies, Work and Occupations, actasociologica, RevueRelations Industrielles/Industrial Relations Review
Editorial Boards: Work, Employment and Society (2000 – 2005)
Personnel Review (1997 – date)
Human Resource Development Review (2007 – date)
Conferences: Labour Process Conference 1998, 2002 – date, CriticalManagement Studies Conferences 1999, 2001 and 2007,BUIRA Conferences 1999 - 2004, American Academyof Management 2001 - 2004.
Publishers: Macmillan, Palgrave Macmillan, FinancialTimes/Prentice Hall, Routledge, Oxford UniversityPress, Cambridge University Press, Sage
Validation and Review: CIB textbook for joint CIB/UMIST degree
CIPD textbooks, Sage, Routledge, Oxford UniversityPress
Editor of Book Series
Critical Management Studies series, Palgrave Macmillan 2006 – date
Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment, Palgrave Macmillan 2007 - date
Professorial Appointment Panels
Stirling, January 2005; Sydney July 2011; Leicester June 2012
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Promotions Comments
Asked for comments on candidates for promotion by Cardiff (on a number ofoccasions), Leeds, DeMontfort, Keele, University of East London, University of theWest of Scotland, Strathclyde, Sydney, Haifa and Portsmouth.
External Examinerships
1. University of Bristol, new undergraduate programme 2010
2. University of Nottingham, MSc in HRM 2008 - date
3. University of Leicester, MA in HRD 2008 - date
4. University of Strathclyde, Doctoral Programme 2004 - date
5. University of Keele, Undergraduate HRM, IR and related courses 2004 – 2008
6. University of Leeds, Undergraduate HRM, IR and related courses 2003 - 2007
Higher Degrees
1. PhD, Patrick McGurk, ‘The contingent role of management and leadershipdevelopment for middle managers’ LSE, December 2011
2. DPhil, Anna K. Touloumakos ‘Now you see it, now you don’t: the gap betweenthe characteristics of soft skills in policy and in practice’ University of Oxford,August 2011
3. DPhil, Barbara Banda ‘Connecting Management Education with the Workplace:an exploration of Managers’ Experiences of the Transitions between off-the-jobManagement Development Programmes in the Workplace’ University of Oxford,May 2011
4. PhD, Lois Parkes ‘Towards a new theory of VET policy evaluation andengagement: a multiple stakeholder approach’ Victoria University of Wellington,New Zealand April 2011
5. DPhil, Antonios Panagiotakopoulos, ‘An empirical investigation of employeetraining and development in Greek manufacturing SMEs’ University of Leeds,July 2009
6. PhD, R. Auluck ‘The Changing Role, Functions and Status of the HRD/TrainingFunction in UK Organisations’ University of Warwick, May 2008
7. PhD, Irene Wai Chun Chu ‘Careers in the voluntary sector’ University ofLeicester, May 2006
8. EdD, Judith Rumbelow, ‘Experiencing NVQs: a qualitative study of theexperiences of secretarial/clerical staff at the Open University working onCustomer Service NVQs’ Open University December 2004
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9. PhD, Anne Loyella Rozario, Management Development as Public Policy: theFrontline Management Initiative in Australia (1995 – 2000) University of NewSouth Wales June 2004
10. MPhil by research, Jeni Mumford. Leeds University Business School. 17th
December 2002
Internal Examinerships:
1. DBA, Peter Gillies ‘The psychological shadow of the organisation’ University ofBradford 12th September 2005
2. PhD, Oliver Breiden ‘Antecedents and consequences of work adjustment amongGerman expatriate managers on international assignments: an empirical test of acorrespondence model of expatriate work adjustment’, University of Bradford, 21st
October 2004
3. PhD David James Bamber ‘Personality, Organizational Orientations and Learning’University of Salford 12th January 2004
Membership of Professional Bodies:
Manchester Industrial Relations Association
British Universities Industrial Relations Association
British Sociological Association
Member of Executive, British Universities Industrial Relations Association 1998 -2004
Council Member, Manchester Industrial Relations Society 1998 - date
Associate fellow, ESRC Research Centre on Skills, Knowledge and OrganisationalPerformance, Universities of Oxford and Cardiff 1998 - date
Membership of Advisory Groups:
International Skills Taskforce, academic group advising the Singaporean governmentand the Institute for Adult Learning, May 2012
Education and Employers Taskforce, Research Group Member 2010 - date
BERR-AIM Services Advisory Group. Member 2009
UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Member of academic advisory panel2008 - 2010
Member, advisory group for Nuffield research project Cross-National Equivalence ofVocational Skills and Qualifications, Professor Linda Clarke and ProfessorChristopher Winch 2006 - 2009
Advisor on skills to Lord Leitch’s Skills Review, H M Treasury 2005
Advisor on management skills to Wales Management Council, 2001
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Member of Management Skills Steering Group, organised by the DfEE for theNational Skills Task Force, 1999
Conference and Workshop Organisation:
I have organised five major international conferences: International Labour Process(1998, about 100 delegates), Critical Management Studies, which I co-founded (1999,2001 and 2007; 330 – 600 delegates) and Work, Employment and Society (2004; 250delegates). These have provided the stimulus, in various ways, for three journalspecial issues, an ESRC seminar series grant and three edited books. I am currentlyhelping to organise the next Critical Management Studies conference. In addition tothis I have convened two conference streams and helped to organise eight workshops.
I am currently part of a small team co-ordinating the annual International LabourProcess Conference. The conference has a three year cycle during which we try to co-ordinate venues in the UK, mainland Europe and the USA. In recent years it has beenheld in Leeds, Rutgers NJ, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Stockholm and is due to behosted by Rutgers again in 2013.
I am also a member of the advisory board for the Education and Employers conferencewhich was launched in 2010.
Conferences, streams and workshops organised:
1. 25th Anniversary Celebration for Work, Employment and Society 22nd October2012, British Library (working with the BSA).
2. Working in the Creative Industries (Irena Grugulis) 23rd – 24th February 2011ESRC/AIM Conference Durham Business School
3. Writing and reviewing for academic journals (Irena Grugulis and Kathryn Haynes)26th May 2010 AIM/ESRC Capacity Building Workshop University of Sheffield
4. Writing and reviewing for academic journals (Irena Grugulis and Kathryn Haynes)21st April 2010 AIM/ESRC Capacity Building Workshop University of Bradford
5. Stream on soft skills and emotional labour (Organisers: Sharon Bolton, IrenaGrugulis, Steven Vincent and Robin Leidner) at the 28th International LabourProcess Conference, Rutgers, NJ USA 15th – 17th March 2010
6. Writing and reviewing for academic journals (Irena Grugulis and Kathryn Haynes)27th January 2010 AIM/ESRC Capacity Building Workshop University of Leeds
7. Writing and reviewing for academic journals (Irena Grugulis and Kathryn Haynes)16th November 2009 AIM/ESRC Capacity Building Workshop University of York
8. Stream on retail work (Organisers: Irena Grugulis and Ödül Bozkurt) at the 27th
International Labour Process Conference, Edinburgh 6th – 8th April 2009
9. Retail research, workshop The Lowry, Manchester, 30th September 2008 EPSRCfunded (Organisers: Irena Grugulis and Ödül Bozkurt)
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10.The Fifth International Critical Management Studies Conference held atManchester July 2007 (Organisers: Leo McCann, Irena Grugulis, Bill Cooke,Damian Hodgson, Damian O’Doherty, Paula Hyde and John Hassard).
11.Northern Universities Doctoral Workshop (Organisers: Irena Grugulis and MiguelMartinez Lucio) held at Bradford University School of Management, December2005
12.Collaborative working and casualisation in construction (Organisers: Stuart Greenand Irena Grugulis) ESRC funded seminar held at the University of Reading,September 22nd 2004
13.Work, Employment and Society Conference, held in Manchester September 2004(Organisers: Colette Fagan, Irena Grugulis, Mark Smith and Kevin Ward)
14.40th Anniversary Conference of the Manchester Industrial Relations Society,Manchester 6th May 2004 (Organisers: Ralph Darlington, Irena Grugulis, HamishMathieson, Anne McBride and Rosemary Lucas)
15.The Changing Nature of Skills and Knowledge. ESRC-funded workshop held inManchester in September 2001 (Convenor: Irena Grugulis; grant-holders: IrenaGrugulis and Hugh Willmott).
16.The Second Critical Management Studies Conference held at UMIST July 2001(Organisers: Irena Grugulis, John Hassard and Hugh Willmott)
17.The First Critical Management Studies Conference, held at UMIST July 1999(Organisers: Hugh Willmott and Irena Grugulis).
18.The 1998 Labour Process Conference, held at UMIST (Organisers: David Knights,Hugh Willmott and Irena Grugulis).
19.SME Workshop to disseminate findings from ERDF grant (Organisers: TonyDundon, Marilyn Carroll and Irena Grugulis) UMIST Conference Centre 1998
TEACHING
I have taught students in a range of institutions (Durham, Bradford, Salford, UMIST,Manchester Business School, Open University and Warwick) at all levels and receiveconsistently positive feedback. Indeed, I was the only tutor teaching on UMIST’sPriceWaterhouseCoopers diploma in HRM to have been given ‘straight 7s’ by thestudents (7 was the highest mark on the feedback sheet). At Bradford I wasconsistently named on the Dean’s list and received congratulatory e-mails on mystudent feedback (sent to those averaging more than 4 out of 5). While at UMIST Iwas also fortunate enough to win the School of Management’s Teaching ExcellenceAward in 2001 as well as being runner-up for the UMIST Teaching Excellence Award.I try to use a range of teaching methods including seminars, cases, role plays, videosand quizzes. I have also experimented with different forms of web-based teachingincluding video and audio clips, internet discussions and making presentationsavailable on-line (with varying degrees of success). Last year in Durham my Mastersstudents made and uploaded videos to illustrate and explain an aspect of the course.
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I also actively support the development of teaching; having both presented at theAcademy of Management and organised a series of teaching workshops at UMIST. Inthese, experienced members of MSM staff discussed their approach to teaching withinterested colleagues over coffee and sandwiches (two separate Heads of School werevery supportive in finding funds for this). The workshops proved extremelystimulating. While head of teaching group at Bradford I instituted a system of peerobservation where members of staff sat in on the lectures of others, to spread ideasand good practice and keep everyone enthused about teaching. I succeeded in viewingthe teaching of everyone in the group.
I have also written a research based book, Skills, Training and HRD: a critical textdesigned around the main course I teach, contributed a number of chapters to variousresearch based teaching texts and written numerous case studies and exercises. I amcurrently writing a short textbook on HRM for Sage.
Current Teaching:
1. HRM, MBA course (co-taught with Dr Peter Hamilton)
2. HRM, Executive MBA course (co-taught with Dr Peter Hamilton)
3. Skills, training and HRD, MA course (sole taught)
4. Employment Relations, MA course (co-taught with Dr Graham Dietz)
5. Skills at Work, DBA course (sole taught)
6. Extensive postgraduate dissertation and project supervision
Teaching at Bradford:
1. HRD, MA HRM (sole taught)
2. HRD, UG (co-taught)
3. Sessions on case studies and conducting research into employment to DoctoralProgramme
4. HRM: Resourcing and Development 3rd year
5. Core HRM PT MBA
6. Strategic HRM MBA
7. HRM Executive MBA
8. Qualitative Research Methods
Teaching at Salford:
9. CIPD Postgraduate Diploma and Masters courses, Learning and Development
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10. Undergraduate final year course on Principles of Human Resource Management
Teaching at UMIST:
11. MSc PM&IR Sole responsibility for Employment Policy and Practice II a singlesemester course on vocational education and training.
12. MSc PM&IR Human Resource Management II a single semester course
13. MBA. General core course on HRM
14. Doctoral Programme. Session on qualitative research methodology.
15. PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Contribute lectures and student workshops to theEmployee Development module.
16. UMIST (third year). Human Resource Development lectures and seminars
17. UMIST (third year). Human Resource Management, lectures and seminars.
18. UMIST (first year). HRM lecture on the introduction to management course.
19. UMIST (first year) Industrial relations to the EngD students, single semestercourse
20. CIPD Portfolio Workshop for MSc students.
21. Induction to PM&IR for MSc students.
22. Additional marking. In addition to the marking and second marking connectedwith the modules listed above I also mark MSc students’ CIPD Introduction toManagement Tests, CIPD Portfolios and CIPD Group Projects (20 – 25 students).This academic year I also marked 100 extra case studies from Manchester BusinessSchool’s full time MBA programme, the Research Methodology Exam for the MScin PM&IR and second marked both the MSc HRM II course and the second yearSociology of Management course.
23. Manchester University Science with Business and Management (third year).General course on HRM taught alone for four years and jointly for one year (100students)
24. Engineering, Manufacturing and Management (first year). Lectures on IndustrialRelations and Personnel Management.
25. Dissertation workshop for MSc students.
26. MSc PM&IR. Research Methodology – qualitative methods
27. MSc PM&IR. Payment systems
28. UMIST (third year). Various lectures and seminars on HRM course (number andtopics changed most years).
Other teaching:
29. In the past I have been extremely actively involved with the Open UniversityBusiness School, writing some of their MBA course material and sitting on thecourse team for B822. I have taught on several courses: on B822/B882 Creative
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Management (MBA) as course tutor, summer school tutor and tutor team leader; onB883 Corporate Finance (MBA) as summer school tutor and senior tutor; and onB785 (certificate) Accounting and the PC for Managers as course tutor.
30. While a PhD student at Warwick I contributed both lectures and seminars to thethird year HRM course.
Supervision:
1. Part-time PhD student, Henry Inman (joint supervisor)
2. Part-time PhD student, Kin Yi Lee (second supervisor)
3. Part-time Bradford PhD re-sit, Rana Haq (took over supervision after seriousproblems with previous work)
4. External supervision, part-time PhD student Jill Murray at ManchesterMetropolitan University (second supervisor)
5. Part-time Bradford DBA student, Neil Parkinson (first supervisor)
Previous Supervision:
1. Supervised PhD student to completion (first supervisor), Dimitrinka Stoyanova,Bradford 2009
2. Supervised PhD student to completion (second supervisor), Robert Wapshott,Bradford 2008
3. Supervised PhD student to completion (sole supervisor), Dorothy Marriss, Salford2008
4. Supervised DBA student to completion (second supervisor) Peter Gillies, Bradford2005
5. Supervised PhD student to completion (sole supervisor), Steven VincentManchester 2004
6. Supervised numerous MA, MSc and MBA dissertations at various institutions.
7. Supervised numerous MSc group projects.
8. Supervised numerous undergraduate dissertations.
Personal Tutor and Pastoral Care:
1. Personal tutor to many groups of undergraduate students at Bradford
2. Acted as personal tutor to ten groups of undergraduate students at UMIST.
3. While at Warwick I worked in the student residences as both residential tutor andsub-warden. This involved working with a team of tutors to provide pastoral careto both undergraduate and postgraduate students, a demanding but rewarding job.
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ADMINISTRATION
At Durham I Chair the MBA Exam Board and have overseen a number ofcomplicated issues. Working together with the Senior Chair, I have been trying toamend some of the University regulations on late submission (a task we may havesucceeded in).
My main area of responsibility at Bradford was that of head of the HR/OB teachinggroup 2003 – 2008 (sixteen core academic staff, a large number of associate staff andone administrator). When I arrived at Bradford in 2003 none of the members of thegroup were research active and all the modules presented badly needed updating. Iworked to address this, together with Professor Miguel Martinez Lucio, who was alsoappointed to the group in 2003. When I left in 2010 the HR/OB group was thestrongest research group in the School (it received favourable mention in the 2008RAE report) and three new dedicated degree programmes had been launched (anundergraduate degree in HRM, a CIPD-accredited full-time MSc in HRM and aCIPD-accredited part-time MSc in HRM) as well as fifteen new modules. From 2003– 2008 we recruited eighteen new members of staff. As head of group I was activelyinvolved in all of these initiatives. I also worked hard to support both research andteaching in the group: setting up a series of research seminars, running group researchdays (one jointly with Leeds), reading and commenting on research papers, initiatingteaching observations and running teaching group meetings.
I have also been active in previous institutions. At Salford I was head of my teachinggroup (HRM, OB and IR), director, deputy director and acting director of theManagement Research Institute and director of a research centre on People, Work andOrganisations. Until I arrived, teaching was allocated by the head of school so therole of head of a teaching group was a new one requiring substantial reorganisation.In addition to this, Salford lacked the informal systems and encouragement thatcharacterise more research active institutions and, with colleagues, I introduced someof these including organising individual advice sessions with colleagues to discussresearch progress and plans, arranging a research group meeting to share interests andwork in progress and regularly sharing information about workshops, conferences andjournals. I also made research achievements more visible in the department so thatcolleagues who were not research active had a greater understanding and appreciationof what was involved.
While at UMIST I was the co-director of the Executive MBA course (a programmeshared between UMIST and MBS). As part of this I participated in a majorprogramme review by Manchester Business School and succeeded in raising UMISTparticipation from less than 10% of the programme to 25% (actual) and 35% (time-tabled for next session). I was also director of the MSc in Personnel Management andIndustrial Relations Responsible for all aspects of the MSc programme including co-ordinating and monitoring contributions from a teaching group with fourteen staffmembers. Changes made to the programme included a substantial reorganisation ofresearch methods to fit and anticipate the new ESRC guidelines. I was responsible fortwo major re-accreditation exercises and secured full Research Training status fromthe ESRC under the new 1 + 3 programme (September 2001) as well as re-accreditation by the CIPD to their new professional standards (August 2001). The
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CIPD submission was the only one in the country to be accepted without requests foradditional information.
In September 2001 I was awarded the ‘Professor Barrie Dale Mug’. This is a(genuine) UMIST mug given by the Head of School to those members of staff whocontribute to UMIST life above and beyond the call of duty.
Administrative roles at Durham:
1. Chair, MBA Exam Board 2011 – date
2. Member, DBA Working Party
Administrative roles at Bradford:
1. Member, Research Ethics Panel (2008 – 2010)
2. Head of HR/OB teaching group (2003 – 2008)
3. Cluster head, research group
4. Member, School Board
5. Member Resources Committee
6. Member, Research Committee
7. Member, Programme Management Group
Administrative roles at Salford:
8. Head of teaching group, University of Salford
9. Director, Management Research Institute, University of Salford (2003)
10. Deputy Director, Management Research Institute, University of Salford (2002)
11. Director, People, Work and Organisations Research Centre, University ofSalford (2002 – 2003)
12. Member of School and Faculty research committees, University of Salford
13. Member of AMBA steering group University of Salford
14. Conducted formal investigation into student complaint on behalf of the Headof School University of Salford (winter 2002)
15. Adviser to Lisa Anderson, Vice-Chancellor’s scholarship holder, University ofSalford
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Administrative roles at UMIST:
16. Course director, MSc PM&IR (1998 – 2002). Responsible for successfulreaccreditation by CIPD and ESRC 1+3 accreditation (2001)
17. Co-director Executive MBA (1999 - 2001)
18. Administration for ESRC seminar series grant.
19. Course co-ordinator for single semester MSc course (EPP II).
20. Course co-ordinator for single semester MSc course (RM IV)
21. Member of School Finance and Resources panel.
22. Member of Postgraduate Committee
23. Member of Staff Pay Review Committee
24. Member of School Common Room Committee
25. Member of UMIST Car-Parking Sub-Committee
26. Member of joint MSM/Chemistry Department MACs Committee
27. Member Joint Board of Studies MBS/MSM
28. Member Management Committee, Executive MBA MBS/MSM
29. Participation in UCAS Open Days
30. Adviser to Annette Cox, Lecturer in Employment Studies
31. Organised series of teaching workshops for and by MSM staff
32. Member Taught Programme and Standards Committee, MBS
33. Member Programme Review Committee, MBS
34. Member of review panel for Science with Business and Management degree
35. Adviser to Dr Tony Dundon, Lecturer in Employment Studies
36. Co-ordinator for the ‘skills sessions’ for UMIST’s MSc in PM&IR, arrangingfor outside speakers and practical workshops to help the students meet CIPDcriteria. Assisting with the preparation of portfolios and arranging for andparticipating in the examination of portfolios.
37. External academic on appointments panel for lecturer in human resourcedevelopment, IDPM Manchester University
38. Administration for ERDF grant
39. Member of UMIST Career Management steering group
40. Member of MSM taskforce for HEFCE bid
41. Course co-ordinator for the third year UMIST HRM course (includingpreparing report for the Quinquennial Review)
42. Course co-ordinator for the Manchester University third year HRM course.
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43. Course co-ordinator for UMIST third year HRD&S course (includingpreparing Quinquennial Review).
44. Member Physics Department Exam Board, Manchester University
45. Member Maths and Management Exam Board, Manchester University
46. Participation in Schools’ Liaison (Visiting Lecture and Careers Evening)
Other:
1. Gave oration for Kate Swann, Honorary Doctorate of the University, BradfordUniversity, July 2007
2. Gave oration for Sir Michael Bichart, Honorary Doctorate of Letters, BradfordUniversity, July 2004
3. ACIB script marker for Managing People in Organisations exam, June 1999
4. CIPD National Examiner for Core Personnel and Development exam 1996 - 2001.
5. Prepare Chief Examiner’s feedback for unsuccessful CIPD students who requestadditional information 1997 - 2000.