I am an Associate Professor in the Suffolk Business School. I have created these pages to share work in progress, research projects and ideas, and resources that I have created and used.

Please visit Publications for details of published work and conference presentations. You can find more details of my recent book The Management of Wicked Problems in Health and Social Care.

Download my CV here

Professional Experience

Current Role

  • Associate Professor, Suffolk Business School
    • Module Leader - Management and Managing:an introduction (Level 4, first year); Designing and Running a Research Project (Level 5, second year); Extended Project (Level 6, final year); Investigating a Business Issue from a Human Resources Perspective (Level 7, postgraduate).
    • Module Contributor - Business Ethics (Level 5, second year).
  • Academic Lead, University of Suffolk Leadership Academy - responsible for the academic programme of the academy, design and delivery of courses, curriculum and learning and teaching.
  • Research
    • Ethics of Care - applied to issues of management, leadership, organisation and education.
    • Management of Wicked Problems.
    • Ethical Leadership (esp. within health and social care).
    • Ethical Recruitment.
    • Use of Serious Games in education, especially within higher education settings.
  • School Executive member
    • Contributing to the strategic and operational management of the Suffolk Business School.
    • Promoting and enhancing learning and teaching approaches and the wider student experience.
  • Contract Research - leading the Suffolk Business School’s approach to contract research within the Leadership Academy and more widely.

Previous Experience

  • Programme Lead, BA (Hons) Business Management (2013-2020)
    • Creating programme strategy, managing delivery, assessment and marketing.
    • Stakeholder relations and development, engaging with the local business community, ensuring coordination between programme content and local skills needs.
    • Programme development, quality monitoring and assurance, ensuring compliance with legislation and legal agreements, including the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency.
    • Promoting and enhancing learning and teaching.
    • Significant lecturing and supervision experience (undergraduate and both taught and research postgraduate degrees
  • Student Experience Lead, member of SBS Executive Team
    • Leading the development of the School’s approach to supporting the success and progress of students into employment.
    • School-wide monitoring, measurement and enhancement of the student experience.
    • Development of student representation, liaison and feedback mechanisms.
  • I served as Interim Deputy Head, Suffolk Business School between October, 2015 and March, 2017
    • Financial planning (budget creation, allocation and monitoring).
    • Development of the Strategic Plan for the School and of key documents including quality monitoring and annual review.
    • Delivering change required to align School strategy to that of the institution, monitoring and reporting progress.
    • Representing the School and the University at wide range of events, committees and panels, maintaining effective relationships with local and regional agencies including for purposes of curriculum and new business development.
  • Senior Research Associate
    • Responsibility for delivery of contract research projects and for supporting the development of research activity.