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Mark Fenton-O’Creevy Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Director Practice-Based Professional Learning CETL
The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom T: +44 (0)1908 (6)55804 | M: +44(0)7977 576721
m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk | W: www.open.ac.uk/oubs
Transforming management thinking
Research Fellow – International Management Practice Education and Learning
The Open University Business School
£27,183 – £35,469, Ref: 6339
2 year Temporary Contract, with potential for renewal subject to funding
Based in Milton Keynes, UK
The Open University Business School, which is accredited by AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA has a growing profile of leading research projects in the Management area. It has a unique profile being both a highly regarded educational and research institution and the largest provider of distance learning management courses in the UK with over 43,000 students currently enrolled (primarily in the UK, in Eastern and Western Europe and in parts of Africa and Asia).
This exciting new position offers the opportunity for an experienced researcher to work with Profs. Sally Dibb and Mark Fenton-O’Creevy to establish a new centre for International Management Practice Education and Learning at the Open University Business School in Milton Keynes. You will be an experienced and well-qualified social science researcher with a track record in winning external funding and working on funded research projects. Research experience in management/business in an international context or in management learning is required. You will have excellent communication skills and the capability to work in a self-directed way.
The position is initially for a period of two years, with the possibility of extension subject to availability of funding.
Abbreviated further details appear below.
For detailed information and how to apply email oubs-recruitment@open.ac.uk quoting the reference number. Closing date for electronic applications: 12 noon GMT on 30 March 2010. Interviews will be held on: 27 April 2010.
Further particulars are available in large print, disk or audiotape (minicom 01908 654901).
We promote diversity in employment and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in establishing a new centre which is strategically important to the Open University Business School’s mission to be a ‘truly global business school’.
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The IMPEL Centre
IMPEL is the Centre for International Management Practice Education and Learning. The Centre is being set up to support the Open University Business School’s objectives to take learning into the heart of management practice and make it accessible to those in diverse international cultural context.
There are two distinct, yet interacting, strands of activity for IMPEL. Both of these strands have research activity at their core. The first of these is an education and learning strand, which focuses on research in management learning and pedagogy in an international context. This strand is building on existing research and on the strong interest in research into management learning and pedagogy fostered by the work of the Practice Based Professional Learning CETL (see http://cetl.open.ac.uk/pbpl). Current activities include a workshop series exploring the scholarship opportunities presented by the School’s large scale and international teaching activities. The main priorities of this strand are to carry out research on management learning within international organisations in an international context, to develop new models of international management education and to translate these insights into more informed course and learning design.
The second strand of activity is centred on research which develops a richer understanding of the practice of management in different international contexts. This strand is bringing together a group made up of some of the School’s most research active staff, but also includes career young researchers. The aims are to build opportunities for collaborative international research and to support the leveraging of research outputs to improve the internationalisation of the Business School’s teaching materials. For instance, this group is playing a role in developing international case study materials which subsequently could be applied for teaching purposes. A number of existing research projects are will provide rich sources for such materials, examples include Prof. Rob Paton’s work in Ghana, Prof. Sally Dibb’s consumer behaviour project in China, and Prof. Mark Fenton-O’Creevy’s work on the travel of management ideas across national borders and on the institutional and cultural antecedents of international variation in HR practices. ) The group will also develop new research projects in international management practice, for which external research funding will be sought. An intended side benefit of this research group is the supportive environment it provides for less experienced researchers to work on projects alongside more experienced faculty. In a similar vein, we anticipate bidding for jointly-funded post-graduate researchers, possibly under the Marie Curie scheme, or as ESRC Case studentships, to contribute to these projects.
The two strands of activity will support the core strategic goal of IMPEL which is to develop capabilities which strongly underpin expansion of student numbers outside the UK and retention of postgraduate market share within the UK. The pathway to these goals will be through building IMPEL as a strongly integrated element of the OUBS and broad OU internationalisation strategies.
The Directors
The centre will be co-directed by Profs. Sally Dibb and Mark Fenton-O’Creevy.
Mark Fenton-O’Creevy is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Open University. He has a significant track record in research into cross-national diffusion of management practices and into influences on the decision-making, risk-taking and behaviour of traders in investment banks. He also played a major role in setting up a government funded centre at the Open University, the centre for Practice-Based Professional Learning, and received a National Teaching Fellowship and was appointed a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy for his work developing practice-based approaches to learning. He has acted as an academic advisor to the BBC2 series ‘The Money programme’ and documentaries on management in the NHS and the financial crisis.
Publications include:
FENTON-O’CREEVY, M.P., Gooderham, P, Cerdin, J-L, Ronig, R. (forthcoming) ‘Bridging roles, social skill, and embedded knowing in multinational organisations’ in Dorrenbacher and Geppert (eds) Politics and power in the multinational corporation: The role of interests, identities and institutions. Cambridge University Press
FENTON-O’CREEVY, M.P., Gooderham, P, Nordhaug, O. (2008) HRM in US subsidiaries in Europe and Australia: Centralisation or Autonomy? Journal of International Business Studies. 39(1): 151-166.
FENTON-O’CREEVY, M.P., and Wood, S.J. (2007) Diffusion of Human Resource Management Systems in UK Headquartered Multinational Enterprises: Integrating Institutional and Strategic Choice Explanations, European Journal of International Management, 1(4)
Willman, P., FENTON-O’CREEVY, M., Soane, E., Nicholson, N. (2006). Noise Trading and The Management of Operational Risk; Firms, Traders and Irrationality in Financial Markets. Journal of Management Studies 43(6):1357-74.
FENTON-O’CREEVY, M.P., Nicholson, N., Soane, E. and William, P. (2005) Traders – Risks, Decisions, and Management in Financial Markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-926948-3
Wood, S. J. and FENTON-O’CREEVY, M.P. (2005) ‘Direct involvement, Representation and Employee Voice in UK Multinationals in Europe, European Journal of Industrial Relations, 11(1).,
Sally Dibb is Professor of Marketing and Head of the Marketing and Strategy Research Unit at the Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK. She is also Director of ISM-Open, the Institute for Social Marketing at the Open University, which she was instrumental in establishing. Her PhD (Marketing) was awarded by the University of Warwick, where she was previously a member of faculty and Associate Dean at the Business School. Sally’s research interests are in marketing strategy, marketing planning and customer management, areas in which she has published and consulted extensively. She established and chairs the Academy of Marketing’s Special Interest Group in market segmentation. Sally has co-authored nine books, including Market Segmentation Success, published by Routledge in 2008, and Marketing Planning, also published in 2008 by Cengage. She is a highly experienced research leader and has undertaken consultancy programmes for a wide range of international organisations, including Barclays, HSBC, ICI, IKEA, JCB, McDonald’s, and AstraZeneca.
Publications include:
Chen, J. and DIBB, S., (2010 forthcoming) “Consumer Trust in the Online Retail Context: Exploring the Antecedents and Consequences”, Psychology and Marketing.
DIBB, S. and Simkin, L., (2009) “Implementation Rules to Bridge the Theory/Practice Divide in Market Segmentation”, Journal of Marketing Management, 25, 375-396.
Monteiro, C., DIBB, S. and Almeida, L., (2009) “Revealing Doctors’ Prescribing Choice Dimensions with Multivariate Tools”, European Journal of Operations Research, 201, 909-920.
DIBB, S., Simkin, L. and Wilson, D., (2008) “Marketing Planning Delivery: Organisational Deficiencies”, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol 38, 539-553.
DIBB, S. and Simkin, L. (2008), Market Segmentation Success, Haworth Press, US, pp. 300.
DIBB, S. and Simkin, L. (2008), Successful Marketing Planning, Cengage, pp. 320.
Simoes, C., DIBB, S. and Fisk, R., (2005), “Managing Corporate Identity: An Internal Perspective”, 33 (2), Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 153-169.
DIBB, S. and Meadows, M., (2004), “Relationship Marketing and CRM: A Financial Services Case Study”, 294 pages, Journal of Strategic Marketing, 12 (June), 111-125.
Essoo, N. and DIBB, S., (2004), “Religious Influences on Shopping Behaviour, Journal of Marketing Management, 20, 683-712.
DIBB, S. and Wensley, R., (2002), “Segmentation Analysis for Industrial Marketing: Problems of Integrating Customer Requirements into Operations Strategy”, European Journal of Marketing, 36, (1/2), 231-251.
The Role
The post-holder will support the directors in establishing the IMPEL centre. In consequence the role will be a little different to many post-doctoral research roles. Rather than a single minded focus on a single research project, the role will require several areas of activity. It offers an exciting opportunity to develop early career experience in building a research team and supporting infrastructure, working within a highly supportive research environment. The role will involve working alongside experienced senior colleagues with strong track records in research leadership. The role will offer considerable opportunity to develop academic leadership skills.
In particular the post-holder will: -
Work collaboratively to develop new grant bids including bids for research funding, post-graduate research students and international mobility.
Support the IMPEL directors in developing faculty skills and engagement in international management research and scholarship.
Contribute to and play a role in leading collaborative research projects. This will include research tasks such as analysis of relevant literature, developing theoretical frameworks, designing and managing data collection and analysis.
Support internationalisation of management curriculum by acting as a broker between research activities and teaching programme. This will include contributing to developing international case studies.
Contribute to building international networks with scholars, practitioners and organisations.
Research activity is strongly and actively encouraged in the Business School, with academic staff belonging to research units which fit their particular research interests. The appointee will benefit from being part of the supportive research environment, in which academic staff are granted a generous allocation for study leave, support in bidding for research funding, in a range of research-related training, and in presenting their work at national and international academic conferences.
The post, which will be based in Milton Keynes, will be for two years in the first instance, but with the possibility of extension subject to availability of funding.
The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).
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