Dynamic Organizational Processes
This area has made great inroads in recent years on our understanding of dynamic organisational processes, with publications in such notable journals as Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Academy of Management Review and Strategic Management Journal.
The focus of research is on understanding leadership, strategy and organisational change - Charles Harvey unpacks leadership behaviours through the concept of 'negative capability' and Francisco Acedo makes an important contribution to the RBV by delineating the three schools of thought that inform the development of the field. George Burt's work focuses on forecasting and developing scenario planning processes.
John Sillince has expanded the agenda for analysing the change processes associated with institutionalising new practices in organizations, whilst Barbara Simpson concentrates on the dynamic complexities of sustainable innovation and the generation of new knowledge in hi-tech contexts.
Steve Paton investigates the creation of knowledge through dynamic interactions between different levels of management in an engineering organisation and Paul Hibbert contributes to a deeper understanding of the evolving nature of learning in collaborative contexts.
Sara McGaughey has re-theorised strategic interventions by firms and individuals in dynamic flows of knowledge and information within and across organisational boundaries.
Other academics who are involved in this research area include Tim Andrews, Shenxue Li, Thomas Diefenbach and Peter McInnes.
Working Across Boundaries
Work in this area has won three best paper awards (AOM 2005, 2007 and BAM 2006), and an AIM Senior Fellowship, worth £560,000 in funding, used to secure five International Visiting Fellows, three Research Fellows and 3 Research Students.
Recent years have seen publications in notable journals such as Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Management International Review, Journal of World Business, and Small Business Economics as well a research contributing to a World Bank Policy Paper (WPS3872).
Research in this area is inclusive of national, sectoral, organisational, professional, group and national boundaries and is exemplified through Chris Huxham's work on organisational collaborations and partnerships that cross boundaries between public, private, and voluntary sectors. Her recent book Managing to Collaborate: the theory and practice of collaborative advantage was based on more than 15 years of empirical experience.
Sara McGaughey demonstrates the strategic necessity of collaborations and explores international portfolio entrepreneurship and the 'born global' firm.
Kevin Ibeh also focuses on how under-researched firm populations (developing country/emerging market SMEs and agribusinesses) internationalise.
Tim Andrews researches the multinational headquarters-subsidiary interface whilst Shen Li addresses the problems experienced by MNCs arising from the cross-boundary distribution of their knowledge assets.
Other academics involved in this research area include Francisco Acedo and Colin Eden.