Motivated by my enthusiasm for sharing knowledge and the wish to stay up to date with the latest theoretical thinking, research and methodologies, I undertook part time work, as an Associate Lecturer.
My experience of business and life and the related stories I have to tell, add the realistic ingredient of experience to the more abstract academic theories and models.
The students find this combination informative, stimulating and enjoyable.
Working with international groups which bring together a high diversity of mind sets, educational backgrounds, expectations and interaction styles, is both challenging and gratifying.
Having a fully focused and engaged audience throughout the sessions, and getting recognition and applause at the end, is quite a rewarding and motivating experience!
Overview of lecturing work:
London MetropolitanUniversity: since 2006
Course: MSc Business Psychology.
Students: graduates, UK and international group.
Subjects: recruitment in context, ethics and business psychology, organizational culture and structure, psychometric assessments, testing and emotional intelligence, management development, coaching and mentoring, skills, selection and recruitment, neuroscience and business psychology, sociology and business psychology, quality management and organizational culture, complex evolving systems in coaching.
Thames ValleyUniversity: 2002 and 2003
Course: MA in HR Consulting.
Students: graduates and HR practitioners, UK based.
Subjects: Consultant, managers and leaders; what is the difference? individual psychology and its impact on organizations, the consulting environment, change: opportunity or loss?, organisational structure and change, organisational culture and change, internal end external consulting compared, consulting: art or science?
West LondonCollege: 2003 and 2004
Course: Postgraduate Diploma in HR Management.
Students: graduates, international group.
Subjects: history and development of the personnel function, the rise of the HRM function, operational HR aspects, recruitment, selection, retention, remuneration, H&S, employment regulations, strategic HR, HR business partnering, wider context factors in HRM, organizational structures and HR, change in working hours and patterns, equal opportunity and diversity in work, globalisation, recruitment in context, organizational types, culture and people management.
