Course # 105 - Advanced Public Administration: Managing Strategic
& Operational Aspects of Public Sector Organisations Course,
Leading to Diploma – Postgraduate – in Advanced Public
Administration: Managing Strategic & Operational Aspects of
Public Sector Organisations (Triple-Credit = 90 Credit-Hours),
Accumulating to a Postgraduate Certificate (requiring an
additional 90 Credit-Hours), or a Postgraduate Diploma
(requiring an additional 270 Credit-Hours). Course contents
include Formal and Informal Organisations, Organisational Task
and Task Groupings, Business vs. Non-business Organisations,
Objectives Defined, Social Objectives, Business Objectives,
Division of Work or Labour, Delegation, Responsibility,
Accountability, Authority Demythified, Authority - Facet #1,
Authority - Facet #2, Power, Role: A Definition, The ‘Role
Set’, Role and Role Relationships, Exemplifying Roles, The
Role Actor or Incumbent, Role Perception, Incumbent’s Role
Perception, Individual’s Role Perception, Role and the
External Environment, Role and the Internal Environment,
Defining the Role Set, Role Segments, The Relationship between
an Incumbent’s Experience and Role Enactment, The Relationship
between an Incumbent’s Role Perception and His or Her Role
Performance, The Place of an Incumbent’s Perceived Role
Expectations on His or Her Role Enactment, Segmental
Expectations, The Role as the Behavioural Expectations of a
Role Set, The Boundary Relationship of a Role Set, Role
Expectations of Social Support, The Democratic Incumbent, The
Autocratic Incumbent, The Generous Incumbent, A Working
Definition of Delegation, The Concept of ‘Leasing’, Why
Delegate?, How Managers Benefit from Delegating, How
Subordinates Benefits from Being the Recipient of a Delegated
Task, Managerial Concerns about Delegating, Delegating
Authority for Effective Task Performance, Delegating
Responsibility with Delegated Task, Factors Influencing
Effective Delegation, Delectation in a Time Management Context.
Advanced Public Administration: Managing
Strategic & Operational Aspects of Public Sector Organisations
Course, Leading to Diploma – Postgraduate – in Advanced Public
Administration: Managing Strategic & Operational Aspects of
Public Sector Organisations (Triple-Credit = 90 Credit-Hours)
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For Whom This
Course is Designed
Human Resource Managers;
Human Resource Professionals;
Public Administration Graduates;
Public Administration Lecturers;
Public Sector Administrative Managers;
Public Sector Board of Directors;
Public Sector Client Managers;
Public Sector Corporate Managers;
Public Sector Departmental Managers;
Public Sector Executive Directors;
Public Sector Executive Managers;
Public Sector General Managers;
Public Sector Human Resource Development Experts;
Public Sector Human Resource Directors;
Public Sector Human Resource Managers;
Public Sector Junior Managers;
Public Sector Knowledge Management Protagonists;
Public Sector Line Managers;
Public Sector Line Supervisors;
Public Sector Middle Managers;
Public Sector National Directors;
Public Sector Non-Executive Directors;
Public Sector Organisational Analysts;
Public Sector Organisational Development Practitioners;
Public Sector Organisational Development Specialists;
Public Sector Organisational Improvement Specialists;
Public Sector Project Managers;
Public Sector Project Specialist Team Leaders;
Public Sector Quality Assurance Practitioners;
Public Sector Quality Improvement Managers;
Public Sector Regional Directors;
Public Sector Senior Managers;
Public Sector Service Directors;
Public Sector Supervisors;
Public Sector Talent Management Experts;
Public Sector Team Leaders;
Public Sector Individuals with a genuine interest in Issues
associated with Organisational Management;
All others who are desirous of enhancing their knowledge and
expertise IN Advanced Public Administration.
Classroom-Based
Duration:
15 Days
Classroom-Based Cost:
£15,000.00 Per Delegate
Video-Enhanced
Online Duration:
30 Days
Video-Enhanced
Online Cost:
£10.050.00 per Delegates
Classroom-Based
Course Cost includes:
Free Continuous snacks throughout the Event
Days;
Free Hot Lunch on Event
Days;
Free City Tour;
Free Stationery;
Free On-site Internet Access;
Postgraduate Diploma/ Diploma – Postgraduate –or
Certificate of Attendance and Participation – if
unsuccessful on resit.
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HRODC Postgraduate Training Institute’s 8-16GB
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Classroom-Based
Daily Schedule:
9:30 to 4:30 pm.
Classroom-Based Locations:
Central London, UK; Amsterdam; Brussels; Dubai; Durban; Kuala
Lumpur; Paris; other International Locations, and Online
Course Objectives:
By the conclusion of the specified learning and development
activities, delegates will be able to:
Address key issues in The Management of Quality.
Adopt an effective follow-up system in the workplace;
Adopt appropriate strategies for dealing with interruptions;
Adopt different approaches in delegating;
Adopt effective delegation techniques;
Analyse how delegation contributes towards effective time
management;
Analyse the concept of leasing in relation to delegating;
Analyse the perception in each role;
Apply the ‘equity’ theory to work situation from a
‘differentiation perspective’, rather than an ‘equality
perspective’;
Apply the Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) to time management
issues;
Appreciate the importance of time management;
Appropriately define organisational structure;
Ascertain how to work with disorganised colleagues;
Ascertain the concept of delegation;
Ascertain the importance of delegating tasks;
Ascertain the possible
causes and effects of meeting mismanagement; and
Ascertain the relationship between an incumbent’s experience and
role enactment;
Ascertain the relationship between an incumbent’s role
perception and his or her role performance;
Ascertain their respective goals/objectives;
Beat work related stress;
Cite the link between culture and managerial action;
Classify plans;
Conceptualise classical organisational theory and design,
neo-classical, humanistic and contingency organisational design
approaches;
Conduct an efficient workload analysis;
Create an effective agenda that will keep meetings track;
Deal with external organisational accountability;
Deal with information overload;
Decide which items can be delegated;
Define objectives, generally;
Define planning;
Define role set;
Define role;
Define, describe and analyse the nature of an organisation;
Demonstrate a heightened understanding of how best to support
delegatees in their task performance;
Demonstrate a heightened understanding of role relationships;
Demonstrate an awareness of the fundamental issues associated
with Organisational design and their implications for effective
organisational functioning;
Demonstrate an awareness of the relationship between
organisational structure and leadership, on the one hand, and
organisational flexibility, on the other;
Demonstrate an exceptional ability in planning organisational
crucial activities;
Demonstrate an understanding of organisational structure as
roles and relationships;
Demonstrate an understanding of
tests to check the quality of their organisation’s strategic
plan;
Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of planning.
Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of internal
selection mechanism;
Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of motives and their
value in organisational and subsystem effectiveness;
Demonstrate an understanding of
the concept of multitasking;
Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of power and how it
might be applied for the benefit of the organisation;
Demonstrate an understanding of
the difference between important and urgent activities/works;
Demonstrate an understanding of the different purposes of
planning.
Demonstrate an understanding of the issue of ‘responsibility’
and how it translates in superior-subordinate relationships in
organizations
Demonstrate an understanding of the right period for doing
strategic planning.
Demonstrate an understanding of
the underlying concept of the prioritisation grid;
Demonstrate an understanding of
the underlying principles of “time” in an organisational wide
context;
Demonstrate an understanding other relevant concepts and prepare
a tactical plan for their organisation.
Demonstrate how to diffuse the impact of others;
Demonstrate their ability to encourage the type of
superior-subordinate relationship that will be conducive to
organisational success;
Demonstrate their understanding of how effective delegation is
performed;
Demonstrate their understanding of how to prioritise using
decision matrices;
Demonstrate their understanding of the step-by-step process in
making effective schedule;
Describe and enumerate some single and dual status
organisations;
Describe role as the behavioural expectations of a role set;
Describe self-ideal as a behavioural construct;
Describe the bureaucratic organisations, adhocratic
organisations, mechanistic organisations, organismic
organisations;
Describe the democratic incumbent, autocratic incumbent, the
generous incumbent, the dedicated incumbent, the social self and
the role of each;
Design an organisation adhering to the principles of horizontal
and vertical relationship;
Determine how efficient time management increases work
effectiveness and productivity;
Determine how goal setting can lead to proper time management;
Determine how to provide support even when the task is
overwhelming for the delegate;
Determine some exemplifying roles;
Determine the benefits of delegating, thereby encouraging them
to perform delegation whenever necessary;
Determine the boundary relationship of a role set;
Determine the issues involved in operational plan;
Determine the place of an incumbent’s perceived role
expectations on his or her role enactment;
Determine the requisites for delegation to avoid any problem
during the process;
Determine the underlying concepts of Strategic Planning;
Determine when delegation is not advisable;
Develop a personal approach in using their time in the most
productive way;
Develop and maintain a good time management habit;
Develop their personal “To-Do List;”
Develop their personal ABC123 prioritised planning;
Develop useful techniques for setting and achieving goals;
Develop ways to maximise their personal effectiveness;
Develop your own individualised plan of action.to
maximise their use of time;
Devise an organized and systematic schedule and handle it
properly;
Devise their personal planner;
Devise ways to avoiding time crunches;
Differentiate between operational centralisation and
decentralisation;
Differentiate between standing and single-use plan.
Differentiate managerial control and worker autonomy and
professionalism in mechanistic organisations;
Differentiate managerial control and worker autonomy and
professionalism in organismic organisations;
Differentiate social objectives from business objectives;
Discern the degree of specificity of role in mechanistic
organisations and organismic organisations;
Discuss how most managers apportioned their time;
Discuss how to manage their workloads more effectively;
Discuss POSEC Method in relation to time management;
Discuss the co-ordinating mechanism in a simple structure;
Discuss the importance of delegation in increasing productivity
and workflow;
Discuss the various components of operations management;
Discuss, with confidence, the planning hierarchy;
Distinguish among internal, upward and downward organisational
accountability;
Distinguish between different organisational structures;
Distinguish between formal and informal organisations;
Distinguish between fundamental types of structure;
Distinguish between informal management and formal management
succession charts;
Distinguish between organismic and mechanistic structures;
Distinguish between strategic planning and operational or
business planning.
Distinguish between the different types of matrix structures;
Distinguish groupthink
from teamthink;
Distinguish the underlying concepts of delegating, empowerment
and decentralization;
Draft a strategic plan for their organisation incorporating
therein the key components.
Draft an operational or business plan for their organisation.
Elucidate the concerns of managers in delegating;
Employ some tools for effective delegating.
Enumerate examples of business and non-business organisations;
Enumerate the benefits of effective time management;
Enumerate the different time management tips for managers;
Enumerate the factors influencing effective delegation;
Enumerate the factors influencing effective delegation;
Establish the link between role and the external environment;
Establish the link between role and the internal environment;
Establish the relationship between delegation and external
candidature;
Establish the relationship between planning and organisational
control.
Establish the relationship between power, culture and
organisational structure;
Establish the relationship between self-ideal and a performance
enhancer;
Establish the right environment for successful delegation;
Evaluate the performance of the person with whom the job was
delegated and the result of the completed assignment;
Exhibit an enhanced knowledge of the importance of lines of
authority and accountability in organisations towards effective
organisation communication;
Exhibit their knowledge of the situations when delegating is
effectively executed;
Explain at least 3 reasons for delegating;
Explain facets #1 and 2 of authority;
Explain how managers and subordinates benefit from delegating;
Explain the approaches to organisational design;
Explain the concept of batching technique and its relationship
to time management;
Explain the concept of delegation as internal promotion;
Explain the concept of Eisenhower method;
Explain the concept of informal plan.
Explain the concept of organisational culture;
Explain the concept of segmental expectations;
Explain the different classification of culture;
Explain the pickle jar theory;
Explain the time management matrix;
Explore the bases for ‘division of labour/work’ in organisations
and their relation to organisational effectiveness;
Expound the facet of authority, providing practical examples
Express familiarity with the concepts of responsibility,
authority and accountability as they relates to delegation;
Formulate strategies in handling unexpected job emergencies;
Gain a balance between professional goals and personal time;
Give the bases of divisional organisational structure;
Handle e-mails, task and calendar systematically;
Identify an organisational structure from verbal description;
Identify horizontal relationships in organisational design;
Identify role segments;
Identify some organisational tasks and determine how they are
grouped;
Identify the concerns of managers in delegating;
Identify the difference between delegating authority and task;
Identify the different
meeting menaces and learn how to deal with them;
Identify the role expectations in social support;
Identify the set of complimentary relationships in every role;
Identify the tasks which can be delegated;
Identify the various contingency factors in planning to prepare
their organisation for any unforeseen or unexpected
circumstances;
Identify their
professional goals and personal time;
Identify time bandits and devise strategies for dealing with
them;
Identify time wasters and adopt strategies for eliminating them;
Illustrate a matrix organisational structure;
Illustrate a simple, functional and divisional organisational
structure;
Illustrate communication channels in an organisational chart;
Illustrate how assert themselves politely and calmly;
Illustrate how to utilize their gap times;
Illustrate lines of authority in an organisational chart;
Illustrate the effect of organisational structure on
communication within an organisation;
Illustrate the strategic planning process.
Illustrate their ability to design an appropriate organisational
structure that takes account of contingent internal and external
environmental factors;
Illustrate their knowledge of how to determine the skills
required for the delegated task;
Implement techniques for minimising disruptions;
Indicate how to address problems in delegation;
Indicate how to effectively delegate task;
Indicate how to maintain their responsibility;
Indicate how to refuse unreasonable requests in the proper
manner;
Indicate the importance of vertical and horizontal relationships
in organisational design;
List down some matrix organisational types;
List some structural typologies and describe each;
Make use of the different time management tools to increase
their work effectiveness and productivity;
Manage information flow and retrieval process;
Manage projects in a systematic way;
Manage resources more efficiently;
Manage the risk of internal ‘sabotage’;
Match the organisational design approach with the level of
development of the organisation;
Meet tight deadlines with time to spare;
Monitor progress and provide feedback about the delegated
assignment;
Name the different planning tools;
Name the fundamental organisational structures and their
variations;
Outline the organisation’s accountability to owners or sponsors,
clients, users, or customers, creditors, and sector or industry;
Outline, with examples, Mintzberg’s ‘Bases of Co-ordinating’;
Plan to make the best use of the time available through the art
of effective scheduling;
Prepare a plan incorporating all the necessary requirements;
Prioritise ‘urgent’ and ‘important’ activities;
Provide a working definition of accountability
Provide examples of different bases of divisional structure;
Provide the bases for structural contingencies;
Realise the importance
of agenda;
Realise the importance of goals;
Recognise the variety of causes of procrastination and apply
relevant techniques to overcome them;
Recommend the most appropriate structure for an organisation,
taking contingent factors into account;
Reduce time spent in
meetings yet contribute more effectively;
Select the right person to do the tasks;
Set parameters in delegating a task;
Set realistic goals through SMART method;
Set up a discussion when about task delegation;
Show the vertical relationships in an organisational chart;
Solve problems through the trading game scenario;
Specify and explain the four D’s in time management;
Specify and explain the four D’s in time management;
Specify the effects of poor time management;
Specify the steps for
running productive and effective meeting;
Suggest how authority might be delegated effectively;
Suggest how to handle interruptions constructively;
Suggest the approaches which might be adopted in designing an
organisation;
Suggest the difference between being “busy” and “productive;”
Suggest the strategies for handling descent from delegation;
Suggest ways to improve organisational culture;
Suggest ways to manage multiple tasks;
Teach delegation skills to team leaders;
Translate the positive and negative factors of particular types
of structure to the design of an organisation which will enhance
the effectiveness of an entity;
Use effective delegation techniques at the workplace;
Use practical techniques for organising work;
Use some techniques in improving delegating skills;
Use the different strategic planning tools in preparing their
organisation’s strategic plan.
Course Contents, Concepts and Issues
Part 1: Contextualising Organisational Analysis
Organisations: A Definition;
Formal and Informal Organisations: A Distinction;
Organisational Task and Task Groupings;
Business vs. Non-business Organisations;
Objectives Defined;
Social Objectives;
Business Objectives;
Division of Work or Labour;
Delegation;
Responsibility;
Accountability;
Authority Demythified;
Authority - Facet #1;
Authority - Facet #2;
Power.
Part 2: Role in an Organisational Context
Role: A Definition;
The ‘Role Set’;
Role and Role Relationships;
Exemplifying Roles;
The Role Actor or Incumbent;
Role Perception;
Incumbent’s Role Perception;
Individual’s Role Perception;
Role and the External Environment;
Role and the Internal Environment;
Defining the Role Set;
Role Segments;
The Relationship between an Incumbent’s Experience and Role
Enactment;
The Relationship between an Incumbent’s Role Perception and His
or Her Role Performance;
The Place of an Incumbent’s Perceived Role Expectations on His
or Her Role Enactment;
Segmental Expectations;
The Role as the Behavioural Expectations of a Role Set;
The Boundary Relationship of a Role Set;
Role Expectations of Social Support;
The Democratic Incumbent;
The Autocratic Incumbent;
The Generous Incumbent;
The Dedicated Incumbent;
The Social Self;
Self-Ideal as a Behavioural Construct;
Self-Ideal and a Performance Enhancer.
Part 3: The Organisation’s Internal and External Accountability
Internal Organisational Accountability;
Upward Organisational Accountability;
Downward Organisational Accountability;
The Risk of Internal ‘Sabotage’;
External Organisational Accountability;
Accountability to Owners or Sponsors;
Accountability to Clients or Users;
Accountability to Sector or Industry.
Part 4: Organisational Design Metaphors and Relationships
Organisational Structure as Roles and Relationships;
Lines of Authority and Accountability in Organisations;
Unitary Command System: Classical Organisational Theory and
Design;
Dual and Multiple Command Systems: Towards Neo-Classical,
Humanistic and Contingency Organisational Design Approaches;
Operational Centralisation;
Operational Decentralisation;
Bureaucratic Organisations;
Adhocratic Organisations;
Mechanistic Organisations;
Organismic Organisations;
Single Status Organisations;
Dual Status Organisations;
Role Specificity in Mechanistic Organisations;
Role Specificity in Organismic Organisations;
Managerial Control vs. Worker Autonomy and Professionalism in
Mechanistic Organisations;
Managerial Control vs. Worker Autonomy and Professionalism in
Organismic Organisations;
Structural Typologies;
The Simple Organisational Structure;
Snippet of Functional Organisational Structure;
Snippet of Divisional Structure;
Bases of Divisional Organisational Structure;
Snippet of Matrix Organisational Structure;
Matrix Organisational Types.
Part 5: Stage-Setting for Managerial Function
Planning;
Organising;
Directing;
Controlling;
Co-ordinating.
Co-ordinating Mechanism: Exploring Mintzberg’s Portrayal of
Co-ordination
Mutual Adjustment - With Informal Communication;
Direct Supervision;
Standardisation of Work Process;
Standardisation of Input - Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes;
Standardisation of Output;
Part 6: The Planning Function: Types of Plans and Key Issues in
Planning
Organisational Inception and Formalisation;
Planning, Defined
Requirements of Planning
Planning Characteristics
Informal Plans
Purpose of Planning
Planning Misconceptions
Planning Variations:
According to Breath or Coverage
According to Time Frame
According to Specificity
According to Frequency
Planning Contingency
Steps in Planning
Planning and Organisational Control
Planning in Operations Management
Planning as the Link-Pin in Organisational Management:
Establishing the Parameters for:
Organising
Directing
Co-ordinating
Controlling
Part 7: Factors Necessitating Delegation
A Working Definition of Delegation;
The Concept of ‘Leasing’;
Why Delegate?;
How Managers Benefit from Delegating;
How Subordinates Benefits from Being the Recipient of a Delegated
Task;
Managerial Concerns about Delegating;
Delegating Authority for Effective Task Performance;
Delegating Responsibility with Delegated Task;
Factors Influencing Effective Delegation;
Delectation in a Time Management Context.
Part 8: Contextualising and Planning Delegation
Delegation as Internal Promotion;
Informal Management Succession Charts;
Formal Management Succession Charts;
Internal Selection Mechanism;
Delegation and External Candidature;
Authority: Facet #1.
What to Delegate;
When to Delegate;
When not to Delegate;
Setting Parameters in Task Delegation;
Skills Identification Required for the Delegated Task
Performance.
Part 9: Managerial Support to Delegate vs. Managerial Control
Authority: Facet #2;
Delegatee Autonomy VS Managerial Control;
Releasing Control, without Relinquishing Responsibility;
The Emergent New Dimension of ‘Supervision’;
Scheduled ‘Supervision’;
Unscheduled ‘Supervision’;
Delegation Resourcing Requirements;
Conflict Resolution Mechanism.
Part 10: Monitoring and Developing Delegatee’s Performance
Establishing performance Standards;
Monitoring Progress and Providing General Feedback about the
Delegated Assignment;
Addressing Target Progress;
Addressing Predetermined Problems in Delegated Task;
Evaluating Delegatee’s Role Performance.
Maintaining Authority Facet #1;
Determining Delegatee’s Training Needs:
Specified Performance Measurement;
Self-Appraisal;
Positive Application of 360 Degree Feedback.
Deciding on Training Programme;
Re-entry and Transfer;
Measuring Training Effectiveness.
Part 11: Introduction To Time Management
Time Management Defined;
Time in an Organisational Wide Context: Acting in Time;
The Cost of Time;
Time Management Tools;
Maximising Personal Effectiveness;
Busy vs. Productive;
Time Wasters/Time Robbers/Time Stealers/Time Bandits;
Managing Time Wasters/Time Robbers/Time Stealers/Time Bandits;
Combating Procrastination;
Diffusing the Impact of Others:
Handling Interruptions Constructively;
Asserting Yourself Politely and Calmly;
Conquering Overcommitment (Learn to say, “No”).
Part 12: Contextualising Time Management
The Four D’s of Time Management:
Do;
Delegate:
Tasks Which Should Be Delegated;
Effective Delegation Techniques;
How to Delegate.
Dump;
Defer.
Managing Multiple Task and Deadlines;
Combating Work Related Stress;
Balancing Personal and Professional Life;
Avoiding Time Crunches;
Handling Unexpected Job Emergencies;
Human Multitasking;
Benefits of Effective Time Management;
Effects of Poor Time Management;
Time Management Theories:
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs;
The Pickle Jar Theory;
Pareto Principle or 80/20 Rule;
Eisenhower Method;
POSEC Method.
Part 13: Setting Goals/ Objectives, Planning and Getting
Organised
Setting Goals and Objectives:
What You Want to Achieve;
Importance of Goal;
Setting Realistic Goals Through SMART Method;
Techniques for Setting and Achieving Goals.
Planning:
Management and Planning Tools;
Using a Planner;
Developing Action Plan.
Getting Organised:
Organising Your Workspace, Files and Folders;
E-mail, Task and Calendar Managing;
Information Flow and Retrieval Process;
Information Overload;
Schedule Management:
Scheduling to Create Work/Life Balance;
Creating Dynamic “To-Do List”;
Reducing Mental Clutter.
The Batching Technique;
Utilise Time Gaps;
Effective Follow-up System;
Developing Time Management Habit.
Part 14: Scheduling, Prioritising and Time Management
Application
Scheduling:
Effective Scheduling;
Steps in Scheduling.
Prioritising:
The Prioritisation Grid;
Important vs. Urgent;
Time Management Matrix (Covey’s Four Quadrant Matrix);
To-Do List;
ABC123 Prioritised Planning;
Decision Matrix.
Time Management and Manager:
How Most Managers Apportioned Their Time;
Time Management Tips for Managers;
Effective Resource Management;
Workload Analysis;
Managing Workload;
Managing Disorganised Staffs.
Part 15: Effective Meeting Management
Meeting Management:
Creating an Effective Agenda;
Importance of Agenda;
Steps For Productive and Effective Meeting;
Groupthink;
Teamthink;
Reducing Time Spent on Meeting;
Meeting Menaces:
The Waffler;
The Turf Warrior;
The Assassin;
The Dominator;
The Interrupter.
Meeting Mismanagement.
Trading Game Scenario.
Course
Co-ordinator:
Prof. Dr. R. B. Crawford is
Course
Coordinator. He is the Director of HRODC Postgraduate Training
Institute, A Postgraduate-Only Institution. He has the following
Qualifications and Affiliations:
Doctor of Philosophy {(PhD) {University College
London (UCL) - University of London)};
MEd Management (University of Bath);
Postgraduate (Advanced) Diploma Science Teacher
Ed. (University of Bristol);
Postgraduate Certificate in Information Systems
(University of West London, formerly Thames Valley University);
Diploma in Doctoral Research Supervision,
(University of Wolverhampton);
Teaching Certificate;
Fellow of the Institute of Management
Specialists;
Human Resources Specialist, of the Institute of
Management Specialists;
Member of the Asian Academy of Management (MAAM);
Member of the International Society of Gesture
Studies (MISGS);
Member of the Standing Council for Organisational
Symbolism (MSCOS);
Member of ResearchGate;
Executive Member of Academy of Management (AOM).
There, his contribution incorporates the judging of
competitions, review of journal articles, and guiding the
development of conference papers. He also contributes to the
Disciplines of:
Human Resources;
Organization and Management Theory;
Organization Development and Change;
Research Methods;
Conflict Management;
Organizational Behavior;
Management Consulting;
Gender & Diversity in Organizations; and
Critical Management Studies.
Professor Dr. Crawford has been an Academic in
the following UK Universities:
University of London (Royal Holloway), as
Research Tutor;
University of Greenwich (Business School), as
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), in Organisational
Behaviour and Human Resource Management;
University of Wolverhampton, (Wolverhampton
Business School), as Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), in
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management;
London Southbank University (Business School), as
Lecturer and Unit Leader.
His responsibilities in these roles included:
Doctoral Research Supervisor;
Admissions Tutor;
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Dissertation
Supervisor;
Programme Leader;
Personal Tutor.