Teaching at Queen Mary University of London

Managing Public Services

Module aim

This module aims to provide students with a rich understanding of key aspects of management in the public sector and management of public services, whether those services are delivered directly by public bodies or by private companies or non-profit organisations working under contract to public authorities. Political, financial, local, national and international contexts for public management are examined. Students will develop an understanding of some key choices, challenges, dilemmas and trade-offs faced by public managers in making policy, steering and regulating and commissioning public services. Students will learn about some of the most important practices and relationships in the field, including debates for reform to address twenty first century challenges. It will as valuable to students who will work in the very many private firms which take government contracts as it will be to students who will work in the public sector, and it will also be very useful for students who make spend some of their career working in regulatory bodies.

Role

• Module leader

Topics covered

• Introduction and public-private distinction
• Setting goals and strategies
• Motivating employees
• Managing performance
• Managing diversity
• AI in decision making
• Managing up, down, and out
• Markets and contracts
• Coproduction

Details

• Time: Semester B, 2025-present
• Levels: Postgraduate level, 7
• Credits: 15.0
• No. of participants: Approx. 120 students
• Location: London

Research Methods for Mangement

Module aim

This module is designed to equip students with knowledge and understanding of research methods and the nature of evidence in business and management. It introduces the main approaches and strategies in management research, enabling students to understand how scholars search for and test evidence. The module will help students develop a critical approach to evidence-based research and specifically prepare them for your dissertation. Activities include literature searching, reviewing, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and guidance on writing research proposals and dissertations. This module is compulsory for the M.Sc. in Management at SBM.

Role

• Module leader

Topics covered

• Introduction to research methods
• Searching and reviewing the literature
• Designing a research project
• Case study design
• Collecting qualitative data
• Analysing qualitative data
• Quantitative research design: developing hypothesis, sampling, and using secondary data
• Collecting survey data: from design to practice
• Analysing quantitative data
• Writing the proposal and dissertation

Details

• Time: Semester B, 2025-present
• Levels: Undergraduate level, 6
• Credits: 15.0
• No. of participants: Approx. 200 students
• Location: London

Teaching at University of Copenhagen

Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Role

• Guest lecturer

Lecture title

• Justice and Fairness

Extent of involvement

• Teach one lecture

Details

• Time: Fall, 2023
• Levels: Undergraduate level, 7.5 ECTS
• No. of participants: Aprox. 80 students
• Location: Copenhagen

Readings

• Gilliland, S. W. (2018). Organizational justice. In D. S. Ones, H. K. Sinangil, C. Viswesvaran, & N. Anderson (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology (pp.46-65). SAGE

• Caleo, S. (2016). Are organizational justice rules gendered? Reactions to men’s and women’s justice violations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(10), 1422-1435

Slides

Teaching at Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research

Organization and Management

Role

• Guest lecturer & instructor

Lecture title

• Organizational Diversity

Extent of involvement

• Teach one lecture
• Coordinate group work on case study (4 tutorials)

Details

• Time: Fall, 2021-2022
• Levels: Postgraduate level, 7.5 ECTS
• Institution: Sino-Danish Centers
• No. of participants: 22-25 students
• Location: Online

Readings

• Villadsen, A. R., & Wulff, J. N. (2017). Is the Public Sector a Fairer Employer? Ethnic Employment Discrimination in the Public and Private Sectors. Academy of Management Discoveries, 4(4), 429–448

• Riccucci, N. M., Van Ryzin, G. G., & Lavena, C. F. (2014). Representative Bureaucracy in Policing: Does It Increase Perceived Legitimacy? Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 24(3), 537–551

Slides

Teaching at Aarhus University

Human Resource Management & Development

Role

• Guest lecturer & instructor

Lecture title

• Lecture 1: Leadership Development & Succession Planning
• Lecture 2: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Extent of involvement

• Teach two lectures
• Grade exam papers (6-hour written exam)
• Help design parts of the exam questions

Details

• Time: Spring, 2021-2022
• Levels: Master level, 10 ECTS
• Institution: Aarhus University
• No. of participants: 72 students
• Location: Aarhus, Denmark

Readings

• Conger, J. A., & Fulmer, R. M. (2003). Developing Your Leadership Pipeline. Harvard Business Review, 81(12), 76-84.

• Groves, K. S. (2007). Integrating leadership development and succession planning best practices. Journal of Management Development, 26(3), 239-260.

• Jacobsen, C. B., Andersen, L. B., Bøllingtoft, A., & Eriksen, T. L. M. 2021. Can Leadership Training Improve Organizational Effectiveness? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Transformational and Transactional Leadership. Public Administration Review.

• Liff, S. 1997. Two routes to managing diversity: Individual differences or social group characteristics. Employee Relations, 19(1): 11–26.

• Knippenberg, D. van, Dreu, C. D. D., & Homan, A. 2004. Work group diversity and group performance: An integrative model and research agenda. The Journal of Applied Psychology.

• Mor Barak, M. E., Cherin, D. A., & Berkman, S. 1998. Organizational and Personal Dimensions in Diversity Climate: Ethnic and Gender Differences in Employee Perceptions. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 34(1): 82–104.

Evaluation

Industrial Organization and Strategy

Role

• Instructor

Extent of involvement

• Coordinate group work on case studies (8 cases)

Details

• Time: Fall, 2021
• Levels: Undergraduate level, 10 ECTS
• Institution: Aarhus University
• No. of participants: 25 students * 2 classes
• Location: Aarhus, Denmark

Evaluation