Dr. David Spicer,Professor
Information about Dr. David Spicer at the University of Bradford.
- School of Management
(Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences) - Email:
- d.p.spicer@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 232158
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supervised researchers.Biography
David is Professor of Small Business Development andOrganisational Studies and Director of Business and Community Engagementin the School of Management and leads on the development of the School’s programmeand portfolio in respect of support for small business and entrepreneurship. Aspart of this David is leading Bradford’s contribution to the Help to Grow:Management programme, a nation-wide programme of government-funded support forgrowth in SMEs being led by school’s holding the Small Business Charter. He isalso the University’s Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Champion and has responsibilityfor ensuring enterprise skills and opportunities for entrepreneurshipdevelopment are available for students across the whole University. David has over 20 years of experience inhigher education and returned to Bradford (where he began his academic career)at the start of the 2019/20 academic year, having previously led the BusinessSchool at the University of Salford.David’s research interests include strategic learning,change and leadership, with a particular interest small forms andentrepreneurship. He is currently leading a major longitudinal study lookingat small firm resilience in response to Covid-19. He has undertaken researchand consultancy and delivered executive education in both SMEs and with largecorporate firms. He currently teaches on both the Undergraduate andPostgraduate programmes within the School of Management.Twitter: @DavidPSpicer
Research
My research interests lie in the studyof learning and change in organisations, specifically, strategic adaptation, organisationallearning, change agency and leadership, relationships between individual and organisationallearning, relationships between learning, motivation and effectiveness, therole played by the individual learner and the impact and assessment ofcognitive/learning style. I have undertaken work with SMEs, public sectororganisations (local government) and major commercial organisations.I am currently focused on strategic adaption and growth in small firms, and how such firms respond to crisis.
Research projects
| Role | Date | Title/description | Funder | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Principle Investigator | 2020-03-31T00:00:00 | Principle Investigator |
Research supervision
Dr. David Spicer is responsible for the supervision of 17 postgraduate researchers at the University of Bradford.
Teaching
Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. David Spicer as follows:
Teaching interests
I have taught modules across humanresources and organisational behaviour. However, my particular interest andspecialism is in organisational learning and change. My approach to learning is both action-oriented and experiential.Teaching highlights
I have led course and programme design at bothundergraduate and postgraduate levels. Examples include the redesign of modulesin the Management of Change, the review of undergraduate programmes offered bythe Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour Group, the development of aCIPD-accredited BSc in HRM and the major review and redevelopment of the MBAprogramme. I have also led the writing and editing of distance learningmaterials and have supervised over 80 MastersDissertations.Myexperience includes leading executive education programmes and internationalprogrammes in Dubai and Hong Kong. My specialism has led to my providing anAlumni Masterclass on the Management of Change and being invited to speak onchange by Yorkshire Forward and Common Purpose. I have been a visitingprofessor at TIAS Business School in the Netherlands and Germany and at MDIS inSingapore.Teaching modules
| Title | Subject | Module code | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organisational Design and Analysis | |||
| Reward Development and Talent Management | |||
| Developing Skills for Business Leadership | |||
| Leading and Managing Change in Organisations | |||
| Dissertation (MSc HRM) |
Professional activities
Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Dr. David Spicer is as follows:
Employment
- University of Bradford - Director of Business Engagement in the year 2019 (specified as 09/09/2019)
- University of Salford - Head of School in the year 2016 (specified as 29/02/2016)
- University of Bradford - Senior Lecturer in the year 2005 (specified as 01/04/2005)
- University of Bradford - Lecturer in the year 1999 (specified as 01/09/1999)
Education
- University of Plymouth - Doctor of Philosophy
- Stirling University - Master of Business Administration
- University of Bristol - BSc (Hons)
Publications
There are 17 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. David Spicer. They are listed as:
- book chapter (2)
- conference publication (1)
- peer reviewed journal (14)
Book Chapter
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talent management practice in Oman: The institutional perspective | 2016 | Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East | Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East | 327 - 338 | Amri, R. Glaister, A. Spicer, D.P. | 9781784719524 | Edward Elgar | 10.4337/9781784719524 | |||
| Exploring change in small firms' HRM practices | 2015 | Work Organization and Human Resource Management | Work Organization and Human Resource Management | Wapshott, R., Mallett, O. & Spicer, D. | 978-3-319-06375-1 | Springer | 10.1007/978-3-319-06376-8 |
Conference Publication
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Searching the usenet network for virtual communities of practice | 2007 | Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting: Doing Well by Doing Good, AOM 2007 | Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting: Doing Well by Doing Good, AOM 2007 | Murillo E.;Spicer D. |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning orientations and growth in smaller firms | 2001 | Spicer, David P.; Sadler-Smith, E.; Chaston, I. | |||||||||
| An examination of the general decision making style questionnaire in two UK sample. | 2005 | Spicer, David P.; Sadler-Smith, E. | |||||||||
| Organizational learning in smaller manufacturing firms. | 2006 | Spicer, David P.; Sadler-Smith, E. | |||||||||
| Cognitive processing models in performance appraisal: evidence from the Malaysian education system. | 2006 | Spicer, David P.; Ahmad, Rusli | |||||||||
| The impact of approaches to learning and cognition on academic performance in business and management | 2004 | Education and Training | 46 | 194 - 205 | Spicer D. | 0040-0912 | 10.1108/00400910410543982 | ||||
| Changing culture: A case study of a merger using cognitive mapping | 2011 | Journal of Change Management | 11 | 245 - 264 | Spicer D. | 1469-7017 | 10.1080/14697017.2010.550266 | ||||
| An examination of the general decision making style questionnaire in two UK samples | 2005 | Journal of Managerial Psychology | 20 | 137 - 149 | Spicer D.;Sadler-Smith E. | 0268-3946 | 10.1108/02683940510579777 | ||||
| A case study of action learning in an MBA program | 2006 | Education and Training | 48 | 39 - 54 | Johnson C.;Spicer D. | 0040-0912 | 10.1108/00400910610645725 | ||||
| Validity of the Cognitive Style Index: Replication and Extension | 2000 | British Journal of Management | 11 | 175 - 181 | Sadler-Smith E.;Spicer D.;Tsang F. | 1045-3172 | 10.1111/1467-8551.t01-1-00159 | ||||
| Leadership preferences in Japan: An exploratory study | 2007 | Leadership and Organization Development Journal | 28 | 508 - 530 | Fukushige A.;Spicer D. | 0143-7739 | 10.1108/01437730710780967 | ||||
| Leadership and followers' work goals: A comparison between japan and the uk | 2011 | International Journal of Human Resource Management | 22 | 2110 - 2134 | Fukushige A.;Spicer D. | 0958-5192 | 10.1080/09585192.2011.580179 | ||||
| Sustainable Change: Education for Sustainable Development in a Business School Curriculum | 2013 | 49 | Fukukawa, K.; Fairbrass, J. Burrows, S.A>; Spicer, D.P. | 14705001 | |||||||
| Entrepreneurial higher education institutions: Development of the research and future directions | 2022 | Higher Education Quarterly | Syed R.T.;Singh D.;Spicer D. | 0951-5224 | 10.1111/hequ.12379 | ||||||
| Talent management: managerial sense making in the wake of Omanization | 2021 | International Journal of Human Resource Management | 32 | 719 - 737 | Glaister A.J.;Al Amri R.;Spicer D.P. | 0958-5192 | 10.1080/09585192.2018.1496128 |