Dr Graham Perkins

About me:

Graham Perkins is the Associate Dean for Education within the Business School and an Associate Professor in Human Resource Management. Graham has both professional and academic experience within the HRM field, having completed both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the subject area, as well as working in a number of operational HR focused roles.

Graham’s areas of research interest cut across both the innovation and human resource management fields, with a particular interest in how organisations create people structures that promote creativity. His thesis examined organisational factors that affect idea generation in SME contexts including the impact of leadership, network ties and the physical working environment. He has since published articles in journals such as Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Small Business Management, Human Resource Development Quarterly, and Creativity and Innovation Management, as well as Higher Education Policy.

In addition to his work at the Business School, Graham also works extensively with the CIPD across their level 7 qualifications. He is the national lead for two units; Personal Effectiveness, Ethics and Business Acumen, and Business Research In People Practice. He is also a Lead Moderator for the CIPD.

Nationality: British

Interests:

• Idea generation and creativity in SMEs
• Human resource development and life-long learning
• Hierarchy, power, and organisational politics

Graham’s primary area of research interest surrounds the generation of ideas, and how organisations stimulate and sustain creative thought. Connected with this are a variety of issues including aspects of leadership, the impact of relationships both internal and external to organisations and how working environments impact on creative thought. He is also interested in aspects of human resource development, and how hierarchy and power structures impact upon the journey of creative ideas from initial idea generation through to implementation.

Qualifications:

• BA Personnel Management
• MA Personnel and Development
• PhD Business and Management