HRD and Leadership
Leeds Metropolitan University
The Rose Bowl
Leeds
LS1 3HB
0113 812 7008
Qualifications
BA (Open) in Social Science
Diploma in Management Studies (Distinction Grade)
Diploma in Training Management (Distinction)
Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Responsibilities
Academic Leader of HRD and Leadership Research Group/Stream Cohort Leader on Doctorate of Business Administration Programme Initiates, Leads and Contributes to Research and Consultancy Projects Research Leadership in HRM/OB Subject Group
Summary of Experience and Achievements
Jim Stewart worked first in the retail industry and then local government before becoming an academic as a Senior Lecturer at Wolverhampton Business School and then at Nottingham Business School where he worked for 15 years prior to joining Leeds Met. He progressed to Reader in HRD and then Professor of HRD while at Nottingham where he also established one of the first UK MSc programmes in HRD and later launched that School's DBA programme as its first Course Leader.
Jim's research into and publications on the meaning and practice of HRD have been influential in shaping the subject internationally as well as in the UK. This influence has also been extended by his work with the University Forum for HRD. Jim was a founder member and served for a number of years as Vice Chair for Research, and has been elected Chair of the Forum for the last eight years. He initiated and helped to establish the Forum's highly successful joint European conference with the US based Academy of HRD and was a founding member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Human Resource Development International.
Jim has a number of national roles with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development including his recent appointment as Chief Examiner for Learning and Development and has undertaken with colleagues two major research projects for the Institute; Training in the Knowledge Economy (2002) and Talent: Strategy, Management and Measurement (2007). He is also an appointed member of the Advisory Board of the HE Academy BMAF Subject Centre, has acted as advisor on training for PhD supervision to Business Schools in Institutes of Technology in Ireland and is a Visiting Professor at Newcastle Business School.
As well as the CIPD, Jim has carried out research commissioned or funded by the European Commission, UK Government Departments, the NHS, Management Charter Initiative, the ESRC, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and the Learning and Skills Council and has advised and conducted consultancy for the Barclays Bank, Mothercare, Lloyds TSB, the Local Government Training Board and the National School of Government among many other organisations.
Teaching
Lectures on Organisation Behaviour first year undergraduate module Lectures on HRD modules on postgraduate diploma in HRM Module Leader and lectures on DBA programme Supervises PGDHRM, MA HRM, MA Coaching and MSc Consultancy projects and dissertations PhD and DBA Supervisor
Areas of expertise and research interest
Human Resource Development
Management Development
Management Learning
Organisation Change and Development
National Policy and Strategy on HRD
Talent Management
Professional Development
Knowledge Work and Development of Knowledge Workers
Learning and Development in SMEs
Critical Approaches to HRD
External academic and professional roles
Chair of the University Forum for Human Resource Development CIP
Chief Examiner for Learning and Development CIPD Chair of QA
Visiting Panels Member of HE Academy BMAF Subject Centre Advisory Board Visiting Professor
University of Northumbria HE Academy Assessor for NTFs
Reviews Editor, IJTD
Member of Editorial Boards of HRDI, JEIT and JMD
External Examiner at DMU, Anglia Ruskin and Edinburgh University
Refereed
2003
'Mentoring in undergraduate business management programmes' (with Knowles, V) Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 27 No. 3
'The ethics of PI: a polemical overview', Performance Improvement Quarterly, Vol 16, No.2
'Corporate training and development policies and practices: a cross-national study of India and Britain'(with Yadapadithaya, P) International Journal of Training and Development, Vol. 7 No. 2
2004
Guest Editor and Guest Editorial (with Rigg, C. and Trehan, K.) 'Special Issue on Critical Human Resource Development' Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 28 No. 8/9
2005
Guest Editor and Guest Editorial (with Shaw, S.) 'Special Issue on the Corporate University', Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 29 No. 1
2006
Guest Editor and Guest Editorial (with Rigg, C. and Trehan, K.) 'Special Issue on Critical HRD', International Journal of Training and Development, Vol. 10 No.1
2007
'LMX theory of leadership and HRD: development of units of theory and laws of interaction' (with Kang, D.) Leadership and Organization Development Journal, Vol. 28, No. 6
2008
'Doctoral supervision-a view from above, below and the middle' (with Sambrook, S. and Roberts, S.) Journal of Further and Higher Education, Vol. 32, No. 1
Guest Editor and Guest Editorial (with Rigg, C. and Trehan K.) 'Special Issue on Critically reflective practice in human resource development', Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 32, No. 5
'Postgraduate education to support organisation change: a reflection on reflection' (with Keegan, A. and Stevens, P.), Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 32, No. 5
'Developing critical reflection in professional focused doctorates: a facilitator's perspective' (with Sambrook, S.), Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 32, No. 5
2009
'The power and emotion of doctoral supervision' (with Sambrook, S. and Doloriert, C.) Studies in Higher Education, Under Review
'The implications of talent management for diversity training: an exploratory study' (with Harte, V.) Journal of European Industrial Training, Accepted for Special Edition, Under Review
'Enterprise education and its impact on career intentions', (with Harte, V.), International Journal of Management Education, Being Revised
'The Effects of Perceived External Prestige, Ethical Organizational Climate, and Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Quality on Employees' Commitments and Their Subsequent Attitudes' (with Kang, D,) Personnel Review, Under Review
Books and Chapters
2003
'Managing training and development', in Towers, B (Ed), A Handbook of Employment Relations, Law and Practice, London, Kogan Page
'The ethics of HRD: a personal polemic', in Lee, M. (Ed), HRD in a Complex World, London, Routledge
'The changing role of HRD practitioners in learning oriented organisations', (with Sambrook, S. and Tjepkema, S.) in Nyhan, B. et al (Eds.), Facing up to the learning organisation challenge, Luxembourg, Cedefop
2004
HRD in Small Organisations: research and practice (with Beaver, G. as Joint Editor), London, Routledge
New Frontiers in HRD, (with Woodall, J. and Lee, M.) (Eds.), London, Routledge
'Philosophy and theory in HRD' (with MdGoldrick, J. and Watson, S.) in New Frontiers in HRD, Woodall, J. et al (Eds.), London, Routledge
2007
Human Resource Development in the Public Sector: The case of health and social care (with Sambrook, S. as Joint Editor) London, Routledge
'HRD in health and social care' (with Sambrook, S.) in Human Resource Development in the Public Sector, Sambrook, S. and Stewart, J. (Eds.), London, Routledge
'HRD in health and social care-the emerging challenges' (with Sambrook, S.) in Human Resource Development in the Public Sector, Sambrook, S. and Stewart, J. (Eds.), London, Routledge
Critical Human Resource Development: Beyond Orthodoxy, (with Rigg, C. and Trehan, K. as Joint Editors), Harlow, Prentice Hall
'A critical take on a critical turn in HRD', (with Rigg, C. and Trehan, K.) in Critical Human Resource Development: Beyond Orthodoxy, Rigg, C., Stewart, J. and Trehan, K. (Eds.) Harlow, Prentice Hall
The ethics of HRD' in Critical Human Resource Development: Beyond Orthodoxy, Rigg, C., Stewart, J. and Trehan, K. (Eds.) Harlow, Prentice Hall
'Going beyond a critical turn: hypocrisies and contradictions', (with Rigg, C. and Trehan, K.) in Critical Human Resource Development: Beyond Orthodoxy, Rigg, C.,Stewart, J. and Trehan, K. (Eds.) Harlow, Prentice Hall
Management Development: Perspectives from research and practice (with Hill, S. as Joint Editor), London, Routledge
'Researching and practising management development' (with Hill, R.) in Management Development: Perspectives from research and practice, Hill, R. and Stewart, J. (Eds.), London, Routledge
'A stakeholder approach to the study of management education' (with Stansfield, L.) in Management Development: Perspectives from research and practice, Hill, R. and Stewart, J. (Eds.), London, Routledge
'The dynamics of organisational commitment and management development' (with Palmer, J. and Hill, R.) in Management Development: Perspectives from research and practice, Hill, R. and Stewart, J. (Eds.), London, Routledge
'Management development; the holy grail of HRD?' (with Hill, R.) in Management Development: Perspectives from research and practice, Hill, R. and Stewart, J. (Eds.), London, Routledge
2009
'Developing managers and managerial capabilities' in Leopold, J. and Harris, L. (eds.) The strategic managing of human resources (2nd edition), Harlow: FT Prentice Hall
Conference Papers
2004
'Promoting the Employability of Graduates: the Case of the NBS BABM Degree', (with Knowles, V.) HRD: Cross-Cultural, Comparative and International Perspectives: Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe, University of Limerick, Ireland, 27-28 May 2004
'Assignments for the Professional Development Scheme', (with Manhire, E.) CIPD Professional Standards Conference, Keele University, 28-30 June 2004
'Graduate Employability: the role of HE', (with Knowles, V.) Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, 2-3 September 2004
2005
'Glimpses of doctoral supervisionÉ.from above, below and the middle!' (with Sambrook, S. and Roberts, C.) 6th Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK, 25-27 May 2005
'Doctoral supervision-a view from the top, middle and bottom', (with Sambrook, S. and Roberts, C.) Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway, 7-9 September 2005
2006
'Examiners Workshop-Learning and Development' (with Harrison, R. and Cureton, P.) CIPD Scottish Students Conference, Edinburgh 4 February
2007
'The utility or otherwise of various acronyms' 14th ECLO International Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University, 30th May-1st June
2007
'Student and supervisor perceptions and experience of professionally focused HRD qualifications; the case of the DBA', (with Sambrook, S.) BMAF Annual Conference, Aston University, 2nd-4th May
'Reflections on a professionally focused HRD qualification: the case of the DBA' (with Sambrook S) The 8th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe, Oxford Brookes University, 27th-29th June
2008
'Innovative learning spaces for enterprise education: building student engagement with learning through space' (with Harte, V.), Third Symposium on Social Leaning Space: Redesigning Universities, Oxford Brookes University, 17th March
'Implementing the national enterprise agenda: the impact of enterprise focused modules', (with Harte, V.) BMAF Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 29th-30th April
'Teaching, learning and assessing HRD; a UK perspective, (with Sambrook, S.), the 9th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe, IESEG School of Management, Lille, France, 21st-23rd May
'Enterprise education and its impact on career intentions' (with Harte, V.), the 9th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe, IESEG School of Management, Lille, France, 21st-23rd May
'Enterprise education and the employability nexus' (with Harte, V.), Annual European Conference on Educational Research, From teaching to learning', University of Gothenburg, 10th-12th September
'Enterprise education and graduate employability: developing enterprising graduates', (with Harte, V.) The First CGU-WACE Joint International Symposium and WACEÕs Seventh International Symposium on Work Integrated Learning, 3-5 December 2008, Madrid
2009
'Enterprise education and its impact on student's career intentions' (with Harte, V,), 20th SPACE Annual European Conference, Manor Business School, University of Tallin, 22nd-24th April, Tallin
'Enterprise education and its impact on students' career intentions' (with Harte, V.), 3rd BMAF Annual Conference: Engaging Employers, 28th-29th April, Cardiff
'Innovations in understanding doctoral supervision' (with Sambrook, S. and Doloriert, C.), 10th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, Newcastle Business School, 10 - 12 June 2009, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Lead Organiser for Symposium: Possibilities And Limitations In Theorising HRD: A European Perspective, 10th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, Newcastle Business School, 10 - 12 June 2009, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
'What is a theory?' (with Harte, V. and Sambrook, S.), Symposium: Possibilities And Limitations In Theorising HRD: A European Perspective, 10th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, Newcastle Business School, 10 - 12 June 2009, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
'What is HRD?' (with Hamlin, R.G.), .), Symposium: Possibilities And Limitations In Theorising HRD: A European Perspective, 10th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, Newcastle Business School, 10 - 12 June 2009, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Stream Convenor, Innovative Approaches to Supporting Learning and Teaching in HRD Stream, 10th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, Newcastle Business School, 10 - 12 June 2009, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
'Undertaking HRD research in Higher education: A longitudinal approach to evaluating undergraduate students studying Ôenterprise education' modules; pitfalls, problems and struggles' (with Harte, V.), 10th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, Newcastle Business School, 10 - 12 June 2009, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
'A longitudinal approach to evaluating undergraduate students studying Ôenterprise education' modules; pitfalls, problems and struggles' (with Harte, V.) 8th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, University of Malta, Valletta, Malta, 22-23 June 2009
'Engaging students in institutional research: reflections on a longitudinal research study and problems with attrition', (with Harte, V.) 2nd Institutional Research Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, 8th-9th July, Sheffield
Lead Convenor for The Power and Emotion of Human Resource Development: A Critical Perspective Stream, the 6th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, 13 - 15 July 2009
'The power and emotion of doctoral supervision', (with Sambrook, S. and Doloriert, C.), The 6th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, 13 - 15 July 2009
"Competing with the dominant discourse: discursive spaces within an MA HRD 'community'" (with Lawless, A,), The 6th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, 13 - 15 July 2009
Other Publications
2002
'Training in the Knowledge Economy' (with Tansley, C) CIPD Research Report, London, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
2006
'The UK Research Assessment Exercise', Soap Box Article, Human Resource Development International, Vol. 8 No. 4
'Changes in Workplace Learning-An Essay on the 2006 T&D Survey' (with Tansley C.) Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
'Learning and Development: the big picture', Learning and Development Manual, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
2007
'Talent: strategy, management and measurement' (with Tansley et al), Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
2008
'Developing skills through talent management' SSDA Catalyst-Issue 6, Sector Skills Development Agency
'World Class Comparisons Research Report' (with Johnson, S. et al) Learning and Skills Council.
Research Papers
Invited Research Seminar, 'Researching HRD', University of Northumbria, June 1999
Invited Research Seminar, 'The Ethics of HRD' , University of Warwick, July 2001
Invited Research Seminar, 'Training in the knowledge economy', University of Twente, The Netherlands, January 2003
Invited Research Seminar, ÔThe ethics of HRD: a personal polemic', Manchester University, November 2003
Invited Research Seminar, 'HRM and HRD: A Troubled relationship', Oxford Brookes University, January 2004
Invited Research Seminar, 'Researching Talent Management', Kingston Business School, July 2007
Invited Guest Lecture for Chinese Managers' Programme, 'Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning', Manchester Metropolitan University, January and June 2009
