Staff profiles
Professor John McAuley
Phone 0114 225 5242
E-mail m.j.mcauley@shu.ac.uk
Subject areas
Business and management
Research centres and institutes associated with
Centre for Individual and Organisational Development; Change Management Centre
Profile
John McAuley is professor of organisation development and management. He is also head of programmes for research degrees. His most recent research has been into the ways in which professionals in organisations respond to issues of change.
He has published in the areas of change management, organisation behaviour, organisation theory, research methods and the work of professionals. In 2002 he wrote, with John Darwin and Phil Johnson, Developing Strategies for Change which was published by FT/Prentice-Hall. He is also the author, with Joanne Duberley and Phil Johnson, of Organization Theory: Challenges and Perspectives published in 2007 by Prentice Hall/Financial Times.
He teaches on a wide range of postgraduate courses and is course leader for the MSc (Organisation Development and Consultancy).
Research interests
- management of change
- professionals in organisations
- the roles of middle management
Teaching interests
- organisation behaviour
- research methodology
- change management
- management development
- theory and practice of consultancy
Author of recent publications
2000. (with J Duberley and L Cohen) 'The meaning scientists give to management - an strategy' Human Relations 53(1) 87-116
2001. The relationship between quality, approaches to management control, and the achievement of best value in public sector professional service organisations in J Johnson and K Scholes, Exploring Public Sector Strategy London: Pearson Education
2001. (with L Cohen and J Duberley) continuity in discontinuity: changing discourses of science in a market economy, Science, Technology and Human Values (April)
2002. (with J Darwin and P Johnson) Developing strategies for change, London : Prentice Hall
2003. Transference, countertransference and mentoring; the ghost in the process. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, Vol. 31:1 (February)
2004. Hermeneutic Understanding in C Cassell and G Symon, Essential Guide to Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research, London: Sage
Research and consultancy projects
1997-1998. (With SJS Associates) Consultancy for the National Board of Scotland Preparing Staff, Developing Practice: Networking in Scotland .
1997-1998. (with SJS Associates) Training and Development in Consultancy and Change Management for computer centre
1996-1998. (With J Duberley) The Research Scientist and Management (ESRC Funded Research R000221639)
Consultancy and executive development work has included engagements with many local authorities, including work with IDeA, as well as private and community organisations, and with health organisations. The latter has included two substantial projects (with Professor Jim Bryant) involving the use of whole systems events and drama theory to explore primary care trusts and clinical governance.
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