Southampton Management School

Ian Harwood

BSc, MBA, PhD, FHEA

Primary position:
Senior Lecturer in Management, Senior Tutor

After working for a number of years in a process control & instrumentation organisation (Foxboro GB Ltd), I moved into various project management positions within the pharmaceuticals sector. The projects covered mainly process improvement and organisational change initiatives, one of which was a programme of global supply chain rationalisation at SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline). I was responsible for product transfers and production facility optimisations throughout Europe, Singapore, Mexico and North America.

BSc(Open) from the Open University (focus on Environmental Sciences), MBA from the University of Brighton. Winner of the Institute of Management award for best MBA dissertation. Ph.D. in Management from the University of Southampton. The thesis explored the phenomenon of risk management during post-merger and acquisition integration programmes. Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in the Learning & Teaching Enhancement Unit at the University of Southampton. I am a Registered Practitioner and a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.

Teaching

My current teaching responsibilities include MANG3029 'Corporate Social Responsibility' and MANG6129 'Research Methods'. I have also taught MANG1003 Introduction to Management and MANG3034 Project Management in the past. Recipient of a Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award (2007) that 'acknowledges an outstanding contribution to education at the University of Southampton.'

PGR supervision

Joint supervisor for three PhD candidates in the areas of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development

Administration/other



Senior Tutor (June 2009 - present) - responsible for student related issues and personal tutorial arrangements across the Southampton Management School (c.1,100 students and 65 tutors)

Joint-Honours Liaison Tutor (June 2009 - present) - point of contact for c.300 students taking a joint-honours degree within the Southampton Management School

Mature Student Advisor (2009 - present)

CSR Track Chair - British Academy of Management conference (2009 - present)

External examiner at the University of Surrey (2006-2009).

Programme Director for the BSc. Management Sciences in the Southampton Management School (2006-2008).

Member of Senate (2006-2009).

Member of the British Academy of Management (and member of the Research Methods and Corporate Social Responsibility SIGs).

Founding member of the CSR Community of Practice... see our blog for news and thoughts.

Dr Ian Harwood's photo

The University of Southampton's electronic library (e-prints)

Article

Harwood, I.A., Humby, S. and Harwood, A (2011) On the resilience of corporate social responsibility. European Management Journal, 29, (4), 283-290.
Baden, D., Harwood, I. and Woodward, D. (2011) The effect of procurement policies on downstream corporate social responsibility activity: content-analytic insights into the views and actions of SME owner/managers. International Small Business Journal, 29, (3), 259-277.
Harwood, I.A., Humby, Stuart and Harwood, A.L. (2010) How resilient is corporate social responsibility? Supply Management
Ciliberti, Francesco, Baden, Denise and Harwood, Ian A. (2009) Insights into supply chain pressure on CSR-practice: A multiple-case study of SMEs in the UK. Operations and Supply Chain Management, 2, (3), 154-166.
Baden, D.A., Harwood, I.A. and Woodward, D.G. (2009) The effect of buyer pressure on suppliers in SMEs to demonstrate CSR: an added incentive or counter productive? European Management Journal, 27, (6), 429-441. (doi:10.1016/j.emj.2008.10.004)
Harwood, I.A., Ward, S.C. and Chapman, C.B. (2009) A grounded exploration of organisational risk propensity. Journal of Risk Research, 12, (5), 563-579.
Harwood, I.A. and Chapman, C.B. (2009) Risk bartering: what post-M&A integration teams really do. Strategic Change, 18, 157-178.
Harwood, Ian and Humby, Stuart (2008) Embedding corporate responsibility into supply: a snapshot of progress. European Management Journal, 26, (3), 166-174. (doi:10.1016/j.emj.2008.01.005)
Harwood, Ian (2006) Confidentiality constraints within mergers and acquisitions: gaining insights through a 'bubble' metaphor. British Journal of Management, 17, (4), 347-359. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2005.00440.x)
Harwood, Ian (2006) MT letters: Sin of emission. Management Today, 68.
Chapman, C.B., Ward, S.C. and Harwood, I.A. (2006) Minimising the effects of dysfunctional corporate culture in estimation and evaluation processes: a constructively simple approach. International Journal of Project Management, 24, (2), 106-115. (doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2005.08.004)
Harwood, Ian A. (2006) Managing summative computer-aided assessment failures: further evidence for 'optional substitution'. British Journal of Educational Technology, 37, (4), 637-641. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00583.x)
Harwood, Ian (2005) When summative computer-aided assessments go wrong: disaster recovery after a major failure. British Journal of Educational Technology, 36, (4), 587-597. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00484.x)
Harwood, I. and Ashleigh, M. (2005) The impact of trust and confidentiality on strategic organisational change programmes: a case study of post-acquisition integration. Strategic Change, 14, (2), 63-75. (doi:10.1002/jsc.712)

Book Section

Chapman, C.B. and Harwood, I.A. (2010) Optimal risk mitigation and risk-taking. In, Cochran, James J. (ed.) Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Oxford, UK, Wiley.

Conference or Workshop Item

El Dirani, A., Jamali, D. and Harwood, I.A. (2011) Role of HR in CSR: qualitative evidence from the Lebanese context. In, International Conference in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs, Caen, FR, 04 - 05 Nov 2011.
Harwood, I.A., Turnock, S.R. and Ashleigh, M.J. (2011) Bubble theory: can nature teach us anything about keeping secrets? In, British Academy of Management Conference (BAM2011), Birmingham, GB, 13 - 15 Sep 2011. 25pp.
Dirani, A., Jamali, D. and Harwood, I.A. (2011) What roles are there for HR in CSR?: four case studies from Lebanon. In, Irish Academy of Management Conference, Dublin, IE, 24pp.
Dirani, A., Jamali, D. and Harwood, I.A. (2011) Role of HR in CSR: evidence from Lebanon. In, British Academy of Management Doctoral Symposium, Bath, GB, 23 Jun 2011.
Watkin, L., Kemp, P.S., Williams, I.D. and Harwood, I.A. (2010) Sustainable hydropower and soft systems methodology: a systems approach to complexity and conflict. At Hydrology Conference 2010. The Changing Physical and Social Environment: Hydrologic Impacts and Feedbacks, 11 - 13 Oct 2010.
Baden, D.A. and Harwood, I.A. (2010) Corporate social responsibility on trial: a panacea or fundamentally flawed concept? In, British Academy of Management Conference 2010, Sheffield, GB, 14 - 16 Sep 2010. 5pp.
Dirani, A., Jamali, D. and Harwood, I. A. (2010) Human resources as corporate social responsibility champions: exploring the CSR-HR value chain. In, 11th International Human Resource Management Conference, Birmingham , UK, Aston Business School.
Watkin, L., Kemp, P.S., Williams, I.D. and Harwood, I.A. (2009) Understanding the role of the stakeholder in environmental conflicts: the case of hydroelectric power. At Institute of Fisheries Management, Fisheries in a Changing Climate,
Harwood, I.A. and Baden, D.A. (2009) Corporate social responsibility: what's in a name? In, British Academy of Management Conference, Brighton, UK, 15 - 17 Sep 2009.
Baden, D., Harwood, I.A. and Woodward, D. (2008) The impact of buyer pressure on SMEs to demonstrate CSR activities: evidence of the ceiling effect. In, European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) Conference 2008, Cambridge, UK, 01 - 02 Apr 2008.
Baden, D., Harwood, I.A. and Woodward, D. (2008) The effect of supply chain drivers on SMEs motivation to engage with CSR activities: a psychological perspective. In, AIB-UK & Ireland Chapter Conference (AIB-UKI), Portsmouth, GB, 28 - 29 Mar 2008. ,
Harwood, Ian and Humby, Stuart (2007) Embedding corporate responsibility into procurement: a force field analysis. In, 16th Annual IPSERA Conference. Purchasing and Supply Research: Practice Makes Perfect, Bath, UK, 01 - 04 Apr 2007.
Baden, D., Harwood, I.A. and Woodward, D. (2007) Attitudes of SME owner/managers towards supply chain pressures to engage in CSR. In, British Academy of Management Conference 2007, Coventry, UK, 11 - 13 Sep 2007.
Harwood, Ian A. and Warburton, Bill I. (2004) Thinking the unthinkable: using project risk management when introducing computer-assisted assessments. In, 8th International Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA) Conference, Loughborough, UK, 06 - 07 Jul 2004. 13pp.
Warburton, W.I. and Harwood, I.A. (2004) Implementing Perception across a large University: getting it right. In, 2004 Perception Users Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 26 - 28 May 2004. London, UK, Questionmark Computing5pp.
Harwood, I. and Ashleigh, M. (2003) Unravelling the dichotomy between 'trust' and 'confidentiality' in mergers, acquisitions and other strategic organisational change programmes. In, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM). 2nd Workshop on Trust Within and Between Organisations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 23 - 24 Oct 2003.

Monograph

Baden, D.A., Harwood, I.A. and Woodward, D.G. (2008) The effect of buyer pressure on suppliers to demonstrate CSR: an added incentive or counterproductive? Southampton, GB, University of Southampton (Discussion Papers in Management, M-08-04)
Harwood, Ian (2006) Revisiting the 'paperless office': a case of values, power and (in)action. Southampton, UK, University of Southampton, School of Management, 18pp. (Management Working Papers,(M-06-03))
Harwood, Ian (2003) Confidentiality constraints within mergers and acquisitions: insights gained through a 'bubble' metaphor. Southampton, UK, University of Southampton (Discussion Papers in Management,(M03-10))

Thesis

Harwood, I.A. (2001) Developing scenarios for post-merger and acquisition integration: a grounded theory of 'risk bartering'. University of Southampton, School of Management, Doctoral Thesis.
 

Research Interests

What at first might appear to be an eclectic mix of research interests (which includes risk, corporate responsibility and confidentiality), a common theme revolves around understanding decision-making behaviour in an organisational context. I am open to a range of research philosophies and methodologies, although tend to gravitate towards the qualitative end (especially Grounded Theory, Systems Thinking, and even metaphor on the odd occasion).

Current research activities

Further work into 'bubble theory - can nature teach us anything about confidentiality agreements?'

Understanding human perception of environmental conflict: the case of hydropower schemes and the willingness to pay. This project is investigating environmental conflict between stakeholders associated with the development of environmentally sustainable hydropower energy. In collaboration with Laura Watkin (PGR student), Dr. P. Kemp (lead supervisor) and Prof. I. Williams. Fully funded PhD studentship through the ESRC/EPSRC Collaborative Studentship Pilot Scheme (GBP 62,319).

Completed research grants


An attitude survey of corporate responsibility activity in the face of major change. This work was with Prof Humby inconjunction with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply. GBP 1,500 (Achilles) as well as GBP 1,500 pump-priming funds (University of Southampton).

Understanding the attitudes and behaviours of SME owner/managers in response to the inclusion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) criteria in procurement strategies of large organisations: with consequent practice and policy implications (with Dr. D. Baden (PI), Dr. D. Woodward, Dr. A. Knight) - GBP 44,000 ESRC research grant.

'Embedding CSR into Supply: a snapshot of progress' in collaboration with Prof. humby. GBP 1,500 support funding from Achilles.

Primary research group:  Centre for Risk Research

Dr Ian Harwood
Southampton Management School
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ, UK.

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