Leadership, Work and Organisation Subject Group
Our work focuses on the changing experience of work, employment, and organisational environments. We are committed to sustainable and responsible management to help build a fairer future.
About our subject group
We are a globally-connected, locally-rooted and compassionate community. We aim to support a future where sustainable and responsible management is fully understood and actively embraced.
We champion diversity and advance challenges of social justice. We achieve a lasting impact through our research, scholarship, and engagement activity.
Our research, scholarship, and impact contributes to global debates about the changing experience and management of work, employment, and global organisational environments. We aim to lead the way in this agenda.
The group comprises three core subject areas:
- Strategy, International Business and Society (SIBS)
- Work, Employment and Human Resource Management (WEHRM)
- Management and Organisations (M&O)
Degree programmes
Our degree programmes are informed by our research and scholarship. They balance theory and practice to ensure that our learners graduate ready for the world of work and are able to tackle the challenges facing organisations.
Many of our programmes are accredited by awarding bodies, demonstrating our commitment to continuous improvement and offering a robust learning experience.
Postgraduate degrees
Our postgraduate programmes focus on strategic leadership and innovative HR solutions and offer the opportunity to focus on building expertise in creating globally sustainable organisations. Our programmes prepare graduates for impactful careers.
We offer the following programmes:
PhD programme
Become an integral part of our research culture by working with our expert colleagues on innovate research at the forefront of our discipline.
As a doctoral student, you will work within one of our research communities. You will receive mentorship, support, and invaluable insights. As you pursue your doctoral journey, you will contribute to cutting-edge research and debates on:
- work, employment studies, and employee relations
- human resource management and human resource development
- strategy, competitive advantage, and value creation
- innovation, industry dynamics, and organisational learning
- international business, globalisation, cross-cultural management, regional development, and multinational corporations
- society, responsible business, sustainability, and ethics
- management studies
- leadership studies
- organisation studies
Research
Our colleagues undertake socially relevant and impactful research and scholarship, forming critical connections with our teaching and addressing current and future challenges.
Our research is published in leading journals to inform policy, and drives organisational innovation worldwide.
We collaborate across management fields and disciplines, taking leading roles in Newcastle University Centres of Research Excellence.
Staff
Our team of experts in strategy, international business, work, and organisational studies is driving innovative research, scholarship, and impact across our disciplines.
Our current subject group head is Professor David Lain.