Bill Cooke

Bill Cooke is Professor of Strategic Management and Director of Research at the York Management School (joined September 2014). Between 2011 and 2013 inclusive he was Head of the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology (OWT) at Lancaster University Management School. Bill is a leading international authority on organization development and change management, particularly in global-historical contexts. Bill holds a BA (hons) in Economics and Public Policy, an MSc with distinction in Organization Development (OD), and a PhD (2002) (Manchester). He served as a Board Member of the international NGO MAG (Mines Advisory Group) for over ten years, and is Vice Chair Research and Publications for the British Academy of Management. He has very recently been appointed to the Board of Governors of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations.Bill makes major contributions to management scholarship covering (e.g.) change management and its history, the uses of psychodynamic, social psychological and psychological approaches to management, and their development and applications historically and globally. He has authored over 40 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, edited seven volumes, and four special issues. He publishes in journals like Human Relations, Business History, Journal of Management Studies, Revista de Administração de Empresas, and Organization. Examples of peer reviewed work are republished in edited collections. He is also published in translation in Portuguese (for Brazil) and Turkish. His original contributions are manifest in excellent citation and impact data. He has over 7250 citations, an H-index of 26, and an i10 index of 35. Since 2012, he has nearly 3700 citations, an H -index of 20, and i10-index of 28 (source: scholar.google, 12/9/2017). Bill has a record of outstanding university and scholarly association leadership. As Director of Research at York Management School Bill renewed its research strategy, revitalizing research centres with eg a new business planning process, establishing writing retreats, and in-house research training. This year he also led the school successfully through an adversarial University Research Committee strategic review. This year the school generated over £1.5m in research income from a previous level of c£100k. As Head of Department at Lancaster he led an intellectual renewal, recruiting new high potential/ high performing staff. All the department, bar two, was returned in REF 2016. The Departmental ?overall satisfaction? KIS-UNISTATS score during his tenure was 92%. The flagship post-MBA International Masters in Practicing Management (delivered with McGill, FGV-EBAPE, IIIMB and Renmin) was brought into the department, and he was instrumental in establishing its relationship with FGV-EBAPE in Rio, specifically praised in the 2012 THE Business School of the Year Award. The department?s financial contribution was more than doubled while its collegial ethos was maintained. As BAM Vice Chair, Bill has line responsibility for BJM (4*) and IJMR (3*) editorial team. He runs the grant scheme, and was recently elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Peer-elected to the CMS Interest Group five year chair track at the (US) Academy of Management, he led it to full ?Division? status. He has been a member of the AoM Divisions and Interest Group Review Committee (DIGR) and a working group on reviewing Divisional effectiveness. He was recently member-at-large on the AoM Organization Development and Change Division Executive. He is also an innovative well-reviewed teacher of change management, consultancy skills, and historical research methods, at undergraduate, postgrad, and post-experience levels.

doctorate at Management from University of Manchester (2002). Has experience in Administration, focusing on Business Administration