J. David Whitehead
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Brock University
Canada
Biography
David is a respected seminar leader, consultant, and professor who has resolved disputes professionally since 1979, and provided training in negotiating skills since 1982. David has had numerous appointments as a mediator and arbitrator in public and private sector union-management disputes, and many of his arbitration awards have been published. David has arbitrated election disputes and mediated disputes among partners in professional partnerships and family businesses. He has designed expedited arbitration procedures for union-management groups and has conducted comprehensive organizational restructuring reviews.
Research Interest
Business Negotiating; Labour Arbitration Cases; Business Decision Making Cases; Business Mergers
Publications
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Whitehead, J.D., Watson, E.D. and Gandz, J.. Effective managerial action: Cases in Organizational Behaviour - Chapter: Bell Canada Case (R). Editors: Rush, Distephano, Gandz and Lane. Prentice-Hall Canada, Ontario, 1988.
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Gandz, J. and Whitehead, J.D.. Union-management relations in Canada (2nd Ed.) - Chapter: Grievances and their resolution. Editors: Anderson, Gunderson and Ponak. Addison-Wesley, Ontario, 1989.
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Whitehead, J.D. and Baker, Jennifer. Management (Robbins, Coulter, and Langton) - Chapter: Sarnia Food Fresh Grocery Store: The Icing on the Cake (Case and Teaching Note). Editors: . Pearson Education Canada, Canada, 2009.
