Martin Dowling

Biography

Martin Dowling joined the School of Management in January 2006 as Director of Postgraduate Programmes, a post he retained until in April 2011 when he was appointed to the position of Director of Operations for the School. His contribution to teaching in the School saw Martin appointed to the role of Senior Teaching Fellow in June 2009. Since 2010, he has been coordinating the School's Executive Education portfolio. In September 2012 he was appointed Director of Teaching in the School. Martin was formerly Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Dundee Business School, University of Abertay Dundee. He was also Programme Tutor for the Dundee Business School's postgraduate programmes and prior to this he was Division Leader for the academic subjects of HRM, Strategy and Entrepreneurship. His career in higher education has involved him in academic management and leadership, postgraduate course development and management, quality assurance systems, teaching, research and consultancy. He is a member of the British Academy of Management (BAM), the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). He is an external examiner for the CIPD, a member of the Institute's Chairs' Group of the Quality Management Panel. He has held the positions of Chair and Vice Chair of the Mid Scotland Branch of the CIPD and is currently a member of the Branch Committee. In July 2012 he was presented with the "Award of Distinction" by the CIPD in recognition of his voluntary work for the Institute over many years. He has been a Visiting Professor at a number of overseas institutions and has wide experience as an external examiner within the UK higher education system. His teaching interests include human resource management, industrial relations and management development. He has worked closely with colleagues in several universities on a number of HR-related research projects and published in both academic and professional journals. His current research interests are in the areas of organisational change and HR strategy, partnership working in organisations, and the concepts of skill and competence within management development initiatives. He has undertaken research projects for a number of local and national organisations. Recent projects have concerned: staff attitudes and perceptions in the health sector; future skill development and partnership working among European employers and trade unions; and, attitudes to leadership among public sector managers.

Research Interest

Organisational change and HR strategy, partnership working in organisations and skill development.