Dr Katherine Gardiner

Senior Lecturer in Management

• Department of Management

Summary

Teaching Experience: I have had a range of teaching experience at different levels within different schools and levels in Sheffield Hallam University as well as in the University of Ghana. This ranges from HND/C level, degree students through to post-graduate students (MBA and MSc). My teaching expertise covers Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Theory, and Human Resource Management - in particular, Performance Management,and Performance and Reward Management (Level 7)l Leadership and Organisations as well as Research Methods. I have also been involved in module leadership.

The most recent being a core level 4 module - People and Organisations in Context- which catered for about 650 students and which I carried out jointly with a colleague. This role re-inforced for me the importance of excellent time management and communication, general efficiency and forward planning in order to coordinate the activities of the large number of staff (about 22) who manage the different seminar groups. I have also been involved in dissertation supervision of MSc, MBA and DBA and PhD students. Research Interests:  Mental health in Organisation, Emotion and Emotional intelligence.

I have co-authored 3 text books for the Institute of Financial Services. 3. Student Engagement Training and Staff Development: - PhD supervisor's course beginning Sept. 2003 - In-vivo 7th July 2008 for Analysis of Qualitative Data - Various IT courses; - Appraisal course - Teaching and Learning conferences Professional/Short Courses: - Sheffield City Council (2000) - Nestle (Ghana) - Barclays Bank (Ghana) - West African Exams Council - Lever Brothers - Executive Dev. Programmes organised by School of Administration - Supervisors Development Programme (2003/4)