Nick Lawrence BA (Hons), MSc, FHEA, MBPsS, MInstLM
Lecturer in Business and Management
Summary
As a former practitioner in industry, I draw upon my 35+ years of Multinational / International experience working in management consultancy, quality management, finance, IT, Funding for high tech R&D and learning & development. My academic experience has been accumulated throughout the 4+ years teaching in the field of Business Management and aligns with my research activities which are delivered across different undergraduate, postgraduate and corporate levels.
Current research interests and expertise: Exploring the positive and adaptive tendencies of successful psychopaths in a business context.
About
As a former practitioner in industry, I draw upon my 35+ years of Multinational / International experience working in management consultancy, quality management, finance, IT, Funding for high tech R&D and learning & development. My academic experience has been accumulated throughout the 4+ years teaching in the field of Business Management and aligns with my research activities which are delivered across different undergraduate, postgraduate and corporate levels including:
• Global MBA Level Lead
• Executive MBA Research and Consultancy Methods
• Module Leader for the Post Graduate Senior Leader Apprenticeship
• Module Leader for the Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship
• Module Leader for Responsible and Ethical Business Practice at the Sino British College
• Module Leader for Principles and Functions of Business.
• Global MBA Dissertation Supervisor
• MRes Dissertation Supervisor
Research interests and expertise: focus on Psychopathy, Corporate Psychopathy, Successful Psychopathy, Dark Triad Traits (Machiavellianism, Narcissism and Psychopathy) and Leadership Behaviour.
PhD Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University (Current - Expected Completion 2024). Project entitled "A quest to find the light: An exploration of leadership tendencies of successful psychopaths".
Teaching
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Courses taught:
- Global MBA Level Lead
Modules taught:
- Module Leader for Research and Consultancy Methods
- Module Leader for the Post Graduate Senior Leader Apprenticeship
- Module Leader for the Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship
- Module Leader for Responsible and Ethical Business Practice at the Sino British College
- Module Leader for Principles and Functions of Business.
- Lecturer for Implementing Strategy and Change
Research
Current research projects
A quest to find the light: An exploration of leadership tendencies of successful psychopaths
PhD Research: A quest to find the light.
Publications
Conference papers
Duffy, M., & Lawrence, N. (2023). Friend or Foe, Integrating Artificial Intelligence Chatbots into Curricula, the Case of ChatGPT for Assessment in Apprentice Programmes. In BAM 2023: Towards Disruptive Sustainability: New Business Opportunities and Challenges, University of Sussex Business School, Jubilee, Arts Road, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9RH, 4 September 2023 - 6 September 2023. British Academy of Management: https://www.bam.ac.uk/events-landing/bam2023-conference.html
Lawrence, N. (2022). A quest to find the light: A review of corporate and successful psychopathy literature withproposal for future development to a full research paper. In BAM 2022 Conference, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, 2022 - 2 September 2022. https://www.bam.ac.uk/events-landing/conference.html
Lawrence, N., & Samyogitha, A. (2022). An Investigation of Organisational Readiness for Change in Service Sector SMEs in the UK. In BAM 2022 Conference, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, 2022 - 2 September 2022. https://www.bam.ac.uk/events-landing/conference.html
Lawrence, N. (2021). To explore how corporate psychopathic leaders undertake their roles and the implications for their leadership practice. In BAM 2021 Recovering from Covid, 2021 - 3 September 2021.
Postgraduate supervision
• Impact of the glass ceiling on women (Qualitative)