My research draws upon the literature of organisation studies, public management, strategic management and organisational behaviour. I favour a multidisciplinary approach to research bringing together collaborators and ideas from different research traditions. I use both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods across longitudinal case studies.
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In 2022 I was awarded a British Academy Innovation Fellowship to work in partnership with Inoapps Limited. The aim of this project is to develop an online toolkit for organisations to identify and support change agents within their organisations (see press release)
This research draws attention to the challenges of being a change agent in organisations and has identified a variety of tactics and strategies that change agents can use to develop their careers and personal effectiveness in the role of change agents.
An ongoing study of the various shifting organisational forms of health and social care providers attempting to work in an integrated way across the geographical region of Mid-Essex.
The aim of this research is to understand how these different agents come together to create a shared vision of how care should be provided. We look at how learning has been enabled, and how narratives develop which facilitate the sharing of practice across organisational boundaries.
Throughout the decades, the Apprenticeship System in England has been exposed to conflict over its goals, formalised mechanisms and distributed agencies, in light of cumbersome procedural hindrances, and inadequate outcomes for employers, apprentices and the labour force as a whole.
The main motivation driving this project is to identify different types of tensions associated with skills, learning, wider education and socio-economic aspects underlining the development of the Apprenticeship System in England. Understanding such phenomena matters because that provides the stepping stone towards identifying contextually relevant coping strategies and new avenues for policy development.
C360 are an anchor organisation that provides infrastructure support for voluntary and community organisations in Essex. Over the next three years, the project will work on:
- C360’s Single Point of Commissioning (SPOC) innovation
- Enhance a programme of asset mapping to build a conclusive picture of available resources at the county and at community levels
- Implementing C360’s medium-long term strategy, setting the organisation on a
sustainable growth trajectory
Previous Research Projects
Research Project Website: rethinkingethicalconsumerism.com
In order to reduce our reliance on single-use plastic, we need to understand the way decisions are made at a household level, and consider how organisational partners can work together to ensure that interventions can be effective in changing this. This project will provide a much deeper understanding for policy-makers, retailers and producers, advising them on how to work in an integrated way to reduce plastic waste.
This project brings together researchers from the universities of Essex, Kent, and Birkbeck, University of London, to do just that.
Dr Danielle A Tucker 