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Dr Paul Tosey Position: Senior Lecturer in Management Room number: 56 MS 02 Subject Group: Organisational Behaviour, HRM & Healthcare Management Research
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Summary | Publications | Activities
| Background: | Paul Tosey joined Surrey in 1991, validating and then directing the MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies, an innovative, experiential programme for consultants, coaches and facilitators. His previous experience includes being a manager and internal consultant in local government, freelance training/consulting, and lecturing at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow (2007). He has trained to Master Practitioner level in NLP, and is a certified Clean Language facilitator. In 2008 he was Chair of the world’s First International NLP Research Conference. |
| Teaching Responsibilities: | MSc Change Agent Skills & Strategies; UG level 3 module `Organisational Change’; MBA module `Strategic Change Management’; MSc FSM module `Personal Development’; GDMS programme `Management Principles’ |
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| General Research Interests | Transformative learning; Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP); management learning and development; complexity theory and systemic perspectives on organisational learning and change; enquiry-based learning (EBL) and other experiential learning methods. |
| Current Research Projects | Director of research project `Neuro-linguistic Programming: Theory and Applications for Teachers and Learners' www.NLPresearch.org |
| Research Student Supervision | As 1st Supervisor: With J Gregory; Dawn Langley - Organisational learning during a period of crisis and recovery With E Sadler-Smith; Bruce Grimley – Developing a coaching culture With C Hales; Richard Churches - The association of the term hypnotic with charismatic leadership As 2nd Supervisor: With J Gregory; Madeleine Brewster - An exploration of the process of ‘becoming’ a change practitioner With J Gregory; Stephen Shellabear - An investigation into the organisational context required by call and contact centre staff |
| Research Funding | National Teaching Fellowship award (2007-2010) |
| Administrative Responsibilities: | Programme Leader, MSc Change Agent Skills & Strategies University of Surrey Validation Board |