Webinar Synopsis
This Masterclass is a Conversation with Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, FBAM, Professor of Organizational Psychology & Health, Alliance Manchester Business School, UK. Sir Cary has been Pro Vice-Chancellor at Lancaster University, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at what was then the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology. He is an award-winning author/editor of more than 250 books, 450 articles and is a regular contributor to radio and TV. He is the Founding President of BAM, and has founded other organisations and journals. He was Knighted in 2014 for his contribution to the social sciences.
The Masterclass will include a conversation between Sir Cary and session co-chairs Professor Greg Bamber and Emeritus Professor Jean Hartley. There will also be opportunities for those who register to ask any questions in our Q&A chat and in advance.
Please submit your questions by Wednesday 5th November to our QUESTION FORM HERE
Questions might include the following, or others that you may wish to ask:
- What reflections do you have on your career that others could learn from?
- Any advice on developing a profile in the media?
- How was BAM created?
- How did the BAM journals start and get such high impact factors?
- How has management research and education developed in the UK; what has been the impact of REF and government funding?
- When you found new institutions, what are your secrets of success?
- Why is health and wellbeing an important component of management; how did you mainstream this topic?
- How should management research and education develop in the UK, and internationally?
- Why is the impact of management research more important than publishing 4* journal papers?
- Where should business schools be going in terms of teaching, research and service?
- Why do business schools develop few spin-off companies compared with those developed in some other disciplines?
Benefits of attending
- Reflection upon opportunities to bridge modes of academia;
- Engagement with innovative practices;
- Learning about developing a profile in the media;
- Opportunities to ask questions to a successful academic.
Provider Information
Who Should Attend?
The event speaks to Section A1-A3, C1-C3, D1-D3, E1-E3 as detailed in the BAM Framework.
Guest Speaker
Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, FBAM
Sir Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, former Editor of the scholarly journal Stress and Health and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management.
Cary has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and wellbeing, was Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease of the World Economic Forum (2009-2010) and was Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences 2009-2015. He was Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the Cabinet Office and National School of Government 2005-2010 and is currently the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work.
Professor Cooper is the author/editor of over 250 publications in the field of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work and occupational stress. He was awarded the CBE by the Queen in for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.
Co-chaired by
Professor Greg Bamber, FANZAM, FBAM
Greg J. Bamber is a British-Australian Professor, Department of Management and Director, International Consortium for Research in Employment & Work, Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He is also Research Theme Lead: Future of Work @ Monash Data Futures Institute.
He has received numerous awards and has served as President of several academies including: Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management. He is a Fellow of several academies including ANZAM, BAM, Academy of Social Sciences; Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; Australian Human Resources Institute; Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
He was educated at University (U) of Manchester, London School of Economics and Heriot-Watt U, Edinburgh. He was formerly an academic at Durham U, UK and also in Australia at Queensland U; Queensland U of Technology (Director, Australian Research Council (ARC) Key Centre in Strategic Management); Griffith U (Dean/Director, Graduate School of Management). He has been appointed as a visiting professor by a range of business schools including Nottingham Business School.
He has served on several boards in the fields of education, healthcare and sport, as well as on more than 20 editorial boards for international journals. Many universities and conferences have invited him to give presentations. He has more than 200 publications. He has helped to lead many research projects funded by the ARC and the UK Economic and Social Research Council. International agencies (e.g. International Labour Organization), governments and enterprises have commissioned him to conduct research projects or to be an advisor on work organisation, HR or industrial relations.
He has conducted research in many sectors including aviation, agriculture, building, chemicals, education, electronics, engineering, finance, health, hotels, infrastructure, mining, the public sector, railways, restaurants, retailing, tourism, telecommunications, manufacturing, universities and unions as well as a range of enterprises. He is also cited in the media. For more, see The Conversation, Linkedin, Orcid, Twitter, Who's Who in Australia, YouTube.
Professor Jean Hartley FBAM
Professor Jean Hartley, FBAM is the Emeritus Professor of Public Leadership, The Open University Business School, The Open University, United Kingdom;
Professor Hartley is a former Visiting Professor, of The Australia and New Zealand School of Government.
She has also stood as a former Professor and Academic Director of the Institute of Governance and Public Management at Warwick Unuiversity, and an Academic Director of the Centre for Policing Research and Learning at the OU. Trustee, and organization developer of the UK charity, Friends of Ibba Girls School, South Sudan.
Contact
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Event Fee
BAM Members: Free
Non-Members: £60
Registration closes on 11th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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