Human Resource Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship have the potential to address grand challenges facing the UK and Irish economies and further afield. Organizations face a perennial challenge in encouraging, capturing and leveraging insights, ideas and imaginings from those employees and stakeholders who are at the crux of practice. Indeed, many organizations are held captive by the tidal pull of the familiar.

This incubator will bring together scholars, policy makers and practitioners to explore the promising research direction and opportunities at the nexus between HRM, innovation and entrepreneurship. Having key stakeholders together in one dedicated space and conversation will allow us to explore points of synergy in order to develop compelling new ideas to address some of critical issues of our day.
The event will be Chaired by Professor Helen Shipton (Nottingham Trent University) and Associate Professor Brian Harney (Dublin City University). It will involve a series of keynote presentations by academics, policy makers and practitioners with time for questions and answers. The second half of the session will involve a series of research roundtables with a view to exploring and devising key research questions to take advantage of the academic integration of cognizant disciplines of HRM, Innovation and Entrepreneurship on one hand, and address the challenges of practice on the other.

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When

Friday 21st February 2020, 10:00am – 3:30pm

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Who Should Attend

This session is open to all colleagues, however it will be of particular interest to mid-career scholars and those conducting PhD research on this topic

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Benefits of Attendance

•          Overview of research on the HRM/Entrepreneurship interface from leading scholars
•          Practical insights and policy challenges on managing the HR/Entrepreneurship interface
•          Engaged scholarship- opportunity to workshop future research questions
•          Networking and dialogue with key stakeholders

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Location

Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU

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Speakers 

Clint Chadwick, Professor of Strategy and Human Resource Management (HRM). University of Kansas School of Business, investigating the impact of human resource systems and human capital on firm competitiveness

Natalie Jones, Productivity Lead and Senior Portfolio Manager for Knowledge Exchange, ESRC

David Willets, Senior Manager and Head of Innovation, Baxi International

Na Fu, Associate Professor of HRM, Trinity Management School, Dublin.  Researching HRM, organizational growth and development

Lynn Oxborrow, Nottingham Business School Small Business Programme co-ordinator, project lead for European Structural Innovation Funded SME projects and Productivity Champion for Productivity through Innovation.

Ed Houghton, CIPD Head of Research and Thought Leadership, with a particular interest in the role of human capital in driving economic productivity, innovation and corporate social responsibility.