Staff Profile:

Name:

Dr Richard McBain

Job Title:

Head of the Postgraduate Post Experience Programme Area

Responsibilities:

Richard is currently Head of the Post-Experience Postgraduate programme area at Henley Business School, having previously undertaken Programme Director roles for the Henley DBA and for the Distance Learning and consortium MBA programmes at Henley. Prior to joining Henley Richard had 17 years experience of working in the financial services sector in various operational, business development and training and development roles. His experience includes project managing the merger of two financial services organisations, the setting up of an offshore banking subsidiary, and also implementing competence development and coaching and mentoring programmes. This interest in learning and development has continued at Henley, where Richard's role has focussed on the direction and development of Masters and Doctoral programmes. He also teaches on the human resources and research methods modules on the MBA and runs coaching and mentoring workshops for clients and for programme members at Henley.

Areas of Interest:

Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, e-Learning, Coaching and Mentoring

Research groups / Centres:

Richard is currently researching in the areas of employee engagement and organisational commitment and he retains a long-standing research interest in mentoring. He has also completed doctoral research into the impact of mentoring on self-efficacy, emotional intelligence and academic progression.

Publications:

Recent Books
R. McBain and D. Rees (2004) Future People Management. London: Macmillan.

D. Rees and R. McBain (2004) People Management: Challenges & Opportunities. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Recent Book Sections
R. McBain (2004) Managing Mentoring and Coaching. IN D. Rees and R. McBain (Eds.) People Management: Challenges & Opportunities. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

R. McBain (2002) Mentoring. IN M. Warner (Ed.) International Encyclopaedia of Business and Management. London: International Thomson Business Press.

Recent Conference Papers
A. Parkinson and R. McBain (2008) Making a difference: The Role of the Line Manager in the Process of Engagement and Disengagement, Development Paper for BAM September 08

Recent Journal Articles
R. McBain (2007) HR strategies that unite generations, Strategic HR Review, Vol. 6, Issue 6, September/October.

R. McBain (2005) Appreciating the Value of Human and Social Capital. Manager Update, 16 (3).

R. McBain (2005) Organisational Commitment. Manager Update, 17 (1).

R. McBain (2005) The Effectiveness of Teamworking. Manager Update, 16 (4).

R. McBain (2004) Developing Organisational Citizenship Behaviour. Manager Update, 16 (2).

R. McBain (2004) Emotional Intelligence: A Review of an Emerging Construct. Manager Update, 15 (4).

R. McBain (2004) Training Effectiveness an Evaluation. Manager Update, 15 (3).

R. McBain (2004) Uncovering the Linkages between HRM and Organisational Performance. Manager Update, 16 (1).

R. McBain (2003) Improving Assessment Centres. Manager Update, 15 (1).

R. McBain (2003) Organisational Identity. Manager Update, 14 (4).

R. McBain (2003) Trust and Human Resource Management. Manager Update, 14 (3).

R. McBain (2003) Understanding the Links Between Job Satisfaction, Motivation and Long Working Hours Manager Update, 15 (2).

R. McBain (2002) Call Centres and Human Resource Management. Manager Update, 14 (2).

R. McBain (2002) Changing Cultures. Manager Update, 14 (1).

R. McBain (2002) International Human Resource Management. Manager Update, 13 (4).

R. McBain (2002) Selection, Rejection and Turnover. Manager Update, 13 (3).

Recent Others
R. McBain (2007) Staff retention, interview with BBC World Service, 15th August.

Recent Reports
M, Higgs, R. McBain, A. Parkinson and J. Hender (2008) Managing the 21st Century Workforce, Research Project Report by Henley Management College for Rialto Consultancy Ltd.

R. McBain (2007) Building the effectiveness of teams ICAEW Finance and Management Faculty Special Report on Managing Teams June, SR16

Qualifications:

DBA, MBA, ACIB, ADipC