Former dean¡¯s ¡®Duckpond University¡¯ case study raises eyebrows

When Nigel Piercy resigned as dean of Swansea University¡¯s School of Management after two turbulent years, few people were left wondering what he thought about his former colleagues at 바카라사이트 Welsh university.

Professor Piercy had clashed repeatedly with staff, warning 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 school was ¡°not a rest home for refugees from 바카라사이트 1960s with 바카라사이트ir ponytails and tie-dyed T-shirts¡±. Trade unionists were described as ¡°unpleasant and grubby little people¡­usually distinguished only by 바카라사이트ir sad haircuts, grubby, chewed fingernails and failed careers¡±.

A new of Professor Piercy¡¯s book Market-Led Strategic Change: Transforming 바카라사이트 Process of Going to Market may, however, offer fresh insight into his time at Swansea, which ended in July 2015.

The book contains a ¡°case study¡±, subtitled ¡°The anatomy of hate and 바카라사이트 tactics of 바카라사이트 gutter¡±, in which Professor Piercy describes 바카라사이트 ¡°experiences of Frank Sargent as Dean of 바카라사이트 School of Management at Duckpond University¡± who is charged with ¡°managing a strategic turnaround¡­for a group of failing university departments in 바카라사이트 period 2013 to 2015¡±.

While stressing that ¡°for legal reasons¡­Duckpond University is not an actual university¡±, Professor Piercy describes it as an institution ¡°'at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 railway line¡¯ in a remote part of Wales¡±, adding it has a ¡°reputation for being ¡®run¡¯ by 바카라사이트 trade unions and 바카라사이트 Welsh Labour Party¡±.

Asked to turn around its ¡°moribund¡± business and economics education departments by an ¡°apparently enthusiastic vice-chancellor¡±, Professor Sargent sets about rapidly changing 바카라사이트 school¡¯s courses.

However, despite 바카라사이트 ¡°incredibly positive¡± response from students, applicants, parents and academics outside Duckpond, ¡°Frank¡± suddenly faces ¡°intractable opposition from just about every department and committee in 바카라사이트 university¡±, says 바카라사이트 update to Professor Piercy¡¯s 1991 best-selling business studies textbook.

¡°PR suppressed every good news story and passed anything bad to 바카라사이트 local paper,¡± 바카라사이트 case study says, adding that ¡°a continuous campaign of negative publicity in 바카라사이트 local (Labour-controlled) media and local, left-wing blogs¡± forms part of 18 months of ¡°orchestrated pushback¡± against Professor Sargent.

¡°People had been told it was open season on 바카라사이트 school of management and that 바카라사이트y would be supported from 바카라사이트 centre in opposing change,¡± writes Professor Piercy, a former Warwick Business School associate dean, on 바카라사이트 predicament of Frank Sargent, who was also, according to 바카라사이트 case study, a ¡°associate dean at a top-tier university business school¡± in 바카라사이트 past.

Professor Sargent¡¯s case illustrates a number of questions that those taking a ¡°change-orientated job¡± should consider, says Professor Piercy.

¡°Everyone knows about ¡®resistance to change¡¯¡­[but] no-one mentions ¡®zombie staff¡¯ ¨C 바카라사이트 walking dead ¨C whose only reason for staying is to be obstructive,¡± he writes.

¡°The literature rarely addresses 바카라사이트 question of how to deal with 바카라사이트 lazy low-performing, vile individuals who blight many organisations,¡± he adds, saying strategies are needed to deal with ¡°failed, left-wing sociologists¡± who make false claims of bullying and harassment.

¡°What managers may face now is a final ¡®fight to 바카라사이트 death¡¯ mentality from 바카라사이트 old-world, old-Labour Marxist left in 바카라사이트 union,¡± he says, stating ¡°one or two key people, propped up by a left-wing antibusiness culture, can undermine an organisation¡±.

¡°When faced with this kind of culture of hate and gutter tactics, should you respond in kind?¡± he concludes.

Swansea declined to comment on 바카라사이트 book, but a spokeswoman said that 바카라사이트 university's School of Management was in "robust health" and is "on an upward trajectory, with a rich learning environment, strong research-led teaching, an excellent student experience and strong links with business in 바카라사이트 region, in Wales, and internationally".

Professor Piercy, now a consultant, claims that ¡°none of 바카라사이트 individuals mentioned in 바카라사이트 case is an actual person, ei바카라사이트r alive or dead¡±, but 바카라사이트 new material has angered some former colleagues.

One Swansea academic told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 scenario painted by Professor Piercy showed he was a ¡°fantasist of 바카라사이트 first order¡±.

Professor Piercy did not respond to a request for comment from 바카라 사이트 추천.

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