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Dr Mike Kennard

Dr Mike Kennard

Teaching Fellow

Economics and Strategy Group

Profile

I started my career in 1995 with Rolls-Royce plc where I worked for 11 years in various technology management positions. In 2006 I was awarded a scholarship to study for an MBA at Nottingham University Business School, where I graduated with distinction. After my MBA I joined the University of Nottingham, first as a Business Development Executive and then as an Innovation Research Fellow. This role involved a 12 month consulting engagement with the healthcare and beauty retailer Alliance Boots. On completion of this project I joined Aston Business School as a Teaching Fellow in Innovation and Strategy and the Full-Time MBA Course Director. I am also a Visiting Fellow at a partner institution, Grenoble Ecole De Management.

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Teaching activity

  • BS3355: Innovation (Final Year UG, Term 1 and 2)

  • BS3335: Policy Analysis and Decision Making (Final Year UG, Term 2)

  • Strategic Management (MSc) Genoble Ecole De Management

  • Principles of Strategy (MSc) Grenoble Ecole De Management

  • Executive Education: Strategic Decision Making

  • MSc and MBA Dissertation Supervision

Research and consulting interests

  • Innovation Strategy and Practice

  • Organisational Barriers to Innovation

  • Open Innovation Networks

Qualifications

  • BEng (Hons) 1st Class in Materials Science & Technology, University of Birmingham, 1992

  • PhD in Aerospace Engineering, University of Birmingham, 1997 

  • MBA with Distinction, University of Nottingham, 2007

  • PG Cert Professional Practice in Higher Education 

Employment

  • 2010 – onwards: Teaching Fellow, Aston Business School, Aston University.

  • 2007 – 2010: Business Development Executive and Innovation Fellow, University of Nottingham.

  • 1995 – 2006: Various technology development management positions with Rolls-Royce plc.

Membership of professional bodies

  • Member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology

  • Chartered Engineer

  • Member of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy