Professor David Collins

Professor

School: Newcastle Business School

Key Publications

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A Cure for Death by Drowning?: Bullshit, storytelling and the aftermath of the excellence project, Collins, D. 27 Apr 2026, In: Storyworlds: A journal of narrative studies
Boy Meets Girl, Boy Likes Girl, Boy Changes Underlying Social Order: The representation of leadership in Antz and a re-presentation inspired by ants, Bowden, A., Robinson, E., Collins, D., Thompson, R. 15 May 2026, In: Culture and Organization
Growing (up) at work: Industrial placements and soft skill development among business students, Mikrut, Z., Collins, D. 30 Jun 2025, In: Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching
History, Humanity, and the Hope for Humanistic Management, Collins, D. 27 Oct 2025, AI and Humanistic Management, London, Routledge
The Rotten Core of In Search of Excellence: Reflections on the tainted legacy of the excellence project, Collins, D. 1 Sep 2025, In: Management Learning
Who's Excellent Now? The unspeakable nature of business excellence, Collins, D. 3 Jul 2024, In: Culture and Organization
A Spontaneous Outbreak of Education, Charlton, H., Collins, D. 25 May 2022, Chartered Association of Business Schools, Learning Teaching and Student Experience Conference
Speaking Truth to Power: The perils of (scientific) leadership in the green economy, Collins, D. 21 Mar 2022, Rethinking Leadership for a Green World, London, Taylor & Francis
The Emptiness of Business Excellence: The Flawed Foundations of Popular Management Theory, Collins, D., Collins, J. 2 Sep 2022
Rethinking Organizational Culture: Redeeming Culture through Stories, Collins, D. 2 Apr 2021

PGR Supervision

Gemma Lockyer Turnbull The professionalisation of youth work in England; an investigation into how utilising a communities of practice based approach could support the development of an emerging profession. Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 17/10/2025

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