Professor Allan Williams

Emeritus Professor of Organisational Psychology

Bayes Business School, Faculty of Management

Contact

Postal address

City, University of London
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Allan Williams is a founder member of the Business School after spending three years developing innovative techniques in advertising and market research at Maplan. He is a former Pro-Vice Chancellor of City University (1987-93), Deputy Dean of Bayes (formerly Cass) (1996-2001), and has chaired or been a member of many committees of scientific and academic bodies (e.g.MRC,BPS,BAM,IAAP). Director of the Centre for Personnel Research and Enterprise Development (1978-98). He is a founder and liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants. Trustee of T.Ritchie Rodger Research Fund, & of City Centre for Charity Effectiveness Trust. Chair of Management History Research Group.

Qualifications

BA (Manc), MA and PhD (London).

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Fellow, The British Psychological Society
  • Fellow, British Academy of Management
  • Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences

Languages

French.

Publications

Books (2)

  1. Williams, A.P.O. (2016). Occupational Psychology, Management Education and Consultancy A 50-Year Narrative for Academics Striving to Manage Their Careers in a Competitive Climate. Allan P. O. Williams. ISBN 978-0-9954620-0-7.
  2. Williams, A.P.O. (2009). Progress through change: The recent history of City University London: 1978-2008. editors, (Ed.), (online)

Chapters (9)

  1. Williams, A.P.O. (2010). The History of UK Business and Management Education. In Eichengreen, and Bayoumi, (Eds.), Bingley, UK: Emerald.
  2. Williams, A. (2007). A History of Service and Influence in Business and Management Education and a Celebration of the Success of UK Business Schools. In Melnick, E. and Everitt, B. (Eds.), Association of Business Schools.
  3. Williams, A.P.O. (2006). The Rise of Cass Business School: The Journey to World-Class, 1966 Onward. In Lampel, D.J., Lant, D.T. and Shamsie, D.J. (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. Williams, A., Woodward, S. and Dobson, P. (2000). Managing Change Successfully: Learning to Integrate Experience and Theory into implementing change. In Davis, and Mathias, (Eds.), Thomson.
  5. Williams, A. (1998). Culture, organisational development and change. In Cowling, A. and Mailer, C. (Eds.), The Management of Human Resources Edward Arnold, London.
  6. Williams, A.P.O. and Dobson, P. (1997). Personnel Selection and Corporate Strategy. In Anderson, N. and Herriot, P. (Eds.), International Handbook of Selection and Assessment; Assessment and Selection in Organizations: Methods and Practice for Recruitment and Appraisal, Volume 2 (pp. 219–245). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-96638-8.
  7. Williams, A. and Dobson, P. (1996). A case study of culture change spearheaded by training. In Brian Towers, (Ed.), The Handbook of Human Resource Management. Blackwell.
  8. Williams, A. and Woodward, S. (1994). The competitive consultant: a client-oriented approach for achieving superior performance. In David Sapsford, (Ed.), Macmillan.
  9. Williams, A., Dobson, P. and Walters, M. (1993). Changing culture: new organisational approaches. In Cooper, D.L.S.E.C. (Ed.), Institute of Personnel Management.

Conference papers and proceedings (11)

  1. Williams, A.P.O. (2010). What can an organisation's history tell us about strategic leadership. International Congress of Applied Psychology Melbourne, Australia.
  2. Williams, A.P.O. (2009). An organisational history perspective on strategic leadership: the case of a UK university. 14th European Congress of Work & Organisational Psychology Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  3. Williams, A. (2007). The criticality of contextual factors in the selection of strategic leaders: insights from an in-depth case history. Thirteenth European Congress of Work and Organisational Psychology Stockholm.
  4. Williams, A. (2006). Leadership and organisational change: some insights in researching the history of a UK business school. BAM 2006 Annual Conference Belfast.
  5. Williams, A. (2006). Paper in Symposium: Do business schools need psychologists? The case of the UK. Twenty-sixth International Congress of Applied Psychology Athens.
  6. Williams, A. (2004). Management Education at City University: the story of Cass Business School, 1957-2004. Management History Research Group Workshop on the History of British Management Education & Development London.
  7. Williams, A. (2003). Factors affecting the potential of deans to progress the development of their business schools: methodological considerations. Eleventh European Congress of Work and Organisational Psychology Lisbon.
  8. Woodward, S., Dobson, P. and Williams, A. (2002). A general model for guiding the implementation of organisational change: an interpretation derived from 15 case histories and the theoretical literature. Twenty-fifth International Congress of Applied Psychology Singapore.
  9. Williams, A. (1999). The concept of organisational learning: implications for management consultants and their clients. BAM Conference Manchester.
  10. Williams, A. (1999). The concept of organizationjal learning: Implications for psychologists in consultancy. Ninth European Congress on Work and Organizational Psychology Espoo, Finland..
  11. Williams, A. (1999). The utilisation of knowledge: a framework for exploring the roles of academics in organisational learning. Third Australian Conference on Industrial & Organisational Pshychology Brisbane.

Journal articles (6)

  1. Williams, A.P.O. (2012). Tracing and accounting for key events in management education in the UK. Management and Organizational History, 7(2), pp. 157–169. doi:10.1177/1744935912438309.
  2. Masrani, S., Williams, A.P.O. and McKiernan, P. (2011). Management education in the UK: The roles of the British Academy of Management and the Association of Business Schools. British Journal of Management, 22(3), pp. 382–400. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00764.x.
  3. Williams, A.P.O. (2009). Leadership at the top: Some insights from a longitudinal case study of a UK business school. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 37(1), pp. 127–145. doi:10.1177/1741143208098167.
  4. Williams, A.P.O. (2001). A Belief-focused Process Model of Organizational Learning*. Journal of Management Studies, 38(1), pp. 67–85. doi:10.1111/1467-6486.00228.

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  5. Williams, A. (1998). Organisational learning and the role of attitude surveys. Human Resource Management Journal, 8(4), pp. 51–65. doi:10.1111/j.1748-8583.1998.tb00180.x.

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  6. Williams, A.P.O. and Dobson, P. (1993). The Use of Developmental Assessment Centres on MBA Programmes. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 1(4), pp. 233–240. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2389.1993.tb00118.x.

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Report

  1. Williams, A. (2003). Managing change in the employment relationship..

Professional activities

Events/conferences (11)

  1. International Congress of Applied Psychology. (Conference) Melbourne, Australia (2010).
    Paper: What can an organisation's history tell us about strategic leadership
    Author: Williams A.P.O.
  2. 14th European Congress of Work & Organisational Psychology. (Conference) Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2009).
    Paper: An organisational history perspective on strategic leadership: the case of a UK university
    Author: Williams A.P.O.
  3. Thirteenth European Congress of Work and Organisational Psychology. (Conference) Stockholm (2007).
    Paper: The criticality of contextual factors in the selection of strategic leaders: insights from an in-depth case history
    Author: Williams A
  4. Twenty-sixth International Congress of Applied Psychology. (Conference) Athens (2006).
    Paper: Paper in Symposium: Do business schools need psychologists? The case of the UK
    Author: Williams A
  5. BAM 2006 Annual Conference. (Conference) Belfast (2006).
    Paper: Leadership and organisational change: some insights in researching the history of a UK business school
    Author: Williams A
  6. Management History Research Group Workshop on the History of British Management Education & Development. (Conference) London (2004).
    Paper: Management Education at City University: the story of Cass Business School, 1957-2004
    Author: Williams A
  7. Eleventh European Congress of Work and Organisational Psychology. Lisbon (2003).
    Paper: Factors affecting the potential of deans to progress the development of their business schools: methodological considerations
  8. Twenty-fifth International Congress of Applied Psychology. Singapore (2002).
    Paper: A general model for guiding the implementation of organisational change: an interpretation derived from 15 case histories and the theoretical literature
    Co-authors: Sally Woodward and Paul Dobson
  9. Third Australian Conference on Industrial & Organisational Pshychology. (Conference) Brisbane (1999).
    Paper: The utilisation of knowledge: a framework for exploring the roles of academics in organisational learning.
  10. Ninth European Congress on Work and Organizational Psychology. Espoo, Finland (1999).
    Paper: The concept of organizationjal learning: Implications for psychologists in consultancy
  11. BAM Conference. Manchester (1999).
    Paper: The concept of organisational learning: implications for management consultants and their clients

Media appearances (6)

  1. Letters: Trade finance is what banks should do. (2012) The Financial Times (newspaper).
  2. Trade finance is what banks should do. (2012) Financial Times (newspaper).
  3. Letters: Trade finance is what banks should do. (2012) Financial Times (newspaper).
  4. A wider asset choice for central banks. (2012) Financial Times (newspaper).
  5. Freinds Prov appoints new chairman. (2010) www.ftadvisor.co.uk (website).
  6. Disproportionate voting rights may be the way to better governance. (2009) Financial Times (newspaper).