Introduction

Principal Investigator on Evolution of Business Knowledge project. Joint budger holder of current ESRC Impact Grant awarded to disseminate results of EBK project.

Background

Richard Thorpe is a Professor of Management Development at Leeds University Business School and Deputy Director of the Keyworth Institute. After spending some years in industry which saw him move to the highlands of Scotland to manage a small manufacturing company, Richard joined the Pay and Reward Research Centre at Strathclyde University.

After a period at Glasgow University he moved south and spent nearly 20 years at the then Manchester Polytechnic (later Manchester Metropolitan University). There he was variously Head of the MBA, Deputy Head of the Department of Management and Director of the Graduate Business School.

His research interests lie in the field of management and organisational development and he is currently working on an ESRC research project focused on the Evolution of Business Knowledge in SME's with Professor Ossie Jones.

He is a member of the ESRC Training and Development Board and Vice President of the British Academy of Management.

Professor Thorpe's full profile is available here.