Dr Dave Redfern

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• E: D.Redfern@salford.ac.uk
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In the 1970s I worked in the car industry (BL Cars) and then in an iron foundry (Beans Foundries) in what was then called Personnel. Later in the 1980s and early 1990s I was employed in the bus industry leaving West Midlands Travel as Industrial Relations Manager. Initially the business was publically owed but later by the workforce.

I have been at University College Salford and then the University of Salford for nearly 20 years. It has been my privilege to have been associated with Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development programmes throughout that time. The programmes have evolved over the years but have awarded either a PG Dip HRM or MSc HRM. I was awarded my PhD in 2006 and since that time have also supervised PhDs in HRM. I was CIPD programme leader from 2008-12 and most recently have been awarded the role of co-ordinating CIPD accredited activities within Salford Business School as CIPD Link Tutor.

I have contributed to the launch in September 2012 of exciting new courses focused on MSc HRM&D. I am Chair of the CIPD Manchester Branch until May 2013 it has 4,800 members and is the second largest in the country. The branch engages and interacts with members providing a diverse and rich range of activities and support. I consider myself fortunate to have had an interesting and rewarding career.

I have lectured primarily to students taking CIPD accredited programmes at post graduate level. My specialist areas have been employment relations and leadership and management. In September 2012 I am looking forward to expanding my portfolio to include some people management  undergraduate courses.

The focus for my research interest has been engagement, involvement and participation, a specialist area has been the contribution of European works councils.

• BA (Hons), Applied Social Science, Lanchester Polytechnic, (Coventry University), 1974-77.
• MA, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, University of Keele, 1995-97
• PhD, A Qualitative Analysis of the Role of European Works Councils in British Workplaces, University of Salford, 1998-06. Awarded 18/07/06.
• Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, 1993.
• Chartered Member, Chartered Management Institute, 1985.
• Member, Institute for Learning and Teaching, 2001.
• Member, Centre for Organizational Behaviour and Leadership, 2009

Redfern, D.C. and Rees, C.J., (2000), Recognising the Perceived Causes of Stress – a Training and Development Perspective, Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 120-127. Literati Highly Commended Award 2001.

Kidger, P., Jackson, M. and Redfern, D.C., (2004),  The Transferability of the Investors in People Concept from the UK to The Netherlands, Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 28, No.6, pp. 499 -518.

Redfern, D.C. (2007), An Analysis of the Role of European Works Councils in British Workplaces, Employee Relations The International Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3. Literati Outstanding Paper Award 2008

Redfern, D.C., Rees, C.J. and Rowlands, K.E., (2008) Occupational Stress: Consensus or Divergence? A Challenge for Training and Development Specialists, Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 40, No.6, pp. 287-294.

Evans, C.A. and Redfern, D.C., (2010), How Can Employee Engagement be Improved at the RRG Group? Part 1, Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 265-269.

Evans, C.A. and Redfern, D.C., (2010), How Can Employee Engagement be Improved at the RRG Group? Part 2, Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 330-334