Cranfield University

Dr Roger Darby

Course Director, Defence Management and Security, MSc
Location: Wellington Hall
E: r.darby@cranfield.ac.uk
T: 01793 78 5650
Department of Management and Security

Current activities

Dr. Roger Darby lectures and researches on HRM, strategic management, knowledge management and the management of change in post-conflict, transitional and developing states at Cranfield University, and is the Course Director of the MSc in Defence Management & Security in partnership with the Indonesian and British Governments and the newly formed Indonesian Defence University. He is also is heavily involved in research and teaching on the MSc Security Sector Management and the MDWSC courses run at Shrivenham and many regions across the world including Ethiopia, Malawi, and other regions in Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia in South East Asia, Georgia, Ukraine and Kosovo in Central and Eastern Europe and Uruguay and Brazil in South America. He also lectures widely, for example: on senior management courses at the University of Birmingham and acts as an academic advisor and KM forum member at Henley Business School.

His research has been presented at international conferences and published in academic and professional journals such as the European Business Review, Journal of European Industrial Training, Asian Pacific Business Review, Research and Practice in Human Resource Management. He is an external and internal PhD examiner and continues to supervise students at Master’s and PhD levels.

Dr Darby’s research interests include:

• HRM and Capacity Building in post-conflict, transitional and developing states,
• Inter- Agency working in the humanitarian space and the role of collaborative learning,
• Knowledge Management and Cyber Defence

Clients

• UK MoD
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• DIFD
• the British Council

Background

With over 20 years experience, his professional expertise includes consultancy, training and development work with a wide variety of organisations both in the public, private and non-profit sectors in Europe and other parts of the world. At Cranfield University he was responsible for the development and became the Academic Leader for the first MSc IHRM (Defence) course run at Shrivenham in conjunction with the School of Management. He is a specialist in international human resource management and organisational behaviour, holds a DPhil from the University of Sussex, a MEd from the University of Birmingham and a BA (Hons) from the University of Warwick. Prior to joining Cranfield University he has held a number of academic appointments including at the University of Birmingham Business School, the European Business School (London) and Oxford Brookes University. In addition, internationally he has continued to hold visiting professorships in the former Indonesia, South Africa, Singapore and China. More recently he has held appointments at the Higher Colleges of Technology and the American University in Dubai in the Middle East.

Selected publications

Books

• Darby, R.  “Capacity Building in the Indonesian Defence Sector: After Success....Failure? Adding Value through Educational Support.” Indonesian Defence University Yearbook, Tim Penulis, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2010.
• Darby, R. and Alexandrou, A.: ‘Human Resource Management in the Defence Environment’ in Managing Defence in a Democracy,   Routledge ,  2006.
• Darby, R., Herboltzheimer, E. and Van Winkelan, C. ‘Cross-Cultural Context in the Implementation of Knowledge Management: Across-cultural case study analysis.’ Proceedings European Conference on Knowledge Management (edit) D. Ramenyi. ECKM. 2004.
• Darby, R.: ‘International human resource management: an act of remembrance?  Supporting the expatriate manager’ in Contemporary Developments in Human Resource Management (edit) I.Beardwell. ESKA. 1996.

Articles

• Darby, R. and Williamson, C. Challenges to International Human Resource Management: The management of employee risk in the humanitarian aid and security sectors.   International Journal of Human Resource Development and Management, 2012.     
• Darby, R. and Williamson, C. ‘The importance of HR management in supporting staff working in hazardous environments.’ People in Aid/ Cranfield University, Research Working Paper, Oct, 2011.
• Darby, R. and Studdard, N. ‘Social entrepreneurship: managing strategic decisions in Social Entrepreneurial organisations.’ International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol 1, No 1. 2011.
• Darby, R. with others: Knowledge enabled decision-making. Developing knowledgeable decision makers. Research project for the KM Forum, Henley Business School. www.reading.ac.uk/kmforum January 2010.
• Darby, R. and Studdard, N.: From Social Capital to Human Resource Management: A cross-cultural study of the role of HRM in innovation and entrepreneurship in high tech organizations.  European Journal of International Management,  Vol 2, No 3, 2008.
• Darby, R, Herboltzheimer, E. and Van Winkelan, C..: The Impact of National Cultures on Acceptance of Knowledge Management Approaches"  HenleyWorking Papers, HWP 0807,   2008.
• Darby, R. and Chen, J.:‘Training and Management Development in Chinese Multinational Enterprises’.   Employee Relations, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2006.
• Darby, R. with others: ‘The Influence of National Culture on Perceptions of KM’. Research project report for the KM Forum., Henley Management College. www.reading.ac.uk/kmforum, June 2004.
• Darby, R., Jones, J. and Al Madani, G.: 'E-commerce Marketing: Fad or Fiction? Management Competency in Mastering Emerging Technology.  An international case analysis in the UAE.  Logistics Information Management Vol. 16 No. 2. 2003.

Conference papers

• Facing the Future: Preparing tomorrow’s leaders. Conference on Humanitarian Education and Training, CERAH / ELRHA, Geneva, Switzerland, 26-28 Oct. 2011.
• Using organisational support to identify key issues in relation to the management of risk in the humanitarian aid and security sectors. People in Aid Humanitarian Human Resource Conference, Madrid, Spain, May 18-20, 2011.
• ‘The Shifting of Global Power’. Indonesian Defence University 1^st Anniversary International Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia, Indonesian MoD, March 9-11, 2010.
• IHRM in States in Transition:  The Provision of Educational Programmes in Security Co-operation. Triggering Critical Mass and the Application of Soft Power. IHRM International Conference, Aston University, UK, June 9-12, 2010.
• Social Entrepreneurship: Managing Strategic Decisions in Social Entrepreneurial Organizations. USABE Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Jan 14-17, 2010.
• The Provision of Educational Programmes in Security Cooperation: Is Situational Awareness key to success? Moving towards the Third Space. International Biennial Conference of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society. Chicago, USA, Oct., 2009.
• ‘Strategic Knowledge Management in a 30-year, Through-life programme’.  DESi Global Defence Conference, London, 11-14 July, 2007.
• From Social Capital to Human Resource Development: A cross-cultural study of the role of HRM in innovation and entrepreneurship in hi tech organizations. 9^th International Human Resource Management Conference. Tallinn, Estonia, June 12 - 15, 2007.
• ‘Managing Human Resources: Threat and Opportunities in the Defence Environment.’ Defence Management Conference in Managing Excellence. MoD Malaysia / Malaysian Defence University/ MoD UK, Kuala Lumpur,  February 2007.
• ‘Training the Dragon: International Training and Management Development in Chinese Multinationals (MNEs)’. Western Academy of Management 8^th International Conference. Chinese European International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai, China, June 2004.
• ‘Cross-Cultural Context in the Implementation of Knowledge Management: A cross-cultural case study analysis.’ 5^th European Conference on Knowledge Management. Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France, Sept.  2004.
• ‘The Influence of National Culture on Perceptions of Knowledge Management’. 4^th Knowledge Management Annual Conference, Henley Management College, UK. June 2004.
• International HRM: The Return of the Native. Expatriate Managers Experiences of Organisational Support. European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM). Cross Cultural Perspectives: Comparative Management and Organization.. Henley Management College, UK’ Nov. 1995.
• International Human Resource Management: An Act of Remembrance? Supporting the Expatriate Manager.  Colloque International de GRH.. Montpellier, France. October 1995