Biography
Dr Kiri Langmead is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management at The Business School (TBS). She is currently Programme Leader for the Global Online MSc in Human Resource Management.
Kiri’s research focuses on workplace democracy and non-hierarchical organising, with an emphasis on worker cooperatives. Through this she seeks to extend our understanding of organisational theory and practice to include more empowering, collaborative and participatory forms of organising. By engaging in ethnographic studies and action research her work explores:
- Practices of power and empowerment in non-hierarchical organisations
- Human resource management in non-hierarchical organisations, and practices of Common Good HRM.
- The creation of meaningful and disalienating work.
Alongside the above, Kiri’s research questions the role and responsibilities of critical management scholars. Specifically, she examines how academics can broaden their impact by supporting practitioners to move towards more socially and environmentally responsible form of organising.