In 'Staff' Key members of staffStaff Back to 'Birmingham Business School' Dr Matthew Thomas The Department of Strategy and International BusinessAssistant Professor of Strategy and International BusinessDirector of MBA Programmes Contact details Emailm.a.thomas.2@bham.ac.uk View my research portal AddressDepartment of Strategy & International BusinessBirmingham Business SchoolUniversity HouseEdgbaston, BirminghamB15 2TYUK Matthew Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business and Director of MBA Programmes at Birmingham Business School in the University of Birmingham, UK. Qualifications Ph.D. in Management, Lancaster University, 2019 SFHEA, Lancaster University, 2020 MBA, London Business School, 1988 BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, 1984 Biography Matthew's background is as a practicing manager, most recently with Assa Abloy, a Swedish organisation ranked as one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies by Forbes. Before that he studied for an MBA at London Business School, worked for a strategy consulting firm and had a spell running his own business – which he eventually sold. Matthew has recently completed a PhD in Management and now lectures in international strategy, innovation and strategic change at the University of Birmingham. Teaching MSc Management (Singapore) – Innovation Management MBA (Singapore) – Implementing Strategy and Managing Change Executive MBA (UK) - Strategy Publications Recent publications Article Thomas, M & Bryson, JR 2021, 'Combining proximate with online learning in real-time: ambidextrous teaching and pathways towards inclusion during COVID-19 restrictions and beyond', Journal of Geography in Higher Education, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 446-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2021.1900085 Master's Thesis Thomas, M 2019, 'How space affects emergent strategy', Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/693 Other contribution Sailer, K & Thomas, M 2019, Correspondence and Non-Correspondence: Using office accommodation to calculate an organisation's propensity for new ideas.. Paper Thomas, MA, Angwin, DN & Dale, K 2017, 'The Effects of Spatial Configuration on opportunities for Emergent Strategy Making: 2017 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management'. Thomas, M 2017, 'The Effects of Workplace Spatial Configuration on Emergent Strategy Making: European Real Estate Society 24th Annual Conference, Delft, Netherlands, 28th June - 1st July, 2017'. Thomas, MA, Angwin, DN & Sailer, K 2017, 'The influence of spatial configuration on unconventional strategies: SMS 27th Annual Conference'. View all publications in research portal
Dr Matthew Thomas The Department of Strategy and International BusinessAssistant Professor of Strategy and International BusinessDirector of MBA Programmes Contact details Emailm.a.thomas.2@bham.ac.uk View my research portal AddressDepartment of Strategy & International BusinessBirmingham Business SchoolUniversity HouseEdgbaston, BirminghamB15 2TYUK Matthew Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business and Director of MBA Programmes at Birmingham Business School in the University of Birmingham, UK. Qualifications Ph.D. in Management, Lancaster University, 2019 SFHEA, Lancaster University, 2020 MBA, London Business School, 1988 BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, 1984 Biography Matthew's background is as a practicing manager, most recently with Assa Abloy, a Swedish organisation ranked as one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies by Forbes. Before that he studied for an MBA at London Business School, worked for a strategy consulting firm and had a spell running his own business – which he eventually sold. Matthew has recently completed a PhD in Management and now lectures in international strategy, innovation and strategic change at the University of Birmingham. Teaching MSc Management (Singapore) – Innovation Management MBA (Singapore) – Implementing Strategy and Managing Change Executive MBA (UK) - Strategy Publications Recent publications Article Thomas, M & Bryson, JR 2021, 'Combining proximate with online learning in real-time: ambidextrous teaching and pathways towards inclusion during COVID-19 restrictions and beyond', Journal of Geography in Higher Education, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 446-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2021.1900085 Master's Thesis Thomas, M 2019, 'How space affects emergent strategy', Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/693 Other contribution Sailer, K & Thomas, M 2019, Correspondence and Non-Correspondence: Using office accommodation to calculate an organisation's propensity for new ideas.. Paper Thomas, MA, Angwin, DN & Dale, K 2017, 'The Effects of Spatial Configuration on opportunities for Emergent Strategy Making: 2017 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management'. Thomas, M 2017, 'The Effects of Workplace Spatial Configuration on Emergent Strategy Making: European Real Estate Society 24th Annual Conference, Delft, Netherlands, 28th June - 1st July, 2017'. Thomas, MA, Angwin, DN & Sailer, K 2017, 'The influence of spatial configuration on unconventional strategies: SMS 27th Annual Conference'. View all publications in research portal