Professor David Collins

Professor

School: Newcastle Business School

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Key Publications

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A Cure for Death by Drowning?: Bullshit, storytelling and the aftermath of the excellence project, Collins, D. 27 Apr 2026, In: Storyworlds: A journal of narrative studies
A History of Business Bullshit: Uncovering the profane realities of 'Good to Great', Collins, D. 11 Nov 2026
Boy Meets Girl, Boy Likes Girl, Boy Changes Underlying Social Order: The representation of leadership in Antz and a re-presentation inspired by ants, Bowden, A., Robinson, E., Collins, D., Thompson, R. 3 Sep 2026, In: Culture and Organization
Business Bullshit and Business Excellence: Time for a serious conversation on the exemplars of excellence, Collins, D. 29 Jul 2026, In: Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science
Growing (up) at work: Industrial placements and soft skill development among business students, Mikrut, Z., Collins, D. 30 Jun 2025, In: Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching
History, Humanity, and the Hope for Humanistic Management, Collins, D. 27 Oct 2025, AI and Humanistic Management, London, Routledge
The Rotten Core of In Search of Excellence: Reflections on the tainted legacy of the excellence project, Collins, D. 1 Sep 2025, In: Management Learning
Who's Excellent Now? The unspeakable nature of business excellence, Collins, D. 3 Jul 2024, In: Culture and Organization
A Spontaneous Outbreak of Education, Charlton, H., Collins, D. 25 May 2022
Speaking Truth to Power: The perils of (scientific) leadership in the green economy, Collins, D. 21 Mar 2022, Rethinking Leadership for a Green World, London, Taylor & Francis

PGR Supervision

Gemma Lockyer Turnbull An analysis of the professional status of youth work in England and its impact on professional identity. Start Date: 24/09/2026
Gemma Lockyer Turnbull The professionalisation of youth work in England; an investigation into how utilising a communities of practice based approach could support the development of an emerging profession. Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 17/10/2025

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