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Dr Melissa Hawkins

Lecturer

Department: Newcastle Business School

Lecturer at Northumbria University

Melissa Hawkins

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Harnessing Complexity for better outcomes in Public and Non-profit Services, French, M., Hesselgreaves, H., Wilson, R., Hawkins, M., Lowe, T. 23 Feb 2023
  • New development: Learning communities—an approach to dismantling barriers to collective improvement, Wilson, L., Hawkins, M., French, M., Lowe, T., Hesselgreaves, H. 19 May 2023, In: Public Money and Management
  • Reflective practice at 40: why it’s still a vital leadership tool, James, C., Hawkins, M., Gilbride, N., Connolly, M. 20 Sep 2023
  • Using complexity theory to understand the problematic nature of performance management in schools in England, Hawkins, M. 28 Jun 2023
  • Secular discernment: A process of individual unlearning and collective relearning, Burton, N., Vu, M., Hawkins, M. 7 Jul 2022, In: Management Learning
  • Managing the complexity of outcomes: a new approach to performance measurement and management, French, M., Lowe, T., Wilson, R., Rhodes, M., Hawkins, M. 7 May 2021, Handbook on performance management in the public sector, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
  • New development: Responding to complexity in public services—the human learning systems approach, Lowe, T., French, M., Hawkins, M., Hesselgreaves, H., Wilson, R. 3 Oct 2021, In: Public Money and Management
  • New development: The emerging role of a 'learning partner' relationship in supporting public service reform, Hesselgreaves, H., French, M., Lowe, T., Hawkins, M., Wheatman, A., Martin, M., Wilson, R. 3 Oct 2021, In: Public Money and Management
  • Navigating complexity: The future of public service, Lowe, T., French, M., Hawkins, M. 26 Dec 2020, The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, London, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Reconceptualising and redefining educational leadership practice, James, C., Connolly, M., Hawkins, M. 2 Sep 2020, In: International Journal of Leadership in Education

  • Education PhD June 28 2023
  • Education MA December 13 2012
  • Education PGCE June 18 2003
  • Philosophy BA (Hons) July 07 2001
  • Qualified Teacher Status QTS


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