Dr Ally Memon

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Dr Memon has research interest in public service organisations and works on a portfolio of postgraduate programmes at Newcastle Business School which include the Masters in Strategic Leadership for Public Services, the Masters in Strategic Leadership Degree Apprenticeships and the Pearson Distance Learning Masters in Business and Management. He leads and delivers research methods and dissertation modules on these programmes. He currently serves as Deputy Ethics Lead for the department and is a member of Northumbria University's College of Ethics Reviewers and Northumbria University's REF Review College.

Prior to joining Newcastle Business School, he was based at Kingston Business School (London) where he extensively taught and supervised research on the MSc Leadership and Management in Health programme, and formerly, at the University of Edinburgh where he taught and supervised on the MSc Management of Training and Development programme. He has also taught on the Alpha1Education programme at University of Oxford. Dr Memon is currently a postgraduate external examiner at University of Bradford and Aston University and serves of the board of Gosforth Group Ltd.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). He has served as a referee on the British Academy of Management Conference Track for Organisational Transformation and Development, and as an invited panelist and keynote speaker at Holyrood conferences. He also served as a Research Associate on an Erasmus Plus project (PROPOUND) funded by the European Commission Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) which examined transversal competences development and graduate employability in Europe. His research work has featured in internationally reputed (ABS) journals and newspapers and has received recognition from bodies including the International Research Society for Public Management, Holyrood, and the Irish Academy of Management.

As a Chartered CIPD practitioner, he has undertaken a diverse portfolio of training and consultancy work with a range of public and private sector organisations in the UK and internationally. He has delivered consultancy projects involving a 'Leadership Development Programme Evaluation for NHS commissioners' and the 'Evaluation of the NHS-Go app for health literacy in young people' associated with the Healthy London Partnership.

Dr Memon was awarded a PhD from the University of Edinburgh where he examined the management and governance of integrated public healthcare service systems. He is a horology enthusiast and his alma maters include Keele University, University of Edinburgh, University of Wolverhampton and Drogheda Grammar School.

Campus Address

201
CCE1, Business and Law Building
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE2 1XA

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Dr Memon is interested in aspects of integration and innovation in public services, with a view to how managers learn, innovate and influence governance in public service organisations. More broadly interested in Public Management theory, Social Innovation theory and Qualitative Research methodologies. Areas of research interest include:

Integration and Localism in Public Services
Management in Healthcare Service Systems
Learning in Public Sector Organisations
Governance and Public Management
Secularization and National Development
Public Service Innovation
Community Capacity Building (SAARC and GCC regions)

For funded PhD project opportunities under Dr Memon visit https://bit.ly/3CVCwCP and https://tinyurl.com/3m6k86fh

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Innovations and challenges in new territory: delivering a research based study module on a partner-based distance learning postgradute programme, Memon, A. 7 Jul 2023, BAM MKE Teaching Practice Conference
Safety climate and service access during COVID-19: a preliminary study in healthcare sector, Scuderi, V., Paolillo, A., Memon, A. 24 Jan 2023, 21st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology
Governance-as-legitimacy: are ecosystems replacing networks?, Kinder, T., Six, F., Stenvall, J., Memon, A. 2 Jan 2022, In: Public Management Review
Perceptions of safety climate amongst employees and service users in healthcare in midst of a pandemic: a systematic review of literature, Memon, A., Paolillo, A. 7 Jul 2022, 15th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference
Users-perceived safety climate and safety behaviors in the healthcare sector and its implications for healthcare professionals and organisations: a preliminary study during Covid-19, Paolillo, A., Memon, A., Scuderi, V. 6 Jul 2022, 15th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference
Emerging Governances, Different Perspectives, Kinder, T., Six, F., Stenvall, J., Talonen, A., Memon, A. 7 Jun 2021, In: International Public Management Review
Relational leadership in collaborative governance ecosystems, Kinder, T., Stenvall, J., Six, F., Memon, A. 2 Nov 2021, In: Public Management Review
An independent psychological evaluation of an NHS app designed to improve young people’s health literacy, Yarker, J., Russell, E., Lloyd-Houldey, A., Memon, A. 2019, 19th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology
Factors Influencing Uptake and Use of a New Health Information App for Young People, Russell, E., Lloyd-houldey, A., Memon, A., Yarker, J. 28 Jan 2019, In: Journal of Technology in Human Services
Improving young people's health literacy with an NHS App: a qualitative evaluation, Russell, E., Yarker, J., Memon, A. 2019, 19th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology

PGR Supervision

Adam Ruddock Start Date: 01/10/2023

Further Information

Affilitations:

Fellow (FRSA), Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Associate Consultant, Public Administration International Ltd.
External Examiner (MBA), Aston University
External Examiner (PG), University of Bradford
Trustee (Board of Trustees), Gosforth Group Ltd.
Referee, Public Management Review Journal
Chartered MCIPD, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Member, UCL Qualitative Health Research Network

Qualifications

MA (Hons)
PhD
MSc
BSc (Hons)
CMBE (Certified Management and Business Educator)
Chartered MCIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)
FHEA (Fellow, Higher Education Academy)
FRSA (Fellow, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce)

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