Dr Peter J Keenan
PhD (Strategic Management); MBA (Master of Business Administration); RMN (Registered Mental Nurse)
Teaching Fellow in Management
Contact details
Tel: +44 (0)1334 462796
Fax: +44 (0)1334 462812
Teaching 2012 / 2013
- MN3126 International Business
- MN4203 Dynamic Strategic Management
- MN5002 Contemporary Conceptual Issues in Management
- MN5425 International Business (Masterclass)
Research interests
Strategy-as-Practice, middle managers, management of change, strategy legitimacy and commitment, managerial identity, creative industries, health and social work services management.
Peter's PhD research examined the relationship between strategy legitimacy and commitment under 'umbrella strategy' conditions. His research sits primarily within the field of 'strategy-as-practice' with a strong focus on the role of middle managers as strategists. He is currently authoring a series of research papers drawing from his PhD for submission to journals, and is also contributing to a book on Organising and Music (forthcoming) edited by Professor Nic Beech and Dr Charlotte Gilmour that explores the practices of organising musical performance as they contribute to outcomes that are valued by musicians, audiences, and other stakeholders such as funders.
Teaching and professional background
Peter taught Strategic Management and Strategy Consulting in Practice in SE Asia and the Gulf region for several years as part of Strathclyde Business School's MBA programme. He qualified as a Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) in 1991 and worked as a Community Psychiatric Nurse in Glasgow prior to specialising in the area of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for those suffering from psychosis. His career shifted towards management research after appointment to evaluate the integration of NHS Greater Glasgow & Glasgow City Council's drug and alcohol addiction services. He subsequently acted as a management consultant to Glasgow Addiction Services, and formed part of the Scottish Government's Joint Improvement Team that facilitated managing the dissolution of the former Argyll & Clyde Health Board. He has undertaken extensive organisational research within the areas of addiction and child protection (NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde), youth antisocial behaviour in Glasgow's housing regeneration areas (Medical Research Council), and advanced nursing practice (NHS Education Scotland).
Peter was awarded funding from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) to bring a strategic and business perspective on developing advanced science and technology. He managed a cross-faculty Knowledge Exchange project that formed part of Strathclyde University's Technology and Innovation Centre ('TIC') Healthcare Technologies theme. The project involved the Department of Management, Physics, and Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences. It helped support the introduction of the Laser Plasma Wakefield Accelerator (LPWA), an innovative technology developed by Professor Dino Jaroszynski that offers a curative and palliative radiotherapy treatment for cancer. Structural analysis of medical research and NHS Scotland organisations helped map out options to engage key stakeholders who could better enable the LPWA's adoption into healthcare settings post clinical trial.