Ms Holly JE Patrick
MA (Hons), MRes
Students Association Postgraduate President 2011-2012
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St Leonard's College, University of St Andrews
St Leonard's College Postgraduate Society (PGSoc)
Education
2005-2008
MA Hons Management (University of St Andrews)
Deans List 2008
2008-2009
MRes Management (University of St Andrews)
Dissertation: "A Narrative for Success at Dundee Rep Theatre Ltd"
(Used narratology to understand organisational success in a performing arts context)
2009- Present
PhD Candidate (University of St Andrews) Creativity Management
Provisional Thesis Title: "Challenging Legitimacy in Cultural Fields"
Current Research Interests
My thesis topic requires me to interrogate the notion of value in a performing arts context in particular, but in a contemporary creative industries context more generally. As such, my current interests focus around understanding the linkages between practice, value and legitimacy; I investigate these linkages largely from an epistemologically informed perspective.
Teaching
2008- Present
- Tutor: MN1001 Organisations and Society
- Tutor: MN1002 Organisations and Analysis
2010- 2011
- Tutor: MN5470 Managing Human Resources
2010- Present
- Tutor: MN2002 Management and Analysis: Analysis of Financial Data
2011- Present
- Tutor: MN2001 Management and Society: Organisational Behaviour
- Lecturer: ET5201 Human Resource Management
I have also co-ordinated the Film Club for the MLitt in the Creative Industries, looking at organisational issues in the creative industries as portrayed through film.
Conference Papers/Presentations
"Dundee Rep Theatre: Performing Regeneration" - Presentation given to the Third Sector Research Group, University of St Andrews on Friday 30th April 2010.
"Redirections in Performance Art: Exploring the Repertoire" - Presentation given to the sixth annual Scottish Doctoral Management Conference on Friday 28th May 2010.
"Art for Art's Sake? Rethinking Value and Morality in Creative Work" – Paper delivered at the Moral Economies of Creative Labour Conference at the University of Leeds, July 2011.
Beech, N., Greig, G., Patrick, H. and Sims, D. (2010) "Management Practice in times of change: lessons from improvisation" - Presented at the International Conference on Organizational Discourse, Amsterdam, July 2010.
Beech, N., Greig, G., Patrick, H. and Sims, D. (2011) "Sound Waves: Improvisation as Performing and Dialogical Learning" – Presented at the 6th International Conference on Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities, Hull, April 2011.
Beech, N., Sims, D., Patrick, H. and Greig, G. (2011)"A dialogical exploration of solo improvisation performance" – Full Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, San Antonio, August, 2011 and at the British Academy of Management Conference, Birmingham, September, 2011.
Awards
Best Full Paper Award for "A dialogical exploration of solo improvisation performance" at the British Academy of Management Conference, September 2011
Grants Awarded
£600 awarded as a Gradskills Innovation Grant for the sixth annual Scottish Doctoral Management Conference (Co-ordinator, Organising Committee)
£1200 awarded as a Gradskills Innovation Grant for an Organisational Ethnography workshop to take place in April 2011 (in conjunction with Gail Greig and Nic Beech)
Supervisors
Professor Barbara Townley
Professor Nic Beech
Industry Sponsor (ESRC/CASE Studentship)
I am kindly sponsored by Dundee Rep Theatre Ltd, a world-class performing arts institution and Scottish Arts Council foundation funded organisation based in Dundee and conducting activities in the areas of theatre, dance, education, community outreach and dramatherapy. Dundee Rep Theatre Ltd is also the only theatre in the UK to maintain a permanent ensemble of actors.
Link to Blog
I maintain a blog available at the address below discussing my reflections on academia, research and the PhD process.
http://amateur-academic.blogspot.com
External websites are not the responsibility of the School of Management or the University of St Andrews.