Academic staff
Dr May Tungtakanpoung
tungtakm@lsbu.ac.uk
Innovation, Leadership, Strategy and Management
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2923-1307
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I am a lecturer in Human Resource Management at LSBU Business School. My research interest is related to Cross-Cultural Management. I have extensive experience teaching postgraduate level in the areas of HRM, and Organisational Behaviour. I am a Chartered Fellow CIPD. My role is to hold a strategic position and demonstrates expertise in the key areas of HR to promote and achieve organisation success. I have completed the Cross-Cultural Management program, Tokyo. I completed the Master Class for Global Cross-Cultural Management provided by Prof. Hofstede and the team and an accredited lecturer and trainer in Intercultural Management by Hofstede Insights.
My main research interests are related to Intercultural Management, such as International Business Negotiation, Communication Across Culture, Acculturation, Global teamwork, Cross-Cultural Communication, Global Leadership, Global team, Cultural Competencies. I am working on a research project, “Developing the cross-cultural skills of graduates in response to the needs of the European enterprise.” The project's outcome will be an open-source 'Cross-cultural Competencies and Skills Development Toolkit". There are five Higher Education Institutions have participated in this study: University of Worcester (Project lead- UK), London South Bank University (UK), UC Leuven-Limburg (Belgium), Halmstad University (Sweden), and Bursa Uludağ University (Turkey). I am also a Director of Research & Academic Relations, Society for intercultural educators, trainers, and researchers (SIETAR UK).
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Current
| Miss Mona Abdelmonem Mohamed Rashad Hashem | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
| Ms Samia Tariq | Work life balance and work family conflict of female entrepreneurs in Pakistan | PhD |
| Mr Abdul Qayyum | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
Awarded in the last 5 years
| Epigeum Supervisory Training | PhD |
London Metropolitan University
CIPD, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, ENGLAND
Certificate, The program for Cross Cultural Management, Tokyo, JAPAN
Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship Alumni (AOTS)
“Intercultural Management- Accredited Lecturer” is targeted at lecturers who want to deepen their knowledge, increase their understanding of the applications of the dimensions from a management perspective, and who are currently working as a lecturer at a university or any other academic institution.
Global and Cross Cultural Management and Organisational Research (Maastricht University/ Aarhus BSS)
Participant
Fundamental Assumptions in Cross Cultural Research
Fundamental Assumptions in Cross Cultural Research
Cross Cultural Management: Anthropology Field Research 2
Cross Cultural Research Origins: Sociology and Economics
Cross Cultural Research Origins: Psychology
Comparative Organizational Analysis before Hofstede
Culture’s Consequences
Comparative Organizational Research
Comparative Organizational Research since Hofstede
Methodology in Comparative Management Study: Level of Analysis
Methodology in Comparative Management Study Traditions I
Methodology in Comparative Management Study Traditions II
Levels of Analysis: Applications and Misapplications
Controversies about Cultural Boundaries
Linking the Past to the Present Trends I
Linking the Past to the Present Trends II
Global and Cross Cultural Management and Organisational Research (Maastricht University/ Aarhus BSS)
Participant
Fundamental Assumptions in Cross Cultural Research
Fundamental Assumptions in Cross Cultural Research
Cross Cultural Management: Anthropology Field Research 2
Cross Cultural Research Origins: Sociology and Economics
Cross Cultural Research Origins: Psychology
Comparative Organizational Analysis before Hofstede
Culture’s Consequences
Comparative Organizational Research
Comparative Organizational Research since Hofstede
Methodology in Comparative Management Study: Level of Analysis
Methodology in Comparative Management Study Traditions I
Methodology in Comparative Management Study Traditions II
Levels of Analysis: Applications and Misapplications
Controversies about Cultural Boundaries
Linking the Past to the Present Trends I
Linking the Past to the Present Trends II
CORE COMPETENCIES and ACHIEVEMENTS
• Adeptly taught HR Management at Spinnaker College, encouraging students to understand its importance as an essential means for optimising performance and commitment of an organisation’s employees.
• Demonstrated excellent linguistic skills when presenting to classes with up to 35 students for Junior English with excursions (2008, 2009 & 2012). Additionally tutored a group of long term Asian students for an English language programme during 2012.
• Planned and delivered training that included inductions for new staff. Analysed training needs with departmental managers and sourced relevant training programmes that met quality and budgetary requirements.
• Energetically influenced marketing strategy for Spinnaker College and involved in the project to improve new website. Updated internal and external websites, and prepared text and images for inclusion in website, e-newsletter and printed brochure.
• Responsible for student registration and quality assurance, an Academic committee member who led new curriculum projects for undergraduate course including Tourism Management, International Law, and Nursing.
• Provided a comprehensive HR framework at Spinnaker College, ensuring that HR services achieved strategic business outcomes. Developed and deployed policies, procedures and practices with full adherence to European Employee regulations.
• Assisting management with recruitment and interviews, creating job descriptions as well as advertising material.
• Establishing performance management policies, arranging online and traditional marketing campaigns, and maintaining administrative systems.
• Supporting management team in all aspects of HR and influencing policy areas such as staff performance and Health & Safety.
• Sourcing agents for Asian market to promote college using a bespoke marketing mix.
Teaching experience in 2010−2011 (part-time):
• Level 5: Organisational Behaviour / HR Management for Diploma in Business Management (Association of Business Executives).
Level 7: Strategic Marketing Management / Organisational Resource Planning for Advanced Diploma in Business Management.
Teaching experience in 2005−2008 (part-time):
• International HR Management: Global and Cross Cultural (National Culture and Individual Self) at Portsmouth University for Masters.
| Proposal | Project | Role | Funder | Status | Status last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creating inclusive organisations through employee voice | Creating inclusive organisations through employee voice | Co-Investigator | Nuffield Foundation | OPEN Submitted | Mar 2023 |
Director of Research and Academic Relations
Intercultural Education, Training, and Research in the Intercultural Management field.
ERASMUS Grant-The Intercultural Skills Graduates and Businesses in Europe Need Today (Erasmus+ Project Grant ID: 2019-1-UK01-KA203-061672)
Total Grant: 140,473 EURO
Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action: Strategic Partnerships
Most impacted field-Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education
Main objective of the project-Innovation
The Art of Meaningful Universal Values
Tungtakanpoung, M. and Postoyeva, M. (2023). The Art of Meaningful Universal Values. Journal of Business Ethics and Society. 3 (1).
The influence of national culture on employee voice in small and medium enterprises: a cross-cultural perspective
McKearney, A., Prouska, R., Tungtakanpoung, M. and Opute, J. (2022). The influence of national culture on employee voice in small and medium enterprises: a cross-cultural perspective. Employee Relations. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-04-2022-0187
Voice in context: An international comparative study of employee experience with voice in small and medium enterprises
Prouska, R., McKearney, A., Opute, J., Tungtakanpoung, M. and Brewster, C. (2021). Voice in context: An international comparative study of employee experience with voice in small and medium enterprises. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 33 (15), pp. 3149-3174. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.1925323
The Intercultural Skills Graduates and Businesses in Europe Need Today
Halila, F., Pillalamarri, K., Bell, R., Ali, S., Moser, K., Prouska, R., Tungtakanpoung, M., Godts, I., Mulier, L., Saraç, M. and Bektaş, O. (2020). The Intercultural Skills Graduates and Businesses in Europe Need Today. https://cruseproject.com/skills-report/ European Commission, Erasmus+ proejct.
The cognitions and behaviour of female cabin attendants at Thai Airway
Tungtakanpoung, M. (2012). The cognitions and behaviour of female cabin attendants at Thai Airway. British Academy of Management.