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      Mrs Chandana Sanyal

      BA (Hons), MA Economic History, PGCert, MA HRD, Professional Certificarte in Coaching, FHEA, Chartered FCIPD
      ROLE: Senior Lecturer in HRM
      SCHOOL: Business School
      DEPARTMENT: Management Leadership & Organisations
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 6910
      EMAIL: C.Sanyal@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Chandana Sanyal joined Middlesex University as Lecturer in 2009. She previously worked in the public sector as a senior manager and human resource development practitioner.

        Current Posts

        • Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University Business School
        • Programme Lead and Link Tutor, Mental Health Trust Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management
        • External Examiner, University of Central Lancashire
        • External Examiner, University of Hertfordshire

        Qualifications

        • Jan 15 –June 18 (Current), Middlesex University
          Award: Doctorate in Profession Practice “The Pedagogy of Action Leaning - a critique of the role of the facilitator in an organisational leadership programme”  Sponsored by Middlesex University Business School.
        • March 09 – June 10 Chartered Institute of Personnel development
          Award: Advanced Coaching & Mentoring Certificate (level 7)
          Sponsored by London Borough of Barnet
        • Sep 03 - Dec 05, Middlesex University
          Award: MA Human Resource Development
          MA HRD Dissertation: 'From Information Management Systems to knowledge management to a learning organisation', a case study within a local authority.
          Sponsored by London Borough of Barnet.
        • Jan 1998 – June 1999, Greenwich University
          Award: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
        • Sept 1999 – July 2000, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
          Award: Training and Development NVQ Level 3
        • Oct 82 – Oct 84, Jadavpur University, India
          Award: MA in History; specialism in Indian Economic History
        • Sep 79 –October 81, Presidency College, India
          Award: BA in History

        Languages Spoken

        English, Bengali, Hindi

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        • Module Leader and Tutor HRM4055 Individual Learning and Development ( Hendon & Dubai campus)
        • Module Leader and Tutor HRM4050 Resourcing and Management Development (Hendon & Dubai campus)
        • Module Tutor HRM4030 Research and Professional Practice
        • Module Tutor LWO4111  Review of Learning, PDP & Project Plan
        • Module Tutor LWO4112 Action Research Project Report

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Research focus

        • Mentoring and e-mentoring: Impact, effectiveness and challenges of mentoring and e-mentoring in enhancing individual learning and organisational development
        • Facilitation of Action Learning: Why and how Action Learning works and individual and organisation change through Action Learning
        • Green Human Resource Management and development: Impact of Green human resource management activities on environmental sustainability in the organisational context.

        Publications

        • Sanyal, C and Rigby, R (2016) “ E-mentoring as a HRD intervention: an exploratory action research study within an International Professional Mentoring Scheme, Human Resource Development International, 1-19.
        • Sanyal, C. (2016) “How can Action Learning support managerial leaders to resolve complex problems” 5th Biannual International Conference – Action Learning: Research and Practice, Action Learning in Challenging Times: Questioning Insight, Challenging Practice
        • Sanyal, C., Haddock-Millar, J., and Muller-Camen, M. (2015) “The role of employee engagement in managing environmental performance: a case study in a multinational food service retailer” 16th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice: Towards Evidence Based HRD Practice: Bridging the Gap, Ireland
        • Sanyal, C., Rigby, C., Nicholds, A., and Hartog, M. (2015) “Why and how Action Learning works within a Leadership Development programme: a case study within a UK Public Sector Leadership and Management post-graduate programme” 16th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice: Towards Evidence Based HRD Practice: Bridging the Gap, Ireland
        • Haddock-Millar, J., Rigby, C. and Sanyal, C. (2015) “Supporting education and career transitions in the financial and accountancy sector”, Journal for Business Education and Accreditation
        • Sanyal, C., Wilson, D., Sweeney, c., Smith-Rachele, J., Kaur, S., and Yates, C. (2015) “Diversity and inclusion depend on effective engagement: It is everyone’s business to ensure that progress is maintained”, Human Resource Management International Digest 23(5)Haddock-Millar, J., Sanyal, C., and Muller-Camen, M. (2015) Green Human Resource Management: a Comparative Qualitative Case Study of a United States Multinational Corporation, International Journal of Human Resource Management 27(2), 192-211
        • Haddock-Millar, J., and Sanyal, C. (2015) “The role of a mentor in supporting early career academics: the relationship is more important than the label”, Mentoring and women in academia: A Global Perspective, International Mentoring Association, Phoenix, USA
        • Boddy, C., Miles, D., Sanyal, C., and Hartog, M. (2015) "Extreme Managers, Extreme Workplaces: Capitalism, Organizations and Corporate Psychopaths". Organization, Saga publications
        • Haddock-Millar, J., Sanyal, C., and Rigby, C.(2014) “Mentoring for employability: a three dimensional evaluation framework”, 15th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, HRD: Reflecting upon the past, Shaping the Future, Edinburgh, Scotland
        • Haddock-Millar, J., Sanyal, C., and Rigby, C. (2014) “Addressing barriers to employment in the Public Sector: A Developmental Diversity Programme”, 15th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, HRD: Reflecting upon the past, Shaping the Future, Edinburgh, Scotland
        • Haddock-Millar, J., Sanyal C., and Muller-Camen, M., (2014) “The Role of Employee Engagement in Environmental Sustainability: a Case Study of two European Subsidiaries  of a US Multinational Foodservice Retailer”, 13th IHRM Conference, Uncertainty in a flattening world: Challenges for IHRM, Kraków, Poland
        • Sanyal, C., and  Rigby, C. (2014) In Clutterbuck: Clutterbuck Everyone Needs a Mentor, “International Professional Mentoring Scheme ”, London: CIPD
        • Haddock-Millar, J., Sanyal C., and Muller-Camen, M. (2014) “The Role of Employee Engagement in Environmental Sustainability: a Case Study of two European Subsidiaries  of a US Multinational Foodservice Retailer ”, 13th IHRM Conference, Uncertainty in a flattening world: CHALLENGES FOR IHRM, Kraków, Poland
        • Sanyal, C., and Rigby, C. (2013) "Does e mentoring work? The effectiveness and challenges of an International Professional Mentoring Scheme", European and Mentoring Coaching Council 3rd Annual Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
        • Sanyal, C., and Rigby, C. (2013) "Does e-mentoring enhance the employability attributes of mentees? An action research within an International Professional Mentoring Scheme’’, Association of Business School Annual Learning and Teaching, Innovation and student experience , Nottingham Trent University
        • Sanyal, C., and Rigby, C. (2013) "Does e-mentoring enhance the employability attributes of mentees? An action research within an International Professional Mentoring Scheme’’, Higher Education Academy Annual Conference, Powerful Partnership: defining learning experience , Warwick University
        • Haddock-Millar, J., Rigby, C., and, Sanyal, C. (2013) “Developing a Public Sector Mentoring Scheme: a Multi-Stakeholder Perspective”, Brightside 1st Annual Conference, London.

        Publication Feed

        Employee engagement in managing environmental performance: a case study of the Planet Champion initiative, McDonald's UK and Sweden

        Sanyal, Chandana and Haddock-Millar, Julie (2018) Employee engagement in managing environmental performance: a case study of the Planet Champion initiative, McDonald's UK and Sweden. In: Contemporary Developments In Green Human Resource Management Research: Towards Sustainability in Action? Renwick, Douglas W. S. , ed. Routledge Research in Sustainability and Business . Routledge, pp. 39-56. ISBN 9781138782853

        The effective mentor, mentee and mentoring relationship

        Sanyal, Chandana (2017) The effective mentor, mentee and mentoring relationship. In: The SAGE Handbook of Mentoring. Clutterbuck, David and Kochan, Frances K. and Lunsford, Laura Gail and Dominquez, Nora and Haddock-Millar, Julie , eds. SAGE Publications, pp. 143-155. ISBN 9781412962537

        Learning, action and solutions in action learning: investigation of facilitation practice using the concept of living theories

        Sanyal, Chandana (2017) Learning, action and solutions in action learning: investigation of facilitation practice using the concept of living theories. Action Learning: Research and Practice . ISSN 1476-7333 (Published online first)

        Extreme managers, extreme workplaces: capitalism, organizations and corporate psychopaths

        Boddy, Clive R. and Miles, Derek and Sanyal, Chandana and Hartog, Mary (2015) Extreme managers, extreme workplaces: capitalism, organizations and corporate psychopaths. Organization, 22 (4). pp. 530-551. ISSN 1350-5084

        E-mentoring as a HRD intervention: an exploratory action research study within an International Professional Mentoring Scheme

        Sanyal, Chandana and Rigby, Chris (2017) E-mentoring as a HRD intervention: an exploratory action research study within an International Professional Mentoring Scheme. Human Resource Development International, 20 (1). pp. 18-36. ISSN 1367-8868

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        • Youth Business International, Research Investigator
          Research Grant £64,560
        • Working Lead, European Individual Accreditation (EIA), EMCC

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        • Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
        • Fellow, Higher Education Academy
        • European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) member

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