Kirk Chang

 K.Chang@Salford.AC.UK

Dr. Kirk Chang is Professor of Human Resource Management and Research Convenor in the Salford Business School, UK. He is a HR consultant and mediator at the HC HRM Consultancy Ltd., specializing in the facilitation of organizational performance and enhancing the workplace experience for employees. His clients include private sectors, SMEs, local councils, NGO charities and the NHS. Prof. Chang received his Ph.D. in Occupational Psychology (Manchester) and was awarded his first lectureship in 1995. He is a knowledge disseminator, learning facilitator and research practitioner in academic enterprise. His current duties involve supervising scholarly activities, leading business consultancy and manging research development. Prof. Chang is a Chartered Scientist of the British Science Council (CSci), Academic Fellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Member of the British of Academy of Management (BAM), Member of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of the British Psychological Society. His research interests are in the areas of strategic employee management and performance management. He has also published book chapters, book reviewing reports and peer-reviewed journal articles in both British and international journals, and presented research papers at conferences in fifteen different countries around the world. Professor Kirk Chang is one of the recognized and respected scholars in human resource and organizational strategy. This is evidenced by his consultancy service, community engagement, NHS collaboration, industry links, China-UK collaboration, Persian Gulf-UK collaboration and domestic/international conference presentations. Prof. Chang has often been invited to act as expert reviewer for reviewing business reports, academic manuscripts and research projects on these topics. He collaborates with people on similar research projects in public and/or private sector organisations. He disseminates his research findings internally via lectures and seminars, and externally via publishing in practitioner based journals and attending national as well as international conferences. He has been working with other HR practitioners in tackling organizational and managerial problems since 1998. He acts as a HRM consultant and provides HR services to clients in Asia and their offices in England and Europe. These services include dispute settlement, performance enhancement, appraisal and personnel management. The philosophy of his consultancy service is that apart from the designated objectives (e.g., performance enhancement and profits generation), it is also vital to create a better shadow between companies, employees and local communities, i.e., the concept of harmony society. He is proud that he has facilitated improved organizational performance and the creation of more satisfying workplace for employees.

Prof. Chang can be contacted at his email address: K.Chang@Salford.AC.UK

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