Hugh Christopher Willmott, FBA,

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(born 17 September 1950) is a management and organization studies scholar and academic. Since 2005, he has been Research Professor of Organization Studies at

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, and has also been Professor of Management at

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since 2014.

Career

Willmott was educated at the

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, graduating with his

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degree in 1972, and then completing his

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there five years later. He then worked at the

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until 1988, when he became a lecturer at the University of Manchester's School of Management; in 1991, he was promoted to senior lecturer, in 1993 to a

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, and in 1995 to be Professor of Organizational Analysis. In 2001, he was appointed Diageo Professor of Management Studies at the

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, and then in 2005 joined

as Research Professor of Organization Studies. In 2014, he was also appointed Professor of Management at

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profile, Willmott's research focuses on "critical studies of management; applications of social theory to management philosophies and practices; ndorganizational change and control"."Professor Hugh Willmott"
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Awards and honours

In 2009, Willmott was elected a

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. He received an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from

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, the United Kingdom's

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for the humanities and social sciences.

References

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