Dr David Roy Stiles

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 4058
Office: Homestead Ln K Block 155

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Fields of Research

• Implementation of strategy in emerging and transitional cultures
• Higher education policy and strategy
• Joint ventures in China
• The interrelationships between strategy, organisational image and identity
• Strategy-as-practice in organisations

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Researcher Summary

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Subject Area: Disciplines

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Future Research

• Strategy Practice and Process in UK companies.
• New methodologies in metaphor, discursive analysis and pictorial representation
• Joint ventures and foreign direct investment in China

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Key Methodologies

• Verbal and pictorial discourse analysis
• Regression modelling
• Qualitative research
• Focus groups

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Prizes and Awards

• Finalist, Strategic Management Society Special Conference Finland 2010 Best Paper Prize (2010)
• Won Best Paper on Strategy as Practice track, British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK, September, 2008. (2008)
• Won Best International Paper on Public and Non-Profit track, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, August 2006. (2006)

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Publications

• Stiles, D.R. (2012) An introduction to drawing as a method of organizational analysis. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Researcher Development Initiative inVisio website. Online Article. (Other)

• Billsberry, J. and Stiles, D.R. (2012) Picturing perceived fit. Perth, Australia: 26th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), 5-7 Dec 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Stiles, D.R. (2011) Disorganization, disidentification and ideological fragmentation: Verbal and pictorial evidence from a British business school. Culture and Organization 17(1): 5-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2011.530742. (Journal Article)

• Stiles, D.R. and Jarratt, D. (2011) West Meets East: The Role of Metaphors-in-use, Models and Practices in Strategic Knowledge Transfer. San Antonio, TX, USA: 2011 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 12-16 Aug 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Jarratt, D. and Stiles, D. (2010) How are Methodologies and Tools Framing Managers' Strategizing Practice in Competitive Strategy Development? British Journal of Management 21(1): 28-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00665.x. (Journal Article)

• Stiles, D. (2010) Pictorial Discourse Analysis: Methodological Innovation at the Intersection of Process & Practice. Levi, Finland: Strategic Management Society Special Conference, 17-20 Mar 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Stiles, D. and Jarratt, D. (2009) Quasi-opportunism: A Process Model from UK CEOs in an Uncertain World. Washington, DC, USA: SMS 29th Annual International Conference, 11-14 Oct 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Stiles, D.R. and Jarratt, D. (2009) 'Turkeys Don't Vote for Christmas': Why Hybrid Strategic Knowledge Frames Drive Strategizing. Chicago, IL, USA: Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 7-11 Aug 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Stiles, D.R. (2008) Being Human: Asking the Right Questions using Images. Anaheim, CA, USA: 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 8-13 Aug 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Stiles, D. and Jarratt, D. (2008) Cognitive Strategy Frameworks Among UK Business Leaders: How Knowledge Domains Matter. Cologne, Germany: 28th Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, 12-15 Oct 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Stiles, D.R. and Jarratt, D. (2008) If learning is a cost without a benefit, then sod the learning: What Strategy means in practice to UK business leaders. Harrogate, UK: British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conference 2008, 9-11 Sep 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Stiles, D.R. and Winter, R.P. (2008) Understanding Disidentification with Multiple Identity Organizations. Harrogate, UK: British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conference 2008, 9-11 Sep 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Stiles, D. (2007) Fragmented Identity: A Sign of the Future? Ljubljana, Slovenia: 25th Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism (SCOS 2007), 1-4 Jul 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Jarratt, D. and Stiles, D. (2007) Methodologies Guiding Strategy Development. Sydney, Australia: 21st Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2007), 4-7 Dec 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Jarratt, D. and Stiles, D.R. (2007) New Directions for the Strategy Process: Initial Findings from UK CEOs. Cardiff Business School. (Working Paper)

• Stiles, D. (2007) Non-market Influences on Strategy Implementation in Developing Nations: Values in Zimbabwe. San Diego, CA, USA: Strategic Management Society 27th Annual Conference, 14-17 Oct 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Stiles, D.R., Karbhari, Y. and Muslim, H.S. (2006) Actionable Knowledge in an Emerging Context: New Public Financial Management in Malaysian Agencies. Atlanta, GA, USA: 2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 11-16 Aug 2006. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Jarratt, D. and Stiles, D. (2006) Competitive Strategy: Re-Configuring and Re-Positioning or Envisioning and Emergence? Belfast, Northern Ireland: British Academy of Management Conference, 12-14 Sep 2006. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Lewis, B.R. and Stiles, D.R. (2004) How Invisible are the Emperor's New Clothes? Transparent costing, cross-subsidization and costing myopia in higher education. Public Management Review 6(4): 453-472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1471903042000303283. (Journal Article)

• Stiles, D. (2004) Narcissus Revisited: The Values of Management Academics and their Role in Business School Strategies in the UK and Canada. British Journal of Management 15(2): 157-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2004.00412.x/pdf. (Journal Article)

• Stiles, D. (2002) Higher Education Funding Council Methods in the 1990s: National and Regional Developments and Policy Implications. Public Administration 80(4): 711-731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9299.00325. (Journal Article)