Thinking The Art of Management

DAVID ATKINSON is an independent thinker and CEO of his own M&A business. He holds a PhD in Critical Management from the Lancaster University Management School, and was winner of the European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA) 2007 thesis competition. He was also a Highly Commended Award Winner of the 2007 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the category of Management and Governance. His leadership and management knowledge stems from a career as a military officer. Driven by creative approaches to management's challenges, Dr Atkinson has always challenged the conventional. His plan is to further develop Art-aesthetic approaches to management's challenges.