Dr Georgy (Gueorgui) Petrov

Profile

Roles:

• Director of Skills and Employability
• Member of the Department of People and Organisations

Biography:

Dr Georgy Petrov is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Management.

Georgy oversees development and delivery of Employability Strategy for the School and leads on the School’s employer engagement and development of students’ employability and wider skills within the mainstream curriculum.

Prior to joining Queen Mary Georgy held academic positions at a number of universities, including: the Coventry University London campus, where he acted as Associate Head for Student Experience and Quality; the Kingston University Business School, where he co-founded and led a very successful post-experience Kingston MSc in International HRM programme, delivered jointly with the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; and the University of Exeter Centre for Leadership Studies.

Georgy is a Senior Fellow of HEA and holds a PhD in Higher Education and Organisation Studies from the UCL Institute of Education, University of London.

Awards:

QMUL Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Openness and Inclusion, 2023/24.

QMUL Education Excellence Award for Innovations in Module Design and Assessment.

Teaching

Georgy teaches on HRM, Organisational Behaviour, and Leadership related modules.

Undergraduate:

• BUS157: Current Challenges in Business and Management II

Postgraduate:

• BUSM198 - Resourcing and Talent Management
• BUSM139 - Leadership Skills for Business Analytics (21/12 – 22/23)
• BUSM108: Leading Organisational Change (20/21)

Georgy teaches on HRM, Organisational Behaviour, Leadership and Professional Development related modules.  

His interests and curriculum contributions include:

• Development of student skills and employability
• Leadership and leadership development
• Distributed and ‘hybrid’ forms of leadership
• Higher Education and employer engagement in workforce development

Research

Scholarly Contributions

Georgy’s scholarly interests and curriculum contributions include:

· Development of student skills and employability

· Leadership and professional development

· Higher Education and employer engagement in skills development

· Project-based learning and authentic assessment

Pedagogic Publications:

• Coombs, G., Goodnight, J. and Petrov, G. (forthcoming) Teaching Methods in Business: Project-Based Learning, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. ISBN 978 178990 521 2

• Petrov, G. (2022) ‘Authentic Assessment for a Large First Year Module’, Queen Mary Academy ‘Assessment and Feedback’ Toolkit and Resources, London: QMUL. Available online at: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/queenmaryacademy/educators/resources/assessment-and-feedback/resources/assessment-case-studies/case-studies/authentic-assessment-design-for-large-first-year-module/ 

• Petrov, G, Southall, J. and Bolden, R. (2016) ‘Making the ‘Third Stream’ Mainstream: Facilitating effective Higher Education – Employer engagement in workforce development’, Higher Education Review, 48(3), 75-99. 
• Bolden, R. and Petrov, G. (2014), ‘Hybrid Configurations of Leadership in Higher Education-Employer Engagement’, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 36(4), 408-417.
• Anderson, D. and Petrov, G. (2012) ‘Integrating Skills into the Curriculum: a case study in business’, In Morgan, M. (ed.) Improving the Student Experience: a practical guide for universities and colleges. Abingdon: Routledge.
• Bolden, R., Petrov, G. and Gosling, J. (2009) ‘Distributed Leadership in Higher Education: Rhetoric and reality’, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, 37(2), 258-277.
• Bolden, R., Petrov, G., Gosling, J. and Bryman, A. (2009) ‘Leadership in Higher Education: Facts, fictions and futures’, Leadership, 5(3), 291-298.
• Gosling, J., Bolden, R. and Petrov, G. (2009) ‘Distributed Leadership in Higher Education: What does it accomplish?’, Leadership, 5(3), 299-310.
• Bolden, R., Petrov, G. and Gosling, J. (2008) ‘Tensions in Higher Education Leadership: Towards a multi-level model of leadership practice’, Higher Education Quarterly, 62(4), 358-376.
• Temple, P. and Petrov, G. (2006) ‘Corruption in Higher Education: Some findings from the states of the former Soviet Union’, Education Management and Policy, 16(1), pp. 83-99.

Pedagogic Publications:

• Coombs, G., Goodnight, J. and Petrov, G. (forthcoming) Teaching Methods in Business: Project-Based Learning, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. ISBN 978 178990 521 2
• Petrov, G. (2022) ‘Authentic Assessment for a Large First Year Module’, Queen Mary Academy ‘Assessment and Feedback’ Toolkit and Resources, London: QMUL. Available online at: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/queenmaryacademy/educators/resources/assessment-and-feedback/resources/assessment-case-studies/case-studies/authentic-assessment-design-for-large-first-year-module/
• Petrov, G, Southall, J. and Bolden, R. (2016) ‘Making the ‘Third Stream’ Mainstream: Facilitating effective Higher Education – Employer engagement in workforce development’, Higher Education Review, 48(3), 75-99.
• Bolden, R. and Petrov, G. (2014), ‘Hybrid Configurations of Leadership in Higher Education-Employer Engagement’, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 36(4), 408-417.
• Anderson, D. and Petrov, G. (2012) ‘Integrating Skills into the Curriculum: a case study in business’, In Morgan, M. (ed.) Improving the Student Experience: a practical guide for universities and colleges. Abingdon: Routledge.
• Bolden, R., Petrov, G. and Gosling, J. (2009) ‘Distributed Leadership in Higher Education: Rhetoric and reality’, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, 37(2), 258-277.
• Bolden, R., Petrov, G., Gosling, J. and Bryman, A. (2009) ‘Leadership in Higher Education: Facts, fictions and futures’, Leadership, 5(3), 291-298.
• Gosling, J., Bolden, R. and Petrov, G. (2009) ‘Distributed Leadership in Higher Education: What does it accomplish?’, Leadership, 5(3), 299-310.
• Bolden, R., Petrov, G. and Gosling, J. (2008) ‘Tensions in Higher Education Leadership: Towards a multi-level model of leadership practice’, Higher Education Quarterly, 62(4), 358-376.

Research and practitioner reports

• Gourlay, S., Alfes, K., Bull, E., Baron, A., Petrov, G. and Georgellis, Y. (2011) Emotional or Transactional Engagement – does it matter? London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
• Gourlay, S., Alfes, K., Bull, E., Narendran, S., Petrov, G. and Shantz, A. (2011) Locus of Engagement: understanding what employees connect with at work. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
• Bolden, R., Hirsh, W., Connor, H., Petrov, G. and Duquemin, A. (2010) Strategies for Effective Higher Education - Employer Engagement. Exeter: Universities South-West.
• Bolden, R., Connor, H., Duquemin, A., Hirsh, W. and Petrov, G. (2009) Employer Engagement with Higher Education: Defining, sustaining, and supporting higher skills provision. Exeter: HERDA-SW.
• Bolden, R., Petrov, G. and Gosling, J. (2008) Developing Collective Leadership in Higher Education. London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.
• Bolden, R. and Petrov, G. (2008) Employer Engagement with Higher Education: a literature review. Exeter: HERDA-SW.