Prof. Steve Cropper

Title: Professor of Management
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 7 34511
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Location: Chancellor's Building : CBA 1.060
Role: Programme Director:
Doctorate Business Administration (DBA)
MBA (Education)
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Steve Cropper is Professor of Management and Director of the MBA (Education). He is a member of the core academic teams for the MBA (Health Executive), the Masters in Professional Leadership and Management, and Professional Doctorates in Health and in Education.

 He is a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University and an external examiner at the Open and Durham Universities. Academic Adviser to Partners in Paediatrics, a regional association of children’s health services providers, Steve was inaugural Chair of the NHS Research for Patient Benefit Grants Committee for the West Midlands (2007-2011), and he chairs the Governance Committee of an Educational Partnership (2011- ). At Keele, Steve was inaugural Director of the Research Institute for Public Policy and Management (2005-2009).

Steve Cropper’s research interests are in

  • the organization and governance of public services,
  • inter-organisational relations – partnerships, alliances, networks, and
  • public and community engagement in public policy and public services.

These are reflected in long-term projects funded by central and local agencies to evaluate and support a) partnership as a means of addressing health inequalities and promoting community health and wellbeing and b) the improved organisation of children’s health services through the development of managed clinical networks.

 

Doctoral projects include:

An exploration of value creation and realization in managed clinical networks: a comparison between voluntary and mandated networks – Usman Zafar

The Feasibility of Clinical Networks in Nigeria – Tarry Asoka

Capturing intellectual capital in an health services organization – Sue Molesworth

Exploring investigation practices and the management of Serious Untoward Incidents in NHS Community and Mental Health Services – Aly Hulme

The Dynamics of Community Participation: Evidence from Practice – Ken Mawomo

With Mark Ebers (University of Koln) and Peter Smith Ring (Loyola Marymount University), Steve is currently working on a five-volume ‘Major Work’ commissioned by Sage publishers, which brings together published papers that represent the development of research into Inter-organizational Relations, particularly as reflected in organization studies, management studies and public administration.

Selected Publications

  • Cropper SA, Ebers M, Huxham C, Ring PS. 2011. Packing more punch? Developing the field of inter-organisational relations. International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, vol. 2(3), 153-170. doi>
  • Carlisle S and Cropper SA. 2009. Investing in lay researchers for community-based health action research: implications for research, policy and practice. Critical Public Health, vol. 19(1), 59-70.
  • Cropper SA and Palmer I. 2008. Change, dynamics and temporality. In The Oxford handbook of inter-organizational relations. Cropper S, Ebers M, Huxham C (Eds.). Oxford University Press, USA.
  • Cropper SA, Ebers M, Huxham CS, Smith PR. 2008. Introducing Inter-organizational relations. In The Oxford handbook of inter-organizational relations. Cropper S, Ebers M, Huxham C (Eds.). Oxford University Press, USA.
  • Carlisle S and Cropper SA. 2008. Investing in lay researchers for community-based health action research: implications for research, policy and practice. In The Oxford handbook of inter-organizational relations. Cropper S, Ebers M, Huxham C (Eds.). Oxford University Press, USA.

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Books

  • CROPPER SA, Ebers M, Huxham CS, Smith PR. 2008. Handbook of inter-organisational relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • CROPPER SA, Porter A, Williams G, Carlisle S, Moore R, O'Neill M, Roberts C, Snooks H. 2007. Community health and wellbeing:action research on health inequalities. Policy Press. link>

Journal Articles

  • Cropper SA, Ebers M, Huxham C, Ring PS. 2011. Packing more punch? Developing the field of inter-organisational relations. International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, vol. 2(3), 153-170. doi>
  • Carlisle S and Cropper SA. 2009. Investing in lay researchers for community-based health action research: implications for research, policy and practice. Critical Public Health, vol. 19(1), 59-70.
  • CROPPER SA, Ashton R, Brandreth M, Hague L. 2005. A simulation-based study of a NHS Walk-in Centre. Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 56(2), 153-161. doi>
  • CROPPER SA and Spencer A. 2004. Establishing managed clinical networks in paediatric services: experience of partners in paediatrics. Current Paediatrics, vol. 14(4), 347-353. doi>
  • CROPPER SA, Hopper A, Spencer SA. 2002. Managed Clinical Networks: multi-lateral collaboration. Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 87, 1-4. doi>
  • Knight T, Smith J, CROPPER SA. 2001. Developing sustainable collaborations: learning from theory and practice. Primary health care research and development, vol. 2, 139-148.
  • Spencer A and Cropper S. 2001. Partners in paediatrics a model for future service provision. Midland Medicine, 116-120.
  • Cropper S, Freeman B, Hopper A, Spencer A. 2001. Partners in paediatrics developing in collaborative strategic planning framework for improvement in paediatric and child health service. journal of integrated care pathways, 18-19.
  • Spencer SA and CROPPER SA. 2001. Partners in paediatrics: A model for future service provision. Midlands Medicine, vol. 3(22), 116-120.
  • Cropper S. 2000. When things go wrong: Organizational failures and breakdowns. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY, vol. 8(2), 151-152. link> doi>
  • Ong BN, Boaden M, Cropper S. 1997. Analysing the medicine-management interface in acute trusts. J Manag Med, vol. 11(2-3), 88-95. link>
  • HUXHAM C and CROPPER S. 1994. FROM MANY TO ONE, AND BACK - AN EXPLORATION OF SOME COMPONENTS OF FACILITATION. OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, vol. 22(1), 1-11. link> doi>
  • ROSENHEAD J, CROPPER S, GREGORY E, MANGHAM I. 1993. THE NATURE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING INTERVENTIONS - DISCUSSION SUMMARY. JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY, vol. 44(6), 579-583. link> doi>
  • ACKERMANN F, CROPPER S, EDIN C. 1993. THE ROLE OF DECISION-SUPPORT IN INDIVIDUAL-PERFORMANCE REVIEW. IFIP TRANSACTIONS A-COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 26, 43-55. link>
  • EDEN C, ACKERMANN F, CROPPER S. 1992. THE ANALYSIS OF CAUSE MAPS. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, vol. 29(3), 309-324. link>

Chapters

  • Cropper SA and Palmer I. 2008. Change, dynamics and temporality. In The Oxford handbook of inter-organizational relations. Cropper S, Ebers M, Huxham C (Eds.). Oxford University Press, USA.
  • Cropper SA, Ebers M, Huxham CS, Smith PR. 2008. Introducing Inter-organizational relations. In The Oxford handbook of inter-organizational relations. Cropper S, Ebers M, Huxham C (Eds.). Oxford University Press, USA.
  • Carlisle S and Cropper SA. 2008. Investing in lay researchers for community-based health action research: implications for research, policy and practice. In The Oxford handbook of inter-organizational relations. Cropper S, Ebers M, Huxham C (Eds.). Oxford University Press, USA.
  • Cropper SA, Ebers M, Huxham CS, Smith PR. 2008. The field of inter-organizational relations: a jungle or an Italian garden?. In The Oxford handbook of inter-organizational relations. Cropper S, Ebers M, Huxham C (Eds.). Oxford University Press, USA.
  • CROPPER SA, Snooks H, Evans A, Pinder J, Shales K. 2007. Action research partnerships: contributing to evidence and intelligent change. In Community Health and Wellbeing: Action Research on Health Inequalities. al SCE (Ed.). Bristol: Policy Press.
  • CROPPER SA and Goodwin M. 2007. 'Policy experiments': policy making, implementation and learning. In Community Health and WEllbeing: Action Research on Health Inequalities. al SCE (Ed.). Bristol: Policy Press.
  • CROPPER SA and Stone G. 2003. Structure, process and texture in the development of 'equal partnership' relationships- a case of a partnership for neighbourhood regeneration. In Co-creating emergent insight: multi-organisational partnerships, alliances and networks. Hibbert P (Ed.). Glasgow: University of Strathclyde.
  • CROPPER SA, Forte P, Boldy D. 2002. Enhancing collaborative health services planning and management: the role of decision support systems. In Evidence-based management in health care: the role of decision support systems. Boldy D, Braithwaite J, Forbes I (Eds.). Sydney: University of New South Wales.
  • CROPPER SA. 2001. Changing Institutional Frameworks: Formalisation as a Means of Institutionalising Collaborative Activity. In Organisational Behaviour in Health Care . Ashburner L (Ed.). Palgrave Macmillan.

Other

  • CROPPER S, GREENSALL J, FORTE P, SPENCER SA. 2004. Managed Clinical Networks in Paediatric Care: Organisational Conditions and Development Issues. 5th International Integrated Care Conference 2004.
  • ACKERMANN F, CROPPER S, EDIN C. 1993. THE ROLE OF DECISION-SUPPORT IN INDIVIDUAL-PERFORMANCE REVIEW. DECISION SUPPORT IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (vol. 26, pp. 43-55). link>

Steve Cropper’s  teaching focuses on aspects of organisation, management and leadership for professionals in public services, including organisational behaviour and development, strategic management, management science and research methods.