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Michael West

Professor of Organizational Psychology and Head of Research at Aston Business School

Michael West is Professor of Organizational Psychology and Head of Research at Aston Business School. He has also been a member of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics since 1991. He graduated from the University of Wales in 1973 and received his PhD in 1977. He then spent a year working in the coalmines of South Wales before beginning his academic career.

He has authored, edited or co-edited sixteen books including The Essentials of Teamworking: International Perspectives (2005, John Wiley & Sons Ltd),Teamwork, Teamdiagnose, Teamentwicklung [Team work, team diagnosis, team building] (2005, Hogrefe), Effective Teamwork (2004, Blackwell) the first edition of which has been translated into 12 languages,Building Team-Based Working: A Practical Guide to Organizational Transformation (2004, Blackwell), The Secrets of Successful Team Management (2004, Duncan Baird), Developing Team Based Organisations (2004, Blackwell), The International Handbook of Organizational Teamwork and Cooperative Working (2003, Wiley), Effective Top Management Teams (2001, Blackhall), Developing Creativity in Organizations (1997, BPS) and the Handbook of Workgroup Psychology (1996, Wiley). He has also published over 150 articles for scientific and practitioner publications, as well as chapters in scholarly books. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association (APA), the APA Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, the International Association of Applied Psychologists, the British Academy of Management and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

His areas of research interest are team and organizational innovation and effectiveness, particularly in relation to the organization of health services. He lectures widely both nationally and internationally about the results of his research and his ideas for developing effective and innovative organizations.