Dr Deborah Shepherd
Senior Lecturer
Department:
Management and International Business
Address: Owen G Glenn Building
12 Grafton Road
Auckland
Faculty: Business & Economics
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 Ext. 85309
Email: d.shepherd@auckland.ac.nz

Deb is a Senior Lecturer in Management and International Business Department in the Faculty of Business & Economics at the University of Auckland. She currently teaches in the Postgraduate and Executive Programmes in the areas of Organisation Change and Development and Professional Development. Her research interests are in the area of family business, SME growth, SME governance, leaderhsip, strategy adn internationalisation and more recently a developing interest in social entrepreneurship.

Deb is involved in the student-led initiative SPARK and is currently one of the Faculty directors of the SPARK Vision to Business Programme. She was part of the founding team for The ICEHOUSE Business Growth Programmes and continues to develop and facilitate the Owner Manager Programme and is involved to a lesser extent in the Agribusiness programme. Deb's consultancy work is with SMEs and Family Businesses in the areas of team and leadership development, strategy development, and business growth. She is a Member of the Family Firm Institute and is a Board member for a number of privately owned NZ businesses.

Research Interests
Family Business
SME Growth
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship

Qualifications:
1998 Doctor of Philosophy University of Auckland
1992 Master of Arts (Honours) University of Auckland
1990 Bachelor of Arts University of Otago
Special Interests:
Family businesses, SME growth, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship
Awards:
2010 University of Auckland Business School Teaching Excellence Award: Icehouse collaborative teaching
2009 Icebreaker award: For outstanding contribution to growing NZ businesses
1997 NZ Federation of University Women PhD Scholarship
1993 University of Auckland Postgraduate Scholarship
Service:
Member, Australia New Zealand Academy of Management
Member, Family Firm Institute
Teaching:
2012 INTBUS 705 Advanced Entrepreneurship
2012 MGMT 723 Advanced Professional Development
2010 HRMGMT 704 Managing Change in Organisaitons
2010 INTBUS 705 Advanced Entrepreneurship
2010 Mgmt 723 Advanced Professional Development
2009 HRMGMT 704 Managing Change in Organisations
2009 Mgmt 723 Advanced Professional Development
2009 Mgmt 726 Organisational Change and Innovation
2008 Mgmt 722 Organisational change and innovation
2008 Mgmt 723 Advanced Professional Development
Research Interests:
Entrepreneurial SMEs

Family Business

SME Growth

SME leadership, governance, strategy

SME resilience

Social entrepreneurship

Selected Publications:
Refereed Journal Articles
2009 NICHOLSON, H. SHEPHERD, D. WOODS, C. ‘Advising New Zealand's family businesses: Current issues and opportunities‘, University of Auckland Business Review, 11, 1
2006 ROTHKEGEL, S. ERAKOVIC, L. SHEPHERD, D. ‘Strategic alliances between SMEs and large firms: An exploration of the dynamic process‘, Management Revue, Vol. 17, No. 1, 51-70.
2000 SHEPHERD, D. JONES, D. ‘Managing diversity meets Aotearoa/New Zealand‘, Personnel 29, 3, 364-380.
2000 SHEPHERD, D. ‘Multinational challenges for HR‘, Employment Today 61, 26-27.
2000 SHEPHERD, D. ‘National and organisational cultures: A critical intersection‘, Revue de Gestion des Resources Humaines, 38, 146-157.
Books
2009 IRVING, D. KOLB, D. SHEPHERD, D. WOODS, C. ‘Changing Gears: How to take your Kiwi business from the kitchen table to the board room‘, Auckland University Press, 158.
Sections in Books
2010 NICHOLSON, H. SHEPHERD, D. WOODS, C. ‘Going against the grain: The Kim Crawford Wines Story‘ In: I. Hunter & K. Morris (ed.), Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 244-256.
2008 BROOKES, R. SHEPHERD, D. NICHOLSON, H. ‘Pumpkin Patch: Kiwi kids fashion goes global‘ In: W. Dunn & I. Hunter (ed.), Managing in an International Context, 223-249.
2004 SHEPHERD, D. ‘Organisational change and resistance: A gendered analysis.Chapter in Identity Politics at Work. Mills, A. and Mills, J. (eds.).‘, London: Routledge., 272-301.



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