Christopher Smith

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

After several years as a clinical psychologist Chris moved into the business sector. Initially in a corporate HR role he subsequently fulfilled a number of GM/CEO roles across a variety of international industries finishing up in the UK as the CEO of a multinational division overseeing businesses throughout Australasia, UK, Europe and the USA. In the mid 90s he left the business world for Warwick Business School (The University of Warwick - UK) where he completed his doctorate in strategy before becoming full time member of the faculty. He joined the Adelaide Business School in early 2005 where he is Discipline Head (Management).

Career
Publications
Supervision
Contact

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2002 - 2016	Teaching Associate	Warwick Business School
1994 - 2003	Lecturer in Strategic Management	Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
1993 - 1994	Divisional Managing Director	Britax PLC
1990 - 1992	Managing Director	Brittax Ltd
1987 - 1990	General Manager	ICI Ltd
1986 - 1987	General Manager	Simpson Ltd
1983 - 1985	General Manager	Simpson Ltd
1980 - 1983	Corporate Employee Relations Manager	Simpson Ltd
1972 - 1980	Psychologist/Senior Psychologist	Department of Veterans Affaires

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2013 - 2015	University of Warwick	United Kingdom	MA (Post Compulsory Education)
1990 - 1993	University of Warwick	UK	PhD
1983 - 1986	University of Adelaide	Australia	MBA
1978 - 1980	University of Surrey	UK	MSc (Clincal Psychology)

Journals

Year	Citation
2011	Smith, C. (2011). Examinations and the ESL student - more evidence of particular disadvantages. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 36(1), 13-25. DOI Scopus12 WoS9
2008	Mackie, S., Begg, S., Smith, C., & Welsh, M. (2008). "Real World" decision-making in the upstream oil and gas industry - prescriptions for improvement. APPEA Journal, 2008, 329-344.
2007	Mackie, S., Begg, S., Smith, C., & Welsh, M. (2007). Decision type - a key to realising the potential of decision making under uncertainty. APPEA Journal, 22(1), 307-317.

Books

Year	Citation
2011	Angwin, D., Cummings, S., & Smith, C. (2011). The strategy pathfinder: core concepts and live cases (2 ed.). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
2006	Angwin, D., Cummings, S., & Smith, C. (2006). The strategy pathfinder - Core concepts and micro-cases (1 ed.). UK: Blackwell Publishers Inc.

Book Chapters

Year Citation

2007 Smith, C. (2007). M&A as illusion. In Duncan Angwin (Ed.), Images of Mergers and Acquisitions (pp. 63-86). Victoria, Australia: Blackwell Publishers Inc.

Year	Citation
2007	Smith, C. (2007). M&A as illusion. In Duncan Angwin (Ed.), Images of Mergers and Acquisitions (pp. 63-86). Victoria, Australia: Blackwell Publishers Inc.

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2006	Mackie, S., Begg, S., Smith, C., & Welsh, M. (2006). Realizing the potential of decision-making under uncertainty. In Proceedings of 2006 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition. Perth, Western Australia: AAPG/Datapages.

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2012 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Chinese State-owned Enterprises-government departments or (Lumbering) free-marketeers? A comparative study of strategic cognition	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Juan Zhao
2011 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Organizational Sustainability in the Chinese Context - the Role of Cultural Wisdom, Management Perception, and Small Stories	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Miss Lulu Ouyang
2005 - 2007	Co-Supervisor	Human Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	APrf Steven Mackie

Email: dr.chris.smith@adelaide.edu.au