Professional Memberships
Member of the Higher Education Academy
Teaching Duties
Teaching areas include leadership development, project management, social and environmental social responsibility and countryside management.
Recipient of CETL Aspire Development Fellowship Award 2008 for the development of online provision of Leadership and Professional Development. Recipient of 2008 Excellence Award for innovation in teaching practice.
Publications
- Tappin, E (2006) (2006) The concept of legitimacy within non-governmental organisations. British Academy of Management, Belfast.
- Tappin, E. (2005) Challenge and Change – International capacity building intervention and Tuvalu NGOs. World Forum on Small Island Developing States, Mauritius, 2005.
- Llewellyn, S. and Tappin, E.M. (2003) Strategy in the public sector: Management in the wilderness. Journal of Management Studies 40, 5, pp955-982.
Other Roles
Prior to joining Harper Adams, Emma worked in both the NGO and goverment sectors in regional management and project management roles. In addition she has worked overseas in the Pacific as an organisational development adviser.
Emma now manages the provision of postgraduate courses at Harper Adams and has overseen a review of postgraduate provision and facilities development.
Practitioner consultancy includes:
March/April 2008 Organisational Development Adviser, Tokaut Aids, Papua New Guinea
Short term consultancy researching and advising on the development of a new indigenous NGO aimed at increasing awareness of HIV/Aids using theatre for development within remote rural regions of PNG.
March/April 2006 Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, Tanzania
Short term volunteer consultancy working with the Northern District Authority of Zanzibar, during which I assisted District staff and community based groups to review current planning, monitoring and evaluation practices and develop new planning systems.
Sept 2001 – July 2003 Strategic Planning Adviser, British Association of Nature Conservationists
Assisted BANC to develop and implement organisation and funding strategy. Facilitated a strategic planning workshop for Council Members.
