Summary
Nick has more than 20 years of experience as a lecturer, management trainer and business consultant.
Having started working life as an entrepreneur, he progressed to sharing his time between his business interests and education.
Dr Snowden's research interests revolve around the role of storytelling in organisations.
He has taught in a number of local universities and colleges, delivering degree and masters level business and management education in a range of contexts, focusing on organisational change, strategic management and leadership programmes.
At Hull, he has acted as School Academic Manager (2015-17), and as MBA Academic Director (2017-21), successfully leading the programme through two AMBA accreditations
Book Chapter
Speaking up or blowing the whistle for better, safer care
Mannion, R., Davies, H., Blenkinsopp, J., McHale, J. V., Millar, R., Powell, M., & Snowden, N. (2018). Speaking up or blowing the whistle for better, safer care. In J. Tingle, C. Ó Néill, & M. Shimwell (Eds.), Global patient safety: Law, policy and practice (58-76). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315167596-5
Journal Article
Whistleblowing over patient safety and care quality: a review of the literature
Blenkinsopp, J., Snowden, N., Mannion, R., Powell, M., Davies, H., Millar, R., & McHale, J. (2019). Whistleblowing over patient safety and care quality: a review of the literature. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 33(6), 737-756. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-12-2018-0363
Healthcare scandals and the failings of doctors: do official inquiries hold the profession to account?
Mannion, R., Davies, H., Powell, M., Blenkinsopp, J., Millar, R., McHale, J., & Snowden, N. (2019). Healthcare scandals and the failings of doctors: do official inquiries hold the profession to account?. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 33(2), 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-04-2018-0126
Understanding the knowledge gaps in whistleblowing and speaking up in health care: narrative reviews of the research literature and formal inquiries, a legal analysis and stakeholder interviews
Mannion, R., Blenkinsopp, J., Powell, M., McHale, J., Millar, R., Snowden, N., & Davies, H. (2018). Understanding the knowledge gaps in whistleblowing and speaking up in health care: narrative reviews of the research literature and formal inquiries, a legal analysis and stakeholder interviews. Health Services and Delivery Research, 6(30), 1-190. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr06300
Research interests
Impact of Storytelling and narrative fragments on organisational problem solving.
Change Management.
Implementation of innovation.
Postgraduate supervision
Dr Snowden welcomes applications for research and PhD supervisions in the area of organisational storytelling, or organisational behaviour topics where a narrative inquiry approach to data collection will be used
Past PhD supervisions :-
- Exploring Leader Behaviours in the Management of Change (Alenezi, H)
- Voice And Silence Among Healthcare Professionals On Patient Safety Concerns In Surgical Departments Of Ghanaian Hospitals (Mawuena, E)