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Dr Dafydd Cotterell

Lecturer in Operations and Business

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d.j.cotterell@swansea.ac.uk

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School of Management
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About

Dr Dafydd Cotterell is Deputy Director of the BSc (Hons) Business Management Degree at Swansea University’s School of Management, a programme with approximately 1,000 students enrolled.

Dafydd’s subject matter expertise lies within the area of organisational resilience, where his research has received several awards. This includes the James Callaghan Research Prize 2022-2023, a University wide award recognising this PhD thesis as of outstanding quality. This award is presented to one PhD thesis per year. Dafydd has also won several awards from the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) for his work on small business resilience. This includes the Best Paper in Conference Award 2024, where his work was selected from over 225 submissions. Additionally, this paper won the Best Paper in Track Award 2024 in the Networks, Innovation and Policy Track. In 2021, Dafydd also won the Best Paper in Track Award within the Rural Entrepreneurship Track.

Dafydd is a reviewer for several high quality (CABS 3*) management journals and sits as an elected representative of the inaugural ECR network within the School of Management. Dafydd continues to advance his research portfolio within the area of resilience, pursuing several projects in collaboration with colleagues.

In addition to his research, Dafydd is co-chair of the Rural Enterprise Network Special Interest Group at ISBE. He also holds a board position on the Innovation Lab Wales Faculty Board, which oversees the commercialisation of University developed digital projects. Dafydd is responsible for the leadership and development of an executive education programme for the Malaysian Government, directed at SME owners and Chief Executives who wish to internationalise into UK markets.

Dafydd lectures on several modules at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate level, holding AFHEA status. Dafydd lectures primarily within the areas of Project Management and Crisis/Risk Management, where he also lectures at MBA level. At present, Dafydd has five PhD students studying in the area of Management.

Areas Of Expertise

Organisational Resilience
Crisis Management
Business Continuity Management
International Management Standards

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Dafydd teaches at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. His teaching is mainly within the areas of Project Management and Crisis/Risk Management. Dafydd holds AFHEA status.

Research Award Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

Cotterell, D., Jones, P., Bowen, R., & Huxtable-Thomas, L. (2024). Evaluating Retail micro-SME Resilience: Failing, Surviving and Thriving as Outcomes of Bricolage. In Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68260
Cotterell, D. (2024). Developing Organisational Resilience to Fundamental Crises: Evaluating Social Media as a Key Enabler for Resource Bricolage within Retail micro-SMEs
https://doi.org/10.23889/SUthesis.66294, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66294
Cotterell, D., Jones, P., Huxtable-Thomas, L., & , R. (2023). Evaluating the Resource Bricolage Activities of Retail SMEs During a Time of Crisis: Failing, Surviving and Thriving as Three Degrees of Organisational Resilience.. In Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), 2023, 8-10 November 2023, Birmingham, UK.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64195
Cotterell, D., COTTERELL, D., & Bowen, R. (2021). SME Resilience during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Exploring Urban-rural differences. Regions(10)
https://doi.org/10.1080/13673882.2021.00001103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57673
Cotterell, D. (2021). Developing Organisational Resilience to Fundamental Crisis: An Evaluation of Social Media as a key Enabler for Resource Bricolage within Rural SME’s.. In Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 28-29 October 2021, Cardiff, UK.ISBE.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64192

All Research

Journal Articles

Cotterell, D., COTTERELL, D., & Bowen, R. (2021). SME Resilience during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Exploring Urban-rural differences. Regions(10)
https://doi.org/10.1080/13673882.2021.00001103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57673

Conference Contributions

Alowayfi, R., Dennehy, D., Dwivedi, Y., & Cotterell, D. (2024). A Systematic Review of Algorithmic Bias in Decision-Making. In Saudi Conference on Information Systems (SaudiCIS)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68283
Cotterell, D., Jones, P., Bowen, R., & Huxtable-Thomas, L. (2024). Evaluating Retail micro-SME Resilience: Failing, Surviving and Thriving as Outcomes of Bricolage. In Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68260
Cotterell, D., Jones, P., Huxtable-Thomas, L., & , R. (2023). Evaluating the Resource Bricolage Activities of Retail SMEs During a Time of Crisis: Failing, Surviving and Thriving as Three Degrees of Organisational Resilience.. In Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), 2023, 8-10 November 2023, Birmingham, UK.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64195
Cotterell, D., Jones, P., Huxtable-Thomas, L., & Bowen, R. (2022). Developing Organisational Resilience to Fundamental Crisis: Evaluating the role of Social Media as a Key Enabler of Bricolage within Retail SME’s.. In Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), 27-28 October 2022, York, UK.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64190
https://isbe.org.uk/isbe-2022/
Cotterell, D. (2021). Developing Organisational Resilience to Fundamental Crisis: An Evaluation of Social Media as a key Enabler for Resource Bricolage within Rural SME’s.. In Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 28-29 October 2021, Cardiff, UK.ISBE.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64192

Other Research Outputs

Cotterell, D. (2024). Developing Organisational Resilience to Fundamental Crises: Evaluating Social Media as a Key Enabler for Resource Bricolage within Retail micro-SMEs
https://doi.org/10.23889/SUthesis.66294, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66294

Supervision

A interpretive multi-case study that explores how the dimensions of algorithmic bias influence organisational decision-making processes. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Yogesh Dwivedi

Other supervisor: Prof Denis Dennehy

Taught Modules

MN-2075 Dadansoddi Strategol (Strategic Analysis)

This module introduces students to techniques, tools and frameworks that will enable them to undertake basic strategic analysis. A brief introduction to different approaches to strategy will then lead to a `step by step¿ approach to analysing the strategic environment of organisations, including external drivers of change, resources, stakeholder management and organisational culture. Mae'r modiwl hwn yn cyflwyno myfyrwyr i dechnegau, offer a fframweithiau a fydd yn eu galluogi i ymgymryd â dadansoddiad strategol sylfaenol. Bydd cyflwyniad byr i wahanol ddulliau o ymdrin â strategaeth, yn arwain at ddull `cam wrth gam¿ o ddadansoddi amgylchedd strategol sefydliadau, gan gynnwys ysgogwyr allanol o newid, adnoddau, rheolaeth rhanddeiliaid a diwylliant sefydliadol.
MN-3019 Project Management

This module is intended to provide students with a thorough understanding of the project management process and the ability to undertake management of projects in practice.
MN-3019T Project Management

This module is intended to provide students with a thorough understanding of the project management process and the ability to undertake management of projects in practice.
MN-3055 Rheoli Prosiectau (Project Management)

Bwriad y modiwl hwn yw darparu dealltwriaeth drylwyr i fyfyrwyr o'r broses rheoli prosiectau a'r gallu i ymgymryd â phrosiectau rheoli yn eu gwaith.
MN-3521 International Standards

This module provides an overview to the background, development and rationale for international (quality) standards systems. In addition to the lecture course, students will undertake a range of case study exercises and practical implementation workshops.
MN-3579 Managing Crisis in Organisations

Recent years have presented the global economy with a series of shock events, fostering complex challenges for businesses. Such events have included Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic, war in Europe and the Middle East, and the destructive effects of climate change. The disruption caused by such events has prompted many organisations to increase investment within resilience activity, while also increasing recruitment of those who have specialist knowledge within the area of Business Continuity. It is now said that 93% of businesses have a C-Suite sponsor for resilience (PwC, 2023). This module was developed to provide students with specialist Business Continuity knowledge and skills, giving students a competitive advantage within the graduate job market. MN-3579 Disaster and Crisis Management uses a combination of lectures and seminars to teach key Business Continuity frameworks, while also allowing students to test these frameworks by taking part in practical business scenarios
MNXN30 International Soft Landings

This soft landings course is available to the owners and leaders of small firms from outside of the UK who wish to export to, or trade with the UK. The course focuses on creating two key documents ¿ an ambitions plan and an export/trade action plan.

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Journal Articles

Conference Contributions

Other Research Outputs

Supervision

A interpretive multi-case study that explores how the dimensions of algorithmic bias influence organisational decision-making processes. (current)

Taught Modules

MN-2075 Dadansoddi Strategol (Strategic Analysis)

MN-3019 Project Management

MN-3019T Project Management

MN-3055 Rheoli Prosiectau (Project Management)

MN-3521 International Standards

MN-3579 Managing Crisis in Organisations

MNXN30 International Soft Landings