Sam is a lecturer in the faculty of Business and Law at DMU, prior to joining DMU, he worked in the Urban Councils performing a policy advocy role and managed several policy engagement projects bridging the gap between local authorities and the citizenry. His role incloded advising on policies and procedures to elected policy makers and trained them on their roles to effectively discharge their duties. He later assumed the human resources management roles in the public sector at executive level. After, he transitioned his career to a full time academic and initially worked for the Midlands State University, Lupane University, University of Johannesburg, University of Pretoria, Berdforshire University and now Demontfort University.
His academic experience include programme leadership, module leadership, line management, personal tutoring, external examination, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations, design and plan learning activities, teach and support learning through appropriate approaches, teach and give feedback for learning. His practice centres around the purpose, values, specialist knowledge and core behaviours of the Chatered Institute of People Development (CIPD). He is also a Professional Recognition Scheme (FHAE) reviewer and mentor.
His research interests revolves around Policy and governance, HRM practices, Perfomance Management, HRM sustainability and Change Management. He is currently working on 2 projects focusing on: Co-designing Social Transitions for a Sustainable UK and The Struggles of HRM reforms within the public sector in developing economies. He is open to PhD supervision within his areas of research interests.