--- title: Cranfield Executive Development Blog | Professor Emma Parry description: "Professor of Human Resource Management, Cranfield School of Management. Emma is an expert in Human Resource Management (HRM) and leads a number of global research projects in this area. She manages \"Cranet\" a worldwide network of over 40 business schools that conducts comparative HRM research. She is also a Director of \"5C\", a global research project involving around 30 academic institutions, examining cultural and age differences in attitudes towards careers. Emma is the UK representative on the global team for the Center of Aging and Work at Boston College, USA and has conducted a research for a wide range of clients, including the Ministry of Defence, National Health Service, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Society for Human Resource Management Foundation and several private sector organisations. Emma is the Director of the International Executive Doctorate (DBA). She is currently co-opted to the Council of the British Academy of Management to manage their DBA interests. She is also a member of the Doctoral Programmes Committee for the European Federation of Management Development; Deputy Chair of the Chartered Association of Business Schools DBA Steering Group; and is on the Board of the Executive DBA Council. Emma is the co-author of the book \"Managing People in a Contemporary Context\" and editor of several other books in the areas of HRM and age diversity. She consistently produces high quality research, which is published in journals of recognised international excellence, as well as regularly speaking at academic conferences. She is an Honorary Fellow for the Institute for Employment Studies, a Visiting Research Fellow at Westminster Business School and a member of the Executive Committee for the Careers Division of the Academy of Management. She is also an Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Emma teaches on graduate and executive programmes in the areas of Human Resource Management, Talent Management and Research Methods." --- [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Marques-SoM.png?width=85&name=Marques-SoM.png)](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som)   - [Home](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge) - Featured - [CEO Summit](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ceo-summit-2021) - Categories - [Changing World of Work](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/changing-world-of-work) - [Digital Transformation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/digital-transformation) - [Economics](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/economics) - [Entrepreneurship](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/entrepreneurship) - [Finance and Accounting](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/finance-and-accounting) - [Implementation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/implementation) - [Leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership) - 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The latest statistics show that, as technology... *( read )* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent), [management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/management) ![Five Ways Emerging Technologies are Transforming the HR Landscape](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/adult-business-computer-1181354-small.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/EmmaParry.png) By [Professor Emma Parry](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-emma-parry) ## [Five Ways Emerging Technologies are Transforming the HR Landscape](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/technology-transforming-hr) ## Across almost all industries and business functions we are seeing rapid growth in the use of technology to boost business... *( read )* Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [featured talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-talent), [featured sidebar talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-sidebar-talent), ![Vacancy at the top: just one in five organisations are prepared](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/LD_Blog_Live_Site_Files/BLOG_IMAGES/Blog08_Unsplash_photo-1444718070663-99afd7176287.jpeg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/EmmaParry.png) By [Professor Emma Parry](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-emma-parry) ## [Vacancy at the top: just one in five organisations are prepared](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/vacancy-at-the-top-just-one-in-five-organisations-are-prepared) **It’s a familiar sight. 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