Dr Henry Mumbi

Henry has extensive experience in teaching in higher education in the UK, which began in 2011. He has been a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Roehampton in the Business School. He has taught as an Associate Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland in the School of Business and Enterprise. He is currently a senior lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational behaviour at De Montfort University (DMU). 

His academic experience includes programme leadership, module leadership, line management, external examination, personal tutoring, supervising both undergraduates and postgraduates, developing, designing, preparing and delivering of teaching, learning and assessment both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Henry was a trainee helicopter pilot in the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant by the first President of Zambia the late Dr Kenneth David Kaunda in 1990. He has worked in the public, private and voluntary sector. Thus, having gained diverse experience in all the three sectors, Henry brings a unique and multifaceted perspective to teaching. 

POWI

Kwabi, F., Adegbite, E., Ezeani, E., Wonu, C. and Mumbi, H. (2023) ‘Political uncertainty and stock market liquidity, size, and transaction cost: The role of institutional quality’, International Journal of Finance & Economics Online

Mumbi, H. and Obembe, D. (2021) Shared leadership in Voluntary Sector Organisations: Exploring practice and theory development, Voluntary Sector Review, Vol 13 (2), 226-242

Mumbi, H. (2019) 'Shared leadership: a place-based leadership analysis of voluntary organisations' Conference paper presented at the 18th International Studying Leadership Conference in Bristol (UWE) 16-17 December 2019

Eyong JE, Mumbi, H and Muskwe, N, (2018) Leadership development in Africa: Evolution, Complexity and Opportunities. 10th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference (DLCC) Bristol Business School, UWE, 12th-13th July 2018.

Mumbi, H. and Demola, O. (2016) ‘Shared Leadership in Voluntary Organisations: An Exploratory Survey using Internal Stakeholder Perspective’ Conference paper presented at BAM Conference September 2016

Mumbi, H. (2012) 'Shared Leadership in Voluntary Organizations' conference paper presented at the 11th International Studying Leadership Conference in Perth, Australia that took place on 10th and 11th December 2012

Mumbi, H. (2012) 'Shared Leadership in the Voluntary Sector' presented at the New Researchers’ Conference at Birmingham University on 10th September 2012

Henry's main research focus is on Leadership, Human Resource Management (Employee engagement, employee voice and decent work), Human Resource Development (Critical perspective), Voluntary Sector and Community Research and HIV/AIDS. In addition, Henry has great interest in student engagement, assessment and deep learning.

HRM, Leadership, Organisational Behavior and Research Methods

Henry has a PhD in Leadership obtained at De Montfort University, a Master’s Degree (MSc) in Voluntary Sector Management from Cass Business School (City University), Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Human Resource Management with Distinction obtained from the University of the West of Scotland, Postgraduate Diploma in Social Research Methods from University of Roehampton and University Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from University of Roehampton.

Henry teaches a variety of HRM modules including Critical Issues in HRM (Level 6), Reward & Performance Management (Level 5) and Professional Development for HRM. In the past he has taught Research Project (Level 6), HRM in the Workplace (Level 5), Globalisation & HRM (Level 6), Employability & Academic Study Skills (Level 4), International HRM (Level 7), Introduction to Work and Organisations (Level 4), Leading, Managing and Developing People (Level 7), People Management within Organisations (Level 7), Strategic Management (Level 7), Developing Skills for Business Leadership (Level 7), Investigating a Business Issue from HR Perspective (Level 7), Reflective Business (Level 6), Resolving Individual Disputes (Level 5) and Academic Development and Professional Practice (Level 4).

2023 Nominated for the Student Choice Teaching Award

2022 Winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

2021 Nominated for the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

2020 Winner of the Scholar Award (UKZambians)

2020 Nominated for the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

2019 Nominated for the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

2018 Nominated for the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

2017 Nominated for the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

2016 Nominated for the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

External examiner at Northumbria University. 

Reveiwer of the Voluntary Sector Review (Journal) and Management Decisions (Journal).

Governor of Our Lady of Grace Infant and Junior Schools. 

Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy

Chartered Academic Member of the CIPD

Member of the Voluntary Sector Studies Network

QR Funding 2023/2024 (£4,000) Decent Work: This project aims to investigate sustainable decent work development and policy implementation in a post-covid-19 pandemic world of informal work in Ghana. It is being conducted, in collaboration with a major trade union, the Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG). It seeks to generate insights and knowledge to develop more effective strategies to support the development of sustainable decent work in the Ghanaian informal economy post Covid-19 pandemic to improve the socio-economic wellbeing of our gallant informal workers.

QR GCRF Funded project 2019/2020 (£25,000). Title of project: Secure and Trustworthy E-governance for enhanced and accessible public services in Africa (STEGA). The project aimed to tackle the issue of cyber security and the inadequate e-governance provision in most African countries using Nigeria and Zambia as case studies. It focused on addressing the long-standing problems of availability, coverage, policies and legislation, as well as emerging issues of security, privacy and trust.

Henry has attended and presented at a number of conferences. Recently (19 September 2024), he presented a poster titled Enhancing Graduate Attributes through Music as a Pedagogical Tool in Teaching & Learning during the DMU Teaching & Learning Conference. 

Henry has extensive experience providing consultancy services to individuals and organizations in the UK. His areas of consultancy have included Human Resources Management (HRM), Organizational Development (OD), fundraising, strategic planning, operational planning and support, HIV/AIDS, health and social care, leadership development and organizational learning.

Clients have included Divine Mercy Home, Positive Runway, Community Health Action Trust, African Women Care and CAFPH. Thus, Henry has strong links with the voluntary sector and SMEs in the UK.

For example at the Community Health Action Trust (CHAT) he developed the fundraising strategy that was fluid and dynamic encompassing some marketing plans for the organization. He employed different kinds of fundraising techniques to increase the income of the organization through trust and foundation fundraising, direct marketing, community fundraising and corporate relationship management. This was achieved through research, events, writing project proposals, and in some instances tenders.

At CHAT he raised £235,000 from the Big Lottery, £140,000 from the Kings Fund (research bid), £12,000 from Lloyds TSB Foundation, £4,000 from Brent Council and numerous other small grants. As a team member, Henry was involved in securing £50,000 per year for two years from Monument Trust, £60,000 per year for 3 years from Brent Social Services, £90,000 from Brent Primary Care Trust for the community clinic and £100,000 per year for 3 years from the same source for core services.

At the HIV/AIDS Association of Zambia (HAAZ) he also developed the organization and raised more than half a Million Pound from various sources.

Sade Ogundipe and Jesper Madsen,  supervisory role (1 ^st supervisor).

QR Funding 2023/2024 (£4,000) Decent Work

GCRF QR funding 2019/2020 (£25,000) STEGA

POWI 2019/2020 (£1250) Construction of leadership at the construction site

Faculty Research Fund 2019/2020 (£585) International Studying Leadership Conference

Next Generation Researchers funding 2019/2020 (£1000) 2020 AIDS Conference

Sade Ogundipe (Effective leadership adaptability and complexity in times of crisis)

Jesper Madsen (Exploring Identity Development in Self-Managing Teams with Shared Leadership)

Dr Amina Chitembo (Migrant women's self-inclusion into Leadership: the highly skilled migrant women's position in the workplace).

Dr Beth Miller (Exploring Teacher Attrition, through the Lens of Resilience).

Henry was the Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Human Resource Management (Undergraduate), BA (Hons) Business Management & HRM (Undergraduate) and MA Human Resource Management (Postgraduate).

Henry is the Module Leader for Reward & Performance Management (Level 5), Critical Issues in HRM (Level 6) and Professional Development for HRM (Level 4). He has been previously a Module Leader for International HRM (Level 7), Globalisation & HRM (Level 6), Investigating a Business Issue from HR Perspective (Level 7), Leading, Managing and Developing People (Level 7), Developing Skills for Business Leadership (Level 7) and People Management within Organisations (Level 7) and Strategic Management (Level 7).