Rosemary Thomson was a senior lecturer at the Open University Business School, UK. She was the author of the first two editions of this book before she sadly passed away in 1998. Her husband, Andrew Thomson, has worked with Eileen Arney to prepare this new edition

Eileen Arney is a lecturer in Management at The Open University, UK. Eileen has previously worked as a senior civil servant in the Home Office, including as Assistant Director of National Police Training. She has also worked in specialist HR and recruitment roles and as an Executive Coach

Andrew Thomson is Emeritus Professor at The Open University, UK where he was the first Dean of the Open University Business School (1988-93), after working in Unilever and at Glasgow University. He is authoring this edition on behalf of his late wife, Rosemary Thomson