Dr Christopher Jensen
- ROLE:Lecturer in Management
- CONTACT:+971 (0)4 367 8100
- EMAIL:[email protected]
Chris completed his B.S. in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis. He then became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Arizona, working as a senior accountant and fiscal specialist for over a decade. His longest tenure was with the largest public university in the United States, Arizona State University. His time at ASU crescendoed when he earned his MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business, specialising in leadership development.
Later, Chris took positions as a business coach and adjunct lecturer for a small business incubator and training centre called the Business Development Center in Bangalore, India. Using a curriculum from Regent University, Chris helped develop budding entrepreneurs and equip them with management, fundraising, marketing, accounting, and business ethics skills. During that time, Chris enrolled in a PhD program through the Middlesex London campus, focusing on Business Ethics in the Asian context. His PhD thesis is titled ‘Fostering Virtue Among Autorickshaw Drivers - Embedding Virtuous Conduct in Network Institutions in Sri Lanka: A Case Study of an Autorickshaw Institution.’
Chris has been teaching at the Middlesex Dubai campus since 2019. During his tenure at Middlesex, he has taught the Foundation Management Project course, Foundations of Business, International Entrepreneurship, Financing Decisions for Businesses, Strategic Management and, more recently, International Business Strategy and the MBA’s Strategic Management & Innovation course. His unique pedagogic contribution is using MentiMeter to engage with students by asking provocative questions and stoking debate around the various learning outcomes in business management. His research interests include Business Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Algorithmic Management, Strategic Management, Institutional Theory, and Institutional Work. He supervises two students in the MBA and MA programs. Though he has no published work (yet!), Chris has given many seminars at several universities from his research in Sri Lanka.
- PhD, Management & Business Ethics, Middlesex University, London – June 2024
- MBA, Specialization: Leadership Development, Arizona State University –2012
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Arizona, USA - licensed August 2007
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accountancy – Arizona State University – 2006
- BS in Managerial Economics, University of California, Davis –2000
- Lecturer in Management – Middlesex University, Dubai – 2023 to Present
- Adjunct Lecturer in Management – Middlesex University, Dubai – 2019 to 2023
- Entrepreneurial Business Coach and Lecturer – Business Development Center, Bangalore, India – 2013 to 2018
- Senior Fiscal Specialist – Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona – 2004 to 2012
Since 2018 Chris has been enrolled in the PhD program at the Middlesex University London campus with a focus on Business Ethics in the Asian context. His PhD thesis is titled ‘Fostering Virtue Among Autorickshaw Drivers - Embedding Virtuous Conduct in Network Institutions in Sri Lanka: A Case Study of an Autorickshaw Institution.’ Though he has no published work in A-level journals (yet!), but he has given many seminars at several universities from his research in Sri Lanka. The titles of those seminars as listed below.
- 24 January 2018, Attitudes Towards Business Ethics in the Auto Rickshaw Industry in Bangalore: Effective Variables for Institutionalizing Business Ethics.
- 18 September 2019, Using Virtue Ethics and the Practice-Institution schema in mapping virtue within an organisation
- 29 September 2021, Virtue and Virtue Ethics in Sri Lanka
- 01 June 2022, Methodology Chapter for Embedding Virtuous Conduct among Autorickshaw Institutions in Sri Lanka: A Case Study
- 01 February 2023, Findings on Virtue and Virtuous Conduct among Autorickshaw Drivers in Sri Lanka
His research interests include:
- Business Ethics
- Virtue Ethics
- Algorithmic Management
- Strategic Management
- Institutional Theory
- Institutional Work
He hopes to publish work from his research in Sri Lanka once he completes his PhD (estimated completion date is Fall 2023).
