J. Barton Cunningham

Bio: Bart Cunningham, Ph.D., is currently involved with a number of workplace initiatives focused on managing stress and improving workplace wellness.

Dr. Cunningham works in a number of related areas concerning stress and wellness: stress and satisfaction related to organizational design, shift scheduling, managerial skills, crisis management, human resource management, technological change, job design, and internal working relationships. He has developed crisis management training programs for municipal governments in Southern California and has assisted with the implementation of new structures and schedules in police departments in the Victoria and Vancouver areas. He has consulted with a range of federal and provincial organizations in Canada, such as the Attorney General Ministry, Coordinated Law Enforcement Unit, Justice Development Commission, Department of Indian and Native Affairs, and the Atomic Energy Commission. He has also worked with the National Productivity Board in Singapore to assess the implementation of quality-related approaches and with the government of Brunei in developing mechanisms for improving methods of resolving conflicts. Dr. Cunningham has also worked with several leading private-sector organizations, such as the Luscar Sterco Coal Mine, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and a wide range of small entrepreneurial organizations.

Dr. Cunningham completed a doctoral degree at the University of Southern California in management and administration and was a Visiting Scientist at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London, England. He is a director in the Center for Organizational Research and Effectiveness and is a professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria, Canada. From 1991 to 1994, he was at the Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, where he was the research director of the Enterprise Development Center. Most recently, he taught at the Czech Management Center and the University of Waikato in New Zealand.