Unravelling Notts
13 September 2012
Karen Watson believes in people, not structures. So her transformation of Nottingham Trent University’s purchasing system involved doing a lot of talking. Sam Tulip reports on her academic achievement
Starting a new job is often an unsettling experience, with an unfamiliar office and a sea of strange faces. But when Karen Watson, the new chair of the Association of University Purchasing Officers (AUPO), arrived at Nottingham Trent University to take up the role of head of purchasing, it wasn’t quite like that. “I walked into this small office and it was…” she...