Research Grants

EPSRC (2007) Centre for e-management and e-science: collaborative applications and SMEs (with R. Crouchley et al.( £206,000); EU ASIA LINK (2005) Enhancement of teaching and research in Management Education: Innovation and E-Business (lead academic, with Stockholm Business School, University of Science and Technology Beijing, National University of Laos) £275,000; KTP (2003) SSM based Systems Implementation (lead academic, with N. Lockett) £94,000; EU ASIA IT&C (2002) EQUIT – Education Quality Improvement through Digital Technologies (lead academic, with Copenhagen Business School) £329,000; HP and SAP (1999) Engaging SMEs in e-business (with N. Lockett) £40,000; ESRC (1992) Managing the Contract Process in the NHS (with P. Checkland et al.) £64,680; ESRC (1990) Comparative Decision Making in China and UK (with Easterby-Smith et al.) £93,000); UNDP (1990) Management Education for China's Foreign Trade Sector (with University of Manchester) £210,000; British Council ALCS (1990) Management and Management Education in China (extension) £2800; British Council ALCS (1987) Management and Management Education in China £14,000.

Current Teaching

Major courses in Strategic Management and Strategy and IT, including E-business for:

PostexperienceLCMC China Executive Programmes ACYF and others; IMPM; CMPM; British Airways MBA Executive Programme; LEAD; ALP; VSEL MBA Executive Programme; Consortial MBA; The Bailrigg Programme (NHS Senior Management Programme).

Postgraduate MSc Information Management; MSc in Information Technology, Management & Organisational Change; FT MBA

UndergraduateBBA MNGT 301

Research Interests

Strategic Management; Strategy and IT, including E-Business;Management in Transitional Economies, especially China; Innovation and IT; SMEs and IT; IT policy

Qualifications

MA Systems Lancaster, Dip Chem Eng (Hons), M I Chem E C Eng

Professional Role

2005 to present Director of the Lancaster China Management Centre

2012 Co-organiser LUMS and Wuhan University International Conference 'Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice Relevant to China', Wuhan PRC

2009 Co-organiser LCMC and Fudan University International Conference 'Sustainable Development in China', Fudan, Shanghai, PRC

2007 Co-organiser LCMC, FASS, Beijing Foreign Studies University IAS Colloquium 'New Discourses in Contemporary China', Lancaster

2005 Project Principal EU funded project Enhancement of Teaching and Research in Management Education (ENTRE)

2003 Co-Chair International Conference 'Economy and Business in China – Now and Future', Lancaster China Management Centre, Lancaster

1990-93 Head, Department of Systems and Information Management

1992-99 Director MSc Information Management