Employed in the car/ motorcycle industry between 1974 and 1990. Positions included Dealer Managemnt, Dealer Development, Supplier Development, Retail Sales/Marketing and Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing.
Attended university as a full-time mature student in 1991 and awarded BA with Honours (2:1) by Anglia Polytechnic University in 1994.
Progressed to London School of Economics (MPhil) in 1997.
Awarded PhD at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge (St Catharine's College) in February 2000.
Thesis: Relations Between Assemblers and Suppliers: sourcing, price and quality of manufacturing parts and the effect of the low trust UK environment on the strategies of four Japanese transplants. Supervisor: Leverhulme Prosessor R.J. Bennett.
Apart from my interests in Operations Management, Strategic Management and the Political Economy of Japan, I am concerned that students fully benefit from a university education. It is my belief that a degree from a UK university is a globally valued award and, as such, demands hard work, commitment and proof that a wide range of skills have been acquired and can be satisfactorily used. Once earned a degree not only helps provide access to better employment, but helps the holder view the world with less bigotry and from a better informed position. My current research interests seek to ensure that (a) students do have the necessary skills to succede in order that they fully benefit from their university education and (b) to ensure that the quality of the UK degree can be maintained.

Operation Management, Supply Chain Management and International Logistics.

The Political Economy of Japan; achieving competitive advantage using advanced supply chain strategies; Toyota Production System; transaction cost economics; and teaching and learning.

• BA (Hons) Business Studies
• MBA
• PhD

• SM2038 - Supply Chain Management (Module Leader)
• SM2039 - International Logistics (Module Leader)
• SM2037 - Customr Service (Seminar Tutor)
• SM1007 - Studying for Business (Seminar Tutor)

Student literacy skills - are students equipped with the necessary skills to succede at university?

Global co-ordination in the car industry.

•  “The Myth of Globalisation” (2002), in proceedings of Amity International Business School (Delhi) Journal.
• “Global Villages - Globalisation or Localisation?” (2002), in proceedings of Amity International Business School (Delhi) Journal.
• “The Challenge of International Supply Chain Management: modelling price, quality and trust” (2002), in proceedings of Amity International Business School (Delhi) Journal.
• The Global Challenge - Delhi, India, February 21-22, 2002 and attended by academics, industrialists and senior politicians
  Paper 1 - “The Myth of Globalisation”
  Paper 2 - “Global Villages - Globalisation or Localisation?”
  Paper 3 - “The Challenge of International Supply Chain Management: modelling price, quality and trust”
• Advanced Supply Chain Management Symposia- Presented to the UK’s DTI and SMMT in London, July 1996 and to Ford Motor Company in Cologne, February 2001.
• “Working together: choosing and developing supply chain partners” developed in 1996 in partnership with Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd and Toyota (GB) Ltd.