Specialisms
- Operations and Process Management
Location
Nigel Spinks is a full-time member of Henley Business School where he is Director of Studies in the Business Informatics, Systems and Accounting group. His main teaching role is in the area of process and operations management on the MBA, alongside corporate and executive courses. He also teaches research methods on other post-experience, postgraduate Masters programmes. Before joining Henley, he spent 10 years in a variety of technical and export sales and marketing management roles in a start-up division within a multi-national company based in Germany. Prior to embarking upon a civilian career, Nigel served as an Army Officer for ten years in both command and staff roles.
Nigel holds a degree in history from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and a degree in economics and mathematical sciences. He gained his MBA from Henley, completing a dissertation on strategic innovation in the financial services industry. His research interests include process governance, innovation and the sociology of skill. He has most recently been involved in a major research project for the Royal Academy of Engineering. In his spare time, Nigel is director of a small, specialist publishing company.
Principles of Project Management
This module is designed to provide the theoretical and practical grounding of project management. It introduces the concepts employed in project management at strategic, systems and operational levels and the...
Managing Projects
The Managing Projects elective enables learners to:Identify the characteristics of projects and the implications for their managementDescribe and evaluate different project methodologiesAnalyse their organisation’s approach to project management, including managing...
Managing Service Delivery
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Managing projects
This module is designed for the apprenticeship learner to:Identify the characteristics of projects and the implications for their managementDescribe and evaluate different project methodologiesAnalyse their organisation’s approach to project management...
Service Operations
This module covers key concepts and theories within the area of service operations management. It is designed to introduce students to the particular challenges facing service organisations in an era...
MSc CBC Stage 3: Dissertation
You will undertake a Masters level research project investigating a coaching and behavioural change topic of your choice. This provides the opportunity for a critical examination of the topic and...
Managing Operations and Processes
Organisations of all kinds use operations and processes to deliver goods and services in order to create value for their customers and achieve business objectives. This module introduces students to...
Project Management
Projects have become an important mode of organising work in many organisations and industries in response to the need to develop and deliver complex one-off goods and services and to...
Operations and Infrastructure
This module introduces core concepts in the design, management and improvement of operations and supply chains in today’s organisational context.The module aims to develop deeper knowledge and critical understanding of...
Work-based project: Assessing organisational effectiveness
As part of their apprenticeship programme, learners will need to appraise and understand the effectiveness of their workplace. Through this work-based assignment they will apply their learning to gain a...
Managing processes and systems and projects (MBA) Research methods (post-experience Masters)
Specialisms
- Operations and Process Management
Location
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