Simon Kirby Speller

Lecturer

Department: Business and Management

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Qualifications

BSc (Hons), PGDip, MSc, MBA 

Research Interests

  • Public Management Practice, Political Leadership and Management
  • Local/Community Governance
  • Performance Management, Quality Management and Excellence in the Public and not for Profit Sectors
  • Service quality; customer and citizen research; Corporate social responsibility and sustainability

Teaching Interests

  • Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
  • Change Management
  • Organisational Consultancy
  • Performance Management in the Public Sector

Biography

BSc (Hons) Sociology (Bedford College, London University)
PG Dip Urban Planning (Oxford Polytechnic)
MSc Politics and Administration (Birkbeck College, London University)
MBA (Middlesex Polytechnic)

Current Work including Administrative and Professional Duties:

  • (0.7PT) MBA teaching team: Module leader for MBA 4602, MBA 4612 and MBA 4625.
  • ILE link tutor. Head of Public Sector Programmes ( Programme Leader for BDU - CMS for LB Brent, Ascham Homes, CACHE)
  • Business Development Champion for B&M Group.

Research:

Articles and Chapters in Edited Books:

Chapter 'The Best Value Initiative', in Johnson and Scholes (ed.) Exploring Public Sector Strategy (2001), FT / Prentice Hall

Conferences:

  • BQF Public Sector Conference papers 1998 - 2004;
  • IMBM Conference papers 1997 - 2002

Official Reports:

Review of use of the European Excellence Model inPublic Services, for Cabinet Office (with pwc), 2000

Honours and Prizes:

  • MBA Prize Middlesex Polytechnic (British Institute of Management) 1991;
  • EFQM Masters Thesis Award (Madrid) 1992;
  • Emerald Literati Network: most downloaded articles Top 50 award 2005 (IJQR 1994)

Professional Membership:

Chartered Member Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI)

Links with Partner/Business Organisations:

  • National chairman of British Quality Foundation (BQF) Public Sector Group;
  • Board member Stevenage Business Initiative;
  • Cabinet portfolio holder for Performance and Improvement at Stevenage Borough Council;
  • Incoming chair for Hertfordshire SETPOINT;
  • Executive of Sport Stevenage community sports network (CSN)

 

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