The Essential Management Toolbox

SIMON BURTONSHAW-GUNN has worked on management consultancyprojects in the UK, Libya, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Indonesia,and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition he has designed anddelivered management training as part of a European Unionco-operation programme in, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka,Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and India.
He has a strong academic background evidenced by two Master'sdegrees in management strategy topics together with a PhD byresearch in partnering and collaborative working. To complement hisacademic achievements his experience is recognized with Fellowshipof four professional institutions including the UK'sChartered Management Institute and the Institute of BusinessConsulting. For a period of four years he held the position of aPost-doctorate Research Fellow at the Manchester MetropolitanUniversity relinquishing this at the beginning of 2005 to take upthe role of a Visiting Professor at the University of Salford inGreater Manchester. Here he served for almost three years in the 6*research rated School of the Built Environment before beingappointed as the first Visiting Professor to the new SalfordBusiness School. Professor Burtonshaw-Gunn has been a researchexaminer for the UK's Chartered Institute of Purchasing andSupply (CIPS) since 2002 and is currently an external member of theEmployment and Finance Committee and succession member to the Boardof Governors at the University of Bolton. He has recently beenappointed as a member of the Court at the University of Leeds for atwo-year term.
Simon is one of the founding members of an academic research group(International Supply Chain Risk Management) and has presentedconference papers in Sweden, the USA, UK, Hungary and India,together with a number of refereed publications, professionaljournal articles and textbook contributions. This is his firstbook.