Computer Simulations for Management Development
This expert is one of the world's leading designer and provider of computer simulations for management development and business training. Over the last thirty plus years, he has probably developed and run more simulations than any other individual.
In 1995, this work was recognised by the award of the prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship for his study of the use of computer simulation in management development and business training. (The photograph shows him receiving the fellowship from the former British Prime Minister John Major.)
More recently, in 2002, his design approach and leading edge features won a major Innovation Award. In 2003 he won a National Training Award for the learning underpinning his designs.
Business Background
Before and in parallel to his training and simulation design experience, he has held a wide range of line management jobs. Jobs that, unusually, cover most business functions - engineering, manufacturing, finance and sales & marketing.
He obtained an honours degree in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. (Imperial College is one of the world's leading engineering schools and ranks in the UK with Oxford and Cambridge).
After his degree, he worked in manufacturing management for General Electric in the USA. There he progressed through GE's Manufacturing Management Program (where he worked in manufacturing and plant engineering, inventory management, quality and production control and purchasing). On completing the Manufacturing Management Program he became involved in financial and business modelling and took part in GE's Advanced Manufacturing Methods program.
His financial and business modelling expertise led to him returning to the UK to launch and market Honeywell Information System's computerised financial and corporate modelling packages (the first interactive modelling package in the UK). To support this, he developed several leading-edge business simulations and advised a wide range of clients on financial and corporate modelling. And, after a period managing Customer Services he became Honeywell's Chief Corporate Systems Consultant.
Teaching Background
His development of business simulations led him into training with Honeywell Information Systems (where he taught on their executive education programmes) And, as Manager of Customer Services was responsible for customer, technical and sales training. His teaching career continued as Assistant Director of Marketing Studies with Ashridge Management College. (Ashridge is the UK's leading business school and one of the world's leading business schools).
Since 1983, he has run his own firm developing and providing computerised business simulation for management development for use on short courses by business people around the world.
His work in managerial learning includes practical training experience with tens of thousands of business people from major companies around the world - teaching experience that is incorporated into his simulations.
Reflecting his wide business experience, his teaching encompasses business strategy, marketing management, financial appreciation, operations management and sales forecasting in the UK, USA, Europe and the Arabian Gulf.
Simulation Design Background
Since 1970, he has developed sixty computer simulations comprehensively covering management learning across industry. Most of these simulations were developed for large corporates, multinationals and major training providers in the UK, Europe and around the world.
He designs exclusively for corporate training (rather than academic programs). So his designs are for short simulations focusing on specific development objectives. These range from short two-hour simulations exploring concepts, through one-day simulations exploring a range of business areas to two-day simulations exploring strategic management.
Three of his simulations were used as national management contests in the UK and four were used for probably the world's largest international management contest in the Arabian Gulf.
Besides these contests, his simulations are used regularly for in-company contests and conferences. And, each year he is involved in a major schools' conference where one of his simulations is used as a conference theme.
In 2002, following nearly a decade researching, developing and implementing a new simulation architecture that provides leading edge functionality and shortens development times by up to eighty percent, he won a major UK Innovation Award.
Besides shortening development time, this architecture incorporates systems-dynamics principles and tutor-support systems to ensure learning is delivered effectively, efficiently and consistently in the shortest possible time.
Research & Learning Background
His business experience and practical teaching experience is backed by research into adult and managerial learning and he is a regular contributor to professional and academic conferences and journals in the UK and the US. His paper won the best research paper at the 1994 ABSEL (Association of Business Simulation and Experiential Learning) conference in San Diego, USA. He is a regular contributor to both the ABSEL Conference and the ASTD (American Society for Training and Development) International Conference.
In 2005, he won another best paper award at the ABSEL conference in Orlando, Florida for his paper Computer business simulation design: the rock pool method.
In 2003, he won a National Training Award for the learning underpinning his simulations and his architecture.
Besides numerous papers and articles, he has written several books. His latest book is a guide to using and choosing computerised simulations for management .  Need more details? Email Jeremy H. now!
Your query about Jeremy H. to The Knowledge Brokers
|
