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Dr Jenny Lewis

Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management

Dr Jenny Lewis is a member of The Open University's Centre for Human Resource and Change Management.

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Staff profile

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Biography

Jenny joined the OU in 1979 to take her Ph D in the Social Psychology of Graduate Careers. Previously she worked in accounts, personnel and professional sport. She has worked at the OU ever since except for two short periods, one at UMIST and one in market research. Since joining OUBS in 1989 she has been acting director of the Ph D programme, head of the Management Learning Research Unit, MBA Programme Director and head of the Centre for Human Resource and Change Management. She has designed and led generalist courses for the first year of the MBA as well as in research methods and performance measurement. She retires in 2012.

Teaching interests

First year MBA requirements, research methods for managers, performance measurement and evaluation.

Research interests

Jenny has researched and published in the areas of career development, educational evaluation, co-operative working and the management of design. Current interests: management development, students' approaches to learning and career development in the leisure industries, regular surveys of MBA students’ residential school experiences.

External contributions

Jenny has been on accreditation and validation panels for various other universities and for AMBA and the QAA.

Publications

Book
Cornforth, CJ, Thomas, A, Spear, RG, Lewis, JM  (1988)  'Developing Successful Worker Co-operatives', London, Sage Publications Ltd. Abstract
Conference Paper
Lewis, JM, Tyler, S  (1999)  'Why managers choose a strategic approach to learning', British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Manchester, U.K..
Hedge, N, Lewis, JM, Mallory, GR, Cassells, E  (1994)  'Expedient learners: strategies used by MBA learners', 14th International Conference Strategic Management Society, Paris, September.
Edited Book
Paton, Rob, Clark, Greg, Jones, Geoff, Lewis, Jenny M., Quintas, Paul R. (eds)  (1996)  'The New Management Reader', London, U.K., Routledge. Abstract
Holloway, Jacky A., Lewis, Jenny M., Mallory, Geoff R. (eds)  (1995)  'Performance Measurement and Evaluation', London, U.K. and Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S., Sage Publications. Abstract
Journal Article
Bruce, M, Lewis, JM  (1990)  'Women designers - is there a gender trap?', Design Studies, vol. 11, issue 2, Elsevier, pp. 114-120.
Bruce, M, Lewis, JM  (1989)  'Cherchez les femmes', Design, vol. 485.
Lewis, JM, Thomas, K  (1987)  'Occupational change amongst graduate engineers and scientists', British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, vol. 15, issue 2, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 182-196.
Miscellaneous
Cornforth, CJ, Lewis, JM  (1987)  'Creating successful co-operatives business: a summary report', Milton Keynes, UK, Open University Co-Operatives Research Unit.