Stuart Maguire has worked in several private and public sector organisations as an analyst/programmer, systems analyst and systems consultant. He has undertaken research and consultancy in over 150 organisations. Previously, he was a teaching company supervisor within a multinational organisation as part of a large teaching company scheme (now Knowledge Transfer Programme). In the 1990s he was a national academic co-ordinator for the Health & Social Services Management Programme. He has also developed and delivered executive development programmes for middle and senior managers in areas such as consultancy and project management.Stuart has gained three separate degrees culminating in a PhD in Systems from Lancaster University. He also has qualifications in management, supervisory management, systems analysis and systems design. He is a member of the British Academy of Management and the United Kingdom Systems Society. He is also course director for the new M.Sc. in Management at Sheffield University. Recently he has provided professional assistance on several national and international projects. Maintaining links with private and public sector organisations is valued highly and recent links with Ford Motor Co. plc, BT and the National Health Service have led to further opportunities to develop learning and teaching within the management school. To complement this several recent research projects focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have revealed many key issues in business and management concerning firms in the 21st century. Stuart has formulated his own methodology (OASES) for introducing information systems into organisations. This was developed in a number of large enterprises. He is particularly interested in how organisations attempt to manage change in turbulent business environments. He teaches the management of change on the MBA course at the University of Rouen. Stuart has recently focused on how organisations attempt to manage business intelligence at times of major change. Business Intelligence, and more especially, competitor intelligence, are major ingredients of successful business planning and control. Stuart supervises a number of doctoral students in the areas of technology management, e-learning, and project management.
