Staff profiles
Professor Jim Bryant
BSc, BA, MA, PhD, MBCS, CEng, FIMA
Phone 0114 225 5155
E-mail j.w.bryant@shu.ac.uk
Subject areas
Operational research, strategy sciences, conflict, collaboration, group decision support
Profile
Professor of operational research and strategy sciences at Sheffield Hallam University since 1989. Also honorary professor at Warwick Business School. Chair of the Conflict Research Society.
Following postgraduate training and market simulation research in operational research (OR) at Lancaster University employed in manufacturing industry with work on production management and financial modelling. A decade of work spanning the range of formal problem structuring methods led into development of the 'drama theory' framework for understanding human interaction. This approach proved extraordinarily versatile and is used to gaining insight and guide action on organisational and inter-organisational issues.
Research interests
- framing opportunities for organisational change
- conflict and collaboration (in all manifestations and contexts)
- supporting groups through processes of change in situations of complexity, ambiguity and conflict
Teaching interests
- strategy and thinking strategically
- problem structuring methods (PSMs)
- change management
Author of recent publications
Bryant, J and Darwin, J (2004) Exploring Inter-organisational Relationships in the Health Service: an immersive drama approach. European Journal of Operational Research 152, 655-666
Bryant, J (2003) The Six Dilemmas of Collaboration. John Wiley: Chichester
Bryant, J (2002) Confrontations in Health Service Management: insights from drama theory. European Journal of Operational Research 142, 160 - 624.
Research and consultancy projects
- Department of Health: Future Landscapes for Primary Care
- Department of Health: Clinical Governance
- Rotherham MDC, Trent RHA and others: Change Management
- Training/development courses on PSMs, Collaboration et
