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Dr Stephen Simister

Associate Professor of Programme and Change Management

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Specialisms

  • Project and Programme Management, 
  • Change Management, 
  • Leadership of Transformational Change

Location

Engine House building room 514, Greenlands campus

Dr Stephen Simister is an Associate Professor of Programme and Change Management at Henley Business School, with international academic, practitioner and consulting experience.

Before joining Henley Business School, Stephen had over 25 years of programme management experience, having delivered and consulted on projects and programmes in the construction, IT, finance, pharmaceutical, PFI/PPP and oil and gas industries in support of their capital investment and transformational change initiatives.

He is module convener for the Leadership and Change module on the Henley MBA and the Developing Leadership in Others module on the MA Leadership programme.

Stephen sits on both ISO and BSI committees for programme and portfolio management and works with APM on their portfolio of standards and qualifications around project management. Stephen also supports Henley Business School's Executive Education group and has provided tailored programmes for a number of organisations, including Linklaters, Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Associated British Foods, Deutsche Telekom and the Clore foundation. He speaks internationally on effectively leading and measuring change and has held visiting appointments at several universities.

Professionally, Stephen is a chartered project management surveyor with the RICS and is both a registered project professional and chartered project professional with the APM. He is also a high risk gateway review team leader under the UK government's major project and programme gateway scheme.

Reference: Payne, J., Roden, E. J. and Simister, S. (2022) Through the knowledge lens: KM adventures in project-land. In: Dalcher, D. (ed.) Rethinking project management for a dynamic and digital world. Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, pp. 281-292. ISBN 9781032133119 doi: 10:1201/9781003228615
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen Simister
Reference: Payne, J., Roden, E. and Simister, S. (2019) Managing knowledge in project environments. Fundamentals of Project Management. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 9781472480279
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen Simister
Reference: Simister, S. (2009) Managing risk on projects. In: Harper-Smith, P. and Derry, S. (eds.) Fast Track to Success: Project Management. Fast Track Series. Prentice Hall / Financial Times, pp. 26-28. ISBN 9780273719922
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen Simister
Reference: Simister, S. (2003) Bidding. In: Turner, J.R. (ed.) Contracting for project management. Gower/Ashgate, Aldershot. ISBN 9780566085291
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen Simister
Reference: Simister, S. (2004) Qualitative and quantitative risk management. In: Morris, P. and Pinto, J. (eds.) The Wiley guide to managing projects. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 30-47. ISBN 9780471233022 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470172391.ch2
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen Simister
Reference: Simister, S. (2008) Managing value. In: Turner, J.R. (ed.) Gower handbook of project management. 4th edition. Gower/Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 313-326. ISBN 9780566088063
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Stephen Simister

Strategic leadership and innovation

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Module code: MQM2SLI

Innovation and change

The module evaluates how innovation and disruptive technologies can impact organisations and understanding the drivers of change and new ways of working across infrastructure, processes, people and culture, and sustainability....

Module code: MNM1INC

Leadership and change

This places your organisation's practicing managers at the centre of their development as effective change leaders. They will be faced with real dilemmas and choices about courses of action. Through...

Module code: MNM3LC

Project and programme leadership

This module is specifically aimed at developing student’s project leadership skills. It should be noted that for the purposes of the module, ‘project’ is used as a generic term to...

Module code: MQM1PPL

Developing leadership in others

This module helps to develop leadership in others. With this end in mind, learners will: Plan, manage and reflect on their individual personal leadership Develop their behavioural skills Consider how...

Module code: MQM3DLO

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