Personal Profile : Stephen John

Education and Training

B.Sc.(Econ)(London), M.Ed. M.Phil.(Exeter) M.Sc.(Strathclyde) MBA(Leicester)

Recognised teacher in the Faculty of Education, University of Exeter 1995

Accredited lecturer, Department of Law, De Montfort University 1992

Sometime visiting lecturer, Management subjects, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

Career Experience

1966-1968 Administration Officer City and Guilds of London Institute

Responsible for :
Administration of courses in printing and photography,
Administration of committees involved in curriculum development and examinations.

1969-1969 Administrative Officer British Printing Industries Federation
Responsible for :
Servicing of Federation Labour Committee
Collation of data for wage negotiations
Providing advice to member firms of Federation

1969 -1985 McCorquodale PLC

Industrial Relations Officer 1969-1972
Group Personnel Manager 1972-1985
Head of Group Personnel Department 1974-1985 responsible to Group Chief Executive
Member of Group Senior Executive Committee 1974 –1985 Responsibilities of this committee included development of Group corporate strategy
Member of Group New Business Committee

Responsible for :
Group personnel function (including industrial relations and training and management development)
Integration of Group Personnel function with Group Business Strategy

Development of an effective divisional personnel function.
Development of relations with trade unions, and appropriate government and other bodies
Development of internal and external consultancy activities to internal group and external clients such as Barclays and Lloyds of London.

Responsible for development of a 'in house' Industrial Law function involving advising group companies and training, and representing group companies in industrial tribunals.
Developed group appraisal scheme involving upward appraisal and succession plans (1974)
Advised Lloyds of London on industrial relations strategy for moving daily newspaper from London to provinces (1975-1977)

Advised Barclays Bank, Stock Exchange and other corporate clients on strategic industrial Relations.
Provided personnel input to group business strategy (today called HRM)
Development of strong divisional personnel function and encouraged anticipation and resolve of problems at local level.
Development of effective training courses and use for procedures such as briefing groups etc.
Also involved in liquidation of some group companies acting as Managing Director for the time of the liquidation

1985- present Lecturer Guernsey Business School

Responsible for :

Facilitating learning in law, management and personnel subjects to final ICSA level (Post graduate)

First place in ICSA examinations gained by my students in Organisation Behaviour (twice) and in Personnel Administration.

Tutor and responsible for quality assurance of ifs BSc Financial Services degree

Written Management and Organisation module for Guernsey Business School ifs BSc Financial Services degree

Conducted in service “graduateness and critical thinking” tutorial for Guernsey Business School tutors on ifs BSc Financial Services course.

Developed Breakfast seminar provision for clients of the Guernsey Business School including topics such as Knowledge Management, Managing Change, Managing the Customer, Strategic Thinking, Scenario Planning, Performance Management, E Commerce developments, Emotional Intelligence, Legal developments re employment law in Channel Islands etc.

Developed series of data protection courses and workshops to facilitate the introduction on new Data Protection laws in Guernsey. These courses commenced with a breakfast seminar, that developed into workshops that examined in detail the various codes of practice that support the legislation. At the same time the need for basic induction courses in data protection was identified and these sessions are offered “in house” and have been a resounding success in themselves as well as being a good point of sale for other Business School products.

Worried about "real quality" issues in competence based courses and other non traditional courses.

Interested in critical thinking and its use in developing the learning experience.

July 2002