Mr Gino Franco
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Job title: Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader for Part Time MBA
Email: g.franco@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 591861
Room: N511
Recent publications
Leading and Influencing in Purchasing - CIPS unit Guide, Level 6
Experience in Industry
I worked for over 25 years in industry, including in restaurants, food manufacture, and wine importation.
Current Activities / Links with Industry
In-company consultancy with public and private organisations, mostly in the service sectors.
Department: Postgraduate and Professional
Faculty: Business, Computing and Law
School: Derby Business School
Subject Area: Operations, Quality, Business Improvements, Service ReDesign and Project Management
Supporting the Faculty and School vision:
I contribute constantly to delivering outstanding higher education that is student focused, employer engaged, and which enhances life opportunities through learning across the region and beyond. I am Programme Leader for the Part-Time MBA programme and Admin Lead for the SYTOC research group.
Teaching responsibilities
I teach on postgraduate and in-company programmes
Professional interests
- Middle Management in the Public Sector
- Service Redesign in the Public Sector
- Purchasing and Contract Management
- Project Management
- Systems Thinking and Organisational Change
- Operations Management
International Experience
- Academic liason as External Examiner in Hong Kong, Singapore, Greece
- Teaching on Masters programmes in Africa and Middle East
- Investment appraisals and assessments in Poland, Czech Republic, Kyrgyzstan and Spain.
Undergraduate qualifications
- BSc (Econ), London School of Economics
Postgraduate qualifications
- MBA, University of Derby
- DRM, University of Derby
