Jim Bamford

Personal profile

Biography

Jim joined the University in 2012 following a successful career in the NHS. After an initial career with the private sector working for GE in call centre environments, Jim gained experience in all areas of healthcare through successfully redesigning patient pathways of care across the Bradford and Airedale Health Economy for many years.

Knowledge transfer has always been of interest to Jim and he has led many successful Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. He was awarded the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Knowledge Transfer Partnership prize for the Best Application of Social or Management Science and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Best Partnership Award, North East England. These awards recognisethe most innovation-led successful research partnerships.

Research Expertise and Interests

Operations improvement strategies
The application of Operations Management theories in the service sector
Strategic organisational change
Leadership and organisational culture

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Risk management Engineering & Materials Science

Agglomeration Engineering & Materials Science

Industry Engineering & Materials Science

Quality management Business & Economics

Team work Business & Economics

Quality awards Business & Economics

Self-assessment Business & Economics

Operations management Business & Economics

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Research Output 2012 2017

5 Chapter
1 Article

Sports Operation Management: The Whole Nine Yards

Bamford, D., Dehe, B., Reid, I., Bamford, J. & Papalexi, M., 7 Apr 2017, The Routledge Companion to Production and Operations Management. Starr, M. K. & Gupta, S. K. (eds.). Routledge, p. 443-466 24 p. 24

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Managing Quality: New Challenges

Dale, B., Bamford, R., Bamford, D. & van der Wiele, A., 2016, Managing Quality: An Essential Guide and Resource Gateway. Dale, B., Bamford, D. & van der Wiele, T. (eds.). 6th ed. Wiley, p. 301-310 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Quality management

Core competencies

Economics of scale

Innovation

Product design

Managing Quality: The Future

Dale, B., Bamford, R., Bamford, D. & van der Wiele, A., 2016, Managing Quality: An Essential Guide and Resource Gateway. Dale, B., Bamford, D. & van der Wiele, T. (eds.). 6th ed. Wiley, p. 311-320 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Senior management

Industry

Pull

Incremental

Self-Assessment, Models and Quality Awards

Dale, B., Bamford, R., Bamford, D. & van der Wiele, A., 2016, Managing Quality: An Essential Guide and Resource Gateway. Dale, B., Bamford, D. & van der Wiele, T. (eds.). 6th ed. Wiley, p. 283-299 17 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Self-assessment

Quality awards

Excellence

Success factors

European Foundation for Quality Management

Teams and Teamwork

Dale, B., Bamford, R., Bamford, D. & van der Wiele, A., 2016, Managing Quality: An Essential Guide and Resource Gateway. Dale, B., Bamford, D. & van der Wiele, T. (eds.). 6th ed. Wiley, p. 271-282 12 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Team work

Project teams

Sponsor

Quality improvement

Health

Activities 2015 2018

6 Oral presentation