Teaching and industrial training
In the sections below I list my areas of teaching competence. For most of these subjects I have been teaching them for thirty years both to university undergraduates and via short industrial and professional courses to managers and
Applied Statistics
I am experienced in teaching:
Basic and inferential statistics (central tendency & location measures, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, regression and simple linear modelling, graphical displays, summarisation etc.)
Industrial statistics (designed experiments, statistical process control - basic and advanced, quality tools such as FMEA, QFD and reliability modelling. All methods common within Six Sigma)
Advanced multivariate statistics (structural equation modelling, multivariate regression).
I am experience with the use of Minitab, SPSS, AMOS and other common statistical software.
I teach these methods using - where possible - simulations and realistic datasets.
Food Technology students use a catapult to explore multi-factor designed experiments).
Visit to a logistics facility (foodstuffs NZ) for students of the PgDip & Master of Quality Systems courses at Massey University.
Quality & Operations Management
I have taught operations management and quality management to undergraduates and postgraduates including MBA students.
I use live case studies where possible, and believe in site visits and an effective way of putting theory into context.
I am experienced in teaching most area of operations management, including layout design, inventory planning, JIT, Lean and Continuous improvement, value addition, risk management, cost analysis, logistics and supply chain management.
In relation to quality management, this is my field of main expertise. I teach all areas of value stream quality management from design to production / delivery, marketing and after-sales customer focus. This includes all majot quality tools (QFD, FMEA, SPC and so on).
Business & Organisational Management
In addition to operations and quality (namely process) management, I have taught at undergraduate level basic business and management models, tools and methods.
I refer to (e.g.) levels of decision making (operational, tactical and strategic), basic finance (cashflow, budgeting), project management, marketing, and human resource management, teams and leadership.
In this teaching I utilise simulations where possible, and use games, lego and other practical exercises wherever possible.
Food Technology and Engineering students explore team working through bridge building with spaghetti.
With students of the Massey University/Singapore Polytechnic joint Bachelor of Food Technology degree programme.
Quality and food process management standards
I have delivered education and training in quality standards such as ISO9001, ISO22000 and ISO 17025 and in auditing against such standards (including use of ISO19011 for audit guidance).
I have delivered modules and short courses of food safety management system (FSMS) requirements and standards including HACCP, GMP, GHP, GAP, ISO22000 and related protocols as mandated by Codex Alimentarius, WHO, WTO, FAO and GFSI. A large number of my research projects and outputs have related to these standards.
Research Methods
As the leader of postgraduate courses I was responsible for the teaching of research methods. This included research philosophy, research design (case study, experiment, survey, ethnography etc.), effective technical writing and time management.
With successful PhD candidate Jurgen Wagner following his viva, at Massey University, New Zealand.
Industrial short courses
I have designed and delivered many short courses for public and industrial attendees. These include courses for industrial clients, e.g. Waste Management, Heinz-Wattie Ltd, Sime Kasai Paints (Malaysia), Knowledgecom (Malaysia), Westpac bank, Fisher& Paykel Healthcare, Scottish Trading Standards Association and others.
I delivered modules on quality, food safety and supply chain management into Massey University's diploma for ASEAN food industry professionals between 2014 and 2019.
I delivered a module on quality into Massey University's Cert Science programme for China Food & Drug Administration officials between 2014-2019.
Contracted teaching
Between 2009 and 2021 I taught into Massey University's Bachelor of Food Technology programme in Singapore. This necessitated a work visa for Singapore for some of that time. I spent 4 - 6 weeks in Singapore each year delivering intensive courses in design of experiments. I found this teaching, although intense and accelerated in nature, very enjoyable.
With members of one of the 11 cohorts of Singapore students that I had the priviledge to teach.