Portsmouth Business School

Profile

Martin Read

Martin's teaching interests are Project Management and Management Information Systems, and he has qualified as a PRINCE2 practitioner.  Martin has taught on a variety of postgraduate and undergraduate programmes including the MBA, DBA and BA (Hons) Business Studies.  He is a Fellow of the Operational Research Society (FORS) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Martin's research interests are in the development and application of Group Decision Support Systems, and Martin has published articles, undertaken business consultancy in the UK and overseas, and received grant income in this area.  Martin is also a member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Management and Decision Making.

Martin was Head of Department for the Department of Strategy and Business Systems for eight years, having previously been a Principal Lecturer and Subject Group Leader.  Martin has also been a member of Academic Council and the University Quality Assurance Committee, and he has been external examiner and chaired or been a member of approval events both in the UK and overseas.  Prior to joining the University of Portsmouth, Martin worked for a variety of public and private organisations in Project Management, Systems Analyst and Operational Research roles.

Martin is also a keen astronomer, and can often be found scanning the night skies at the Clanfield Observatory.

Qualifications:

B A (Hons) Business Studies,  Polytechnic of the South Bank

MSc Operational Research, Birmingham University

Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Portsmouth

Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Portsmouth

PhD (Thesis: Development and Evaluation of a GSS), University of Glamorgan

PRINCE 2 Practitioner

Membership of Professional Organisations

Fellow of the Operational Research Society

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Previous Employment

Railtrack plc, Passenger Charges and Compilation Manager, 1994-1996

Decision Dynamics Ltd, Technical Director, 1988-1994

Royal Ordnance (British Aerospace), Systems Modelling Manager, 1985-1988

Rex, Thompson & Partners, Senior Engineer, 1984-1985

Royal Military College of Science

Research Contracts

Using a GDSS to support organisational learning in SMEs – research contract funded by Welsh Development Agency (2002).

Development of a intranet based job competency database for Janssen-Cilag (2001)

Using a  GDSS for Child Care Conferences - Research Contract funded by  Nuffield Foundation (Project Leaders - University of Glamorgan)    (1998-99).

Research contract from Royal Navy in Micro-level Risk and Forecasting, including supervision of full time researcher.            (1998).

Project Leader of Teaching and Learning project entitled ”Using a Group Support System to support student learning”, funded by University of Portsmouth Teaching and Learning Fund   (1998)

Development of a Management Information System to analyse Royal Navy manpower trends (1996 - 1997).

List of Publications Refereed Papers

Read, M.J, Gear, A E and Vince, R (2011) Group Inquiry to Aid Organisational Learning in Enterprises.  Journal of the Operational Research Society, doi: 10.1057/jors.2011.80

Turner, D, Gear, T, and Read, M (2009) 'Conversations` in education, professional development, and training.  Philosophy of Management 8 (1): 55-65

Read, M. and Gear, A. (2007) Developing professional judgement with the aid of a 'low-profile' group support system. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58: 1021-1029.

Jones, C., Connolly, M., Gear, M. and Read, M. (2006) Collaborative learning with group interactive technology: A case study with postgraduate students. Management Learning 37(3): 1350-5076.

Groves, S., Gear, A., Jones, C., Connolly, M. and Read, M. (2006) Learning and Anxiety: Exploring Individual Judgement Processes in a Learning Environment with a Group Support System. In: Banks, D. (ed.) Audience Response Systems in Higher Education: Applications and Cases, pp 248-264. Information Science Publishing, Hershey.

Prince, J., Gear, T., Jones, C. and Read, M. (2005) The child protection conference: A study of process and an evaluation of the potential for on-line group support.  Child Abuse Review 14 (2); 113-131.

Read, M., Gear, T. and Devold, R. (2004) An experimental introduction of group process support in social services.  European Journal of Operational Research 156: 456-46

Gear, T., Vince, R., Read, M. and Minkes, A. (2003)  Group enquiry for collective learning in organisations.  Journal of Management Development   22 (2):88-102

Jones, C., Connolly, M., Gear, A. and Read, M. (2001)  Group interactive learning with group process support technology.  British Journal of Educational Technology   32 (5):571-586

Read, M, Edwards, J and Gear, A (2000)  Group preference aggregation rules: The results of a comparative analysis with in situ data.  Journal of the Operational Research Society   51: 557-563

Read, M., Gear., A. and Townend, D. (2000)  Development of an approach to the validation of client assessment models in social services using a group process support system.  Public Management   2 (2):251-262

Baron, S., Davies, B., Gear, T. and Read, M. (1999)  Measuring and managing service quality.  Marketing Intelligence and Planning   17 (1):33-40

Minkes, A., Gear, T. and Read, M. (1999)  On interactive communication and decision making.  International Journal of Technology Management   17 (1/2):208-222

Read, M. and Gear, T. (1999)  Issues of validity in using GDSS. In: Proceedings of the 1999 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), Oregon, Volume 2 [CD-ROM]

Read, M., Gear, T. and Devold, R. (1998)  Using a group support system to assess client needs.  International Journal of Public Sector Management   11 (4):367-378

Roberts, M., Read, M. and Abraham, R. (1998) A structured approach to teaching database systems on undergraduate programmes.  Account 10 (2): 21-26

Gear, A., Minkes, A. and Read, M. (1996)  Towards validation of a group decision support system. In: Published Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Conference of the International Association of Management, Toronto, 1996

Read, M.J. and Gear, A. (1994)  Teamworking to develop technology strategy.  International Journal of Technology Management   9 (2):241-252

Gear, A., Read M.J., Beveridge, M. and Gear, T. (1994)  Process support for meetings. In: Brady B and Peeno, L., (Eds.)  Published Proceedings of the 1994 Annual Conference of the International Society for the System Sciences, Monterey, 1994, pp. 1023-1034

Gear, A. and Read, M.J. (1993)  On-line group process support.  Omega 21 (3):261-274

Read, M.J. and Gear, T. (1993)  Using Teamworker for management meetings.  OR Insight 6 (2):24-28

Read, M. and Gear, T. (1989)  Interactive group decision support. In: Published Proceedings of the 1989 MCDS International Workshop on Multiple Criteria Decision Support, pp. 359-367

Gear, T. and Read, M. (1988)  On line group decision support. In: Published proceedings of the 1988 International Conference on MCDM, pp. 124-133.  Springer-Verlag

Read, M. (1983) The structured programming aid, an interactive fortran program generator.  Journal of the Operational Research Society,  34, (4): 359-366

Conference Papers

Irving A and Read M (2011) Facing the dilemmas in providing effective student feedback, Higher Education Institutional Research Conference, Kingston, June 2011

Gladstone-Millar C, Irving A and Read M (2010) Accuracy and usefulness of corporate data in Annual Course Monitoring, Higher Education Institutional Research Conference, Dublin, June 2010

Irving A, Read M and Gladstone-Millar C (2008) Double, Joint and Dual Awards: The Continuing QA Challenge, Society for Research into Higher Education Conference, Liverpool, December 2008

Read, M., Gear, T. and Vince, R. (2004) Group Support and Organisational Learning 5th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Paris, September 2004.

Read M., Gear T. and Vince R (2004) Using a Group Support System to Support Organisational Learning in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, 4th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change, Greenwich, London, August 2004

Gear AE, Minkes AL and Read MJ (2002) Dialogue, Interactive Communication and the Management of Organisations, Developing Philosophy of Management – Crossing Frontiers Conference, Oxford, June 2002

Groves S, Gear T, Prince J and Read, M (2002)  A Methodological Approach to Modelling Group Processes with On-Line Support, Developing Philosophy of Management – Crossing Frontiers Conference, Oxford, June 2002

Irving A, Read M, Hunt A and Knight S (2000) Using IT for Exam Revision, 4th Computer Assisted Assessment International Conference, Loughborough, June 2000

Irving A, Hunt A, Read M and Knight S (2000) Can the Use of a GDSS Improve Student Performance, Computers in Psychology Conference, York, March 2000

Read M, Hunt A, Irving A and Knight S (1999) Using a Group Support System to Support Student Learning. FDTL Workshop - Integrating People and Technology, University of Portsmouth, December 1999.

Gear T, Jones C and Read M (1999) Applying Group Interactive Technology for Case Work Debate in the Classroom, 10th Annual CTI Accounting, Finance and Management Conference, Brighton, April 1999

Read M and Gear T (1999) Issues of Validity in using GDSS, Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), Oregon, July 1999.

Gear T., Jones C., Connolly M. and Read, M (1999) Collaborative Learning with the aid of Group Interactive Technology: a Case Study with Postgraduate Students.  10th Annual CTI Accounting, Finance and Management Conference, Brighton, April 1999

Read M and Gear T (1999) On-Line Support for Social Services, International Research Symposium on Public Services Management III, Aston University, March 1999

Hunt A, Irving A, Read M and Knight S (1999) Using GDSS to Support Teaching and Learning, University of Portsmouth Teaching and Learning Conference, January 1999

Irving A, Read M and Hunt A (1998) Using a GDSS to Teach Decision Making in Pschology, Computers in Psychology Conference, York, April 1998.

Baron S, Davies B, Gear T and Read M (1997) Measuring and Managing Service Quality. Conference of the American Association of Management, Nashville, 1997.

Read M, Gear T and Duvold R (1997) On Line Process Support To Aid Development of Consistency of Professional Judgement in Multidisciplinary Teams.  International Research Symposium on Public Services Management II, Aston University, 1997

Minkes A, Gear T and Read M (1996) Towards Validation of a Group Decision Support System. Conference of the International Association of Management, Toronto, 1996.

Gear A, Read MJ, Beveridge M and Gear T (1994) Process Support for Meetings. Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, Monteray, 1994.

Irving A, Read M and Gear T (1993) Can Group Decision Support Systems Help In Committee? HCI International, Orlando, 1993.

Irving A, Read M and Gear T (1993) Making Better Decisions? The Role of Teamworker in Management Meetings. BPS Occupational Psychology Conference, Brighton, 1993.

Read M and Gear T (1993) Aids to Decision Making. Pharmaceutical Industry Project Management Group, London, 1993.

Read M and Gear T (1992) Teamworker for On Line Group Support. Group Decision Making and Strategic Options Workshop, Operational Research Society National Event, Loughborough, 1992.

Gear T and Read M (1990) Decision Aids for Peer Review. Science Policy Support Group Lunch Club, Henrietta Street, London, 1990.

Read M and Gear T (1990) On Line Group Support. Operational Research Society National Event, London, 1990.

Read M (1990) Group Decision Making. Magistrates Spring Conference, Ashridge Management College, 1990.

Read M and Gear T (1989) Interactive Group Decision Support. MCDS International Workshop on Multiple Criteria Decision Support, Helsinki, 1989.

Gear T and Read M (1988) On Line Group Decision Support. International Conference on MCDM, Manchester, 1988.

Read M and Wand K (1984) SLEW - A Direct Fire Computer Model. International Symposium on Operational Analysis, Shrivenham, 1984.

Read, M (1983) The Structured Programming Aid. Operational Research and the Microcomputer Conference, London, 1982.