Dr James Fowler
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 876640
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Location
EBS.3.85, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
James joined the University of Essex in 2019 as a Lecturer in Management. He has completed a PGCE in Further Education, an MSc in Educational Practice and Innovation and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His PhD and research interests are in business and management history where he has journal publications in Business History, Management History, Transport History and Essays in Economic and Business History. He has written two books on the organisational history of London's transport. James is the Chair of the British Academy of Management Business History Track, an associate at In Professional Development and a member of the Crossrail legacy steering group.
Qualifications
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LLB The University of Durham,
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MSc The University of Southampton,
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PhD The University of York,
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PGCE (FE) The University of Southampton,
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PG Diploma (FE) The University of Southampton,
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer, The University of Essex Business School (3/6/2019 - present)
Other academic
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Associate Lecturer, The University of York Management School (1/10/2018 - 7/6/2019)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Corporate Strategy
The Management of Organisational Information
Business, Organisational and Management History
The Value of Hybrid Organisations
Conferences and presentations
Shifting operating and financial priorities: London's transport market 1977-87
The British Academy of Management, 2/9/2021
Legitimising a Monopoly: London Transport 1900-1933
The Economic and Business History Society Conference, 20/5/2021
To Failure and Beyond - Politics, Decline and Strategy at LT 1970-87
The Management History Research Group, 1/10/2020
The Silence of the Archives - What can business records tell us about management?
The British Academy of Management, 3/9/2020
Creating a Legitimate Elite
British Academy of Management, 2/9/2020
Building and Sustaining London Transport’s Corporate Strategy in a Time of Uncertainty 1963-87.
Invited presentation, The British Academy of Management, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 4/9/2019
Making a Hybrid out of a Crisis. London Transport 1913-47
Invited presentation, The Management History Research Group, Preston, United Kingdom, 2/9/2019
Statistics: Spur to Productivity or Publicity Stunt?
The British Academy of Management, Bristol, United Kingdom, 6/9/2018
Crisis? What Crisis? The Command, Leadership and Management of London Transport
The White Rose Conference, 12/4/2017
Compensating the Victims of Organisational Failure
The Management History Research Group Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 10/8/2016
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Introduction to Management and Marketing (BE400)
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International Business Environment (BE413)
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Business Strategy (BE431)
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Financial Crashes and Consequences (BE432)
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MBA Project (BE850)
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Strategy (BE857)
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Student Success Tutorial (BE917)
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The Director's Workshops (BE860)
Publications
Journal articles (6)
Fowler, J., Statistics: Spur to Productivity or Publicity Stunt? London Underground Railways 1913-32. Essays in Economic & Business History. 37 (1), 146-179
Fowler, J., (2022). Historical Institutionalism, Hybridity and Institutional Logics in Public Transport History. The Journal of Transport History, 002252662110709-002252662110709
Fowler, J. and Gillett, A., (2021). Making a hybrid out of a crisis: historical contingency and the institutional logics of London’s public transport monopoly. Journal of Management History. 27 (4), 492-518
Fowler, J., (2020). Geoffrey Channon, Richard Potter. Beatrice Webb’s Father and Corporate Capitalist. The Journal of Transport History. 41 (3), 480-482
Fowler, J., (2020). Compensating the passengers. A comparison of the management of three London underground crashes 1909–1975. Business History. 62 (8), 1324-1340
Fowler, J., (2020). William Deringer. Calculated Values: Finance, Politics, and the Quantitative Age. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2018. 440 pp. ISBN 978-0-674-97187-5, $45.00 (cloth).. Enterprise & Society. 21 (3), 816-818
Books (2)
Fowler, J., (2021). Strategy and Managed Decline London Transport 1948-87. Emerald Publishing Limited. 1800431899. 9781800431898
Fowler, J., (2019). London Transport A Hybrid in History 1905-48. Emerald Group Publishing. 1789739535. 9781789739541
Book chapters (1)
Fowler, J., (2018). How History Challenges Current Thinking on Hybridity: The Effects of Hybridity on London’s Transport 1933–1948.. In: Hybridity in the Governance and Delivery of Public Services. Editors: Bonomi Sauvignon, A., Gnan, L., Hinna, A. and Monteduro, F., . Emerald Group Publishing. 7- 30. 1787437701. 9781787437708
Reports and Papers (1)
Fowler, J. and Ishola, A., (2020). Commission Type, Gender and Cap-badge in Officer Education