Journal of Research & Scholarly Output 2006 - Grimsby Institute of ...
Journal of Research & Scholarly Output 2006 - Grimsby Institute of ...
Journal of Research & Scholarly Output 2006 - Grimsby Institute of ...
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About the author<br />
Dr Mike Dillon has over 20 years experience within the food<br />
industry. He has written numerous publications and several books<br />
which have been delivered nationally and internationally. He has<br />
been involved in delivering consultancy to UK organisations and<br />
has provided support for several African and Pakistan fisheries<br />
departments through the United Nations Industrial Development<br />
Organisation and the European Union.<br />
He was the director <strong>of</strong> the Humber <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Food & Fisheries for<br />
two years where he was involved with the development <strong>of</strong> special<br />
projects including the successful Humber Food Centre <strong>of</strong><br />
Vocational Excellence (CoVE). Under his leadership the institute<br />
has developed foundation degrees which include Food<br />
Manufacturing Management, World Class Manufacturing and<br />
Logistics. The institute has successfully delivered training to SMEs<br />
through several special projects with the focus on providing<br />
support to the food industry.<br />
He is currently Vice Principal at The <strong>Grimsby</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>, where he is<br />
responsible for the Enterprise and International areas.<br />
Robin Keates, is the Programme Leader for: Foundation Degree in<br />
Manufacturing Management (World-Class Systems); Foundation<br />
Degree in World Class Manufacturing; and the B.Sc.(Hons.)<br />
Manufacturing Management (World-Class Systems). He is also a<br />
lecturer and writer not only for the above, but also for other<br />
Foundation Degrees, Honours Degrees and Postgraduate courses<br />
as well.<br />
He is currently undertaking a Ph.D. in ‘The impact <strong>of</strong> Human<br />
Resource Strategic decisions, with respect to how this directly<br />
impacts on the productivity <strong>of</strong> a manufacturing organisation can<br />
have either a positive or a negative effect’ with the Leeds<br />
Metropolitan University.<br />
Currently Robin has presented papers which have shown the<br />
positive contribution <strong>of</strong> the Foundation Degrees to organisations.<br />
In addition to this, Robin is a Chartered Engineer with a specialist<br />
field <strong>of</strong> Engineering, Manufacturing and Management.<br />
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