Chartered FCIPD, MA

Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management
Pathway Leader, CiM

Location: Lord Ashcroft Building, 3rd floor, Cambridge

UK: 0845 196 2069
International: +44 (0)1245 493131 ext. 2069
Email: jonathan.smith@anglia.ac.uk

Jonathan Smith is a Senior Lecturer at the Lord Ashcroft International Business School where he leads a number of leadership and HRM programmes. He designs and facilitates innovative masters level courses in leadership, strategy, organizational change, HRM and research methods. Jon coaches and supports HR professionals in the research, design and implementation of best practice initiatives in organisations. His current research, consulting and development interests are focused on organizational, team, and individual transformation through spiritual leadership; development and training within the police; and sustainable development for businesses.

He is a member of the Academic Advisory Board at Saint Mary's University in Nova Scotia, member of the Board of the Chinese American Scholars Association and has been a judging panellist for the International Spirit at Work Awards. He has been a visiting speaker at Sydvast University in Finland, and Concordia University in Montreal.

Jon has experience in a variety of managerial and training roles, in a number of public and private sector organisations. Prior to working at the University Jon was a Director of Studies at the UK National Police Training and Development Authority, working to shape the training agenda to achieve world-class performance within police training.

Publications

Books

• Smith, J.A. 2009 Coaching. Chapter in the Encyclopaedia of Business in Today's World. Edited by Charles Wankel J. Hack Katz; pp. 285-286. Sage Publications.

• Smith, J.A. 2009 Training for the Whole Person: An exploration of Possibilities for Enhancing the Spiritual Dimension of Police Training. Chapter in Indigenous Management Practices. Edited by Natarajan, B. and Nargarajan, S.K. New Delhi: Excel. ISBN: 978-81-907839-4-1.

Professional publications

• Rayment, J.J. and Smith, J.A. 2010 The Current and Future Role of Business Schools. CIPD's People Management. 3 June.

• Rayment, J.J. and Smith, J.A. 2010 The Current and Future Role of Business Schools. GRLI's Global Responsibility Magazine.

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. 2010 The Development of Globally Fit Leadership in Business Schools. GRLI's Global Responsibility Magazine. No.2. January. pp. 21-23.

• Smith, J.A. 2009 Police training for the whole person. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. 78(11):1-8. November.

• Smith, J.A. 2009 Bobbies Not In Good Spirits. Police Review. 117(6051):14. 16 October.

• Smith, J.A. 2009 Training for the whole person: An exploration of possibilities for enhancing the spiritual dimension of police training. Annamalai Journal of Management. India. ISSN 0974-0406. July.

• Smith, J.A. 2009 Spiritual training in the police force: are there lessons for other leaders and managers? Interconnections Journal. ISSN 1756-4751. Issue 4. pp. 52-56.

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. 2008 Business School Strategy: Developing Leaders Fit to Lead. Annamalai Journal of Management. India. pp. 14-21 ISSN 0974-0406.

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. 2008 The Implications of the Call for Spirituality In The Workplace. Interconnections Journal. Issue 1.

• Eade, B. and Smith, J.A. 2007 Malaysian Influences On The Degree Curriculum. Case study published on the HE Academy Web site, (www.heacademy.ac.uk).

• Durrant, D. and Smith, J.A. 2007 Not Hiding In Tesco's: Understanding organisational culture in a social enterprise, and its effect upon the process of social accounting. Practitioner Paper Series. Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University. Essex: EarlyBrave. May. ISBN 1-900-432-76-5

• Rayment, J.J. and Smith, J.A. 2007 Introducing the Global Fitness Framework. Practitioner Paper Series. Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University. Essex: EarlyBrave. January. ISBN 1-900-432-72-2

• Rayment, J.J. and Smith, J.A. 2007 Global Spirituality and the Global Fitness Framework. Practitioner Paper Series. Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University. Essex: EarlyBrave. January. ISBN 1-900-432-73-0.

Conference papers

• Smith, J.A. and Charles, G. co-presented a paper 'The Relevance of Spirituality in Policing: A Dual Analysis' at the 1st International conference of the British Association for the Study of Spirituality Conference. Windsor, 4 to 6 May 2010.

• Smith, J.A. Presented a paper 'Training for the Whole Person: An exploration of possibilities for enhancing the spiritual dimension of police training.' at the Doctoral Colloquium of the International Conference on Indigenous Management Practices. Department of Business Administration, Annamalai University, India. July 16 - 18 2009 (won 1st prize for the Doctoral Colloquium and Rs.15,000).

• Smith, J.A. presented two papers - 'Police training for the Whole Person' and 'The Global Fitness Framework' at the FBI's conference 'Spirituality: The DNA of Law Enforcement'. Leesburg, Virginia. 15 to 23 June 2008.

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. co-presented a paper 'What are the questions leaders need to ask? Eight key questions for leaders considering the relevance of spirituality in the workplace.' at the Making Sense of Spirituality Conference. Scarborough, 24 and 25 July 2007.

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. co-presented a paper 'Business School's Strategy: The Role and Scope of Spirituality' at the Making Sense of Spirituality Conference. Scarborough, 24 and 25 July, 2007.

• Rayment, J.J. and Smith, J.A. (2007) Business School's Strategy: Developing Leaders Fit to Lead. Paper co-presented at the Chinese American Scholars Association (CASA) conference in Prague 11 to 13 June, 2007, and published at http://www.g-casa.com/E_LEader_Prague_Program.htm

• Smith, J.A. presented a paper 'The Spiritual Dimension: the missing element in university education.' at the University Centre for Learning and Teaching 7th annual conference, Chelmsford, September 2006.

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. co-presented a paper 'The PMS Fitness Framework: A holistic model for learning and teaching.' at the University Centre for Learning and Teaching 7th annual conference, Chelmsford, September 2006.

• Smith, J.A. and Durrant, D. co-presented a paper 'Not hiding in Tesco's. Understanding organisational culture in a social enterprise, and its effect upon the process of social accounting' at the joint University of Liverpool Management School and Keele University Institute for Public Policy and Management Symposium on Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences. September 2006.

Forthcoming

Books

• Rayment, J.J. and Smith, J.A. 2010 MisLeadership. ISBN: 978-0-566-09226-8. Gower. (Due to be published in September 2010).

• Robinson, S.J. and Smith, J.A. 2011 Managing the Spirit: Critical Perspectives on Spirituality, Values and Leadership. Peter Lang. (Due to be published in May 2011).

Academic Journal Articles

• Smith, J.A. and Charles, G. 2010 The Relevance of Spirituality in Policing: A Dual Analysis. International Journal of Police Science and Management. A 1 star rated peer reviewed academic journal. (Due to be published in July 2010).

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. 2011 Introducing the Global Fitness Framework. Submitted to Management Decision Journal (Ref MD-06-2010-0161). A 3 star rated, peer reviewed academic journal.

• Rayment, J.J. and Smith, J.A. 2011 The Current and Future Role of Business Schools. Submitted to the Academy of Management, Learning and Education Journal (Ref AMLE-RR-2010-0106). A 3 star rated, peer reviewed academic journal.

• Smith, J.A. and Malcolm, A.A. 2010 Spirituality, leadership and values in the NHS. International Journal of Leadership in Public Services. 6(2):39-53. A 1 star rated, peer reviewed academic journal.

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. 2010 Globally Fit Leadership: Four Steps Forward. Journal of Global Responsibility. 1(1):55-65. ISSN 2041-2568. A new peer reviewed journal.

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. 2009 Business School Strategy: Developing Globally Fit Leaders. International Journal of Management Education. 7(3): 27-34. ISSN 1472-8117. A 1 star rated, peer reviewed academic journal.

• Rees, B. and Smith, J.A. 2008 Breaking the silence: the traumatic circle of policing. International Journal of Police Science and Management. A 1 star rated, peer reviewed academic journal.

• Smith, J.A. and Rayment, J.J. (2007 The Global SMP Fitness Framework: A guide for Leaders Considering the Relevance of Spirituality in the Workplace. Management Decision Journal. 45(2):217-234. ISSN 0025-1747. A 3 star rated, peer reviewed academic journal.

Professional publications

• Rayment, J.J. and Smith, J.A. 2010 The Current and Future Role of Business Schools. EFMD's Global Focus Magazine. To be published in September.

Conference papers

• Smith, J.A. Presenting three jointly authored papers - 'Introducing the Global Fitness Framework', 'MisLeadership and Globally Fit Leadership' and 'Role of Business Schools' - at the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, 'Justice and Sustainability in the Global Economy' Conference. Paris. 8 to the 10 July 2010.