Mark Westcombe
Teaching Fellow
Department
Management Science
Office Hours
By appointment Mon-Weds
External Roles
Director of Lancaster Cohousing;
Non Exec Director and Trustee of UK Cohousing Network;
OR Society Council (past member).
Current Teaching
My teaching focuses on transferring the craft skills inherent to consulting and management practice, particularly in the context of projects and the front end management of projects. This includes teaching Problem Structuring Methods and facilitation, including Cognitive Mapping, Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA) and Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). I am programme director of the BSc Project Management.
I currently contibute to:
MSCI 105: Project Event Management
MSCI 354: Structuring Complex Problems
MSc OR: Structuring Complex Problems
MBA: Consultancy Challenge
