Dr Jonathan Owens
| Post Nominals | PhD MPhil MEng BEng(Hons) PGCE(HE) CEng FIMechE FCILT FIOM FRSA FHEA CMBE |
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| Biography | Dr Jonathan D Owens is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management within Salford Business School, and a registered Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council. He has worked in the UK higher education sector for over thirty years, joining Salford in 2014, from the University of Lincoln where he was Director of the CILT and CIPS accredited MSc Logistics Management degree programme. He is the Placement Lead within the Business school and integrated and embedded placements within a UG degree programme support students’ awareness of professional development, through the development of human skills and technical knowledge and expertise to enhance their employability skills and awareness. UG students come back into their final year more clearly aligned to their career path. Also, for our PG students there are numerous paths where students can engage with employers to influence their employability skills ready for post-graduation through a 3-month internship, a 9-12-month work placement, a 3-month Business Consultancy project and a 3-month Entrepreneurial Development Project. He also leads the Young Enterprise (YE) Start-Up Programme for delivered across the UG Business Suite for Level 5 students. He introduced this module in 2020 as it allows the students to set up their own company and make their first company decisions as a team in their degree programme specialist area. His initiatives for this module emphasise teamwork, decision-making, business strategy, enhancing employability and real-world readiness. His contributions have shaped award-winning programmes and achieving numerous awards at National and European levels, that align with the strategic goals of Higher Education. Salford hosted the Young Enterprise UK Final in 2023, which coincided with YE's 60th Charter. HRH The Princess Royal accepted our initiation to attend this event and made such a big impact to student experience from across multiple HEI’s. He was made a Young Enterprise Ambassador in 2022 and again in 2025. He has published widely both in scholarly and media outlets and is currently on the editorial review panel for one ABS ranked journal. In addition, he has held numerous visiting and external examiner posts in the field of Operations Management. |
| Research Interests | New Product Development/Introduction, Lean Operations, Enterprise Resource Planning, Enterprise Research Planning, Entrepreneurial Learning |
| Teaching and Learning | Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise, Entrepreneurial and Experiential Learning, Dissertations |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | I am interesting supervising in the areas of: New Product Development/Introduction Lean Operations Enterprise Resource Planning |