Clive Holtham

After taking a Masters degree in management, he trained as an accountant and was Young Accountant of the Year in 1976. Following six years as a Director of Finance and IT, he moved to the Business School in 1988. His research is into the strategic exploitation of information systems, knowledge management and management learning. He has managed a number of large applied research projects including a major research project for the Institute of Directors, examining the IT needs of executives and as research director of the European Union's 1.6m euro study PRISM (Measurement and Reporting of Intangibles). Professor Holtham has been one of the leading architects of the "electronic boardroom", involving the use of information technology by executives in meetings. He has been an adviser to the European Parliament on e-learning, and was named as one of the UK's top 3 "e-tutors of the year" by the Times Higher Education Supplement in 2001. As part of the conceptualisation of the new building for the business school, he extensively researched the nature of space for knowledge work. He was appointed as the inaugural Director of the Cass Business School Learning Laboratory in 2002. In 2003 he was awarded a UK National Teaching Fellowship as one of the 20 leading university teachers in the UK. He was co-founder and a board member of the innovative informal learning network knowhownonprofit.org. He is author of a large number of publications, and lectures, broadcasts and consults in the UK and internationally. He was a founding member of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, the City of London's 100th livery company.

Qualifications

• MSoc Sci (Birmingham), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1971 – 1972
• MA (Oxford), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1967 – 1970

Memberships of Professional Organisations

• Founder Member, Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, 1982 – present
• Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Jan 1978 – present
• Fellow, The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), Jan 1976 – present
• Member of Inaugural Court, Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
• Director of Charitable Trust, Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
• Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
• Freeman of the City of London, Worshipful Company of Information Technologists

Awards

• Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2003) UK National Teaching Fellowship
• British Computer Society (1990) First Prize For MBA in IT Management
• IT Management Award First Prize For MBA in IT Management
• Accountancy Age (1976) Young Accountant of the Year

Expertise

Primary Topics

• Information Management
• Knowledge Management
• Management Learning

Research Topics

Quality in Business Education

HEFCE Funded project

Innovation in Management Education

HEFCE Funded Project examining innovation in UK, Continental Europe, Australia and USA

Informal Learning Networks

BLF funded project

Books (16)

• Nygaard, C., Branch, J. and Holtham, C. (2013). Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Standpoints. Libri Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907471-70-4.
• Nygaard, C., Courtney, N. and Holtham, C. (2010). Teaching Creativity: Creativity in Teaching. Libri Publishing.
• Nygaard, C., Courtney, N., Holtham, C. and Brown, S. (2010). Beyond Transmission: Innovations in University Teaching. Libri Publishing.
• Nygaard, C., Courtney, N. and Holtham, C. (Eds.), (2009). Improving Students' Learning Outcomes. Copenhagen Business School Press
• Gibson, A., Sample, W.W.D., Courtney, N. and Holtham, C. (2009). Social by Social : A practical guide to using new technologies to deliver social impact. NESTA.
• Nygaard, C. and Holtham, C. (Eds.), (2008). Understanding Learning-Centred Higher Education. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School.
• Holtham, C. (2001). Revenge of the colonies.
• Holtham, C. and Selim, G. (2001). Creating the twenty first century international business school: teaching and learning challenges. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,.
• Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (2000). New Species rule the e-business jungle.
• Holtham, C. (2000). Lifting the Weight (e-doc).
• Holtham, C. (1997). Know what I mean.
• Holtham, C. (1997). Final Report: The Business Facilitation System: A DTI/EPSRC Computer Supported Collaborative Work Research Project, Reference: GR/J94884, 1993-1997.
• Holtham, C. (1997). It�s so unfair.
• Holtham, C. (1995). The Lessons of War.
• Holtham, C. (1995). Problems with the homework.
• Holtham, C. (1995). The Business Flight Simulator.

Chapters (26)

• Holtham, C. and Dove, A. (2018). Utilising real-world space in teaching and learning: thinking outside the box. In Bilham, T.D., Hamshire, C., Hartog, M. and Doolan, M.A. (Eds.), Reframing Space for Learning: Empowering Excellence and Innovation in University Teaching and Learning London: IoE/UCL Press.
• Holtham, C. and Bech, T. (2018). Playful Urban Learning Space – an Indisciplinary Collaboration. In James, A. and Nerantzi, C. (Eds.), The Power of Play London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Holtham, C. (2017). Foreword. In Hørsted, A., Bartholemew, P., Branch, J. and Nygaard, C. (Eds.), New Innovations in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Farringdon: Libri Publishing.
• Holtham, C. (2015). Towards New Genres for 21st Century Business School Case Studies. In Courtney, N., Poulsen, C. and Stylios, C. (Eds.), Case Based Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century (pp. 121–136). Libri Publishing.
• Holtham, C. and Cancienne, A. (2014). Collective Learning Spaces: Constraints on Pedagogic Excellence. In Branch, J., Bartholomew, P., Nygaard, C. and Scott-Webber, L. (Eds.), Learning Space Design in Higher Education (pp. 225–240). Libri Publishing.
• Holtham, W.C. and Owens, A. (2009). Unconscious Learning Through Social Collaboration: Modeling a capacity for learning through the derive. In Rush, L. and Fisher, A. (Eds.), Expanding the capacity to learn of student teachers in Initial Teacher Education (pp. 43–45). Lancaster: Escalate.
• Hendry, C., Selim, G., Holtham, C., Brown, J., Holden, J., Courtney, N. and Oehlcke, F. (2008). Facilitating Innovation through The Measurement and Management of Intangibles. In Scaborough, H. (Ed.), The Evolution of Business Knowledge (pp. 319–338). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922960-4.
• Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (2008). Interlacing teaching and learning strategy in business education. In Nygaard, C. and Holtham, C. (Eds.), Understanding Learner Centered Higher Education Copenhaged: Copenhagen Business School Press.
• Holtham, C. (2008). Place and Space Strategies for 21st Century Organizations. In Charles Wankel, (Ed.), 21st Century Management: A Reference Handbook (pp. 451–460). Sage.
• Holtham, C., Courtney, N. and Hendry, C. (2006). Value Creation through Intangibles: emerging good practice. In Ermine, J.-.L. and Boughzala, I. (Eds.), Trends in enterprise knowledge management London: ISTE.
• Holtham, C. (2006). City of London: Sir John Cass Business School. In Oblinger, D.G. (Ed.), Learning Spaces (pp. 15–15). EDUCAUSE. ISBN 0-9672853-7-2.
• Holtham, C., Brady, C., Lampel, J. and Rich, M. (2006). Simulation in its place : business war-rooms to enhance management learning. International Simulation & Gaming Research Yearbook (pp. 59–68). SAGSET (Society for the Advancement of Games and Simulation in Education and Training).
• Holtham, C. and Rich, M. (2005). Making space for twenty first century management learning. In eds Milter, R., Perotti, V. and Segers, M. (Eds.), Educational Innovation in Economics and Business IX: Breaking Boundaries for Global Learning Kluwer academic publishing.
• Holtham, C., D Cruz, M. and Tiwari, A. (2002). The application of business groupware technology to support collaborative learning with face to face students. The Digital University — Building a Learning Community (pp. 113–124). London: Springer-Verlag.
• Holtham, C. (2001). Valuation has its price. (pp. 232–233). Kluwer Academic Publishers..
• Holtham, C. and Shift, C. (2000). Business Re-Creation AD 2000. (pp. 17–18). KMC Press.
• Holtham, C. (2000). Using modern technology to build new capabilities. (pp. 148–165). John Wiley & Sons.
• Holtham, C. (1999). Better paper than paper: Adobe Acrobat 4.0. (pp. 25–29). John Wiley & Sons.
• Holtham, C. (1999). The Future of Knowledge Management. (pp. 29–31). John Wiley & Son.
• Holtham, C., D Cruz, M. and Tiwari, A. (1998). The application of intranet and business groupware technologies to support collaborative learning with face-to-face students. (pp. 267–280). London Business School.
• Holtham, C. (1997). Research on the use of information technology during the Sales Dialogue. (pp. 24–30). INTRAC.
• Holtham, C. (1997). That�s Edutainment. (pp. 117–119). Investment Property Forum.
• Holtham, C. (1996). Thomas Miller and Co: From Information to Imagination. (pp. 144–151). Insurance: Mathematics and Economics.
• Holtham, C. (1995). A Groupware Based Framework for Learning Organisations: The BFS Project. (pp. 205–217). Institute of Economic Affairs.
• Holtham, C. (1995). Developing a System for Measuring Departmental Performance. (pp. 149–154). Institute of Economic Affairs.
• Holtham, C. (1995). Integrating technologies to support action. (pp. 91–107). Institute of Economic Affairs.

Journal Articles (77)

• Bauk, S., Kapidani, N., Schmeink, A. and Holtham, C. (2017). Concerning intelligent ICT exploitation in some maritime business organizations: A pilot study. Nase More, 64(2), pp. 63–68. doi:10.17818/NM/2017/2.5.
• Brown, A., Holtham, C., Rich, M. and Dove, A. (2015). Twenty-First Century Managers and Intuition: An Exploratory Example of Pedagogic Change for Business Undergraduates. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 13(3), pp. 349–375. doi:10.1111/dsji.12066.
• Brown, A., Rich, M. and Holtham, C. (2014). Student engagement and learning: Case study of a new module for business undergraduates at Cass business school. Journal of Management Development, 33(6), pp. 603–619. doi:10.1108/JMD-04-2014-0038.
• Holtham, C., Dove, A. and Owens, A. (2012). Building on cultural spaces and places for enhancing the intuitive capabilities of students of business and management. Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, 10(2), pp. 163–178. doi:10.1386/adch.10.2.163_1.
• Wilkins, A. and Holtham, C. (2012). Organisational Creativity: Building a Business Ba-Haus? Creative Education, 03(06), pp. 737–745. doi:10.4236/ce.2012.326110.
• Holtham, C. and Rich, M. (2012). Non-formal management learning through electronic experiential fiction. Journal of Management Development, 31(3), pp. 287–297. doi:10.1108/02621711211208916.
• Stace, D., Courtney, N. and Holtham, C. (2012). Bringing ICT to the strategy table. Strategic Change, 21(1-2), pp. 41–57. doi:10.1002/jsc.1894.
• Iacono, J.C., Brown, A. and Holtham, C. (2011). The use of the case study method in theory testing: The example of steel emarketplaces. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 9(1), pp. 57–65.
• Holtham, C.W. and Owens, A. (2011). Using the urban to span the boundaries between diverse disciplines: Drama Education and Business Management. Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (PESTLHE), 6(3), pp. 292–305.
• Iacono, J., Brown, A. and Holtham, C. (2009). Research methods - a case example of participant observation. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 7(1), pp. 39–46.
• Holtham, C.W. (2009). Twenty-first-century e-learning: are the dreams still to come true? Advance (Saffron Interactive), 24, pp. 01–Dec.
• Holtham, C.W., Melville, R.R. and Sodhi, M.S. (2006). Designing Student Groupwork in Management Education: Widening the Palette of Options. Journal of Management Education, 30(6), pp. 809–817. doi:10.1177/1052562906287967.
• Sodhi, M., Holtham, C.W. and Melville, R. (2006). Designing student teams. OR/MS Today, 33(1), pp. 46–51.
• Rich, M. and Holtham, C. (2005). New technology in learning: A decade's experience in a business school. British Journal of Educational Technology, 36(4), pp. 677–679. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00545.x.
• Stace, D., Courtney, N. and Holtham, C. (2005). Stepping ahead with technology: but not too far! Strategic Change, 14(4), pp. 179–193. doi:10.1002/jsc.722.
• Holtham, C. (2005). Do we over communicate? European Business Forum, 23, Winter 2005 .
• Stace, D., Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (2004). Mapping opportunity space: options for a sustainable e-strategy. Strategic Change, 13(5), pp. 237–251. doi:10.1002/jsc.691.
• Holtham, C. (2003). Building for Business Knowledge: Constructing a New Business School in the Heart of London. Business Information Review, 20(4), pp. 215–225. doi:10.1177/0266382103204007.
• Brown, A., Rich, M. and Holtham, C. (2003). Supporting information literacy for starting MBAs through action research. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 2(1), pp. 11–20.
• Holtham, C., Rich, M. and Murphy, C. (2002). Business Information Systems: A multi-disciplinary perspective on the scholarship of teaching and learning. .
• Holtham, C., Bohne, M. and Ward, V. (2002). Creating effective physical and virtual spaces: the contributions of storytelling, architecture and artefacts to management education and practice. .
• Holtham, C. (2002). Prestatiemanagement van immateriele activa: hoe staat daar eigenlikj mee? [Performance Management and the Measurement of Intangibles]. Bedrijfskunde, 74(2) .
• Stace, D., Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (2001). E-Change: Charting a path towards sustainable e-strategies. Strategic Change, 10(7), pp. 403–418. doi:10.1002/jsc.555.
• Holtham, C., Ward, V. and Rosander, C. (2001). Designing spaces for knowledge work: can the use of fiction help construct new realities? Proceedings of University of Leicester conference "Managing Knowledge, Conversations and Critiques" .
• Holtham, C. (2001). The net is full of own goals. Independent on Sunday, pp. 25–25.
• Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (2001). Developing managerial learning styles in the context of the strategic application of information and communications technologies. International Journal of Training and Development, 5(1), pp. 23–33. doi:10.1111/1468-2419.00119.
• Holtham, C. and Rich, M. (2001). Barriers to academic take up of computer mediated communications and video technologies - the comfort factor? Proceedings of Conference on Telecommunications, Education and Training, Charles University, Prague .
• Holtham, C. (2001). Business Intelligence 2001. , 3 .
• Holtham, C. (2001). The problem with winner-takes-all technologies. lectronic Business-21.com, 1(1), pp. 43–43.
• Holtham, C. (2001). The major barrier to the next wave of e-businesses. Electronic Business-21.com, 1(2), pp. 74–74.
• Holtham, C. (2001). Executive Sense: a look at i3 from a business perspective. i3 net: The European Network for Intelligent Information Interfaces, 2001(10), pp. 32–33.
• Holtham, C. (2001). Is XML really a standard? .
• Holtham, C. (2001). On Location. pp. Nov–16.
• Holtham, C., Ward, V. and Bohn, M. (2001). Slow Company: how procrastination and delay improves the quality of knowledge, collaboration and understanding. .
• Holtham, C., Ward, V. and Bohn, M. (2001). Slow knowledge: the importance of tempo in debriefing and in individual learning. .
• Holtham, C. (2000). A half-hearted revolution. New technology alone won't necessarily bring improved productivity. For e-government to be a success, fundamental changes are necessary, along with a degree of insight and imagination. Public Finance pp. 48–49.
• Holtham, C. and Ward, V. (2000). Accelerated Executive Learning : the significance of physical and virtual space in knowledge for strategy. .
• Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (2000). e-business: Past and Future. , Issue 12, pp. 09–Dec.
• Holtham, C. and Ward, V. (2000). Experimenting With Learning About Knowledge: The Art Exhibition and The Garden Shed. .
• Holtham, C. and Wallis, R. (2000). From the Physical to the Virtual and back again. .
• Holtham, C. (2000). Inspiration: software to support individual creativity. , 1 .
• Holtham, C. (2000). Interim Electric Government May Be Major Barrier To Full Electronic Government. .
• Holtham, C. and Ward, V. (2000). Physical Space: the most neglected resource in contemporary knowledge management? .
• Holtham, C. and Ward, V. (2000). The Role of Psychological and Physical Spaces in Knowledge Management. .
• Holtham, C. (1999). Developing Effective Learning Communities Online. .
• Bawden, D., Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (1999). Perspectives on information overload. Aslib Proceedings, 51(8), pp. 249–255.
• Holtham, C. (1999). How Human Touch Makes a Real Learning Difference. .
• Holtham, C. (1999). Monolithic versus do-it-yourself learning resources in business education. , Q4/99 .
• Holtham, C. (1999). The application of portable networks in face-to-face group decision support systems. .
• Holtham, C. and Tomkin, N. (1999). The application of simulation as a learning method in financial services. .
• Holtham, C. (1999). The Office as a Place for Knowledge Creation. .
• Holtham, C., Brady, C., Janes, R., Reavill, L. and Rich, M. (1999). Utilising electronic meeting system methods to create an audit template as support for quality assurance initiatives in higher education. .
• Tiwari, A. and Holtham, C. (1998). Learning groupware through using groupware - Computer Supported Collaborative Learning with face to face students. SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education), 30(3), pp. 236–238.
• Holtham, C. and Tiwari, A. (1998). Adapting the physical office of the twenty first century to capitalize on emerging information system opportunities for managerial productivity and creativity. .
• Holtham, C. and Janes, R. (1998). Alternative GDSS structuring methods - towards versatility in group decision support? .
• Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (1998). Applied Knowledge Management. .
• Holtham, C. (1998). Creating Virtual Learning Communities. .
• Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (1998). Developing Managerial Competencies In Applied Knowledge Management: A Study Of Theory And Practice. .
• Holtham, C., Kretschmer, M. and Wallis, R. (1998). Electronic Commerce and Credibility Capital: The Role of Intermediaries. .
• Holtham, C. and Tiwari, A. (1998). Learning Groupware Through Using Groupware - Computer Supported Collaborative Learning with Face to Face Students. .
• Holtham, C. and Tiwari, A. (1998). Physical universities can apply virtual technologies too: the use of networked technologies to support collaborative learning. .
• Holtham, C. (1997). BPR Revisited. , June, pp. 08–Nov.
• Holtham, C. and Rich, M. (1997). Learning information systems in an MBA course through a mail-enabled business simulation - Trent Engineering. .
• Holtham, C. and Tomkin, N. (1997). New Channels of Delivery in Retail Financial Services: The Bank of Ruritania Business Simulation. .
• Holtham, C. (1996). Collaboration, Knowledge and Action. .
• Holtham, C. and Tiwari, A. (1996). The application of collaboration technologies to the budget-making process. .
• Holtham, C., D'Cruz, M. and Tiwari, A. (1996). Using Intranet and Business Groupware Technologies to Support Collaborative Learning with Face to Face Students. .
• Holtham, C. (1995). Integrating technologies to support action. Interacting with Computers, 7(1), pp. 91–107. doi:10.1016/0953-5438(95)90821-2.
• Holtham, C. and Courtney, N. (1995). Future Frameworks for Open Client Server Technologies. .
• Holtham, C. (1995). IT and Marketing. .
• Holtham, C. (1995). The Mononchrome Educational Conferencing System. , 2, pp. Nov–15.
• Holtham, C., Waal, A.A. and Bulthuis, H. (1994). De transparante organisatie en het gebruik van groupware. .
• Holtham, C. (1993). Des simulateurs de vol applique a l'enseignement de la gestion. .
• HOLTHAM, C. (1992). ARCHITECTURES FOR EXECUTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS - TOWARDS A PROTOTYPE TOP MANAGER WORKSTATION. IFIP TRANSACTIONS A-COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 9, pp. 275–290.
• Holtham, C. (1989). Information technology management into the 1990s: A position paper. Journal of Information Technology, 4(4), pp. 179–196. doi:10.1057/jit.1989.33.
• Holtham, C. (1988). Developing a system for measuring departmental performance. Public Money and Management, 8(4), pp. 29–33. doi:10.1080/09540968809387504.
• HOLTHAM, C. (1977). LOCAL-GOVERNMENT FINANCE - STEISS,AW. LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES-NEW SERIES, 3(2), pp. 79–81.

Subject/Academic Leadership

• Knowledge Management group, Subject Leader
• 2002 - present, Cass Learning Laborator, Director

Editorial Activity

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, Member of Editorial Board, 2006 – present.