Mr Jon Guest
J.Guest@coventry.ac.uk
Principal Lecturer
Economics, Finance and Accounting
FACULTY OF BUSINESS,ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
CV1 5FB
Building: William Morris Building
Room: WM216
Main Duties: Second Year Course Tutor. Programme Manager for Economics degrees. Economics Admissions Tutor
Qualifications
- 1990, M.A., Economics, University of East Anglia
- 1989, B.A., Economics, Portsmouth Polytechnic
Research Interests
- Teaching and Learning in Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- Organisational Economics
- The Use of Classroom Experiments in Teaching Microeconomics
Selected Outputs
- Guest, J. (2009) Using FEELE Online Experiments in Teaching. Available from http://bit.ly/9M7uoP
- Guest, J. (2009) Introducing Games/Experiments into an Intermediate Microeconomics Module. Available from http://bit.ly/9Ujqy6
- Guest, J. (2007) Introducing Classroom Experiments into an Introductory Microeconomics Module. Available from http://bit.ly/d6oVZO
- Guest, J. (2007) 'Playing Games'. Economics Network Newsletter (10),4-4
- Guest, J. (2004) 'The Economics of Competitive Balance in Sport'. In The Business of Sports Management. Ed. by Beech, J., and Chadwick, S. Pearson Education
- Guest, J. (2000) 'Government Policy and Training in Small Firms: A Game Theory Approach'. British Economy Survey 30 (1)
Selected Funding
- The Relative Impact of Classroom Experiments on More Objective Measures of Student Learning, Economics Network, £5,000, 2008-2009
- The Impact of Classroom Experiments on Student Learning in an Intermediate Microeconomics Module, Economics Network, £3,000, 2007-2008
- An Investigation into the Impact of Classroom Experiments on the Understanding of Threshold Concepts, Economics Network, £1,000, 2006-2007
Selected Professional Activities
- January 2006 to present: Associate of the Economics Network
- November 2008 to present: Regional Network Coordinator of the Economics Network
- July 2007 to present: Member of the Government Economic Service Working Group set up to investigate the skills and knowledge needed by Economists in Government
Teaching
- 110ECN: Introductory Microeconomics
- 210ECN: Management Economics
- 312ECN: Organisational Economics and Strategy
- 307CBS: Organisational Economics
- M55BUS: Issues in Strategic Management
Other Responsibilities
- Member of Economics Course Management Team
- Managing the employability link with HM Treasury