Rosemary Stewart (20 December 1924 – 15 June 2015)[1] was a British researcher and writer on business management and healthcare management.
Stewart was born in London but the family later moved toPulborough, West Sussex. Most of her schooling was inSaskatoon, Canada, where her mother had relatives. She graduated in Economics from theUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, then in 1945, after the end of the Second World War, returned to England.[2]
She received a doctorate in Management Studies from theLondon School of Economics, and in 1956 became a researcher for theActon Society, an independent organisation studying management of the newly nationalised industries and the health service; she rose to become a director of the society.[2]
Formerly a Fellow inOrganisational Behaviour atTempleton College, Oxford, she was appointed an Honorary Fellow of that college.[3] Her research covered a range of subjects and organisations in industry, commerce and the National Health Service England and Wales (NHS). She ran workshops for many years for NHS chief executives and chairs. She lectured in many parts of the world.[2] She was dean of theOxford Centre for Management Studies from 1983 to 1985, and director of the Oxford Health Care Management Institute on its foundation in 1996.[2]
Stewart was the author of more than a dozen books on management, and she edited books and numerous articles in academic and practitioner journals in the areas of general management, managerial behaviour and healthcare management.
She was granted the Honorary Degree ofDoctor of Philosophy byUppsala University in Sweden, and in 2008 gained membership of theRoyal Society of Medicine.[2]
Stewart married in 1961Ioan Mackenzie James, a fellow ofSt John's College, Oxford, and they settled in that city. She died on 15 June 2015 at the age of 90.[2]
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