Expertise

Information management.
Decision support.
Supply chain management.

Overview

Gerd Islei directs and teaches a range of advanced executive development programmes. His clients include Kingfisher, IBM, BMW, Metro Group, RWE, and the European Patent Office.

Recently, Islei has worked with the European Commission bringing together practitioners and policy-makers to develop a sustainable future for freight transport in Europe. In order to encourage economic growth this project, known as ‘BestLog’, aims to disseminate the lessons of supply chain best practice among smaller and medium-sized enterprises. He has also extended his research to collaboration in value chains with particular focus on emerging economies.

Islei began his career working for the German government in Africa advising on technology transfer. He then directed the Doctoral Programme at Manchester Business School, before joining the Oxford faculty in 1994. Among Dr Islei’s many publications are Managing Information Technology as a Strategic Resource and Improving Decision Making in Organisations. 

Books:

Feeney, D, Islei, G & Willcocks, L, eds, Managing Information Technology as a Strategic Resource, McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Lockett, AG & Islei, G, Improving Decision Making in Organisations, Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH, 1989.

Book chapters:

Islei, G, Lockett, A, Cox, B, Gisbourne, S et al., 'Decision Support Systems for Strategic Decision-Making and Performance Measurements', in: Willcocks, L; Feeney, D; Islei, G (Ed), Managing IT as a Strategic Resource, McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Journal articles:

“The dragon spreads its wings”, CS Review, Spring 2005

“China Returns to Centre Stage” The Times, Article in Special Reports on Managing for Growth, March 2004

Islei, G, 'A Close Up View of Global Supply Chains', European Retail Digest, Vol 32, 2001.

Naudé, P, Lockett, G, Islei, G & Drinkwater, P, 'An exploration into the influence of psychological profiles upon group decision making', Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol 51:2, 2000, pp 168-175.

Islei, G, Lockett, G, & Naudé, P, 'Judgemental modelling as an aid to scenario planning and analysis', Omega, Vol 27:1, 1999, pp 61-73.

Islei, G, Lockett, G, Cox, B & Stratford, M, 'A Decision Support System Using Judgmental Modeling: A Case of R&D in the Pharmaceutical Industry', IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol 38:3, 1991, pp 202-209.

Islei, G, Lockett, G, Cox, B, Gisbourne, S & Stratford, M, 'Modeling Strategic Decision Making and Performance Measurements at ICI Pharmaceuticals', Interfaces, Vol 21:6, 1991.

Islei, G, 'Resource Management and Strategic Decision Making in Industrial R&D Departments: Decision Support Using Judgmental Modelling in the Chemical Industry', Engineering Costs and Production Economics, Vol 20:2, 1990.

Islei, G & Lockett, AG, 'Judgemental Modelling Based on Geometric Least Square', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol 36:1, 1988.