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About

The group's research focuses on a central theme: how to design, analyse and improve processes.

This includes processes within the traditional manufacturing and service contexts, but also within health care, the office and museums. Other areas of interest include operations strategy, supply chain management, reputation management, cyber security, and major programme management.

The group undertakes field work in the US, Europe, and Asia, exploring everything from the manufacture of toys in China through to health care process improvements in the UK.

Members of the group hold editorial positions with leading journals and their work has been published in the Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Management Studies, and Social Science and Medicine.

The group’s research has won a number of awards, including the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award; best paper and most cited awards at the Journal of Operations Management and the International Journal of Operations and Production Management; and an Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) Fellowship.

Publications

Supply chain disruptions: the influence of industry and geography on firm reaction speed

Journal article  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT  | 
  • Benn Lawson,
  • Antony Potter,
  • Frits K Pil,
  • Matthias Holweg
Technology and Operations Management

Service fitness ladders: Improving business performance in low cost or differentiated markets

Journal article  |  International Journal of Operations & Production Management  | 
  • R Cuthbertson,
  • A Hill,
  • S Brown,
  • B Laker
Technology and Operations Management

The concept of organisational projectification: past, present and beyond?

Journal article  |  International Journal of Managing Projects in Business  | 
  • H Maylor,
  • V Turkulainen
Mega Project Management
Technology and Operations Management

Understand, reduce, respond: project complexity management theory and practice

Journal article  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT  | 
  • H Maylor,
  • N Turner
Mega Project Management
Technology and Operations Management

On de-bunking "Fake News" in the post-truth era: How to reduce statistical error in research

Journal article  |  TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE  | 
  • Bent Flyvbjerg,
  • Atif Ansar,
  • Alexander Budzier,
  • Soren Buhl,
  • Chantal Cantarelli,
  • Massimo Garbuio,
  • Carsten Glenting,
  • Mette Skamris Holm,
  • Dan Lovallo,
  • Eric Molin,
  • Ame Ronnest,
  • Allison Stewart,
  • Bert van Wee
Mega Project Management
Technology and Operations Management
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People

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The intellectual diversity of our group is built upon a shared commitment that work in the field should be based on a broad, multi-disciplinary intellectual base. 

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