All Outputs (1310)

Volunteering masculinities in search and rescue work: Is there “a place for girls on the team”? (2020)
Journal Article

This article explores performative enactments of gender at work in a UK-based Search and Rescue voluntary organization, QuakeRescue. Based on ethnographic research, we analyze how gender is performatively constituted in this male-dominated setting, f... Read More about Volunteering masculinities in search and rescue work: Is there “a place for girls on the team”?.

IoT for predictive assets monitoring and maintenance: An implementation strategy for the UK rail industry (2020)
Journal Article

With about 100% increase in rail service usage over the last 20 years, it is pertinent that rail infrastructure continues to function at an optimal level to avoid service disruptions, cancellations or delays due to unforeseen asset breakdown. In an e... Read More about IoT for predictive assets monitoring and maintenance: An implementation strategy for the UK rail industry.

Dynamic managerial capabilities in micro-enterprises: Stability, vulnerability and the role of managerial time allocation (2020)
Journal Article

This article analyses how dynamic capabilities are enacted in micro-enterprises and what role different parties and managerial time allocation play in this enactment. Drawing upon three in-depth case studies of micro-enterprises, we make three theore... Read More about Dynamic managerial capabilities in micro-enterprises: Stability, vulnerability and the role of managerial time allocation.

A machine learning based approach for predicting blockchain adoption in supply chain (2020)
Journal Article

The purpose of this paper is to provide a decision support system for managers to predict an organization’s probability of successful blockchain adoption using a machine learning technique. The study conceptualizes blockchain technology as a dynamic... Read More about A machine learning based approach for predicting blockchain adoption in supply chain.

Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants (2020)
Journal Article

This is an exploratory study into the drivers and barriers faced by independent restaurants when implementing green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. There is a limited evidence in the literature that attempts to explore GSCM implementation p... Read More about Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants.

Estimating occupancy levels in enclosed spaces using environmental variables: A fitness gym and living room as evaluation scenarios (2020)
Journal Article

The understanding of occupancy patterns has been identified as a key contributor to achieve improvements in energy efficiency in buildings since occupancy information can benefit different systems, such as HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditio... Read More about Estimating occupancy levels in enclosed spaces using environmental variables: A fitness gym and living room as evaluation scenarios.

Systems leadership in practice: Thematic insights from three public health case studies (2020)
Journal Article

Background: ‘Systems leadership’ has emerged as a key concept in global public health alongside such related concepts as ‘systems thinking’ and ‘whole systems approaches.’ It is an approach that is well suited to issues that require collective actio... Read More about Systems leadership in practice: Thematic insights from three public health case studies.

Equality of restraint: Reframing road safety through the ethics of private motorised transport (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Motoring is an emancipation. It is both an individual freedom and a collective freedom with car ownership at 30, 491, 000 vehicles by 2019 in Great Britain. Yet, as the evidence of the impacts of road transport accumulates and the health... Read More about Equality of restraint: Reframing road safety through the ethics of private motorised transport.

Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Servitisation is a strategic transition of firms towards the creation of additional value through services. In this study, we adopt a data-driven approach and assume that company activity descriptions are representative of their activity and partly r... Read More about Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis.

BIM competencies for delivering waste-efficient building projects in a circular economy (2020)
Journal Article

Competency measures are increasingly becoming effective ways for construction organizations to measure their ability to deliver waste-efficient projects. Despite the ongoing efforts in achieving the goals of the circular economy through BIM adoption,... Read More about BIM competencies for delivering waste-efficient building projects in a circular economy.

Offsite construction for emergencies: A focus on Isolation Space Creation (ISC) measures for the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
Journal Article

The outbreak of a pandemic of global concern, the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has tested the capacity of healthcare facilities to the brim in many developed countries. In a minacious fashion of rapid spread and extreme transmission rate, COV... Read More about Offsite construction for emergencies: A focus on Isolation Space Creation (ISC) measures for the COVID-19 pandemic.

A review of robotics and autonomous systems in the food industry: From the supply chains perspective (2020)
Journal Article

Background. An increasing global population means resource utilisation and food security remain the critical global challenges. Robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) have been applied to improve productivity, and their role in enhancing supply chain... Read More about A review of robotics and autonomous systems in the food industry: From the supply chains perspective.

Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers (2020)
Journal Article

Organizations are struggling to leverage emerging opportunities for maintaining sustainability in the global markets due to many barriers in the era of Industry 4.0 and circular economy. The main aim of this study is to analyze these barriers to impr... Read More about Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers.

Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction (2020)
Journal Article

A persistent barrier to the adoption of offsite construction is the lack of information for assessing prefabrication alternatives and the choices of suppliers. This study integrates three aspects of offsite construction, including BIM, DFMA and big d... Read More about Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction.

'Smart' industrial relations in the making? Insights from analysis of union responses to digitalization in Italy (2020)
Journal Article

Employee benefits and paternalistic work regimes: Historical and contemporary perspectives on company welfare in Italy (2020)
Journal Article

This article examines the changing role of employee benefits in work regimes in light of the controversies associated with paternalism. We review historical (industrial, scientific, bureaucratic and sophisticated) and recent (libertarian) variants of... Read More about Employee benefits and paternalistic work regimes: Historical and contemporary perspectives on company welfare in Italy.

Deploying Kaizen events in the manufacturing industry: An investigation into managerial factors (2020)
Journal Article

Despite the extensive research on Continuous Improvement (CI), limited reflection has been reported regarding the managerial factors needed to successfully deploy Kaizen Events (KEs). This study investigates various managerial aspects that affect the... Read More about Deploying Kaizen events in the manufacturing industry: An investigation into managerial factors.

Benchmarking of sustainability to assess practices and performances of the management of the end of life cycle of electronic products: A study of Brazilian manufacturing companies (2020)
Journal Article

The relentless pursuit of lower production costs causes companies to invest in more efficient production systems so that they can remain economically competitive, while the actions focusing on more sustainable operations from an environmental point o... Read More about Benchmarking of sustainability to assess practices and performances of the management of the end of life cycle of electronic products: A study of Brazilian manufacturing companies.

Racialised professionals’ experiences of selective incivility in organisations: A multi-level analysis of subtle racism (2020)
Journal Article

This article explores how racialised professionals experience selective incivility in UK organisations. Analysing 22 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, we provide multi-level findings that relate to individual, organisational and societal phenomen... Read More about Racialised professionals’ experiences of selective incivility in organisations: A multi-level analysis of subtle racism.

Combining design thinking and systems engineering to improve customer outcomes - PhD study report (2020)
Journal Article

Overview: The field of engineering is a major contributor to the economic stability and growth of the UK and other economies. Therefore, the efficient operation of engineering companies and firms is vital. However, design projects undertaken by large... Read More about Combining design thinking and systems engineering to improve customer outcomes - PhD study report.