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Alastair Nicholson

Emeritus Professor of Management Science and Operations

BSc PhD (London)

Professor Alastair Nicholson’s research interests are management processes (needed to complement business systems), the use of performance measures, and interactive learning methodologies.

He has had papers published in leading journals in his field, including: the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Management and the Journal of Management Development.

He has consulted on mergers, new product development, core process identification and strategic initiatives. He has also worked in Poland and Russia on business development in emerging markets.

He was formerly Principal Scientific Officer at AERE; Systems Programmer, IBM.

Research Interests

  • Management processes needed to complement business systems
  • The use of performance measures
  • Interactive learning methodologies

2002

Structuring the performance debate for management

Nicholson T A J; Done A

in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Theory and Practice in Performance Measurement and Management, Boston, July 2002

2001

Linking operations and profitability

Nicholson T A J

in Proceedings of the 8th EurOMA Conference, Bath, 2001

2000

Conflict and complementarity in improvement initiatives

Nicholson T A J

in 3rd International (Euro)CINet Conference, Aalborg, 2000

Integrating management and engineering perspectives through interactive learning

Nicholson T A J

in Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Games in Production Management, Karlsruhe, 2000

Recognising the design in practice in service operations analysis

Nicholson T A J; Gemmel P

in 7th EurOMA Conference, Ghent, 2000

1999

Closing the gap: a polemic on plant-based research in operations management

Nicholson T A J; Hill T J; Westbrook R K

International Journal of Operations and Production Management 1999 Vol 19:2 p 139-156

Western methods: the new technology for Polish business?

Nicholson T A J

International Journal of Operations and Production Management 1999 Vol 19:5/6 p 538-551

1998

Manufacturing strategy: providing support for agreed markets

Hill T J; Nicholson T A J; Westbrook R K

in Buckley P, Burton F and Mirza H eds., Strategy and organisation of international business, Macmillan, 1998

Planning and managing capacity

Nicholson T A J

in Wild R ed., International handbook of production and operations management, Cassells, 1988

Reproducing the management process in an educational context

Nicholson T A J

in Proceedings of Conference on Games in Production Management Experimental Learning in Industrial Management, Ghent, 1998

1997

Bringing management reality into the classroom: the development of interactive learning

Nicholson T A J

Journal of Management Development 1997 Vol 16:6 p 438-451

Strategic management of the operations function

Hill T J; Nicholson T A J; Westbrook R K

in Bickerstaffe G ed., Mastering management, p322-326, Financial Times/Pitman, 1997

Using a participator for teaching modern methodologies of business such as JIT, MRP and cellular organisation

Nicholson T A J

in Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Effects of Production Management, Helsinki, 1997

1996

Service concepts in practice: compromises in high street trading

Nicholson T A J; Alistair J

Managing Service Quality 1996 Vol 6:5 p 53-56

Closing the gap: plant-based research in operations management

Hill T J; Nicholson T A J; Westbrook R K

in Proceedings of the POMS Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, 1995

Design of management systems for a continuously changing context

Nicholson T A J

in Proceedings of the Matador Conference, UMIST, 1995

Interpreting the company schedules as the management of interfaces along the orderbook

Nicholson T A J

in Proceedings of the POMS Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, 1995

Observations on the compromises in high street trading

Nicholson T A J

in Services Management Symposium, Bournemouth, 1995

1994

Focusing on managerial boundaries as the design criteria for integrated systems

Nicholson T A J

International Journal of Production Economics 1994 Vol 36 p 315-328

Preserving the added value in the business operation

Nicholson T A J

in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of the European Operations Management Association, Cambridge, 1994

Selecting instruments to guide the implementation of strategic change

Nicholson T A J

in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of the European Operations Management Association, Cambridge, 1994

Uncovering an implicit model of the business operation: the research opportunity and the educational need

Nicholson T A J; Coughlan P D

in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of the European Operations Management Association, Cambridge, 1994

1993

Representing business operations management responsibilities without getting lost in the detail

Nicholson T A J; Coughlan P D

in Proceedings of the EIASM Fourth International Production Management Conference on Management and New Production Systems, 1993

1992

Beyond MRP: the management question

Nicholson T A J

Production Planning and Control 1992 Vol 3:3 p 247-257

Customer service, productivity and process design: impact and attribution

Nicholson T A J; Coughlan P D

in Hollier and Boaden eds., International operations: crossing borders in manufacturing, Elsevier, 1992

Exploring reality: the place of video in teaching operations management

Coughlan P D; Nicholson T A J

Operations Management Review 1992 Vol 8:3/4 p 26-30

1991

Selection of performance measures for an organisation must have three masters

Nicholson T A J

in PICS Belgium Conference Publication, 1991

Strategy and the shop floor: a one-way initiative?

Nicholson T A J

International Journal of Operations and Production Management 1991 Vol 11:3 p 8-20

1988

Measuring customer service and managing delivery

Nicholson T A J

in Wild R ed., International handbook of production and operations management, Cassells, 1988

1987

Issues in the relationship between performance and control

Nicholson T A J

in Proceedings of the BPICS conference, Blackpool, 1987

Orderbook profiles: managing beyond the schedules

Nicholson T A J; Tan T S

Engineering Costs and Production Economics 1987 Vol 13 p 65-70

1985

Achieving computing simplicity for integrated operations management

Nicholson T A J; Garside R G

International Journal of Operations and Production Management 1985 Vol 5:4

Using an orderbook model to co-ordinate priorities

Nicholson T A J

Engineering Costs and Production Economics 1985 Vol 9:3

2000

Cellular manufacturing and marketing strategy in UK small to medium enterprises

Nicholson T A J

Operations and Technology Management Working Paper Series

Conflict and complementarity in improvement initiatives

Nicholson T A J

Operations and Technology Management Working Paper Series

Integrating management and engineering perspectives through interactive learning

Nicholson T A J

Operations and Technology Management Working Paper Series

Recognising the design in practice in service operations analysis

Nicholson T A J; Gemmel P

Operations and Technology Management Working Paper Series

Western methods: the new technology for Polish business

Nicholson T A J

Operations and Technology Management Working Paper Series

2000

Cellular manufacturing and marketing strategy in UK small to medium enterprises

Nicholson T A J; Hill T J; Westbrook R K

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 2000 Vol 1:4/5 p 428-443