.

Dr Ben Clegg

Ben Clegg

Reader in Operations Management/Associate Dean for Business Partnerships

Operations & Information Management Group

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Education  Research Interests  Professional Affiliations  Publications  Research Projects  Research Supervision  Teaching

Ben Clegg graduated from Loughborough University Business School in 1993 with a degree in management science and a diploma in industrial studies. Simultaneously he completed a diploma in strategic marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a sponsored business student apprenticeship with GEC. He worked as a project manager for several years in the capital goods sector for GEC. He conducted research at Portsmouth University for a year, before joining De Montfort University to complete a PhD in systems engineering in 1999; this research was funded by the EPSRC in conjunction with Rolls-Royce Aerospace, BAE Systems and their respective suppliers. He spent a year (2000-2001) as a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Centre for Integrated Facilities Engineering (USA) continuing research into business simulation tool development organisational theory, and operational improvement as well as working for a university spin-out company. He has acted as a consultant to companies in the area of business process modelling, improvement and simulation. He Joined the University of Central England for a year to teach in the areas of strategy, operations and supply chain management; and completed a post graduate teaching certificate in 2003. He Joined Aston Business School in 2003. He is a reviewer for the International Journal of Productivity and Performance Measurement, the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, the Information Resource Management Association, EPSRC and ESRC, FT Prentice-Hall, Oxford University Press and MacGraw-Hill. He is a chartered engineer.

Education

  • University of Central England. Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE).
  • De Montfort University. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Dissertation title: ‘A Systems Approach to Re-engineering Business Processes towards Concurrent Engineering Principles'.
  • Loughborough University Business School. Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) in Management Science and a Diploma in Industrial Studies (DIS).
  • Chartered Institute of Marketing. Diploma in Strategic Marketing (DipM).

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Research Interests

  • Systems thinking for business process improvement
  • Inter-company management of enterprises
  • Improvement of operations management practice

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Professional Affiliations

  • Chartered Engineer (CEng) since 2003. The Management Division, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). Member (MIET) since 1999.
  • BetaGammaSigma; the international honour society. Faculty Member since Oct 2009.
  • Higher Education Academy (HEA). Member since 2003, Fellow (FHEA) since March 2007.
  • Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). Member since 2003.
  • European Operations Management Association (EurOMA). Member since 2005
  • International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Management Group. 1996-2002
  • British Academy of Management (BAM). Member 2002-4 and 2007 onwards.
  • Institute of Logistics and Transport (ILT). Corporate member 2002-4.

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Publications

Refereed Journals  Editing Roles  Books  Book Chapters  Technical Reports/Working Papers  Conferences  Colloquia, Seminars & Workshops  Working Papers/Internal Articles  Professional Publications/Press Articles/Web Articles

Refereed Journals

  1. Al-Somali, S., Gholami, R., Clegg, BT. ‘An Investigation into the Adoption of Electronic Commerce in Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises’ . Journal of E-Commerce in Organisations. Accepted Jan 2011. Forthcoming late 2011.

  2. Clegg, BT, Rees, C. and Titchen, M. ‘A Study in to the Effectiveness of Quality Management Training: A Focus on Tools and Critical Success Factors’ TQM Journal. Vol. 22, Iss. 2. 2010. pp188-208.

  3. Dey, P.K., Clegg, BT. Bennett, D.J., ‘Managing Enterprise Resource Planning Projects’ Business Process Management Journal. Vol. 16, Iss. 2, 2010.

  4. Clegg, BT (2010) ‘International Insights into 21st Century Quality Management: Facts or Fashion’ Int. J. of Quality and Reliability Management. Invited editorial. Vol.27, Iss. 2, 2010. Special Issue from POMS World2008, August, Tokyo.

  5. Benedettini, O., Clegg, B., Kafouros, M., Neely, A., ‘The Myths of Manufacturing’. Guest editorial. Operations Management Research. Vol..2. Nos.1-4 Dec 2009. pp28-32.

  6. Al Somali, S., Gholami, R. & Clegg, B.T. 'An Investigation into the Acceptance of Online Banking in Saudi Arabia' Technovation. Vol. 29, Iss 2. Feb 2009. pp130-141.

  7. Clegg, B.T. & Shaw, D. 'Using Process-Orientated Holonic (PrOH) Modelling to Increase Understanding of Information Systems' Information Systems Journal. Vol. 18, 2008. pp447-477.

  8. Clegg, B.T. 'The Growing Importance of Inter-company Collaboration' Invited editorial. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. Vol. 19, No. 3, 2008.

  9. Binder, M., Gust, P. & Clegg, B.T. 'Frontloading: A Means to Improving the Competitiveness of R&D Collaboration in Automotive Supply Networks?' Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. Vol. 19, No. 3, 2008. pp315-331. 

  10. Clegg, B.T., Tan, B.L., ‘Using QFD for E-Business Planning and Analysis in a Micro-Sized Enterprise’. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management. Scheduled 2007 Issue 7 or 8.

  11. M. MacDonnell, B.T. Clegg, ‘Designing a Support System for Aerospace Maintenance Supply Chains’. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. Scheduled for Vol. 18, No. 2, March 2007

  12. Clegg BT, ‘Building a Holarchy using Business Process Orientated Holonic (PrOH) Modeling’. IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Part A. Scheduled for Vol. 37, No. 1, Jan 2007.

  13. Binder, M., Clegg, B.T., ‘Enterprise Management: A new Frontier for Organisations’. International Journal of Production Economics. Spec. Iss. on Organisation, Structure and Culture on Operations Management. In press; available online Sept 2006.

  14. Binder M, Clegg BT, Egel-Hess W, ‘Achieving Internal Process Benchmarking: Guidance from BASF’. Benchmarking: an International Journal. Vol. 13 Iss. 6. 2006. pp. 662 - 687.

  15. Clegg BT, ‘Business Process Orientated Holonic (PrOH) Modelling’. Business Process Management Journal. Vol.12, No. 4, 2006. pp. 410-432.

  16. Dey, PK., Hariharan, S., Clegg, BT., ‘Measuring the Operational Performance of Intensive Care Units using the Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach’. International Journal of Production and Operations Management. Vol. 26, No. 8, 2006. pp. 849-865.

  17. Binder, M., Clegg, BT., ‘A Conceptual Framework for Enterprise Management’. International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 44, Nos. 18–19, 15 September–1 October 2006, pp3813–3829.

  18. Boardman JT, Clegg BT, ‘Structured Engagement in the Extended Enterprise’. Int. J. of Operations and Production Management (IJOPM): Special Issue - Next Generation Manufacturing. Vol. 21, No.5 & 6, paper No. 14. June 2001.

  19. Clegg BT, Alexander IF, Boardman AJ, Wingrove SJ, Boardman JT, ‘Tool Support for Integrating Extended Enterprises’. IEE Proceedings: Software. Vol. 147, No.4, August 2000.

  20. Clegg BT, Boardman JT, ‘Process Integration and Improvement using Systemic Diagrams and a Human-Centred Approach’. Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications. Vol. 4, No. 2, June 1996. pp. 119-136.

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Editing Roles - Journal Special Issues

  • Clegg, B.T. & Martinez, A. 'International Insights into 21st Century Quality Management: Research and Practice' International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management. Emerald. Planned date: Vol. 26, No. 8, 2009. Special Issue from POMS World2008. August 2008, Tokyo.

  • Clegg, B.T. (editor) 'Inter-Company Collaboration'. Special Issue of Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. Vol. 19, No. 3, 2008. pp315-331 [NOTE: This contained an award winning paper, awarded by the publishers for one of the best papers of the year].

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Books

  1. Paton, S, Clegg, B., Hsuan, J., Pilkington, A., 'Operations Management'. McGrawHill Education.  Scheduled publication Aug 2011.

  2. Binder, M. and Clegg, B.T, 'Sustainable Supplier Management in the Automotive Industry: Leading the 3rd Revolution through Collaboration'.  Nova Science Publishers Inc. New York. August 2010. 978-1-61728-225-6.

  3. Benedettini, O., Clegg, B., Kafouros, M., Neely, A. 'The Ten Myths of Manufacturing' for Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) and Confederation of British Industry (CBI). www.aimresearch.org. July 2010. ISBN 978-1-906087-24-1.

  4. Bennett, D., Clegg, B., Greasley, A., Albores, P. (eds) 'Technology and Global Integration'. Int. Ass. for Mgt. of Technology (IAMOT).  Printed and CD conference proceedings. Aston University. Sept 10-12, 2006.

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Refereed Book Chapters

  1. MacDonnell, M and Clegg, B., ‘A new Inventory Model for Aircraft Spares’ in Altay, N. and Lewis, A.L. (eds.) ‘Service Parts Management: Demand Forecasting and Inventory Control’ Springer Verlag, USA. Due  March 2011. ISBN: 978-0-85729-038-0

  2. Al-Somali S., Clegg, B.T., Gholami R., ‘An Investigation into the Adoption and Implementation of Electronic Commerce in Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises’ in Alkhalifa, E.M., (ed.) ‘E-Strategies for Resource Management Systems: Planning and Implementation’.Advances in Information Resources Management (AIRM) Book Series, IGI Global. May 2010. ISBN13: 9781616920166. EISBN13: 9781616920173

  3. Binder, M. and Clegg B.T., ‘Surviving the Global Economic Crisis in the Automotive Industry through Sustainable Supplier Management’ in Maxwell, G.A. and Drummond, S.K. (eds). ‘Automotive Industry: Technical Challenges, Design Issues and Global Economic Crisis’. Nova Science Publishers Inc. New York. 2010. pp2-58.

  4. Al-Somali S., Clegg, BT, Gholami R., ‘E-Business Adoption and its Impact on Performance’ in Lee, I., (ed.) ‘Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy’. IGI Global. Feb 2010. ISBN13: 9781615206117.

  5. Dey, PK, Clegg, BT and Bennett, DJ, ‘Managing Implementation issues in Enterprise Resource Planning Projects’ in ‘Handbook on Enterprise Integration’. Sherif, M.H. Auerbach Publications, Taylor and Francis Group. Florida, USA. 2010. pp563-579.

  6. Al-Somali, S., Gholami, R. & Clegg, B.T. "Theories and Factors Affecting Electronic Commerce Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): A Review" in Xu, J. & Quaddus, M. (Eds.) E-business in 21st Century: Realities, Challenges and Outlook. World Scientific Publishing: Mountain View, CA, USA. 2009.

  7. Clegg, B.T. & Binder, M. "Managing the Dynamic Configuration of Enterprises" in St. Amant, K. (ed.) IT Outsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications. IGI Global Publications: Hersey, USA. 2010. imprint ISBN 978-1-60566-770-6.

  8. Clegg, B.T. & Tan, B.L. "E-Business Planning and Analysis Framework" in Lee, I. (ed.) Electronic Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications. IGI Global Publications: Hersey, USA. 2009. pp314-324. imprint ISBN 978-1-60566-056-1. 

  9. Clegg BT, Binder, M., "Managing the Dynamic Configuration of Enterprises" in Putnik, G.D. & Manuela Cunha, M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organisations. Idea-Group: Hershey. 2008. pp882-890. imprint ISBN 978-1-59904-885-7. 

  10. Clegg B.T. & Tan B.L. "E-Business Planning and Analysis Framework" in  Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, E-Government and Mobile Commerce. Idea-Group. Hershey, USA. Feb 2006. pp264-271. ISBN 1-59140-799-0.

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Technical Reports / Working Papers

  1. MacDonnell, M. Clegg, BT, ‘Managing Information Technology Investment for Aircraft Sustainment’. Systems Engineering Symposium, MIT Engineering Systems Division. Cambridge, USA. http://esd.mit.edu/symposium/pdfs/papers/macdonnell.pdf. March 2004.

  2. Clegg BT, Turner MJ, ‘Understanding Enterprise Behaviour: A Feasibility Study’. Stanford University, Centre for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE). Working Paper No. 074. http://www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/Publications/index.html August 2002.

Refereed Conferences

  1. Al-Somali, S., Gholami, R. and Clegg, B ‘Business-to-Business E-Commerce Adoption in Saudi Arabia: The Moderating Effect of Technology Consultants' Orientation’. IAMOT 2011 Int. Conference, Florida, USA April 10-14. Accepted.

  2. Wan, Y. and Clegg, B.T, ‘Enterprise Management and ERP Development: Case Study of Zoomlion using Dynamic Enterprise Reference Grid’ in CENTERIS 2010 – Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems. Eds. J.E. Qunitela Varajao. Part I, CCIS, pp.191-198. October 20-22, Portugal Sringer Verlag.

  3. Wan, Y. Clegg, BT. ‘Achieving Agility in Transforming Manufacturing Organizations through Enterprise Management and ERP Development: the DERG Model with Virtual Value Chain Concept’ 15th International Cambridge Manufacturing Symposium. 23-24th Sept 2010. Cambridge University www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/cim/symposium2010/proceedings/  

  4. Al-Somali, S., Gholami, R. and Clegg, B. ‘E-business Adoption in Saudi Arabian Private Sector’ International Conference on Information Society, i-Society IEEE. 28-30 June, 2010 London.

  5. Clegg, BT, Binder, M., Chandler, S., Edwards, JE. ‘Governance Architectures for Inter-organisational R&D Collaboration’ POMS 2010, May 7-10. Vancouver.

  6. Al-Somali, S., Gholami, R., Clegg, BT ‘An Investigation into the adoption of electronic business in Saudi Arabia using the Technology-Organisation-Environment Framework’ UKAIS Conference 2010, 23-24 March 2010, University of Oxford.

  7. Lloyd, C., Dey, P.K. & Clegg, B.T. 'The trouble with theories in Supply Chain Management and Logistics.' 16th International Conference Euroma, Goteborg, Sweden, 14-17th June 2009.

  8. Dey, P.K., Bennett, D.J. & Clegg, B.T. 'Managing Risk in Enterprise Resource Planning Projects' 16th International Conference Euroma, Goteborg, Sweden, 14-17th June 2009.

  9. Clegg, B.T. & Ajayi, O-D. 'Strategy, IT and Dynamic Change in Enterprises' Production and Operations Management (POMS) 20th Conference, Orlando, FL, 1-4th May 2009.

  10. Al-Somali, S., Clegg, B.T. & Gholami, R. 'Exploring the Adoption of Electronic Commerce in Saudi Arabia: The Case of Small and Medium Enterprises' in Proceedings of the International Conference on Technology and Business Management, Dubai, UAE, 29th March-1st April 2009.

  11. Al-Somali, S., Gholami, R. & Clegg, B.T. 'Online banking acceptance in Saudi Arabia' European Management of Technology (EuroMOT) Conference. Nice, France. 17-19th September 2008.

  12. Clegg, B.T., Rees, C. & Titchen, M. 'A Survey to Understand what makes Six Sigma Training Effective' Production and Operations Management (POMS) World Conference, Tokyo, Japan. 5-8th August 2008. pp525-540. 

  13. MacDonnell, M. & Clegg, B.T. 'Developing an Inventory Management System for Aircraft Operations Support' 8th International Business Information Management Association Conference, Dublin, Ireland. 20-22nd June 2007. ISBN: 0-9753393-7-0.

  14. Clegg, B.T., Rees, C. & Titchen, M. 'Designing Six Sigma Syllabi for Success Impact' European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) Ankara, Turkey. 17-19th June 2007.

  15. Clegg, B.T. 'Maximising the Economic and Social Impact of Six Sigma' Production and Operations Management (POMS) Texas, USA. 4-7th May 2007. 

  16. Tan, B.L and Clegg, B.T ‘Evaluating e-Business Applications Priorities: The E-Business Planning and Analysis Framework’. IRMA Vancouver. May 2007.

  17. Ajayi, D & Clegg, B, ‘Extended enterprise – Implications for information systems strategy’. In Bennett, D J, Clegg, B, Greasley, A & Albores, P (eds) Technology and Global Integration Proceedings of Second European Conference on Management of Technology. Aston Business School & IAMOT Aston Business School, 10-12 September 2006. pp 9-15.

  18. MacDonnell, M & Clegg, B. ’Management of rotable aircraft spares inventory: Development of a new solution’. In Bennett, D J, Clegg, B, Greasley, A & Albores, P (eds) Technology and Global Integration Proceedings of Second European Conference on Management of Technology. Aston Business School & IAMOT Aston Business School, 10- 12 September 2006. pp 470-477.

  19. MacDonnell, M. & Clegg, B.T. ‘IT Support for Managing Aircraft Spares in a Closed-loop Supply Chain’. IRMA. Washington DC. May 2006.

  20. Schwanzer, R. & Clegg, BT., ‘Using Taguchi’s ‘DoE’ to aim for 6 Sigma Levels’. EurOMA Glasgow, Scotland. June 2006. 

  21. Binder, M. & Clegg, B.T. ‘Designing and Managing Collaborative Supply Networks in the Automotive Industry’, EurOMA Glasgow, Scotland. June 2006.

  22. Binder, M. & Clegg, B.T., ‘Enterprise Management: a Collaborative Approach to Managing Modern Supply Networks’. POMS May 2006. Boston.

  23. MacDonnell, M., Clegg, B.T. ‘Management of Rotable Aircraft Spares Inventory: Review of Practice and Development of New Solutions’. POMS Boston. May 2006.

  24. Clegg B.T. & Sharma, A.B., ‘A Study of Enterprise Structures in Toyota’. International Conference on Production Research (ICPR). Solerno, Italy. August 2005.

  25. Clegg B.T. & Binder, M., ‘Partial Evolutionary Mulitiplicity: An Approach to Managing the Dynamics of Supply Structures’. International Conference on Production Research (ICPR). Solerno, Italy. August 2005.

  26. Clegg B.T. & Binder, M., ‘The Modular Enterprise: A New Governance Architecture for Inter-Firm Collaboration’. European Operations Management Association (EurOMA). Budapest. June 2005.

  27. Clegg B.T. & Flanagan, F. ‘Assessing Service Satisfaction Between a 3PL Provider and a Vehicle Manufacturer using the SERVQUAL Technique’. Production and Operations Management (POMS). Chicago.  May 2005.

  28. Clegg B.T. & Strange, N., ‘Assessing the Financial Impact of 6-Sigma in an Automotive Company’ Production and Operations Management (POMS). Chicago. May 2005.

  29. Clegg B.T. & Binder, M., ‘Beyond Chains and Networks: Unifying Structures using Extended Enterprise Thinking’. European Operations Management Association (EurOMA). Founainbleu. June 2004.

  30. Clegg B.T. ‘The Extended Enterprise: A Matrix Framework for Effective Strategic Operations Management’. 20th International Manufacturing Conference (IMC). Cork, Ireland. 3-5th Sept 2003.

  31. Clegg B.T. & Turner M.J. ‘Understanding Enterprise Behaviour: A Feasibility Study’. International Council of Systems Engineering International Conference, Las Vegas. 2002.

  32. Clegg B.T. & Lambert M.H, Buettner R, ‘Simulating Organisations using Computational and Human Agents’. Computational Analysis of Social and Organisational Systems International Conference. Pittsburgh, USA. July 2001.

  33. Clegg B.T., Kirchin Y. & Rubina N., 'Marketing Network Information Services'. Technology Management 2000 Conference. St. Petersburg, Russia. June 2000.

  34. Clegg B.T., Winand H., Boardman J.T., Boardman A.J., Paler K., Pennington A., McKay A. & Fine C. 'Getting to Grips with the Extended Enterprise: Methods and Tools for Plotting Corporate Strategy Within Dynamic Value Networks'. CALS Conference: E-business for Industry. London. June 2000.

  35. Clegg B.T., Boardman A.J. & Boardman J.T., ‘Planning Projects within an Aerospace Extended Enterprise’. 15th National Conf. on Manufacturing Research (NCMR ‘99). Bath University. 6-8th September 1999.

  36. Clegg B.T., Boardman J.T., Boardman, A.J. & Mason-Jones R., ‘Designing an Optimal Product Introduction Process for an Extended Enterprise in the Aerospace Sector’. International Conference INCOSE ‘99. Brighton, UK. 6 -10th June 1999.

  37. Boardman A.J., Clegg B.T., Alexander I.F., Boardman J.T. & Mason-Jones R., ‘Integrating Product Development Processes across Aerospace Supply Chains’. Logistic Research Network (LRN) Annual Conference. 10-11th September 1998.

  38. Clegg B.T., Boardman J.T. & Boardman A.J., ‘Achieving Synergy within the Product Introduction Process of an Extended Enterprise’. 14th National Conference on Manufacturing Research (NCMR). University of Derby. 7-9th September 1998. pp 589-594. 

  39. Clegg B.T. & Boardman J.T., ‘Achieving Strategic Change Towards Concurrent Engineering by using a new Soft Systems Methodology’. International Conference 'The World Innovation and Strategy Conference’. Sydney, Australia. 2-5th August 1998. pp 466-475.

  40. Clegg B.T. & Boardman J.T., ‘A Soft Systems Methodology to Support Business Process Change Towards Concurrent Engineering’. International Conference INCOSE ‘98.  Vancouver, Canada. July 1998. pp 697-704.

  41. Clegg B.T. & Boardman J.T., ‘Systemic Analysis of Concurrent Engineering Practice’. IEE Int. Conf. ‘Factory 2000’. Cambridge University. IEE publication No. 435. 2-4th April 1997. pp 464-470.

  42. Bulbeck J.M. & Clegg B.T., ‘A Systems Methodology for Analysing and Simulating Manufacturing Processes’. IEEE Int. Conf. 'Systems Man & Cybernetics'. Beijing, China. 14-17th October 1996.

  43. Clegg B.T., Boardman J.T. & Buckingham A.D., ‘Factory Process Improvement using a Human-Centred Approach’. Int. Conf. 'Concurrent Engineering ‘96'. Toronto, Canada. September 1996.

  44. Clegg B.T., Cole A.J. & Wolak S.J., ‘A Support Tool for Practising Concurrent Engineering’. Int. Conf. 'Concurrent Engineering ‘95'. Washington DC, USA. 23-25th August 1995. pp 665-675.

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Colloquia, Seminars and Workshops

  1. Al-Somali,S., Gholami,R. and Clegg, B.(2010). ‘Contextual antecedents of electronic commerce adoption among organisation in developing Arab high-income economies: Evidence from the private sector in Saudi Arabian’ in Proceeding of the West Midlands Regional Doctoral Colloquium (Aston business school and Birmingham University Business Schools). Aston University, 18 June 2010

  2. Clegg BT, ‘The Benefits of University – Industry Collaboration’. EREBUS Business Breakfast. 27th May 2010, Aston Conference Centre. 65 attendees.

  3. Clegg, B.T ‘Lean Thinking and Management in Universities’ Invited presentation for Association of Business School at Warwick Business School. 15 Jan 2010.

  4. Clegg, B.T. ‘Engaging Research for Business Transformation’ Invited speech at the West Midlands Economic Forum. 29 Oct 2009. Aston Business School. Other Speakers include: Rt. Hon. Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice & Lord Chancellor, John Hemming MP, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, MP.

  5. Clegg, BT, Dey, PK and MacBryde, J. ESRC Seminar Series, ‘Trends in Modern Operations Management’. Five seminars:

  6. Clegg, B.T. & Preece, G. 'Using PrOH Modelling to Investigate the Fuzzy Front End of Project Management.' Centre for Project Management Practice. Aston Business School. 18th July 2008.

  7. Al-Somali, S., Gholami, R. & Clegg, B.T. 'E-commerce Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia.' West Midlands Regional Doctoral Colloquium (Aston, Birmingham and Warwick Business Schools). Aston University, Birmingham. 30 June 2008.

  8. Clegg, B.T., Shaw, D., Albores, P., Dey, P. & Greasley, A. 'Supporting Security Officers: A Study of Operational Performance.' POMS World Conference 2008. Tokyo, Japan. 5-8th August 2008. Invited presentation.

  9. Clegg, B.T., Operations Research '49. 'Process Orientated Holonic (PrOH) Modelling: Action Research in a University Faculty.' Edinburgh University. 4-6th September 2007. Invited seminar.

  10. MacDonnell, M. & Clegg, B.T., 'Management of rotable aircraft spares inventory: review of practice and development of new solutions.' Community of European Management Schools Supply Chain Management workshop. Austria. January 2006. Presentation.

  11. Clegg, B.T. & Binder, M. 'Modular Design and Manufacturing' Nottingham University Business School. November 2005. Invited seminar.

  12. Clegg, B.T. POMS, 'Extending and Virtual Operational Structures' Cancun, Mexico. 30th April-3rd May 2004. Presentation.

  13. Clegg, B.T. 'A Soft Process Modelling Approach' Post Graduate Naval School. Monterey, CA (USA). January 2001. Invited seminar. 

  14. Clegg BT, Wingrove SJ, Alexander IF, Boardman JT, ‘Modelling and Simulation for a Large Product Development Process’. IEE Workshop. Salford University. 13-14 April ‘99.

  15. Clegg BT, Wingrove SJ, Alexander IF, Boardman JT, ‘Use of the Internet to Support Management Flight Simulation in the Extended Enterprise’. IEE Seminar. London. March 31 ‘99.

  16. Clegg BT, Boardman JT, ‘A Systems Approach to Process Improvement in Design and Manufacture’. IEE colloquia, London. Nov 11, ‘96.

  17. Clegg BT, Wingrove SJ, Boardman JT, ‘Improving Process Management Performance using Systemic Methods and Tools’. IEE colloquia: Systemic Methods for Improving Business Performance. London. Digest No. 1996/075. April 1st 1996.

  18. Ramsay DA, Clegg BT, Cole AJ, ‘Developing Learning Frameworks using Soft Systems Theory’. 3rd International Workshop on Managerial and Organisational Cognition, Glasgow. June 14-16 ‘95.

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Working Papers / Internal Articles

  1. Clegg, B.T. 'Creating Gusto through Games and Goals' in Best Practice Guide for Teaching and Learning. HELM Centre, Aston Business School.  Accepted, due February 2009. ISBN tbc.

  2. Al Somali, S., Gholami, R. & Clegg, B.T. (2008) 'Internet Banking Acceptance in the Context of Developing Countries' RP0803. Aston Business School, Birmingham.

  3. Clegg, B.T. (2005) 'Business Process Orientated Holonic (PrOH) Modelling: Building a Holarchy' RP0535. Aston Business School, Birmingham.

  4. Clegg, B.T. 'Enterprise management: A New Frontier for Organisations' RP0536. Aston Business School, Birmingham.

  5. MacDonnell, M. & Clegg, B.T. 'Managing Information Technology Investment for Aircraft Sustainment' Systems Engineering Symposium, MIT Engineering Systems Division. Cambridge, USA. March 2004. http://esd.mit.edu/symposium/pdfs/papers/macdonnell.pdf

  6. Clegg, B.T. & Turner, M.J. 'Understanding Enterprise Behaviour: A Feasibility Study' Stanford University, Centre for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE). Working Paper No. 074. August 2002. http://www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/Publications/index.html

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 Professional Publications / Press Articles / Web Articles

  1. ‘"Myths" Holding British Manufacturers Back’. Telegraph, Finance, Business Club, 24 June 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/7851328/Myths-holding-British-manufacturers-back.html 28.6.2010. Note: Coverage based on AIM report.

  2. EREBUS to Boost Business Research’ Dec/Jan 2009/10 in Chamberlink. Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry. P.23

  3. ‘A future in Manufacturing’ Technology Horizons. Accessed 5 Jan 2010.

  4. ‘Engaging Opportunities for Business’ inBusiness, CBI West Midlands Winter (Dec.2009), Iss.42, pp.24.

  5. H. Carvell et al. ‘HERA Barometer’ ‘Report to Dept. of Business. Contributing author. Dec 2009.

  6. 'Funding the Way to Business Solutions' inBusiness, CBI West Midlands, Summer (June) 2009. Issue 40 pp.30.

  7. 'Award to Stimulate Engaging Business Research' inBusiness, CBI West Midlands, Winter (Dec) 2008. Issue 38 pp.10.

  8. 'A Future in Manufacturing' Technology Horizons. http://www.technologyhorizons.co.uk/industry_sectors.cfm?faarea1=customWidgets.contentitem_displaypage&cit_id=4061. [Accessed 05.11.08].

  9. 'Identifying success factors critical to deployment, and evaluating which tools have the most impact on projects' onesixsigma.com. http://www.onesixsigma.com/sigmapro/Identifying-success-factors-critical-deployment-and-evaluating-which-tools-have-the-most-impact-on-projects-04102007 25.10.2007.

  10. 'The Last Word: Competence and Capacity' in Machinery. ISSN 1753-0482. Findlay Publications Ltd. Dartford, UK. February 2007. pp.68.

  11. 'Timebomb in our Factories' The Birmingham Post, Business Section. November 23rd 2006. pp.26.

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Research Projects: Income


Sept 08 - Aug 13  
ESRC Capacity Clusters Project ‘Engaging Research for Business Transformation’ ‘EREBUS’. M. West, D. Shaw, J Scully, J. Love, BT. Clegg. £2,100,000. Co-Investigator and Project Manager. Ref. RES-187-24-0005. Held in collaboration with University of Warwick and University of Birmingham.

Jan 11 - Dec 13            
ESRC Case Award. ‘A systems Approach to integrating lean thinking and six-sigma’. with SigmaPro. Principal Investigator. EREBUS. £72,000

Mar 10 - Mar 12           
Knowledge Transfer Partnership, ‘Solving Wicked Problems in the Large Public Organisations’ with Altruist Medical. Leader, with W. Ho. ESRC and TSB funded. EREBUS. £129,000. Principal investigator.

Oct 10 - Sept 12           
Knowledge Transfer Partnership, ‘Developing a business strategy and operational processes in a changing funding environment’. Aquarius Action Projects. EREBUS. Co-investigator with I Coombe and J Rudd. £122,000.

Jan 11 – July 11   
Visiting Scholar Award. £3,450 for Professor Amrik Sohal, Monash University, Aus. to visit ABS. Internal award. Principal Investigator.

Aug 10 - Oct 10    
Innovation Voucher (EPSRC, ESRC & AWM funded). Precision Micro. Leader.‘Improving material handling and waste reduction’. £3,000.

Sept 08 - Jun 10   
ESRC Seminars Competition ‘Trends in Modern Operations Management’ BT Clegg, P Burcher and PK Dey, J MacBryde. £18,159. Principal investigator. Ref. RES-451-26-0547.

Jan 09 - July 09   
Visiting Scholars Scheme, ‘An International Quality Management Survey’ BT Clegg, M Ergun (Hacettepe University, Turkey) £1,230. Aston Business School, internal staff development award. Principal investigator. 

Mar 08 – Apr 09   
DSTL/DfT TRANSEC ‘Supporting our Security Officers’. DA Shaw, BT Clegg, PK Dey, A Greasley. £175,000. Co-investigator.

Mar 08 - Sep 08    
DTI Manufacturing Advisory Service (West Midlands) and Brintons Carpets, ‘Audit of a Quality Management System’ BT Clegg, PK Dey £20,150. Principal Investigator.

Nov 07 - Jan 08    
Innovation Voucher (EPSRC, ESRC & AWM funded). Pinstripe Ltd. Leader (with D Shaw). An SME printers. ‘Improving customer interface practice’. £3,000. Publicised on Govt. News Network. 28.1.2008 and HeartFM.

Nov 07 - Jan 08    
Innovation Voucher (EPSRC, ESRC & AWM funded). WillsonTrusts. Leader. ‘Design operational processes for a new call centre’ £3,000. ESRC case study.

Nov 16 -17, 2006  
Organiser of EPSRC 2-day Network Workshop on ‘The Future of UK Manufacturing’. ABS Conference Centre, 60 attendees, local press coverage. £4,200. Leader. Ref. EP/D059046/1.

Jan 06 - Nov 06    
SigmaPro, Birmingham. ‘Improving Quality Management Syllabi’. Leader of industry funded project to survey, analyse and present current scenario £5,580.

Jan 01 - Jul 02  
EPSRC Network Project, ‘Product Innovation across Supply Chains using Enterprise Systemics’ (PISCES).J Boardman, B Clegg. A networking project to ascertain current industry and academic practice. £59,808. Ref. GR/R12299/01. Co-investigator.

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Research Supervision

Completed  

  • PhD (part time), M MacDonnell. ‘Simulation of Closed Loop Supply Chains in Aerospace MRO Supply Chains’. 1st Supervisor, Aston Uni. October 2008
  • PhD, M Binder. ‘Collaborative Enterprise Governance: Sustainable Management of Inter-firm R&D Relationships in the German Car Industry’. 1st Supervisor, Aston Uni. January 2007
  • M.Res. A Cichosz. ‘Quality Measurement in Services’. 2nd Supervisor, Aston Uni. June 2007
  • M.Phil. A Alkalifa. ‘The Design of an Export Process from Royal Ordnance (UK) to the Bahrain Defence Force’.  1st supervisor, De Montfort Uni. February. 2000.
  • M.Res. E Crowther. ‘The Use of Internet Based Quality Function Deployment to Support the Design of Extended Enterprises’. 1st supervisor, De Montfort Uni. August. 2000.

Current

  • Mphil/PhD. Richard Orme. ‘A systems approach to integrating lean and six-sigma’. Start Jan 2011. ESRC sponsored.
  • MRes. C.S. Koh. ‘Problem solving methodology for ‘wicked problems’ in public organisations’. Start Oct 2010. ESRC / TSB Sponsored.
  • MPhil/ PhD (ft) Y. Wan ‘A framework for next generation Enterprises and ERP systems’ Start Jan 2010
  • MPhil (ft) AHA Jefri ‘A framework for Managing Dynamic Cross-Organisational Information Systems’. Start Oct 2010
  • MPhil/PhD (pt) Christine Lloyd, ‘A Unified Model for Green Reverse Logistics’. Start Oct 2008
  • PhD (ft) S. Al-Somali: ‘Adoption of E-Business Technology in Saudi Arabia’. Start Oct 2007 Passed qualification.
  • DBA (pt) D. Ajayi ‘The Role of IT in Extending Governance Structures’. Start Oct 2003. Passed qualification

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Teaching

Awards

  • Beta Gamma Sigma Society - Award for notable contribution to facult. December 2009.

  • Aston University - commended for excellent teaching, August 2008.

  • Aston Business School - for outstanding contribution, August 2007.

Postgraduate Module Leader - Current

  • BNM800 / BNM810 / EMM800 - Operation Management (MSc)

  • EMM800 - EM Lyon - Operations Management

  • BNM850 - Quality Management (MSc)

  • BNM224 - Managing Multi-Organisation Enterprises (MSc)

Executive Education

  • Lean Management.

  • Operations Management.

  • Process Improvement and Systems Thinking.

Teaching - Previous

  • E-Business (MBA, MSc and Undergraduate).

  • BN3372 - Supply Chain Management.

  • Operations Management - postgraduate, undergraduate, Birmingham City Uni.

  • Strategy - postgraduate and undergraduate, Birmingham City Uni.

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Some Previous Collaborators

Altruist Medical, BAESystems, BF Goodrich Aerospace, Aerospace, Brintons Carpets, Birmingham Airport, Frearson's Solicitors, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), Jaguar Land Rover, Marconi, MG-Rover, Navigant, NIS, NSK, Pinstripe, Precision Micro, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group, SigmaPro, Solihull Council, Tata Steel, Willson Trusts.