OM Doctoral Students
We encourage applications from prospective PhD students with research interests which align with our research areas. Please look at individual academics' profiles or the OM group research page to check. Details of entry to the WBS PhD programme are available here. Eligibility criteria. If you wish to apply to the OM Group, first send a CV and brief research proposal to Rhian Silvestro who coordinates all OM Group PhD applications.
CURRENT
Rima Al Hasan The interaction between process improvement approaches and product innovation
Daniella Badu The use of information from performance measurement system to drive organisational ambidexterity
Lisa Callf The future role of the ‘people’ element in automotive supply chain decision-making processes (photo to come)
Jonathan Canioni arrived October 2017 - research details to come
Altricia Dawson Group biases in operating processes
Simon Guilfoyle Data display as a catalyst for dysfunction in police performance information systems
Shaun Kelso The utilisation of a Strategy-As-Practice approach within a nuclear case study (photo to come)
Luodi Pan The development and deployment of e-service business models
Joanne Rees photo and research details to come
Amirhossein Ziaeiardekani Formalisation and performance measurement in medium sized growing SMEs: investigating the formal and informal mechanisms of performance measurement
RECENTLY COMPLETED
Haley Beer (2016) Social Enterprise Performance Measurement and Management
Assistant Professor, OM Group WBS
Ross Ritchie (2014) Managing Risk in Operations: A Multi-Level Study'
Associate Dean and Principal Teaching Fellow, WBS
Emmanuel Alvizos (2013) Servitization strategies and firm boundary decisions
Management Consultant
Claire Collins (2012) The dynamics of dyadic leadership development relationships using executive coaching as an intervention example
Associate Professor of Leadership Development and Behaviour at Henley Business School
Nicola Burgess (2012) Lean Implementation in the NHS
Associate Professor in Operations Management, WBS
Xiangyu Kong (2012) Exploring online customer experience
Management Consultant/lecturer at Aston Business School