Alan Pilkington

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Alan Pilkington
Born1966 (age 55–56)
United Kingdom
Alma mater Aston University
OccupationWork in technology management, enterprise engineering, and operations management

Alan Pilkington (born 1966) is a British engineer and researcher known for his work in technology management, [1] operations management, [2] Manufacturing strategy [3] and enterprise engineering. [4] He has been a professor at the Copenhagen Business School, Hult International Business School and S P Jain School of Global Management. He is currently Professor of Technology Management at Westminster Business School in London. He is past chair of the IEEE Technology Management Council for the UK and Republic of Ireland joint chapter on engineering management. [5]

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Biography

Pilkington attended King Edward VI School, Retford and received his B.Eng. degree from De Montfort University in 1987, and his PhD from Aston University in 1992. [5]

After graduation in 1987 Pilkington started his career in industry as project manager in manufacturing engineering at the Rover Group, where from 1989 to 1993 he was part of the Manufacturing Policy Unit. In 1996 he returned to academia as associate professor in operations and technology management at the Royal Holloway, University of London, where he stayed until September 2013. Pilkington has been visiting scholar at the University of California, Davis between 1997 and 2003; at the University of Western Australia between 2003 and 2005; and at Cesar Ritz Colleges in 2011–12. He has held posts at the Hult International Business School in London and Dubai and was a professor at Copenhagen Business School. [5] In 2017 he became adjunct professor at the S P Jain School of Global Management. [6]

Since 2015 he has been professor of technology management at Westminster Business School in London. [7]

At the IEEE Pilkington has chaired the IEEE Technology Management Council for the UK and Republic of Ireland joint Chapter on Engineering Management. [8]

Work

Pilkington has made significant contributions to the field of bibliometrics and operations management. His research interests also cover the fields of innovation, particularly new product development outsourcing for the alternative fuel vehicle, enterprise engineering, and the early startup company.

Bibliometrics

Using studies based on citation and co-citation tools, Pilkington has made contributions to understanding the development and diffusion of disciplines, particularly in the fields of operations management and innovation. [9]

Innovation

Pilkington's approach to innovation concerned "product of individual, organisational and knowledge trajectories". His idea was that "modelling the relationships between observed typologies within each of these spheres, conditions for successful innovation can be identified and failures explained. This work is leading to tools which will help managers define successful and achievable technology strategies." [10]

Enterprise engineering

Pilkington has initiated and directed the Pilkington research in Enterprise Engineering at Royal Holloway. According to Pilkington (2008/13):

Enterprise Engineering is the application of engineering principles to the management of enterprises. It encompasses the application of knowledge, principles, and disciplines related to the analysis, design, implementation and operation of all elements associated with an enterprise.
In essence it is an interdisciplinary field which combines systems engineering and strategic management as it seeks to engineer the entire enterprise in terms of the products, processes and business operations. The view is one of continuous improvement and continued adaptation as firms, processes and markets develop along their life cycles. This total systems approach encompasses the traditional areas of research and development, product design, operations and manufacturing as well as information systems and strategic management. [4]

This Enterprise Engineering research had focussed on five types of management specialties: [4]

At Royal Holloway [4] more specific topics of research in this field concerned Alternative fuel Technology, Bibliometrics and Patent analysis. [12]

Publications

Pilkington has authored and co-authored numerous publications in the field of Management of technology, Operations management, Manufacturing strategy and Enterprise engineering. [13] A selection:

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References

  1. ↑ Ma, Zhenzhong, Yender Lee, and Kuo-Hsun Yu. "Ten years of conflict management studies: themes, concepts and relationships." International Journal of Conflict Management 19.3 (2008): 234–248.
  2. ↑ Ramos‐Rodríguez, Antonio‐Rafael, and José Ruíz‐Navarro. "Changes in the intellectual structure of strategic management research: A bibliometric study of the Strategic Management Journal, 1980–2000." Strategic Management Journal 25.10 (2004): 981–1004.
  3. ↑ Dangayach, G. S., and S. G. Deshmukh. "Manufacturing strategy: literature review and some issues." International Journal of Operations & Production Management 21.7 (2001): 884–932.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Enterprise Engineering Research at Royal Holloway Archived 26 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 20 October 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 Alan Pilkington: Professor at Copenhagen Business School. Linked-in profile. Accessed 20 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Alan Pilkington, at SP Jain
  7. ↑ "Pilkington, Professor Alan - About us - University of Westminster, London". www.westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Alan Pilkington, at IEEE
  9. ↑ Alan Pilkington, at Academia
  10. ↑ Alan Pilkington, at Royal Holloway, University of London
  11. ↑ "Engineering School | Find Top Engineering Programs". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Pilkington, Alan, Romano Dyerson, and Omid Tissier. "The electric vehicle:: Patent data as indicators of technological development." World Patent Information 24.1 (2002): 5–12.
  13. ↑ Alan Pilkington publications indexed by Google Scholar
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