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Mr David Mayle

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Lecturer in Management

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Biography

Originally trained as a Physicist, progressing through a variety of design and development engineering roles to manage New-Product Development in several High Tech organisations.

Teaching interests

Long-term co-chair of the Creativity and Innovation elective on the MBA. Previously chair of modules including Manufacturing Management, Resource Management, Information Systems and Technology.

Research interests

Centre around the management of innovation and include such things as the processes for the management of new technology, technology transfer (especially across cultural boundaries) and assessment of performance (including social impacts). Related areas would include problem solving and organizational design considerations. Currently pursuing an interest in curriculum design and effectiveness, initially with reference to Operations Management.

Areas of expertise

  • creativity
  • creative problem solving
  • innovation
  • new product development
  • research and development (R&D)
  • hightech
  • operations management
  • systems design
  • systems thinking
  • information technology
  • benchmarking
  • business process reengineering
  • scenario planning

Publications

Journal papers
Holloway, JA, Francis, GA, Hinton, MC, Mayle, DT  (1998)  'Best practice benchmarking: delivering the goods?', Business Excellence Through Quality Culture ConferenceTotal Quality Management, vol. 9, issue 4/5, pp. 121-125. Abstract
Books
Pugh, Derek S., Mayle, David (eds)  (2009)  'Change management', London, Sage. Abstract
Pugh, Derek S., Mayle, David T. (eds)  (2009)  'Change Management (Sage library in business and management)', London, Sage.
Mayle, David (ed)  (2006)  'Managing Innovation and Change (3rd ed.)', London, Sage. Abstract
Mayle, DT  (2006)  'Managing Innovation and Change, 3rd edition', Sage Publications.
Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'Operations management: a strategic approach', London, UK, Sage Publications, pp. 328. Abstract
Henry, J, Mayle, DT  (2002)  'Managing innovation and change. 2nd edition', London, UK, Sage, pp. 294. Abstract
Henry, J, Gardiner, P, Walker, D, Grugulis, I, Mayle, DT  (2001)  'Innovation, climate and change', Creativity, innovation and change, vol. 3, Open University Worldwide. Abstract
Holloway, JA, Hinton, MC, Francis, GA, Mayle, DT  (1999)  'Identifying best practice in benchmarking', CIMA Research Series, London, U.K., CIMA Publishing, pp. 77. Abstract
Book chapters
Pugh, DS, Mayle, D  (2009)  'Critical approaches', Change management, London, Sage.
Pugh, DS, Mayle, D  (2009)  'Early writing', Change management, London, Sage.
Pugh, DS, Mayle, D  (2009)  'The Human Relations School', Change management, London, Sage.
Pugh, DS, Mayle, D  (2009)  'Imperatives', Change management, London, Sage.
Pugh, DS, Mayle, D  (2009)  'Innovation and improvement', Change management, London, Sage.
Pugh, DS, Mayle, D  (2009)  'Leadership', Change management, London, Sage.
Pugh, DS, Mayle, D  (2009)  'The management of change', Change Management, London, UK, Sage.
Pugh, DS, Mayle, D  (2009)  'Strategy', Change management, London, Sage.
Pugh, DS, Mayle, D  (2009)  'The systems approach', Change Management, London, Sage.
Mayle, DT  (2006)  'Introduction', Mayle, D (ed.) Managing Innovation and Change, 3rd edition, Sage.
Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'Approaches and techniques', Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT and Tantoush, T (eds) Operations Management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Bettley, A, Mayle, D, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'Approaches and techniques', Operations Management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'Human issues', Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT and Tantoush, T (eds) Operations Management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Bettley, A, Mayle, D, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'Human issues', Operations management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'Operations as strategy', Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT and Tantoush, T (eds) Operations Management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Bettley, A, Mayle, D, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'Operations as strategy', Operations Management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'Reflections, implications and propositions', Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT and Tantoush, T (eds) Operations Management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Bettley, A, Mayle, D, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'Reflections, implications and propositions', Operations Management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'The role of technology', Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT and Tantoush, T (eds) Operations Management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Bettley, A, Mayle, D, Tantoush, T  (2005)  'The role of technology', Operations Management: a strategic approach, London, Sage.
Mayle, DT, Hinton, MC, Francis, GA, Holloway, JA  (2002)  'What really goes on in the name of benchmarking', Business Performance Measurement: Theory and Practice, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, pp. 211-224. Abstract
Mayle, DT  (1998)  'Next Stop Denmark (Festschrift for Lars Kolind)', Morsing, M and Eiberg, K (eds) Managing the Unmanageable for a Decade, Hellerup, Oticon.
Mayle, D  (1998)  'Next Stop Denmark (Festschrift for Lars Kolind)', Managing the Unmanageable for a Decade, Hellerup, Oticon.
Conference papers
Bettley, AE, Mayle, DT, Tantoush, T  (2006)  'Operations management re-examined: moving the operations manager up the value chain', EurOMA 2006, Glasgow, Scotland. Abstract
Holloway, J, Hinton, M, Mayle, D  (1998)  'Making the case for benchmarking', 4th International Management Control Systems Research Conference, Reading.
Mayle, D  (1998)  'Management accounts as best practice benchmarkers', British Accounting Association National Conference, Manchester.
Mayle, DT, Hinton, MC, Holloway, JA  (1998)  'What really goes on in the name of benchmarking', Performance Measurement - Theory and Practice, Cambridge, pp. 631-638.
Holloway, JA, Hinton, MC, Mayle, DT  (1997)  'Why benchmark? Understanding the processes of best practice benchmarking', Business Track, British Academy of Management Conference, London, pp. 271-291.
Other
Mayle, DT  (2009)  'Calibrating regulation: Light touch or firm grip?', issue 20/03/10, Blog for the BBC's The Bottom Line.
Mayle, D  (2009)  'Calibrating regulation: Light touch or firm grip?', The Open University. Abstract
Mayle, DT  (2007)  'Airfix: kit, model or toy?', issue 03/12/10, Blog for the OpenLearn.
Mayle, D  (2007)  'Airfix: kit, model or toy?', The Open University.
Holloway, JA, Francis, GA, Hinton, MC, Mayle, DT  (1998)  'Making the Case for Benchmarking', Open University Business School Working Paper, issue 98/05. Abstract
Francis, GA, Hinton, MC, Holloway, JA, Mayle, DT  (1998)  'A Role for Management Accountants in Best Practice Benchmarking', Open University Business School Working Paper, issue 98/02. Abstract
Francis, G, Hinton, M, Holloway, J, Mayle, D  (1998)  'A Role for Management Accountants in Best Practice Benchmarking', issue 98/02, The Open University Business School Working Paper, The Open University. Abstract