Professor Mike Pidd
B Tech Brunel, MSc Birmingham, PhD Lancaster
Personal Chair, Head of Department
Department
Management Science
Current Teaching
- Postgraduate: MSc OR: Computer Simulation, MSc E-Business & Innovation: Managing complexity
- Post-Experience: Lancord: Managing Complexity. Computer simulation
- Other Teaching Competence: Soft OR, Methodology of OR/Management Science, Operations Management.
Research Interests
- Discrete computer simulation methods, especially for large systems.
- Performance measurement in public services
- Improvement in public services, especially healthcare
- Soft OR and decision support.
Current Research
- Complementarity in systems modelling.
- High performance computers and computer simulation.
- Use of soft OR methods in policy making.
- Modelling to improve performance measurement in public services
Research Grants
Current and recent research council funded projects:
- Advanced Institute of Management Research: ESRC funded fellowship used to examine performance measurement in public services. 2004/5
- Using high performance computers to simulate high speed manufacturing plant, funded by EPSRC, 2004-2006.
- Simulation modelling to assess the effects of NHS performance measurement on acute hospitals. EPSRC, 2005-2008.
Profile
See my personal web-site: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/smamp/index.html
Chapter (8)
Journal article (35)
Book (5)
Conference contribution (6)
Working paper (11)
Selected publications (25)
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Journal article (35)
Book (5)
Conference contribution (6)
Working paper (11)
Selected publications (25)
View all publications (65)
Publications
- Pidd Mike, 2012, Measuring the Performance of Public Services: Principles and Practice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ISBN: 9781107004658
View details - Pidd Mike, 2009, Tools for Thinking; Modelling in Management Science, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, ISBN: 9780470721421
View details - Melao N and Pidd Mike, 2006, 'Using component technology to develop a simulation library for business process modelling', European Journal of Operational Research, vol 172, no. 1, pp. 163-178.
View details - Pidd Mike, 2005, 'Perversity in public service performance measurement', International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, vol 54, no. 5/6, pp. 482-493.
View details - Pidd Mike, 2004, 'Bringing it all together', in Systems Modelling: Theory and Practice, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, ISBN: 0470867310
View details - Pidd Mike, 2004, 'Complementarity in systems modelling', in Systems Modelling: Theory and Practice, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, ISBN: 0470867310
View details - Pidd Mike, 2004, Computer Simulation in Management Science, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, ISBN: 0470092300
View details - Oses N, Brooks R J and Pidd Mike, 2004, 'Critical issues in the development of component-based discrete simulation', Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, vol 12, no. 7-8, pp. 495-514.
View details - Paul R J, Nance R E, Robinson S L and Pidd Mike, 2004, 'Simulation model reuse: definitions, benefits and obstacles', Simulation Practice and Theory, vol 12, no. 7-8, pp. 479-494.
View details - Pidd Mike, 2004, 'Contemporary OR/MS in strategy development and policy making: some reflections', Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol 55, no. 8, pp. 791-800.
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