All Outputs (101)

Risk Management as Knowledge Production: Application to Fast-Tracked Complex Multi-Stakeholder Airport Projects (2020)
Book Chapter
Marshall, A. J., Ojiako, U., Williams, T., Al-Mazrooie, J. R., Lin, F., & Chipulu, M. (2020). Risk Management as Knowledge Production: Application to Fast-Tracked Complex Multi-Stakeholder Airport Projects. In H. C. Webb, & H. A. Al Numairy (Eds.), Entre

Rapid national infrastructure growth, as witnessed today in many countries such as the United Arab Emirates, commonly makes fast-tracking demands of what are already highly complex multi-stakeholder projects. Considering the long history of airport p... Read More about Risk Management as Knowledge Production: Application to Fast-Tracked Complex Multi-Stakeholder Airport Projects.

On perishable inventory in healthcare: Random expiration dates and age discriminated demand (2020)
Journal Article
Dalalah, D., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2022). On perishable inventory in healthcare: Random expiration dates and age discriminated demand. Journal of Simulation, 16(5), 458-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/17477778.2020.1851614

The aim of the study is to explore how best to mitigate against inventory volatility in perishable inventory, which is characterized by random premature expiration, random demand, irregular supply, age differentiated demand and custom replenishment g... Read More about On perishable inventory in healthcare: Random expiration dates and age discriminated demand.

The analysis of information flow interdependencies within projects (2020)
Journal Article
Bashir, H., Ojiako, U., Marshall, A., Chipulu, M., & Yousif, A. (2022). The analysis of information flow interdependencies within projects. Production Planning and Control, 33(1), 20-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1821115

Information flow exchange within highly distributed, co-located, self-organising and networked projects is critical for successful planning, and ultimately, for successful infrastructure project delivery. While conventional project scheduling methods... Read More about The analysis of information flow interdependencies within projects.

All policies are wrong, but some are useful—and which ones do no harm? (2020)
Journal Article
Brito, M., Chipulu, M., Dawson, I. G., Hanoch, Y., & Katsikopoulos, K. V. (2021). All policies are wrong, but some are useful—and which ones do no harm?. Mind and Society, 20, 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-020-00251-3

The five of us research and teach risk analysis with an eye towards decision support. Our work has been dedicated to taming risks and helping to make challenging decisions. But nothing had prepared us for the Covid-19 pandemic. We first had to grappl... Read More about All policies are wrong, but some are useful—and which ones do no harm?.

Impact of the political and economic Critical Success Factors on other Critical Success Factors in the PPP projects life cycle (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Almeile, A., Chipulu, M., & Vahidi, R. (2020, May). Impact of the political and economic Critical Success Factors on other Critical Success Factors in the PPP projects life cycle. Paper presented at Corporate Governance: Examining Key Challenges and Persp

Bridging the fields of careers and project management (2020)
Journal Article
Jos Akkermans, J., Chipulu, M., Ojiako, U., & Williams, T. (2020). Bridging the fields of careers and project management. Project Management Journal, 51(2), 123-134. https://doi.org/10.1177/8756972820910605

An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional 'disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Mazrouie, J. R., Ojiako, U., Williams, T., Chipulu, M., & Marshall, A. (2021). An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional 'disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects. Production Planning and Control, 32(4), 283-

This article seeks to highlight the essential readiness factors commonly engaged to prevent ‘disastrous openings’ of complex multi-stakeholder infrastructure projects. To identify these readiness factors, we undertook a survey of 724 Operations manag... Read More about An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional 'disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects.

Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, sustainability behaviors than others? A culture theory explanation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chipulu, M. (2020, January). Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, sustainability behaviors than others? A culture theory explanation. Paper presented at Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social

In this theoretical study, I consider the question: Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, i.e. beyond self-serving, sustainability behaviors than others? I argue that organisation culture, comprising shared axioms, values, belief... Read More about Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, sustainability behaviors than others? A culture theory explanation.

Process Need Areas and Technology Adoption in Construction Site Management (2019)
Journal Article
Ozumba, A., Ojiako, U., Shakantu, W., Marshall, A., & Chipulu, M. (2019). Process Need Areas and Technology Adoption in Construction Site Management. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 24(2), 123-155. https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc2019.24.2.6

The study explores the areas of process need in construction site management and technology utilisation to address those needs within the construction industry. An exploratory case study was used, with a focus on process need areas that could be impa... Read More about Process Need Areas and Technology Adoption in Construction Site Management.

The dependence upon context of project critical success factors: test of the contingency hypothesis and effects of technological uncertainty and collectivism culture (2019)
Journal Article
Chipulu, M., & Vahidi, R. (2020). The dependence upon context of project critical success factors: test of the contingency hypothesis and effects of technological uncertainty and collectivism culture. Production Planning and Control, 31(15), 1261-1275. ht

Although the relationship between critical success factors (CSFs) and project performance is established, evidence regarding the dependence on the context of CSFs is patchy. To advance this field, we conduct two complementary studies. Study 1 examin... Read More about The dependence upon context of project critical success factors: test of the contingency hypothesis and effects of technological uncertainty and collectivism culture.

Analysis of Financial Distress across Countries: Using Macroeconomic, Industrial indicators and Accounting Data (2019)
Journal Article
Khoja, L., Chipulu, M., & Jayasekera, R. (2019). Analysis of Financial Distress across Countries: Using Macroeconomic, Industrial indicators and Accounting Data. International Review of Financial Analysis, 66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.101379

This paper applies three-way multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis to examine the nature of insolvency in the Gulf Corporation Council, the United Kingdom and the United States of America between from 2004 to 2012. The findings of this paper... Read More about Analysis of Financial Distress across Countries: Using Macroeconomic, Industrial indicators and Accounting Data.

Identifying challenges facing PPP construction projects, particularly in developing countries: A systematic review of the literature, 1997-2017 (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Almeile, A., Chipulu, M., & Vahidi, R. (2019, June). Identifying challenges facing PPP construction projects, particularly in developing countries: A systematic review of the literature, 1997-2017. Paper presented at EURAM 2019, Lisbon, Portugal

A dimensional analysis of stakeholder assessment of project outcomes (2019)
Journal Article
Chipulu, M., Ojiako, G., Marshall, A., Williams, T., Bititci, U., Mota, C., …Stamati, T. (2019). A dimensional analysis of stakeholder assessment of project outcomes. Production Planning and Control, 30(13), 1072-1090. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2

Driven by an interest in developing a deeper understanding of stakeholder interests, this study undertakes a dimensional analysis of how different stakeholders assess project outcomes. Most importantly, in our analysis, we take into consideration the... Read More about A dimensional analysis of stakeholder assessment of project outcomes.

Supporting student agency and success in higher education and beyond through the development of assessment feedback skills (the ability to self-monitor and self-evaluate) (2018)
Report
Evans, C., Zhu, X., Chiorean, C., Chipulu, M., Fair, N., Ford, N., …Thorpe, K. (2018). Supporting student agency and success in higher education and beyond through the development of assessment feedback skills (the ability to self-monitor and self-evalu

A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of “risk appetite” (2018)
Journal Article
Marshall, S., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2019). A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of “risk appetite”. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 27(1), 51-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-06-2017-1175

Purpose Risk appetite is widely accepted as a guiding metaphor for strategic risk management, yet metaphors for complex practice are hard to critique. This paper aims to apply an analytical framework comprising three categories of flaw – futility, p... Read More about A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of “risk appetite”.

Forecasting unknown-unknowns by boosting the risk radar within the risk intelligent organisation (2018)
Journal Article
Marshall, A., Ojiako, U., Wang, V., Lin, F., & Chipulu, M. (2019). Forecasting unknown-unknowns by boosting the risk radar within the risk intelligent organisation. International Journal of Forecasting, 35(2), 644-658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast

This theoretical perspective paper interprets (un)known-(un)known risk quadrants as being formed from both abstract and concrete risk knowledge. It shows that these quadrants are useful for categorising risk forecasting challenges against the levels... Read More about Forecasting unknown-unknowns by boosting the risk radar within the risk intelligent organisation.

Does students’ engagement in self-evaluation impact task performance? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chipulu, M. (2018, September). Does students’ engagement in self-evaluation impact task performance?. Paper presented at Simply Better: Researching Assessment Practices – Improving Student Outcomes, Southampton, United Kingdom

The Dependence of Project Critical Success Factors upon context (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chipulu, M., & Vahidi, R. (2018, June). The Dependence of Project Critical Success Factors upon context. Paper presented at EURAM 2018, Reykjavik, Iceland

A Machiavellian behavioural framing of social conflict risks in supply chains (2018)
Journal Article
Marshall, A., Bashir, H., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2018). A Machiavellian behavioural framing of social conflict risks in supply chains. Management Research Review, 41(11), 1290-1308. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-01-2018-0022

Purpose This conceptual paper aims to explore how supply chain managers deal with social threats to supply chains, in the process of demonstrating the potency of a largely neglected strand of realist social theory. This theory, as posited, sheds a g... Read More about A Machiavellian behavioural framing of social conflict risks in supply chains.

How commuters’ motivations to drive relate to propensity to carpool: Evidence from the United Kingdom and the United States (2018)
Journal Article
Neoh, J. G., Chipulu, M., Marshall, A., & Tewkesbury, A. (2018). How commuters’ motivations to drive relate to propensity to carpool: Evidence from the United Kingdom and the United States. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 110, 128-1

This paper examines how commuter motivations to drive relate to propensities to carpool, using two sequential studies: Study 1 determines the key dimensions of commuters’ motivations for driving using secondary data (N = 432) from staff and postgradu... Read More about How commuters’ motivations to drive relate to propensity to carpool: Evidence from the United Kingdom and the United States.