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Taking Action to Unlock Business Resources Into Communities using SSM (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Tan, H., Crossan, K., & Paxton, S. (2016, September). Taking Action to Unlock Business Resources Into Communities using SSM. Presented at OR58, Annual Operations Research Conference

This session presents three system conceptual models that have been brought to action as a result of an SSM study with the Voluntary Action Fund (a Scottish grant-maker). VAF aim is to unlock and bring about more business resources into communities i... Read More about Taking Action to Unlock Business Resources Into Communities using SSM.

Problem Solving: Grand Challenges of Portsmouth and the Region, With Cllr. D. Jones (Portsmouth Council Leader), Dr. Ruth Kaufman O.B.E. (ORS President), Rear Admiral Nick Lambert (Maritime Domain Expert) and Felicity McLeister (Pro Bono O.R. Project Manager) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2016, September). Problem Solving: Grand Challenges of Portsmouth and the Region, With Cllr. D. Jones (Portsmouth Council Leader), Dr. Ruth Kaufman O.B.E. (ORS President), Rear Admiral Nick Lambert (Maritime Domain Expert) and Felicity McLeister (Pro Bono O.R. Project Manager). Presented at Making an Impact Workshop, OR58

Addressing “grand challenges” is very much in the history and tradition of Operational Research (O.R.), in the past saving millions of lives and protecting Britain, ultimately helping to liberate Europe. Lane (2010) provides an account of how O.R. ha... Read More about Problem Solving: Grand Challenges of Portsmouth and the Region, With Cllr. D. Jones (Portsmouth Council Leader), Dr. Ruth Kaufman O.B.E. (ORS President), Rear Admiral Nick Lambert (Maritime Domain Expert) and Felicity McLeister (Pro Bono O.R. Project Manager).

Portsmouth's Grand Challenges: a conversation between the O.R. community (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
Weaver, M., & Medhurst, J. (2016). Portsmouth's Grand Challenges: a conversation between the O.R. community. Birmingham, UK

Addressing ‘Grand Challenges’ is very much in the history and tradition of Operational Research (O.R.), in the past saving millions of lives and protecting Britain, ultimately helping to liberate Europe.

Understanding The Benefits Of Responsible Business Practices (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
Weaver, M. (2016). Understanding The Benefits Of Responsible Business Practices. Edinburgh

No Abstract available.

Featured in Business Comment, Inspiring Responsible Business, April/May Edition, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce magazine.

Responsible Business Forum (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Weaver, M. Responsible Business Forum. Performed at Craiglockhart. 25 February 2016 - 25 February 2016

Host the first of Scotland's Responsible Business Forum

Keynote: Addressing Scotland’s Grand Challenges: The Role of the Scottish Government Business ‘Community’ Pledge, Forging Connections Between Business & the Third Sector (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., & Paxton, S. (2016, January). Keynote: Addressing Scotland’s Grand Challenges: The Role of the Scottish Government Business ‘Community’ Pledge, Forging Connections Between Business & the Third Sector. Presented at Forging Connections Between Business & the Third Sector. Joint Conference of the Voluntary Action Fund & Edinburgh Napier University

Weaver, M., Paxton, S., (2016). Keynote: Addressing Scotland’s Grand Challenges: The Role of the Scottish Government Business ‘Community’ Pledge, , Glasgow, Scotland, 14/01/2016.

Addressing Scotland’s Grand Challenges: The Role of the Scottish Government Business ‘Community’ Pledge, Forging Connections Between Business & the Third Sector (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., & Paxton, S. (2016, January). Addressing Scotland’s Grand Challenges: The Role of the Scottish Government Business ‘Community’ Pledge, Forging Connections Between Business & the Third Sector. Presented at Forging Connections Between Business & the Third Sector

No abstract available.

A Call to Address Grand Challenges: A Conversation between the OR Community and the Voluntary Action Fund (Scotland) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wimbles, K., Paxton, S., Parkin, J., & Weaver, M. (2015, July). A Call to Address Grand Challenges: A Conversation between the OR Community and the Voluntary Action Fund (Scotland). Presented at 27th European Conference on Operational Research

A recent article in the OR Society Magazine highlighted a growing need to address the "grand challenges" that we face as a society and desire to have a lasting legacy from Euro 2015 (Glasgow). Addressing “grand challenges” is very much in the history... Read More about A Call to Address Grand Challenges: A Conversation between the OR Community and the Voluntary Action Fund (Scotland).

A Systems Thinking Approach to Connecting and Aligning CSR Responses to Social Need in Scotland (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crossan, K., Tan, H., Paxton, S., & Weaver, M. (2015, July). A Systems Thinking Approach to Connecting and Aligning CSR Responses to Social Need in Scotland. Presented at 27th European Conference on Operational Research

The session aims to present a conceptual model of the governance issues in connecting and aligning the CSR activities of Scottish Businesses and the real and emerging needs in Scotland and the third sector. This forms part of a KTP funded project to... Read More about A Systems Thinking Approach to Connecting and Aligning CSR Responses to Social Need in Scotland.

Grand Challenges and O.R. (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
Weaver, M., & Parkin, J. (2015). Grand Challenges and O.R. Inside O.R

No abstract available.

OR for Sustainability: Assessing Contribution, Concepts and Research Issues (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Quariguasi Frota Neto, J., & Bonfiglioli, A. (2013, July). OR for Sustainability: Assessing Contribution, Concepts and Research Issues. Paper presented at Euro/Informs 26th European Conference on Operational Research

The purpose of this paper is to assess OR contribution and concepts
used to address the "grand challenge’ of sustainability. Firstly, systematic literature reviews of ABS ranked journals in OR are classified by sustainability dimension (i.e. economi... Read More about OR for Sustainability: Assessing Contribution, Concepts and Research Issues.

A Methodology For Simulation Conceptual Modelling That Embeds The SCOR Process Reference Model (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2012, September). A Methodology For Simulation Conceptual Modelling That Embeds The SCOR Process Reference Model. Paper presented at 55th Annual Conference of the OR Society

A seven phase methodology is presented for simulation conceptual modelling that combines a prescribed procedure with domain-specific knowledge embedded in the form of the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model. The paper builds upon previous... Read More about A Methodology For Simulation Conceptual Modelling That Embeds The SCOR Process Reference Model.

Supply Chain Improvement Options and their Decision Variables (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Love, D., & Albores, P. (2008, June). Supply Chain Improvement Options and their Decision Variables. Presented at Tradition and Innovation in Operations Management, 15th Annual EurOMA Conference of the European Association of Operations Management

No abstract available.

Technology and Global Integration (CD including doctoral papers) (2006)
Book
Bennett, D., Clegg, B., Greasley, A., Albores, P., Binder, M., & Weaver, M. (Eds.). (2006). Technology and Global Integration (CD including doctoral papers). https://doi.org/10.13140/2.1.4848.4649

In July 1995 Aston Business School had the privilege of organising and hosting the First European Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT). At the time it was the first IAMOT conference to be held outside North... Read More about Technology and Global Integration (CD including doctoral papers).

Circularity as a Systems Concept
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pokorna, K., Weaver, M., & Chipulu, M. (2024, September). Circularity as a Systems Concept. Paper presented at OR66 The Operational Research Conference, Bangor, UK

A critical management challenge is the move to circular design thinking. Moving away from the “take-make-consume-dispose” linear model of resource consumption (Rasi et al., 2023) to systems that are regenerative and restorative. This is necessary to... Read More about Circularity as a Systems Concept.

The ‘Boundary Idea’ in Sustainability & Sustainable Development
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., & Tan, H. (2024, September). The ‘Boundary Idea’ in Sustainability & Sustainable Development. Presented at OR66 Operational Research Conference 2024, Bangor, UK

The grand challenges businesses and society face are complex and messy. These challenges are articulated in the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), outlining the economic, social, and environmental goals to be attained by 2030. Th... Read More about The ‘Boundary Idea’ in Sustainability & Sustainable Development.