Professor Alex Hill

About

I am Co-Founder and Director of The Centre for High Performance (a collaboration between senior faculty at the Universities of Kingston, Duke CE, London Business School and Oxford), which aims to become the leading authority on how to create and sustain high-performing organisations and use these insights to help develop a stronger and more robust UK economy, society and environment. And have now been working in Higher Education for over twenty-years.

I have been identified by the Thinkers50 as one of 30 global management thinkers most likely to shape how future organisations are managed and led. I have written a number of books and published articles in leading academic journals such as the Harvard Business Review, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Economics and International Journal of Production Research.

My research has been widely discussed by the media in publications such as Amazon Audible, the BBC, Daily Mail, Economist, Forbes, Guardian, Huffington Post, Independent, Schools Week, Spectator, Times and Telegraph.

Academic responsibilities

Professor of Operations Management

Qualifications

  • BSc in Management Science (Class 1 Hons), University of Manchester (UMIST)
  • PhD in Management, University of Bath
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Kingston University

Teaching and learning

Research

My main research interests are: high performance, strategic fit and supply chain management. These areas are currently being investigated through funded and non-funded research.

Research student supervision

Main supervision

Other supervision

Publications

Number of items: 47.

Article

Hill, Alex (2018) How do the best sustain success their success? Leaders UK,

Goddard, Jules and Hill, Alex (2018) Should we incentivise the best schools to replace the worst? London Business School Review,

Hill, Alexander, Mellon, Liz and Goddard, Jules (2018) How winning organizations last 100 years. Harvard Business Review, ISSN (print) 0017-8012

Hill, Alex, Mellon, Liz, Laker, Ben and Goddard, Jules (2018) Bright lights show the way. Dialogue Review, Q2, pp. 77-79. ISSN (print) 2053-4361

Hill, Alexander, Cuthbertson, Richard, Brown, Steve and Laker, Benjamin (2017) Service fitness ladders : improving business performance in low cost or differentiated markets. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 37(10), pp. 1266-1303. ISSN (print) 0144-3577

Hill, Alex (2017) Head teachers need more imagination to improve schools. The Times Newspaper, p. 32. ISSN (print) 0140-0460

Hill, Alex and Laker, Ben (2017) Governors! Here’s how to tell if your turnaround head is effective. Schools Week,

Hill, Alex, Mellon, Liz, Laker, Ben and Goddard, Jules (2017) Research : How the best school leaders create enduring change. Harvard Business Review, ISSN (print) 0017-8012

Hill, Alex and Mellon, Liz (2017) Save our schools. Dialogue Review, Q4, pp. 42-45. ISSN (print) 2053-4361

Mohammaddust, Faeghe, Rezapour, Shabnam, Zanjirani Farahani, Reza, Mofidfar, Mohammad and Hill, Alex (2017) Developing lean and responsive supply chains : a robust model for alternative risk mitigation strategies in supply chain designs. International Journal of Production Economics, 183(C), pp. 632-653. ISSN (print) 0925-5273

Hill, Alex and Laker, Benjamin (2016) We are rewarding the wrong school leaders. Schools Week, 24 Oct,

Hill, Alex (2016) Quick fixes for schools do more harm than good. The Times, 21 Oct,

Hill, Alex, Mellon, Liz, Laker, Ben and Goddard, Jules (2016) The one type of leader who can turn around a failing school. Harvard Business Review, 20 Oct,

Hill, Alex, Mellon, Liz, Goddard, Jules and Laker, Ben (2016) How to turn around a failing school. Harvard Business Review, 5 Aug,

Asgari, Nasrin, Nikbakhsh, Eshan, Hill, Alex and Zanjirani Farahani, Reza (2016) Supply chain management 1982-2015 : a review. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 27(3), pp. 353-379. ISSN (print) 1471-678X

Hill, Alex, Mellon, Liz and Laker, Ben (2016) The school of high performance. Dialogue, Q3, pp. 76-77.

Saghiri, Soroosh (Sam) and Hill, Alex (2014) Supplier relationship impacts on postponement strategies. International Journal of Production Research, 52(7), pp. 2134-2153. ISSN (print) 0020-7543

Doran, Desmond, Hill, Alex, Brown, Steve, Aktas, Emel and Kuula, Markku (2013) Operations management teaching. Industry and Higher Education, 27(5), pp. 375-387. ISSN (print) 0950-4222

Hill, Alex, Doran, Des and Stratton, Roy (2012) How should you stabilise your supply chains? International Journal of Production Economics, 135(2), pp. 870-881. ISSN (print) 0925-5273

Hill, Alex and Cuthbertson, Richard (2011) Fitness map: a classification of internal strategic fit in service organisations. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 31(9), pp. 991-1021. ISSN (print) 0144-3577

Doran, Desmond and Hill, Alexander (2009) A review of modular strategies and architecture within manufacturing operations. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 223(1), pp. 65-75. ISSN (print) 0954-4070

Hill, Alex (2008) How to organise operations: focusing or splitting? International Journal of Production Economics, 112(2), pp. 646-654. ISSN (print) 0925-5273

Hill, Alex and Brown, Steve (2007) Strategic profiling: a visual representation of internal strategic fit in service organisations. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 27(12), pp. 1333-1361. ISSN (print) 0144-3577

Doran, Desmond, Hill, Alex, Hwang, Ki-Soon and Jacob, Gregoire (2007) Supply chain modularisation: cases from the French automobile industry. International Journal of Production Economics, 106(1), pp. 2-11. ISSN (online) 0925-5273

Book

Hill, Alex (2023) Centennials : the 12 habits of great, enduring organisations. Penguin. 304p. ISSN (print) 9781847942807

Hill, Alex and Hill, Terry (2018) Essential operations management. 2nd ed. London, U.K. : Palgrave. 383p. ISBN 9781137526564

Hill, Alex and Hill, Terry (2018) Operations strategy: design, implementation and delivery. London, U.K. : Palgrave. 416p. ISBN 9781137532763

Hill, Alex and Hill, Terry (2012) Operations management. 3rd ed. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. 778p. ISBN 9780230362901

Hill, Alex and Hill, Terry (2011) Essential operations management. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. 480p. ISBN 9780230232594

Hill, Terry and Hill, Alex (2009) Manufacturing strategy: text and cases. 3rd revised ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 352p. ISBN 9780230520912

Book Section

Hill, Alex and Hill, Terry (2008) Operations management: realizing its strategic role. In: Dopson, Sue , Earl, Michael and Snow, Peter, (eds.) Mapping the management journey: practice, theory and context. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press. pp. 271-288. ISBN 9780199215355

Conference or Workshop Item

Wang, Michael, Hill, Alex and Hwang, Ki-Soon (2023) Job satisfaction, supply chain agility and firm sustainability post COVID-19. In: Logistics Research Network (LRN) Conference 2023; 06-08 Sep 2023, Edinburgh, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Wang, Michael, Hill, Alex and Hwang, Ki-Soon (2022) Measuring firm's digitalisation in the supply chains. In: AMLRN Annual Symposium 2022 : Contemporary Developments in Sustainable Maritime Logistics; 02 Dec 2022, Perth, Australia (Held Online). (In Press)

Khajeh, Ehsan, Zanjirani Farahani, Reza and Hill, Alexander (2020) Investigating the impact of queue length on customer behaviour in the service context : an empirical study. In: 11th Annual Faculty Research Conference: Contemporary Issues in Business and Social Sciences; 22 Jun 2020, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Khajeh, Ehsan, Zanjirani Farahani, Reza and Hill, Alexander (2019) Empirical research methodology in queueing theory : literature review. In: Production and Operations Management Society (POMS 2019) International Conference : Connecting the Operations Management & Supply Chain Management World in Divided Times; 02 - 04 Sept 2019, Brighton, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Khajeh, Ehsan, Zanjirani Farahani, Reza and Hill, Alexander (2019) Investigating optimum length of physical queues at businesses and its impact on customers’ decision to join such queues. In: 10th Annual Faculty Research Conference: Contemporary Issues in Business and Social Sciences in a period of uncertainty; 03 - 04 Jun 2019, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Khajeh, Ehsan, Zanjirani Farahani, Reza and Hill, Alexander (2018) Empirical research of optimum length of physical queues. In: 9th Annual Faculty of Business Research Conference: Contemporary Issues in Business; 04 Jun 2018, Kingston upon Thames, U.K. (Unpublished)

Hill, Alex, Laker, Benjamin, Cuthbertson, Richard and Hill, Terry (2015) How to create a ‘high-performing’ service organisation: lessons from four academy schools. In: British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference 2015: The Value of Pluralism in Advancing Management Research, Education and Practice; 08 - 10 Sep 2015, Portsmouth, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Hill, Alex and Laker, Benjamin (2014) Understanding the relationships between investment and business performance over time within service organisations. In: 21st EurOMA Conference: Operations Management in an Innovation Economy; 20-25 Jun 2014, Palermo, Italy. (Unpublished)

Hill, Alex and Laker, Benjamin (2013) The investment-fit-performance triangle: the relationships between investment, strategic fit and performance in service organisations. In: 24th Annual Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Conference: Integrating Practice in POM Research and Teaching; 3-6 May 2013, Denver, Colorado, U.S.. (Unpublished)

Doran, Des, Hill, Alexander, Brown, Steve and Ektas, Emel (2012) Is operations management relevant? In: 4th Production and Operations Management (P&OM) World Conference: Serving the World; 1-5 Jul 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Unpublished)

Saghiri, Soroosh and Hill, Alexander (2011) Linking supplier relationship with postponement: an empirical analysis. In: 18th EurOMA Conference; 03 - 06 Jul 2011, Cambridge, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Hill, Alex and Hill, Terry (2011) Reflections on operations strategy development and execution. In: 18th EurOMA Conference; 03 - 06 Jul 2011, Cambridge, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Doran, D, Hill, A, Hwang, KS and Jacob, G (2004) Supply chain modularisation: cases from the French automobile industry. In: 9th International Symposium in Logistics; 11 - 14 Jul 2004, Bangalore, India.

Monograph

Hill, Alex, Laker, Benjamin, Cuthbertson, Richard and Hill, Terry (2016) Performance metrics, practice, and implications: lessons from academy schools in the UK. (Working Paper) Said Business School. (Said Business School Research Papers, no. 2016-13)

Moving Image/Broadcast

Hill, Alex [Contributor], Laker, Ben [Contributor] and Cook, Chris [Compiler] (2016) Best Head teachers get paid least. (Video).

Sound Recording

Mainwaring, Lisa, Hill, Alexander, White, Charlene and Anderson-Walsh, Paul [Commentator] (2019) How to outperform : what Britain's best brands can teach the world. (6-part documentary). Amazon Audible.

This list was generated on Wed Sep 13 07:10:00 2023 BST.

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