International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 62 Issue 2

Deliberative attention management

Dave Valliere, Thomas Gegenhuber

The aim of this study is to explore the drivers of supply and demand for attention in the managerial context, and develop a framework of managerial tools for allocating attention…

An Improvement Engine for empowered change in healthcare

Kristian Siverbo, Henrik Eriksson, Helle Wijk

The purpose of this article is to describe how an Improvement Engine methodology, based on self‐assessment and everyone's involvement, can be used in order to stimulate change and…

Competitive strategies and firm performance: the mediating role of performance measurement

Luliya Teeratansirikool, Sununta Siengthai, Yuosre Badir, Chotchai Charoenngam

The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role performance measurement plays in the relationship between competitive strategies and firm performance.

A flow direction weighting scheme for facility layout in cellular manufacturing

Alan Davies, Elwyn John, Andrew Thomas

The purpose of this paper is to re‐examine the solution methodology to the facility grouping problem in group technology originally outlined by Mukhopadhyay et al. The aim of this…

Evaluation of operational performance of workover rigs activities in oilfields

Haitham Mansour, M. Munir Ahmad, Nesreddin Dhafr, Hussain Ahmed

This paper aims to develop a practical method to evaluate operational performance of workover rigs and present an approach to measure the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE…