Chris J. Backhouse

TL;DR: In this article, an integrated framework for postponement is proposed to develop a set of general ideas on which further work can be based and the practical difficulties associated with moving toward postponement are also included in this framework.

TL;DR: The role of postponement in the management of uncertainty is investigated in this paper, where the concept of postponing is developed to include product development, purchasing postponement, production postponement and logistics postponement.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new leadership alignment model incorporating various concepts focusing on leadership styles, organizational leadership, and situational strength are introduced to introduce a leadership model, which looks not only at individual leadership and the effect of that on the organization but also at an organization as a system and how leadership behaviour and culture in individual departments or sections in an organization can be explained.

TL;DR: In this article, a case study approach, based on semi-structured interviews and archival data analysis, was used to understand an existing product service organization's approach to designing PSSs.

TL;DR: In this paper, a managerial tool that allows manufacturing organizations to understand the impacts of relationships at the boundaries of their internal and external activities is presented. And the importance of collaboration to forming and maintaining productive relationships within and between organizations is emphasized.