Mona School of Business and Management invites you to its Public Advocacy Series event which will feature visiting scholar Dr David Parker, Senior Lecturer in Business Operations at the University of Queensland, Australia. Dr Parker will deliver a Public Lecture entitled ”Confronting the Implementation Gap: Why do Good Ideas Fail to get Implemented?”
 
ABOUT THE PRESENTATION:
Why do most improvement initiatives miss the mark? Many businesses both locally and overseas have faced significant challenges in recent years, from the Global Financial Crisis to localized extenuating circumstances. As a result of these foreign and domestic challenges, many businesses will seek to implement operational improvement initiatives to bring-about positive change.  In this exclusive presentation UQ Business School’s Dr David Parker will draw on his experience to highlight the major causes why many change initiatives fail to deliver. Dr Parker will describe the key components that must be in place for any change to be successful.
 
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Dr David Parker (PhD, MSc, BA, CEng, CertEd, FMS) is a senior lecturer in the Strategy Group at UQ Business School. He has held numerous academic positions including The School of Management, Cranfield University. His consultancy and research interests include lean systems, strategic service operations, implementation of strategic goals using project-based management and supply chain management. His most recent book publications are Service Operations Management: The Total Experience (2013) Edward Elgar; Managing Projects, Managing People (2010) Palgrave-Macmillan, and Operating System Models in ‘Operations Management: An Integrated Approach (2009), Cambridge University Press.

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