Concepts from economics, law, political sciences, psychology and sociology, combined with interdisciplinary research methods, help us address organisational and management challenges across sectors. Our team has expertise in a diverse range of industry sectors and workplace settings, and its perspective on organisation dynamics and management practices has a global scope: from London and New York to Cape Town and Singapore.
We explore issues around team organisation, performance management, dispute resolution, and workplace and industrial democracy. We take a close interest in the economic benefits of applying technology to existing practices, such as company policies and structural changes to boost productivity. For example, for one of our recent projects we carried out a cost-benefits analysis of policies aimed at improving employees’ work-life balance. We examined working from home, part-time working, childcare support and maternity leave policies in several US firms. How can these factors influence and increase a company’s overall productivity?
Additionally, we are interested in the best existing and potential new policy practices which can support growth and development in private organisations, focusing on existing barriers to growth at the firm level and at government level.
Who we work with
Our experts come from LSE’s Department of Management, Department of Economics, the School of Public Policy and the Behavioural Research Lab, as well as external organisations.
Areas of expertise
What we do:
Combining economic theory with managerial practice to bridge the missing gaps in managerial and logistical execution of public policy. We aim to address today's challenges within organisations and provide an understanding of strategic approaches for organisations to grow sustainably.
Examples of our work:
How to measure and track the External Business Environment - an Authoritative Guidebook
Huawei Technologies, 2019
Huawei Dynamic World 2018
Huawei Technologies, 2018
STAR Tool Development Workshop
North of England Commissioning Support, 2018
Core experts:
> Dr Alexander Grous
> Dr Ben Shenoy
> Dr Christine Côté
> Professor Gwyn Bevan
> Professor Saul Estrin
What we do:
Applied research and expert advice on the introduction of technological solutions. We focus on mapping best practices, providing evidence-based knowledge, and guiding the design and adoption of ICT-based management tools, as well as understanding current regulations and data transparency issues in the public and private sector.
Examples of our work:
Digital Justice: Introduction of ICTs in the justice systems of Latin American and the Caribbean
Inter-American Development Bank, 2019
The Transformative Effect of Cloud on Firm Productivity and Performance: Defining the benefits and impact of cloud as a 21st Century digital enabler
Amazon Web Services, 2018
Scale-up Dashboard
Innovate UK & Scale-up Institute, 2018
Developing a Complaints Analysis Tool for the West Midlands Police
Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), 2018
Impact for Businesses and Benefits to Using Collaboration Tools
Text 100, 2018
Developing a Complaint Coding System for different Organisational Settings
HM Courts & Tribunals Service, 2017
How the EU and Member States Manage Data Transparency and Accessibility on EU Funds
European Parliament & Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), 2016
Core experts:
> Dr Alex Gillespie
> Dr Alexander Grous
> Dr Antonio Cordella
> Michèle Finck
> Dr Neil Lee
> Dr Roger Levy
> Dr Tom Reader
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