Anthony Mitchell

Professor Anthony Mitchell PhD, DIC, MSc, BSc, CEng, FIET, FHEA is Professor of Operations Management at Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School and a visiting fellow at Southampton University Business School. Following an early career in industry and Consulting he spent 27 years at Ashridge Business School as a senior member of faculty including MBA director and director of postgraduate projects. Anthony has held visiting roles at Monash, Otago, EIPM, RSM and Strathclyde Business school and now has an adjunct role at Ashridge. He has taught and published in the fields of operations, continuous improvement, supply chain, strategic management and eLearning. His research interests include multinational organisations, globalisation, the role of outsourcing and offshoring, and mixed methods research methodologies.

Education

• MSc DIC Imperial College London (1973 — 1974)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Hertfordshire (2010 — 2015)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) University of Hertfordshire (1969 — 1973)
• Ashridge Business School

Specialties:

Outsourcing & Offshoring. Operations Management - manufacturing & service industries. Developing Business Strategy at corporate and business unit level. Performance Management, use of self assessment techniques, Quality Management & balanced scorecards, managing stages of the organisational lifecycle. Scenario Planning.

Recent publications:

Mitchell, A.J & Rich, M. (2020) Business School Teaching of Research Methods_- A Review of Literature and Initial Data Collection for Undergraduate Business School Students. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods. Volume 18 Issue 2.

Mitchell, A.J. (2018). A Review of Mixed Methods, Pragmatism and Abduction Techniques Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods. Volume 16 Issue 3.

Mitchell, A.J. (2015). International management: A conceptual framework for comparison of offshoring and outsourcing strategies by UK and German multinational corporations. Journal of Business Management & Retail Management Research. Vol 10/1