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Position

Senior Lecturer in Design Management

Affiliation

Dr James Moultrie

Academic / Research interests / current work

Dr James Moultrie is a Senior Lecturer in Design Management and his research focuses on the management of New Product Development (NPD) and the integration of design and technology. As a former manager of NPD projects, James is interested in new ways of managing NPD that address the inherent weaknesses of linear stage-gate type systems. James has a background in both industrial and engineering design, and this informs his interests in exploring the interface between the technical/functional and experiential (social, emotional) aspects of design.

Current projects include: ‘Design in Science’, which is exploring the integration of professional design into the science base; the role of top management involvement in new product development; and the development of new tools to support sustainable design. Recent projects include the ‘Design Scoreboard’ project which developed an original comparison of national design capabilities. James’ PhD focused on assessing and improving design capabilities in small firms.

James coordinates the Design Management Group in the Institute for Manufacturing, and works closely with the Engineering Design Centre’s Design Practice group which aims to understand and represent aspects of design practice to make thinking and talking about design easier. Potential research students should contact James directly. Topics of interest include: valuing design; visual tools to manage product development; a design trends ‘toolkit’; implementing design strategies; managing strategic design coherence. A more detailed list is available here

Background

Before joining academia, James had an industrial career, as a project manager, senior engineer and marketing product manager. In industry he was responsible for numerous projects, including metrology instruments and a range of lenses for the movie industry for which he was awarded a 'Scientific and Technical Academy Award' (Oscar) and an Emmy in 2000. James is also a Chartered Mechanical Engineer (IMechE).

Recent publications

A full list of publications is available here.

A selection of recent publications include:

• Maier, AM and Moultrie, J and Clarkson, PJ (2011) Assessing organizational capabilities: reviewing and guiding the development of maturity grids. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. -.
• Driver, A and Peralta, C and Moultrie, J (2011) Exploring How Industrial Designers Can Contribute to Scientific Research. INT J DES, 5. pp. 17-28. ISSN 1991-3761
• Moultrie, J and Stevens, J (2011) Aligning strategy and design perspectives: a framework for design's strategic contributions. The Design Journal, 14. pp. 475-500.
• Moultrie, J and Livesey, TF and Malvido, C and Beltagui, A and Pawar, K and Riedel, J (2009) Design funding in firms: a conceptual model of the role of design in industry. Design Management Journal, 5. pp. 68-82. ISSN 1948-7177
• Moultrie, J and Young, A (2009) Exploratory study of organisational creativity in creative organisations. Creativity and Innovation Management, 18. pp. 299-314. ISSN 0963-1690
• Crilly, N and Moultrie, J and Clarkson, PJ (2009) Shaping things: intended consumer response and other determinants of product form. Design Studies, 30. pp. 224-254. ISSN 0142-694X
• Stevens, JS and Moultrie, J and Crilly, N (2008) How is design strategic? Clarifying the concept of strategic design. Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, 2. pp. 51-59. ISSN 1833-1874
• Moultrie, J and Clarkson, PJ and Probert, D (2007) Development of design audit tool for SMEs. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 24. pp. 335-368. ISSN 0737-6782
• Moultrie, J and Nilsson, M and Dissel, M and Haner, U and Janssen, S and Van der Lugt, R (2007) Innovation spaces: towards a framework for understanding the role of the physical environment in innovation. Creativity and Innovation Management, 16. pp. 53-65. ISSN 0963-1690
• Moultrie, J and Clarkson, PJ and Probert, D (2006) Development of a product audit tool. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering ManufacturE, 220. pp. 1157-1174. ISSN 0954-4054
• Crilly, N and Moultrie, J and Clarkson, PJ (2004) Seeing things: consumer response to the visual domain in product design. Design Studies, 25. pp. 547-577. ISSN 0142-694X