Professor Leroy White
Professor of Management
Contact details
Tele: +44 (0) 117 33 17909Email: Leroy.White@bristol.ac.uk
Office Hours: email for an appointment
Room: 2C7
Teaching Units
MGRCM2402: NegotiationEFIM30001: Management Science
Research Interests
Leroy White’s main research interests are operational research, problem structuring methods, social network analysis, strategic partnerships, large group decision-making, public and community involvement, public sector working and health service management.
He has worked with a range of clients including the Department of Health, local health authorities, health trusts, and the voluntary sector in both the UK and abroad. He has published a number of papers on the process of operational research, partnerships, systems thinking, large group processes, and has also had a book published (jointly with Ann Taket) by Wiley called 'Partnerships and Participation'. His current funded research work is on the impact of the third sector.
Leroy's research area webpage
Recent Publications
- White, LA. & Christopoulos DC. (2011) 'The Public Sector as Broker': A study of brokerage Networks’, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol 10, 132-139.
- Davis J MacDonald, White LA. (2010) ‘Problem-structuring methods and project management: an example of stakeholder involvement using Hierarchical Process Modelling methodology’, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 61, 6, 893-904.
- Mingers J. and White LA. (2010) ‘A review of the recent contribution of systems thinking to operational research and management science’, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol 207, 3, 1147-1161.
- White LA. (2009). ‘Understanding the Process of Problem structuring Methods’, European Journal of Operations Research,119(3), 823-833.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Operational Research Society of Great Britain
Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts