An Empirical Analysis of Nominal and Interacting Groups.

Green, Thad B.

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“…While Delphi group techniques completely eliminate interaction and forbid face-to-face meetings among group members, focus group discussions can induce bias due to strong-willed group members who tend to lead the discussion [44]. The NGT is intermediate between these techniques, allowing on-site meetings of group members, as well as encouraging all group members equally in the idea generation process [45]. The NGT assists in extracting practitioners' knowledge through a moderated process [46] that has previously demonstrated its advantages in SCM research [47,48].…”

Section: Nominal Group Techniquementioning

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Unravelling the Complexity of Supply Chain Volatility Management

Nitsche

2018

Logistics

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Managing supply chain volatility (SCV) is often identified as one of the major challenges of modern supply chain management. While research has predominantly focused on describing the multidimensional areas of SCV and its negative impacts, clear guidelines on how to manage SCV for efficiency, and prioritize the areas on which to focus, are sparse. This study seeks to fill this gap in the research by: (1) assessing the relative impact of SCV sources, and (2) proposing means to deal with them. Based on an Analytical Hierarchy Process conducted with 17 SCM practitioners, the paper assesses the relative impact of sources of SCV, and further contextualizes them according to factors such as product lead time and production strategy, providing more fine-grained insights for SC managers seeking to manage SCV. Subsequently, the paper applies the Nominal Group Technique with the same group of practitioners in order to identify and condense strategies for dealing with the most impactful sources of SCV (intra-organizational misalignment, inaccurate forecasting, long lead times, erratic behavior of decision makers in the supply chain, erratic behavior of customers, and high level of competition), leading to a set of 44 SCV-management strategies.

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Section: Nominal Group Techniquementioning

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Unravelling the Complexity of Supply Chain Volatility Management

Nitsche

2018

Logistics

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“…Nevertheless, the absence of face-to-face meetings and discussions prevents any exchange of views or joint idea generation. The NGT seeks to mitigate the shortcomings of both these types of studies by allowing group members to meet, but encouraging all members to contribute equally to the exchange through a structured and moderated process [52,53]. Although NGT guidelines do not prescribe a definite minimum or maximum number of group members, previous LSCM research has found that on-site groups of 8 to 23 participants, separated into sub-groups, are appropriate [38,51].…”

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Decrypting the Belt and Road Initiative: Barriers and Development Paths for Global Logistics Networks

Nitsche¹

2020

Sustainability

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an ambitious infrastructure and development project promoting sustainable economic growth through facilitating prosperous trade across Eurasia and Africa; however, its potential remains underexploited. Logistics networks along BRI routes face several challenges that hinder efficient operations. In addition, although uncertain of how the initiative will develop, logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) practitioners must align their networks with future developments. This study aims to synthesize current barriers to the BRI from an LSCM perspective; propose strategies for dealing with them; and outline and assess conceivable BRI development scenarios to create awareness for possible international logistics network developments. The study builds on a structured and moderated Nominal Group Technique exercise among 15 LSCM professionals to extract current barriers, mitigation strategies, and potential development scenarios, followed by a survey among 52 LSCM professionals to assess those issues. The study synthesizes and assesses 17 BRI barriers for LSCM practice and proposes 20 strategies for dealing with them, assessed in terms of effectiveness and complexity. Moreover, 14 development scenarios are assessed in terms of their probability of becoming reality and impact on the vulnerability of logistics networks, categorized into four scenario clusters (monitor, prepare, propel, and exploit) for guiding LSCM practice.

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“…Problem centred (Green, 1975) Problem centred solving Insights into perceptions/ constructs (Hussey and Hussey, 1997) Closure decision process High lack of closure (Van de Ven and Delbecq, 1974) Prevents premature closure (Maier and Hoffman, 1960) Low lack of closure (Van de Ven and Delbecq, 1974) (Frey and Fontana, 1991). While DP provides an opportunity to conduct multiple information-gathering rounds, it relies on anonymity, and on collective judgment and agreement.…”

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Applying the nominal group technique to specify the domain of a construct

Lloyd

2011

Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to provide research insights into stakeholder specifications of the domain of the corporate reputation (CR) construct thereby obtaining greater content validity of scale items. Design/methodology/approach -A simple research technique is identified (the nominal group techniques (NGT) which, when used in the context of a formal procedure, addresses content validity issues. Findings -The study confirms the value of NGT in providing content validity through stakeholder (rater) involvement in construct definition and domain specification.Research limitations/implications -The stakeholder makes a vital contribution to construct definition and to scale item development. Originality/value -The development of a method based on what is in the minds of stakeholders and which has relevance at the level of meaning as well as explanation. Stakeholders have not so far been involved directly in CR scale item development.

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An Empirical Analysis of Nominal and Interacting Groups.

Cited by 43 publications

References 10 publications

Unravelling the Complexity of Supply Chain Volatility Management

Unravelling the Complexity of Supply Chain Volatility Management

Decrypting the Belt and Road Initiative: Barriers and Development Paths for Global Logistics Networks

Applying the nominal group technique to specify the domain of a construct

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