Mr Peter Tatham
Location: Wellington Hall
E: p.h.tatham@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1793 785734
Defence Management and Security Analysis
Current activities
Lecturing in Human Systems and Humanitarian Logistics on a variety of courses. Researching cognition in a military context and, in particular, whether it is possible to train individuals to improve their thinking skills. In the Humanitarian field, researching the reasons for the paucity of females working as logisticians.
Background
Peter Tatham joined the Royal Navy in 1970 and served in a variety of appointments during his career of some 35 years. Highlights include Logistics Officer of the Aircraft Carrier HMS INVINCIBLE in 1994/5 during Operations in Bosnia against the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, and Chief Staff Officer responsible for all high level Personnel and Logistics issues emanating from the 10,000 sailors and 30 surface ships in the Royal Navy (1999-2000). His final three years in the Service were spent in the UK’s Defence Logistics Organisation where he was responsible for key elements of the internal programme of Change Management (2000-2004). During this period, he also gained an MSc in Defence Logistic Management. Following his retirement from the RN, he joined the staff of Cranfield University where he lectures in Humanitarian Logistics and Human Systems. He is also awaiting examination of his Doctoral research into the issues surrounding the role of shared values within military supply networks.
Selected publications
Academic Conference Papers with Published Proceedings
9-10 Sep 2004
Tatham, P. H. The Developing Logistic Model for the UK’s Armed Forces – Challenges and Successes LRN 2004 Dublin
7-9 September 2005
Tatham, P. H. Efficient in Peace but Effective in War: Meeting the Challenge of the Military Supply Chain - An Agenda for Research LRN 2005 Plymouth
8-9 June 2006
Tatham, P. H., Meeting the Challenge of the 21st Century Military Supply Chain – An Agenda for Research NOFOMA 2006 Oslo
4-7 May 2007
Tatham, P. H., & Kovács, G. An initial investigation into the application of the military sea-basing concept to the provision of immediate relief in a rapid onset disaster POMS 2007 Dallas
7-8 June 2007
Kovács, G., & Tatham, P. H. An exploration of the critical logistic activities in rapid onset humanitarian disasters NOFOMA 2007 Rejavik
7-8 June 2007
Haigh, I., Jahre, M., Kovács, G., Listou, T., Spens, K., & Tatham, P. H. Humanitarian Logistics – The intermediating role of linking donors and beneficiaries (Working Paper) NOFOMA 2007 Rejavik
5-7 Sep 2007
Tatham, P. H. Confidence in (Defence) Logistics – Rhetoric or Reality? LRN 2007 Hull
19-20 Nov 2007
Tatham, P. H. An Initial Investigation into the Suitability of the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems (UAVS) to Support the Emergency Assessment Process in Rapid Onset Humanitarian Disasters CCHLI Conference 2007 Shrivenham
9-12 May 2008
Tatham, P. H., & Spens, K. The Development of a Humanitarian Logistics Knowledge Management System (HLKMS) Taxonomy POMS 2008 La Jolla, Californai
14-15 May 2008
Taylor, T., Tatham, P. H., & Moore, D. M. Five Key Challenges for the Management of UK Defence Acquisition – An Agenda for Research Defence Acquisition Symposium, US Post-Graduate School Monterey, California
4-6 June 2008
Kovács, G., & Tatham, P. H. What makes a good humanitarian logistician? NOFOMA 2008 Helsinki, Finland
6-8 July 2008
Kovács, G., & Tatham, P. H. Gender. Skills and Logistic Performance The 13th International Symposium on Logistics (13th ISL) Bangsaen, Thailand
10-12 Sep 2008
Tatham, P. H., & Kovács, G. Logistic Skills and Performance LRN 2008 Liverpool, UK
16-18 Nov 2008
Tatham, P. H.,& Kovács, G. The Application of “Swift Trust” to Humanitarian Logistics SDMI Conference 2008 Baton Rouge, USA
Other Conferences and Speaking Engagements
18-19 April 2005
Tatham, P. H. The Developing Logistic Model for the UK’s Armed Forces – Challenges and Successes Transforming Defence Logistics Shrivenham
15-16 November 2005
Tatham, P. H. Efficient in Peace but Effective in War: Meeting the Challenge of the Military Supply Chain - An Agenda for Research IQPC Heathrow Airport
3 July 2007
Tatham, P. H. UK Defence Acquisition – 5 Key Challenges EADS Annual Senior Managers’ Meeting Munich
16 August 2007
Tatham, P. H. UK Defence Acquisition – 5 Key Challenges Syntell Summer School Stockholm
12 December 2007
Tatham, P. H. UK Defence Acquisition – 5 Key Challenges Hanken University Helsinki
23 April 2004
Kovács, G., & Tatham, P. H. Responding to challenges in the humanitarian supply network – from dormant to action CSCMP European Research Seminar Brussels
Refereed Journal Publications
Tatham, P. H. An Initial Investigation into the Suitability of the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems (UAVS) to Support the Emergency Assessment Process in Rapid Onset Humanitarian Disasters Int J of Risk Assessment & Management Accepted for Publication in Spring 2009
Taylor, T., & Tatham, P. H. Five Key Challenges for the Management of UK Defence – An Agenda for Research? Int J of Defense Acquisition Management 2008, Vol 1, p.22-38
Kovács, G., & Tatham, P. H. The effects of gender on humanitarian logistics Int J Productivity & Performance Management Accepted for Publication in Summer 2009
Tatham, P. H., Spens, K., & Taylor, D. The Development of the Academic Contribution to Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management Management Research News – Editorial for Special Edition on Humanitarian Logistics Accepted for Publication in November 2009
Papers in Preparation for Refereed Journals
Tatham P. H., & Spens, K. The Developing Humanitarian Logistics Knowledge Management System – A Proposed Taxonomy Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Accepted with minor corrections
(Due 31 Dec)
Kovács, G., & Tatham, P. H. Responding to Disruptions in the Supply Network – From Dormant to Action Journal of Business Logistics (JBL) Provisional Acceptance
(Final Paper due 16 Nov)
Tatham, P. H., & Kovács, G. What makes a good humanitarian logistician? International Journal of Disaster and Emergency Management (IJDEM) Abstract Accepted
(Full Paper due 31 Dec)
Tatham, P. H., & Kovács, G. The Application of “Swift Trust” to Humanitarian Logistics International Journal of Production Economics Abstract Accepted (Full Paper due 1 Dec)
Other Publications
September 1995
Tatham, P. H. Voyaging through Strange Seas – the effectiveness of automatic speech recognition The Computer Bulletin Vol 7, Part 4, p14-15
Autumn 2005
Tatham, P. H. RFID – A Campaign Winning Technology? RUSI Defence Systems Vol 8, No 2, p61-63
Autumn 2005
Tatham, P. H. Efficient in Peace but Effective in War: Meeting the Challenge of the Military Supply Chain – An Agenda for Research” Supply Chain Practice Vol 7, No 2, p42-57
March 2006
Tatham, P. H. The Controlling Mind Defence Management Journal Iss 32, p69-70
Autumn 2007
Tatham, P. H. Whither The Defence Logistics Organisation? RUSI Defence Systems Vol 10, No 2, p86-87
Book Reviews
September 2006: Baily, P., Farmer, D., Jessop, D., & Jones, D. (2004) Purchasing Principles and Management (9th Ed). Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd
Conference Chairman:
19/20 November 2007. Chairman of the Scientific Committee for 1st Cardiff/Cranfield International Humanitarian Logistic Symposium.
25/26 March 2009. Chairman of the Scientific Committee for 2nd Cardiff/Cranfield International Humanitarian Logistic Symposium.
Journal Guest Editor:
Tatham, P. H., Spens, K., & Taylor, D. Special Edition of Management Research News to be published in late 2009 based on the papers submitted to the CCHLI 1st International Humanitarian Logistics Symposium.
Tatham, P. H., Beresford, A. K., & Pettit, S. Special Edition of Int J of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management to be published on 2010 based on papers submitted to the CCHLI 2nd International Humanitarian Logistics Symposium, NOFOMA 2009, & LRN 2009.
