Amir Sharif
Professor of Operations Management and Acting Assistant Head of School
Contact Details
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Summary
Professor Amir M. Sharif (PhD, BEng (Hons), FRSA, FInstLM, MCMI, AffCILT) is currently Acting Assistant Head of School and Professor of Operations Management. He has previously been Director of MBA Programmes within Brunel Business School and has lead the Brunel MBA through successful AMBA accreditations. Amir has 10 years of experience working for and consulting to corporations such as JPMorgan, UBS, KPMG, Sony and the BBC in a variety of programme and project management roles. Through this industrial experience as well as academic research background, Amir is also active as a research grant reviewer for numerous national and international funding bodies such as: the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in the UK, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK, the Natural and National Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) and the Qatar National Research Foundation (QNRF). Amir was elected to the Peer Review Electoral College of the EPSRC in 2005, and continues to be a serving member. Amir is also a member of the University Senate.
Teaching and Research
Teaching
MBA Leadership Masterclass Series - Study Skills
MBA Leadership Masterclass - Team Challenge using MarkStrat
MBA MB5522 Operations Management
Research Interests
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Organisational Decision-making (including information and knowledge management)
- Digital business models, paradigms and technologies
Founding Director of the Operations and Supply Chain Systems research centre (OASIS)
Research Centres
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2013) Al-Karaghouli, W., Ghoneim, A., Sharif, A. and Dwivedi, Y., The Effect of Knowledge Management in Enhancing the Procurement Process in the UK Healthcare Supply Chain, Journal of Information Systems Management 30 (1)
(2012) Sharif, AM. and Irani, Z., Supply chain leadership, International Journal of Production Economics 140 (1) : 57- 68
(2012) Sharif, A., Irani, Z., Love, PED. and Kamal, M., Evaluating reverse third-party logistics operations using a semi-fuzzy approach, International Journal of Production Research 50 (9) : 2515- 2532
(2012) Heaslip, G., Sharif, AM. and Althonayan, A., Employing a systems-based perspective to the identification of inter-relationships within Humanitarian Logistics, International Journal of Production Economics 139 (2) : 377- 392
(2012) Love, PED., Edwards, DJ., Irani, Z. and Sharif, A., Participatory action research approach to public sector procurement selection, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 138 (3) : 311- 322
(2012) Sharif, AM. and Irani, Z., Supply Chain Leadership: Exploring the paradigm shift towards supply chain leadership, International Journal of Production Economics
(2011) Sharif, AM. and Al-Karaghouli, W., Exploring the frontiers of knowledge management transfer in the public and private sector, Information Systems Management 28 (1) : 2- 4
(2011) Sharif, AM., Irani, Z., Love, PED. and Kamal, MM., Evaluating Reverse Third-Party Logistics Operations using a Semi-Fuzzy Approach, International Journal of Production Research 50 (9) : 2515- 2532
(2011) Dwivedi, YK., Venkitachalam, K., Sharif, AM., Al-Karaghouli, W. and Weerakkody, V., Research trends in knowledge management: Analyzing the past and predicting the future, Information Systems Management 28 (1) : 43- 56
(2010) Sharif, A., Information systems: A ‘cargo cult’ science?, Journal of Enterprise Information Management 23 (5) : 661- 666
(2010) Sharif, AM. and Irani, Z., The logistics of information management within an eGovernment context, Journal of Enterprise Information Management 23 (6) : 694- 723
(2010) Althonayan, A. and Sharif, AM., Aligning business and technology strategy within the airline industry, International Journal for Business Information Systems 6 (1) : 79- 94
(2010) Sharif, AM., Irani, Z. and Weerakkody, V., Evaluating and modelling constructs for e-government decision making, Journal of the Operational Research Society 61 (6) : 929- 952 Download publication
(2010) Sharif, AM., It's written in the cloud: The hype and promise of cloud computing, Journal of Enterprise Information Management 23 (2) : 131- 134 Download publication
(2009) Irani, Z., Sharif, AM. and Love, PED., Mapping knowledge management and organizational learning in support of organizational memory, International Journal of Production Economics 122 (1) : 200- 215 Download publication
(2008) Sharif, AM., Paralysis by analysis? the dilemma of choice and the risks of technology evaluation, Journal of Enterprise Information Management 21 (1) : 8- 12
(2008) Sharif, AM., Transformational government: what is the shape of things to come? (Invited viewpoint), Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 2 (1) : 71- 75 Download publication
(2008) Sharif, AM., Paralysis by analysis? The dilemma of choice and the risks of technology evaluation (Invited viewpoint), Journal of Enterprise information Management 21 (1) : 8- 13 Download publication
(2007) Irani, Z., Sharif, AM. and Love, PED., Knowledge mapping for information systems evaluation in manufacturing, International Journal of Production Research 45 (11) : 2435- 2457 Download publication
(2007) Sharif, AM., Irani, Z. and Lloyd, D., Information technology and performance management for build-to-order supply chains, International Journal of Operations and Production Management 27 (11) : 1235- 1253 Download publication
(2006) Sharif, AM. and Irani, Z., Applying a fuzzy-morphological approach to complexity within management decision-making, Management Decision 44 (7) : 930- 961
(2006) Sharif, AM. and Irani, Z., Exploring fuzzy cognitive mapping for IS evaluation, European Journal of Operational Research 173 (3) : 1175- 1187 Download publication
(2006) Sharif, A. and Irani, Z., Applying a fuzzy-morphological approach to complexity within management decision-making, Management Decision 7 930- 961 Download publication
(2006) Sharif, A., Knowledge management: A neuro-hemispherical view of the field, Knowledge Management Research and Practice 4 (1) : 70- 72 Download publication
(2005) Sharif, AM. and Irani, Z., Emergence of ERPII characteristics within an ERP integration context, Association for Information Systems - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005: A Conference on a Human Scale 3 1087- 1095
(2005) Sharif, AM., Irani, Z. and Love, PED., Integrating ERP using EAI: A model for post hoc evaluation, European Journal of Information Systems 14 (2) : 162- 174 Download publication
(2005) Irani, Z., Sharif, AM. and Love, PED., Linking knowledge transformation to Information Systems evaluation, European Journal of Information Systems 14 (3) : 213- 228 Download publication
(2005) Sharif, A., Zero-sum? Realising the value of IT in business, Journal of Enterprise Information Management 18 (6) : 647- 653 Download publication
(2005) Sharif, A., Can systems dynamics be effective in modelling dynamic business systems?, Business Process Management Journal 11 (5) : 612- 615 Download publication
(2005) Sharif, AM., How professional is professional advice?, Journal of Enterprise Information Management 18 (1) : 8- 11 Download publication
(2004) Sharif, AM., Elliman, T., Love, PED. and Badii, A., Integrating the IS with the enterprise: Key EAI research challenges, Journal of Enterprise Information Management 17 (2) : 164- 170 Download publication
(2003) Sharif, AM., The enterprise strikes back, Logistics Information Management 16 (2) : 98- 100 Download publication
(2003) Badii, A. and Sharif, A., Information management and knowledge integration for enterprise innovation, Logistics Information Management 16 (2) : 145- 155 Download publication
(2003) Sharif, AM., Business is joined-up thinking, Business Process Management Journal 9 (4) : 555- 557 Download publication
(2002) Sharif, AM., Professional services organisations and the role of consulting in the new economy, Information Systems Management 19 (2) : 19- 30
(2002) Irani, Z., Sharif, A., Love, PED. and Kahraman, C., Applying concepts of fuzzy cognitive mapping to model: The IT/IS investment evaluation process, International Journal of Production Economics 75 (1-2) : 199- 211 Download publication
(2002) Sharif, AM., Benchmarking performance management systems, Benchmarking 9 (1) : 62- 85 Download publication
(2001) Irani, Z., Sharif, AM. and Love, PED., Transforming failure into success through organisational learning: An analysis of a manufacturing information system, European Journal of Information Systems 10 (1) : 55- 66 Download publication
(1999) Sharif, AM., Neural and evolutionary computing in finite element analysis, Journal of Computing and Information Technology 7 (1) : 137- 151
(1999) Sharif, AM. and Irani, Z., Research note: Theoretical optimisation of IT/IS investments, Logistics Information Management 12 (2) : 189- 196 Download publication
(1999) Sharif, AM., Harnessing agile concepts for the development of intelligent systems, New Generation Computing Journal 17 (4) : 369- 380 Download publication
(Accepted) Sharif, AM., The future of enterprise information systems, Journal of Enterprise Information Management 17 (1/2) : 81- 84
(Accepted) Sharif, AM. and Irani, Z., Beyond Supply Chain Management: Exploring The Paradigm Shift Towards Supply Chain Leadership, International Journal of Production Economics
(Accepted) Heaslip, G. and Sharif, AM., Employing a systems-based perspective to the identification of inter-relationships within Humanitarian Logistics, International Journal of Production Economics
Conference Papers
(2006) Sharif, AM. and Irani, Z., Extending the enterprise: an evaluation of ERP and EAI technologies within a case study organisation, International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems Download publication
(1997) Sharif, A., The management of intelligence-assisted finite element analysis technology, Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET 97), Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership 861- 865 Download publication
(1997) Sharif, A. and Irani, Z., Fuzzy cognitive mapping as a technique for technology management, Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET 97), Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership 871- 871
