Dr Roula Michaelides

Dr Roula Michaelides

Dr Roula Michaelides

Reader in Project Management and Business Technology

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Biography

Dr Roula Michaelides is the Subject Group Leader for Project Management and Business Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Roula holds a PhD in Project Management from the University of Liverpool and is a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. She comes from a computing and information systems background and diversified into the Social Sciences and Operations Management in early-2000s.

Her research work is influential and continues to advance cutting edge ideas, thought leadership and new methodological approaches for studying social and collaborative complexity of projects. This is evidenced by the invitations to organise and co-organise symposia/ Professional Development Workshops for distinguished international conferences such as the Academy of Management (AoM) and the British Academy of Management (BAM). Roula regularly Chairs sessions and organise thematic streams in conferences and other workshops to support development of research ideas with researchers as well as executives and policy-makers.

Her research extends theoretical concepts from organisation and operations studies looking at organisational practices and capabilities relating to agility, ambidexterity, exploration, exploitation as well as relational complexity within projects, informal networks and their impact of network structures, particularly in relation to project/operations management and sustainability oriented innovation.

Roula has successfully secured external research funding, both as principal investigator and co-investigator, and has sustained a strong portfolio of grants from 2007 of significant value. More recently she is the MMU principle investigator of a successful EU Marie Sklodowska Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Horizon 2020 Work Programme, 2017-2021 “Being Lean and Seen: meeting the challenges of delivering projects successfully in the 21st century”. See: https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/microsites/being-lean-and-seen for more details. In addition Roula was the Principle Investigator of a Research Study, funded by the PMI “ Project Management as a Dynamic Collaborative Social Practice: Collaborative Innovation Revisited “ 2014-2017.

Further to the research grants Roula has also generated contract KE research both as a principal investigator or co-investigator ( e.g. contract research by NHS- Northwest Procurement Development (NWPD) looking at “Value Based Procurement in NHS” that has led to joining the SCAN Health Network)

Her work is published widely in leading international journals, book chapters, conference presentations, invited keynote speeches/guest lectures/presentations, expert interviews and articles.

Words of wisdom

Innovate or disintegrate !!!

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Research outputs

  • Books (authored/edited/special issues)

    Michaelides, S., Antonacopoulou, E. Project Management as a Dynamic Collaborative Social Practice: Collaborative Innovation Revisited. PMI.

  • Chapters in books

    Michaelides, R., Kehoe, D. (2008) 'Enabling information infrastructures and technologies.' Creating Wealth from Knowledge: Meeting the Innovation Challenge. pp. 359-382.

  • Reports

    Michaelides, S., Antonacopoulou, E. Project Management as a Dynamic Collaborative Social Practice—Collaborative Innovation Revisited. Project Management Institute.

  • Journal articles

    Harsanto, B., Kumar, N., Michaelides, R. (2024) 'Sustainability-oriented innovation in manufacturing firms: implementation and evaluation framework.' Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(6) pp. 5086-5108.

    Akhavan Tabassi, A., Bryde, D.J., Michaelides, R., Bamford, D., Argyropoulou, M. (2024) 'Leaders, conflict, and team coordination: a relational leadership approach in temporary organizations.' Production Planning and Control,

    Morton, S., Michaelides, S., Roca, T., Wagner, W. (2018) 'Increasing employees’ engagement in organizational citizenship behaviors within continuous improvement programs in manufacturing: the HR link?.' IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 66(4) pp. 650-662.

    Misopoulos, F., Michaelides, R., Salehuddin, M., Manthou, V., Michaelides, Z. (2018) 'Addressing Organisational Pressures as Drivers towards Sustainability in Manufacturing Projects and Project Management Methodologies.' Sustainability, 10(6) pp. 2098-2098.

    Meehan, J., Menzies, , Michaelides, S. (2017) 'The Long Shadow of Public Policy: Barriers to Value-Based Approaches in Healthcare Procurement.' Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management,

    Hepworth, A., Misopoulos, F., Manthou, V., Dyer, R., Michaelides, R. (2017) 'Exploring ad-hoc portfolio management: Does it work, and is it the flexibility that supports project portfolio management?.' Procedia Computer Science, 121pp. 345-355.

    Lyons, A.C., Everington, L., Hernandez, J., Li, D., Michaelides, S., Um, J. (2013) 'The Application of Knowledge-Based Reference Framework to Support the Provision of Requisite Variety and Customization Across Collaborative Networks.' International Journal of Production Research, 51(7) pp. 2019-2033.

    Michaelides, R., Morton, S.C., Michaelides, Z., Lyons, A.C., Liu, W. (2013) 'Collaboration networks and collaboration tools: a match for SMEs?.' International Journal of Production Research, 51(7) pp. 2034-2048.

    Michaelides, R., Morton, S.C., Liu, W. (2013) 'A framework for evaluating the benefits of collaborative technologies in engineering innovation networks.' Production Planning & Control, 24(2-3) pp. 246-264.

    Adebanjo, D., Michaelides, S. (2010) 'Analysis of Web 2.0 Enabled E-Clusters - A Case Study.' Technovation, 30(4) pp. 238-248.

    Michaelides, R., Kehoe, D., Tickle, M. (2007) 'Using electronic Customer Relationship Management to improve manufacturing processes.' International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, 2(3) pp. 321-342.

    Michaelides, S., Kehoe, D. (2007) 'Using e-CRM Systems to Improve Manufacturing Processes.' International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, 2(3) pp. 321-342.

    Snowden, S., Spafford, J., Michaelides, R., Hopkins, J. (2006) 'Technology acceptance and m‐commerce in an operational environment.' Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 19(5) pp. 525-539.

    Michaelides, R., Kehoe, D. (2006) 'Service supply chain management in e-government operations.' International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 7(3) pp. 237-237.

    Michaelides, R., Kehoe, D. (2005) 'Development of an integrated environment for the reengineering of public sector e-government system processes.' International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 1(3/4) pp. 189-189.

  • Conference papers

    Antonacopoulou, E.P., Turner, N., Michaelides, S., Altabbaa,, O., Schuster, A. (2022) 'Advancing Temporal Organizing: The Case for a Practising School in Project-Based Organizing.' 2022. 5/8/2022 - 9/8/2022. Academy of Management,

    Harsanto, B., Kumar, N., Zhan, Y., Michaelides, R. (2020) 'Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in Emerging Economies: a Preliminary Review.' In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC). Cardiff, UK, 15/6/2020 - 17/6/2020. IEEE,

    Harsanto, B., Kumar, N., Michaelides, S., Yuanzhu, Z. (2020) 'Exploring Sustainability-Oriented Innovation Capabilities in the Indonesian Manufacturing Firms.' Academy of Management,

    Harsanto, B., Kumar, N., Zhan, Y., Michaelides, R. (2020) 'Firms’ ICT and Innovation in Jakarta Metropolitan Area.' In 2020 International Conference on Technology and Entrepreneurship - Virtual (ICTE-V). 20/4/2020 - 21/4/2020. IEEE,

    Harsanto, B., Michaelides, S., Drummond, H. (2018) 'Sustainability-Oriented Innovation (SOI) in Emerging Economies: A Preliminary Investigation from Indonesia.' In IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM). Bangkok, Thailand, 16/12/2018 - 19/12/2018. pp. 1553-1557.

    Michaelides, S., Meehan, J., Menzies, L., Ludbrook, M. (2018) 'Complex Healthcare Procurement Responses Within Temporal Complexity Falling on "Deaf-Ears": An Audiology Case Study.' In 27th IPSERA Conference. Athens, Greece, 25/3/2018 - 28/3/2018.

    Michaelides, Z., Fricke, J., Michaelides, S., Papagiannis, F., Bishop, B. (2017) 'Social Value Procurement in Policy Creation: Development of a Social Value Framework for Public Procurement Systems.' In 6th International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business (ICSR 2017). 6. Berlin, Germany, 28/9/2017 - 29/9/2017. ASE Publishing,

    Harsanto, B., Michaelides, S., Drummond, H. (2017) 'The Challenges and Antecedents of Sustainability-Oriented Innovation (SQI) Capability in Emerging Economies: The Case for Indonesia.' In British Academy of Management. Warwick, UK, 1/9/2017 - 1/9/2017.

    Harsanto, B., Michaelides, S., Drummond, H. (2017) 'Sustainability-Oriented Innovation: Emerging Market and Developing Economies Perspectives.' In EUROMA. Edinburgh, UK, 1/7/2017 - 5/7/2017.

    Michaelides, S., Bryde, D., Unterhitzenberger, C. (2017) 'Sustainability in Temporary Multi-Organisations: Embedding Green Project Management in Oil and Gas Supply Chains.' In Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). Seattle, USA, 5/5/2017 - 9/5/2017.

    Michaelides, Z., Michaelides, S., Rakoto, N. (2017) 'Big Data Driven Demand Networks.' In POMS (073-1851) International Conference. 1/5/2017 - 1/5/2017.

    Michaelides, Z., Michaelides, S., Bishop, B. (2017) 'Development of the "Smart Cities Innovation Hub": A Social Value Platform to Support Local Government.' In POMS (073-1373) International Conference. 1/5/2017 - 1/5/2017.

    Michaelides, Z., Michaelides, S., Bishop, B. (2017) 'Social Value Framework to Support UK Local Government.' In POMS (073-1386) International Conference. 1/5/2017 - 1/5/2017.

    Michaelides, S., Brydes, D., Simango, J., Unterhitzenberger, C., Argyropoulou, M. (2016) 'A Systematic Meta-Analysis on Managing Innovation Projects in Uncertain and Complex Environments.' In The IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology. Bangkok, Thailand, 19/9/2016 - 22/10/2016. pp. 286-291.

    Michaelides, S., Lees, J. (2016) 'Implementing Mega-IT Change Programmes into Large Global Organisations Going Through Turbulent Times: Has the Time Come to Philosophise IT Implementations?.' In British Academy of Management. Newcastle, UK, 6/9/2016 - 8/9/2016.

    Michaelides, S., Antonacopoulou, E. (2016) 'Dynamic Collaborative Social Practice in Projects: Collaborative Innovation Revisited.' In POMS. Orlando, Florida, USA, 6/5/2016 - 9/5/2016.

    Menzies, L., Meehan, J., Michaelides, S. (2016) 'Procurement Maturity in Public Healthcare Procurement: An Exploratory Study.' In 25th IPSERA Conference. Fraunhofer-Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund, Germany, 20/3/2016 - 23/3/2016.

    Michaelides, S., Meehan, J., Menzies, L. (2016) 'Does Healthcare Procurement in the UK Facilitate Collaboration Across the Supply Chain? A Complex Adaptive Perspective.' In 25th IPSERA Conference. Fraunhofer-Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund, Germany, 20/3/2016 - 23/3/2016.

    Meehan, J., Michaelides, S., Menzies, L. (2016) 'Aggregation Versus Value Based Procurement in Public Healthcare Procurement.' In 25th IPSERA Conference. Fraunhofer-Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund, Germany, 20/3/2016 - 23/3/2016.

    Argyropoulou, M., Michaelides, R., Reid, I., Ioannou, G. (2016) 'Supply Chain Management Information Systems and Organisational Performance in economic turbulent environments.' 2016-January. pp. 1673-1678.

    Michaelides, S., Argyropoulou, M., Reid, I., Ioannou, G. (2015) 'Supply Chain Management Information Systems and Organisational Performance in Economic Turbulent Environments.' In IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. 7/12/2015 - 11/12/2015. pp. 1673-1678.

    Bennett, M., Michaelides, S. (2015) 'Advantages, Motivations and Business Entry Mode Preferences in International Defence Industrial Collaborations.' In British Academy of Management. Portsmouth, UK, 1/9/2015 - 1/9/2015.

    Ismail, S.Z.B., Morton, S.C., Harding, J.A., Michaelides, R. (2015) 'Product-Service System in inventory control: A new paradigm?.'

    Michaelides, R., Morton, S.C. (2014) 'PerFECT interaction: Facilitating evaluation of collaborative technologies for user engagement in engineering innovation networks.' pp. 661-667.

    Michaelides, S., Bryde, D., Ohaery, U. (2014) 'Sustainability in Project Management: A Case Study in a Nigerian Oil and Gas Company.' In PMI research Conference 2014. Portland, Oregon, USA, 1/1/2014 - 1/1/2014.

    Adebanjo, D., Tickle, M., Ojadi, F., Ieromonachou, P., Laosirihongthong, T., Michaelides, R. (2014) 'Supplier selection activities in the service sector: A case study in Nigeria.' 2015-January. pp. 189-193.

    Michaelides, S., Morton, S. (2013) 'perFECT Interaction: Framework Evaluation of Collaborative Engineering and Engineering Management.' In IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. IEEE, Bangkok, Thailand, 10/12/2013 - 13/12/2013.

    Michaelides, R., Dorle, J., Reid, I., Michaelides, Z. (2013) 'Learning 2:0: Technology Fad or Enabling Professional Learning Networks (PLNs)?.' In BAM 2013. Liverpool, UK, 10/9/2013 - 12/9/2013.

    Michaelides, S., Dorle, J. (2013) 'eLearning 2.0: Technology Fad or Enabling Professional Learning Networks (PLNs)?.' In British Academy of Management Conference. Liverpool, UK, 10/9/2013 - 12/9/2013.

    Antonacopoulou, E., Michaelides, S. (2013) 'Project Management as a Dynamic Collaborative Social Practice: Collaborative Innovation Revisited.' In British Academy of Management. Liverpool, UK, 10/9/2013 - 12/9/2013.

    Michaelides, Z., Forster, R., Michaelides, S. (2013) 'E-Enabling Logistics Supply Chains Through RFID Technologies.' In British Academy of Management Conference. Liverpool, UK, 10/9/2013 - 12/9/2013.

    Reid, I., Johan, I., Michaelides, R. (2012) 'The Rise of Online Learners in Project Management.' In Project Management Institute (PMI) Research and Education Conference 2012. Limerick, Ireland, 15/7/2012 - 18/7/2012.

    Michaelides, S., Morton, S.C., Michaelides, Z., Liu, W. (2012) 'Collaboration Networks for Innovation and Web 2.0: Perfect Match?.' In 6th International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology. IEEE, Bali, Thailand, 11/6/2012 - 13/6/2012.

    Michaelides, Z., Missopoulos, F., Michaelides, S., Diamandidis, V. (2012) 'The Development of a Framework for Suppliers' Selection and Evaluation: A Survey of Greek SMEs.' In 6th International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology. IEEE, Bali, Thailand, 11/6/2012 - 13/6/2012.

    Goumaa, R., Michaelides, S., Anderson, L. (2011) 'A Socio-Technical Assessment of Technology Use and Teaching Pedagogy in a Distance Learning Comunity: An Empirical Study.' In IADIS Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. IADIS, Rome, 20/7/2011 - 26/7/2011.

    Michaelides, S., Tickle, M., Adebanjo, D., Mann, R. (2011) 'Exploring Business Excellence in Asia.' In 2011 International Conference on Quality and Reliability. IEEE ICQR, Bangkok, Thailand, 14/9/2011 - 17/9/2011.

    Michaelides, S., Tickle, M., Morton, S.C. (2010) 'Online Communities of Practice for Innovation and Knowledge Transfer: A Case Study in the UK.' In The 5th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology. IEEE, Singapore, 1/1/2010 - 1/1/2010.

    Michaelides, S., Michaelides, Z. (2010) 'Optimisation of Logistics Operations Using GPS Technology Solutions: A Case Study.' In 21st Annual POMS Conference. POMS, Vancouver, Canada, 7/5/2010 - 10/5/2010.

    Morton, S.C., Burns, N., Michaelides, S. (2009) 'TIME for Performance Improvement: Targeting Innovation in Manufacturing Engineering.' In IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. Hong Kong, 8/12/2009 - 11/12/2009.

    Adebanjo, D., Michaelides, S. (2009) 'Applicability of Web 2.0 Technology and Principles in a Clustered B2B Context.' In 10th International CINet Conference. Brisbane, Australia, 4/9/2009 - 8/9/2009.

    Michaelides, S., Morton, S.C. (2008) 'Managing Innovation Through Virtual Global Communities: Challenges & Benefits.' In 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology. Bangkok, Thailand, 21/9/2008 - 24/9/2008.

    Michaelides, S., Liu, K., Jervis, S. (2008) 'e-Solutions Enabling Growth in the Transport Industry: Case Study of A Real-Time Tracking Management System.' In Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2008. Liverpool, UK, 10/9/2008 - 12/9/2008.

    Michaelides, S., Morton, S.C. (2008) 'VOTE for Performance Improvement: Virtual Organizational Teams and E-collaboration.' In 3rd World Conference on Production and Operations Management, Manufacturing Fundamentals: Necessity & Efficiency. Tokyo, Japan, 5/8/2008 - 8/8/2008.

    Morton, S.C., Burns, N.D., Michaelides, S. (2008) 'OPEN Innovation in Operation: Organizational Performance and Engineering Networks.' In Third World Conference on POM, Manufacturing Fundamentals: Necessity and Efficiency. Tokyo, Japan, 5/8/2008 - 8/8/2008.

    Morton, S.C., Burns, N.D., Michaelides, S. (2008) 'NOVEL Routes To Performance Improvement in Lean Organizations: Networking and the Organizational Value of External Linkages.' In 18th Annual Conference of POMS. La Jolia, California, USA, 9/5/2008 - 12/5/2008.

    Michaelides, S., Kehoe, D. (2008) 'Online Communities Information System Development Methodology: European Innovation Marketplace.' In 1st International IPGC Workshop: Creating Wealth from Knowledge. Imperial College, London, UK, 28/2/2008 - 29/2/2008.

    Michaelides, S., Kehoe, D. (2007) 'Internet Communities and Open Innovation: An Information System Design Methodology.' In 6th Annual IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS 2007). 1/1/2007 - 1/1/2007.

    Morton, S., Michaelides, S. (2007) 'Evaluating the Impact of Web 2.0 Technologies on CONTINUOUS INNOVATION NETWORKS.' In 8th International CINet Conference. Gothenburg, Sweden, 7/9/2007 - 11/9/2007.

    Tickle, M., Michaelides, S. (2007) 'The Challenge of Creating Virtual Communities.' In Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) Conference. 19/5/2007 - 23/5/2007.

    Michaelides, S., Kehoe, D. (2006) 'Information Infrastructures in Virtual Communities: A Case Study of a Research Community.' In Special Symposium in EUROMA Conference. 1/1/2006 - 1/1/2006.

    Michaelides, S., Kehoe, D. (2005) 'e-Enabling Homecare Operations in the Private Service Sector.' In European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) Conference. Budapest, Hungary, 19/6/2005 - 22/5/2005.

    Michaelides, S., Kehoe, D. (2004) 'Transforming Business Processes Through The Development of an e-Government Portal Utilising Workflow Automation.' In European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) Conference. Fontainebleau, France, 27/6/2004 - 29/6/2004.

    Spafford, J., Snowden, S., Michaelides, S. (2004) 'The Implementation of an e-Business Mobile Application (m-commerce) as an Operations Solution to Small-to-Medium Enterprise in the Northwest of England.' In European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) Conference. Fontainebleau, France, 27/6/2004 - 29/6/2004.