Yasmin Merali - Associate Professor of Information Systems and Co-Director, Complexity Science Doctoral Training Centre | Staff Directory

Research Interests

complexity and transformation of organisations and socio-economic contexts; network dynamics and organisation in the information space; information and knowledge management; social media and social networks; opinion dynamics; utilization of emergent technologies in the delivery of benefits; strategies and business models in the information economy; post-acquisition integration; e-business, e-government, e-health.

Teaching in 2012-2013

Executive MBA

IB9B20 Complexity, Management and Network Thinking

Undergraduate

IB3140 Business Studies II
IB3810 Critical Issues in Management

Email: Yasmin.Merali@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 22456 / Room E1.11

Biography

Consultant to UK and multinational organisations, advising on business transformation and knowledge management. Visiting lecturer (MBA and executive teaching) at Judge Institute, University of Cambridge; Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisbon; LETI, St Petersburg; EM Lyon.

Recent Publications [all...]

Journal Articles

Njihia, M. and Merali, Y.. "The Broader Context for ICT4D Projects: A Morphogenetic Analysis"
MIS Quarterly (2013)
Muhd Khairulzaman Abdul Kadir, E.L. Hines, Kefaya Qaddoum, Rosemary Collier, Elizabeth Dowler, Wyn Grant, Mark Leeson, Daciana Iliescu, Arjunan Subramanian, Keith Richards, Yasmin Merali and Richard Napier. "Food Security Risk Level Assessment: A Fuzzy Logic based Approach"
Applied Artificial Intelligence (2013)
Johnson, J.; Buckingham Shum, S.; Willis, A.; Bishop, S.; Zamenopoulos, T.; Swithenby, S.; MacKay, R.; Merali, Y.; Lorincz, A.; Costea, C.; Bourgine, P.; Lou¸c˜a, J.; Kapenieks, A.; Kelly, P.; Caird, S.; Bromley, J.; Deakin Crick, R.; Goldspink, C.; Collet, P.; Carbone, A. and Helbing, D.. "The FuturICT education accelerator."
European Physical Journal 214 (2012): 215-243.
Merali, Y. Papadopoulos, T. and Nadkarni, T.. "Information systems strategy: Past, present, future?"
Journal of Strategic Information Systems 21 (2012): 125-153.
Papadopoulos, A., Radnor, Z. and Merali, Y.. "The role of actor associations in understanding the implementation of Lean Thinking in Healthcare"
International Journal Of Operations And Production Management 31 (2011): 167-191.
Merali, Y.. "Beyond Problem Solving"
OR Insight (2011): 5-22.
Snooks, H., Cheung, W. -Y., Close, J., Dale, J., Gaze, S., Humphreys, I., Lyons, R., Mason, S., Merali, Y., Peconi, J., Phillips, C., Phillips, J., Roberts, S., Russell, I., Sánchez, A., Wani, M., Wells, B. and Whitfield, R.. "Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1) trial protocol. Computerised on-scene decision support for emergency ambulance staff to assess and plan care for older people who have fallen: evaluation of costs and benefits using a pragmatic cluster randomised trial"
BMC Public Health 10 (2010): 2.
Papadopoulos, T. and Merali, Y.. "Stakeholder dynamics and the implementation of process innovations: the case of lean thinking in a UK NHS hospital trust"
International Journal Of Healthcare Technology And Management 10 (2009): 303-324.
Papadopoulos, T. and Merali, Y.. "Stakeholder Network Dynamics and Emergent Trajectories of Lean Implementation Projects: A Study in the UK National Health Service"
Public Money and Management 28 (2008): 41-48.
Courtney, J., Merali, Y., Paradice, D. and Wynn, E.. "On the Study of Complexity in Information Systems"
International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach 1 (2007): 37-48.
Allison, I and Merali, Y.. "Software process improvement as emergent change: A structurational analysis"
Information And Software Technology 49 (2007): 668-681.
Merali, Y. and McKelvey, W. "Using Complexity Science to Effect a Paradigm Shift in Information Systems for the 21st Century"
Journal Of Information Technology 21 (2006): 211-215.
Merali, Y.. "Complexity and Information Systems: The Emergent Domain"
Journal Of Information Technology 21 (2006): 216-228.
Meadows M and Merali, Y.. "Process Improvement with Vision: A financial services case study"
Systemic Practice and Action Research 16 (2003): 171-195.
Merali, Y.. "The Role of Boundaries in Knowledge Processes"
European Journal Of Information Systems 11 (2002): 47-60.

Book Chapters

Merali, Y. and Bennett, Z.. "Web 2.0 and Enterprise Intelligence"
Context and Semantics for Knowledge Management - Technologies for Personal Productivity (2011)2: 11-28.
Merali, Y. and Allen, P.. "Complexity and systems thinking"
The SAGE handbook of complexity and management (2011)1: 31-52.
Merali, Y.. "Complexity and the services science agenda"
Service science, management and engineering education for the 21st century (2008): 285-293.
Kim, H., Merali, Y. and Huang, J.. "An E-Government Case Study: IT -Enabled Change in SCRO"
Managing Strategic Enterprise Systems and E-government Initiatives in Asia: A Case Book (2004)
Merali, Y.. "Complexity and Information Systems"
Social Theory and Philosophy of Information Systems (2004): 407-446.

All Publications [recent...]

Journal Articles

Njihia, M. and Merali, Y.. "The Broader Context for ICT4D Projects: A Morphogenetic Analysis"
MIS Quarterly (2013)
Muhd Khairulzaman Abdul Kadir, E.L. Hines, Kefaya Qaddoum, Rosemary Collier, Elizabeth Dowler, Wyn Grant, Mark Leeson, Daciana Iliescu, Arjunan Subramanian, Keith Richards, Yasmin Merali and Richard Napier. "Food Security Risk Level Assessment: A Fuzzy Logic based Approach"
Applied Artificial Intelligence (2013)
Johnson, J.; Buckingham Shum, S.; Willis, A.; Bishop, S.; Zamenopoulos, T.; Swithenby, S.; MacKay, R.; Merali, Y.; Lorincz, A.; Costea, C.; Bourgine, P.; Lou¸c˜a, J.; Kapenieks, A.; Kelly, P.; Caird, S.; Bromley, J.; Deakin Crick, R.; Goldspink, C.; Collet, P.; Carbone, A. and Helbing, D.. "The FuturICT education accelerator."
European Physical Journal 214 (2012): 215-243.
Merali, Y. Papadopoulos, T. and Nadkarni, T.. "Information systems strategy: Past, present, future?"
Journal of Strategic Information Systems 21 (2012): 125-153.
Papadopoulos, A., Radnor, Z. and Merali, Y.. "The role of actor associations in understanding the implementation of Lean Thinking in Healthcare"
International Journal Of Operations And Production Management 31 (2011): 167-191.
Merali, Y.. "Beyond Problem Solving"
OR Insight (2011): 5-22.
Snooks, H., Cheung, W. -Y., Close, J., Dale, J., Gaze, S., Humphreys, I., Lyons, R., Mason, S., Merali, Y., Peconi, J., Phillips, C., Phillips, J., Roberts, S., Russell, I., Sánchez, A., Wani, M., Wells, B. and Whitfield, R.. "Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1) trial protocol. Computerised on-scene decision support for emergency ambulance staff to assess and plan care for older people who have fallen: evaluation of costs and benefits using a pragmatic cluster randomised trial"
BMC Public Health 10 (2010): 2.
Papadopoulos, T. and Merali, Y.. "Stakeholder dynamics and the implementation of process innovations: the case of lean thinking in a UK NHS hospital trust"
International Journal Of Healthcare Technology And Management 10 (2009): 303-324.
Papadopoulos, T. and Merali, Y.. "Stakeholder Network Dynamics and Emergent Trajectories of Lean Implementation Projects: A Study in the UK National Health Service"
Public Money and Management 28 (2008): 41-48.
Courtney, J., Merali, Y., Paradice, D. and Wynn, E.. "On the Study of Complexity in Information Systems"
International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach 1 (2007): 37-48.
Allison, I and Merali, Y.. "Software process improvement as emergent change: A structurational analysis"
Information And Software Technology 49 (2007): 668-681.
Merali, Y. and McKelvey, W. "Using Complexity Science to Effect a Paradigm Shift in Information Systems for the 21st Century"
Journal Of Information Technology 21 (2006): 211-215.
Merali, Y.. "Complexity and Information Systems: The Emergent Domain"
Journal Of Information Technology 21 (2006): 216-228.
Meadows M and Merali, Y.. "Process Improvement with Vision: A financial services case study"
Systemic Practice and Action Research 16 (2003): 171-195.
Merali, Y.. "The Role of Boundaries in Knowledge Processes"
European Journal Of Information Systems 11 (2002): 47-60.
Merali, Y.. "Individual and Collective Congruence in the Knowledge Management Process"
Journal of Strategic Information Systems (2001)
Merali, Y.. "Organic Metaphors in the Study of Knowledge Management"
Emergence: Complexity and Organization 2 (2000): 14-22.
Merali, Y. and Snowden D. "Complexity and Organic Knowledge Management"
Emergence: Complexity and Organization 2 (2000): 5-6.
Merali, Y.. "Informed Decisions"
People Management (1999)
Merali, Y.. "Information Systems: a Discipline for the New Renaissance"
Systemist, The 17 (1995): 14-17.
Merali, Y. and McKiernan P. "Integrating Information Systems after a Merger: Key Success Factors"
Long Range Planning 28 (1995): 54-62.
Galliers R D, Merali, Y. and Spearing L. "Coping with Information Technology? How British Executives perceive the key issues in the mid-1990s"
Journal Of Information Technology 9 (1994): 223-238.
Merali, Y. and Martin A. "Metaphor in Information Systems Teaching and Research"
Systemist, The 16 (1994): 12-20.
Merali, Y. and McKiernan P. "The Strategic Importance of Information Systems in Post Acquisition Management"
Long Range Planning (1993)
Merali, Y. and McKiernan P. "The Strategic Positioning of Information Systems in Post-Acquisition Management"
Journal of Strategic Information Systems 2 (1993): 105-124.
Merali, Y.. "Analytic Data Flow Diagrams: an Alternative to Physicalism"
Systemist, The 14 (1992): 190-198.

Books

Galliers R D and Merali, Y.. "Developing and Implementing Information Systems"
(1993)

Book Chapters

Merali, Y. and Bennett, Z.. "Web 2.0 and Enterprise Intelligence"
Context and Semantics for Knowledge Management - Technologies for Personal Productivity (2011)2: 11-28.
Merali, Y. and Allen, P.. "Complexity and systems thinking"
The SAGE handbook of complexity and management (2011)1: 31-52.
Merali, Y.. "Complexity and the services science agenda"
Service science, management and engineering education for the 21st century (2008): 285-293.
Kim, H., Merali, Y. and Huang, J.. "An E-Government Case Study: IT -Enabled Change in SCRO"
Managing Strategic Enterprise Systems and E-government Initiatives in Asia: A Case Book (2004)
Merali, Y.. "Complexity and Information Systems"
Social Theory and Philosophy of Information Systems (2004): 407-446.
Merali, Y.. "'Building and Developing Capabilities: A Cognitive Congruence Framework'"
Knowledge Management and Organisational Competence (2001): 41-62.
Merali, Y.. "Self Organising Communities"
Liberating Knowledge - Business Guide on Knowledge Management), CBI series (2000): 80-87.
Merali, Y.. "Identity and Boundary Management in Synergistic Relationships"
Synergy Matters: Working with Systems in the 21st Century (1999)
Merali, Y. and McGee John. "Planning the Migration: Re-Writing the Script for the Corporate Centre"
New Managerial Mindsets: Organisational Transformation and Strategy Implementation (1998): 325-351.
Merali, Y. and McGee John. "Information Competences and Knowledge Creation at the Corporate Centre"
Strategic Flexibility: Managing in a Turbulent Economy (1998): 195-218.
Merali, Y.. "Information, Systems and Dasein"
Systems for Sustainability: People Organisations and Environments (1997): 595-600.
Merali, Y.. "Information Systems Development Systems: What Gives?"
Addressing Global Issues (1993): 403-408.