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Why and how should we phase in the big lecture in post-pandemic teaching of Business courses? An ideation workshop (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chipulu, M. (2021, July). Why and how should we phase in the big lecture in post-pandemic teaching of Business courses? An ideation workshop. Presented at Advance HE's Teaching and Learning Conference 2021, Online

It is worth considering why and how we should phase in the big lecture in post-pandemic teaching. This ideation workshop intends to generate ideas of configurations of teaching modes whereby the big lecture is one of several, but not the core mode, o... Read More about Why and how should we phase in the big lecture in post-pandemic teaching of Business courses? An ideation workshop.

Public Policy and Projects: Impact of Intranational Jurisdictional Concurrency on Construction Disputes (2021)
Journal Article
Ojiako, G., Chipulu, M., Marshall, A., & Bashir, H. (2021). Public Policy and Projects: Impact of Intranational Jurisdictional Concurrency on Construction Disputes. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29LA.1943-+4170.0000456

Without conclusive settlement of disputes, uses of public sector infrastructure projects as public policy instruments might risk impeachment. With this in mind, we set out in this study to explore how public policy impacts the finality of dispute res... Read More about Public Policy and Projects: Impact of Intranational Jurisdictional Concurrency on Construction Disputes.

Can Twitter messaging help corporations mitigate the impact of ethical scandals? We topic-model pre-scandal tweets of 92 ‘offenders’ to investigate (2021)
Journal Article
Raheja, S., & Chipulu, M. (2021). Can Twitter messaging help corporations mitigate the impact of ethical scandals? We topic-model pre-scandal tweets of 92 ‘offenders’ to investigate. Society and Business Review, 16(3), 420-441. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-10-2020-0122

Purpose – In this exploratory study, we examine whether Twitter messaging can help mitigate the harm corporations suffer in the aftermath of ethical scandals.
Design/methodology/approach – We apply web Application Programming Interfaces (API) on the... Read More about Can Twitter messaging help corporations mitigate the impact of ethical scandals? We topic-model pre-scandal tweets of 92 ‘offenders’ to investigate.

Risk Management as Knowledge Production: Application to Fast-Tracked Complex Multi-Stakeholder Airport Projects (2020)
Book Chapter
Marshall, A. J., Ojiako, U., Williams, T., Al-Mazrooie, J. R., Lin, F., & Chipulu, M. (2020). Risk Management as Knowledge Production: Application to Fast-Tracked Complex Multi-Stakeholder Airport Projects. In H. C. Webb, & H. A. Al Numairy (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Economic Development in Dubai and Comparisons to Its Sister Cities (33-66). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9377-5.ch003

Rapid national infrastructure growth, as witnessed today in many countries such as the United Arab Emirates, commonly makes fast-tracking demands of what are already highly complex multi-stakeholder projects. Considering the long history of airport p... Read More about Risk Management as Knowledge Production: Application to Fast-Tracked Complex Multi-Stakeholder Airport Projects.

On perishable inventory in healthcare: Random expiration dates and age discriminated demand (2020)
Journal Article
Dalalah, D., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2022). On perishable inventory in healthcare: Random expiration dates and age discriminated demand. Journal of Simulation, 16(5), 458-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/17477778.2020.1851614

The aim of the study is to explore how best to mitigate against inventory volatility in perishable inventory, which is characterized by random premature expiration, random demand, irregular supply, age differentiated demand and custom replenishment g... Read More about On perishable inventory in healthcare: Random expiration dates and age discriminated demand.

The analysis of information flow interdependencies within projects (2020)
Journal Article
Bashir, H., Ojiako, U., Marshall, A., Chipulu, M., & Yousif, A. (2022). The analysis of information flow interdependencies within projects. Production Planning and Control, 33(1), 20-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1821115

Information flow exchange within highly distributed, co-located, self-organising and networked projects is critical for successful planning, and ultimately, for successful infrastructure project delivery. While conventional project scheduling methods... Read More about The analysis of information flow interdependencies within projects.

All policies are wrong, but some are useful—and which ones do no harm? (2020)
Journal Article
Brito, M., Chipulu, M., Dawson, I. G., Hanoch, Y., & Katsikopoulos, K. V. (2021). All policies are wrong, but some are useful—and which ones do no harm?. Mind and Society, 20, 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-020-00251-3

The five of us research and teach risk analysis with an eye towards decision support. Our work has been dedicated to taming risks and helping to make challenging decisions. But nothing had prepared us for the Covid-19 pandemic. We first had to grappl... Read More about All policies are wrong, but some are useful—and which ones do no harm?.

An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional 'disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Mazrouie, J. R., Ojiako, U., Williams, T., Chipulu, M., & Marshall, A. (2021). An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional 'disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects. Production Planning and Control, 32(4), 283-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1730997

This article seeks to highlight the essential readiness factors commonly engaged to prevent ‘disastrous openings’ of complex multi-stakeholder infrastructure projects. To identify these readiness factors, we undertook a survey of 724 Operations manag... Read More about An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional 'disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects.

Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, sustainability behaviors than others? A culture theory explanation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chipulu, M. (2020, January). Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, sustainability behaviors than others? A culture theory explanation. Paper presented at Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, Santiago, Chile

In this theoretical study, I consider the question: Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, i.e. beyond self-serving, sustainability behaviors than others? I argue that organisation culture, comprising shared axioms, values, belief... Read More about Why do some organizations exhibit more outwardly oriented, sustainability behaviors than others? A culture theory explanation.

Process Need Areas and Technology Adoption in Construction Site Management (2019)
Journal Article
Ozumba, A., Ojiako, U., Shakantu, W., Marshall, A., & Chipulu, M. (2019). Process Need Areas and Technology Adoption in Construction Site Management. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 24(2), 123-155. https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc2019.24.2.6

The study explores the areas of process need in construction site management and technology utilisation to address those needs within the construction industry. An exploratory case study was used, with a focus on process need areas that could be impa... Read More about Process Need Areas and Technology Adoption in Construction Site Management.

The dependence upon context of project critical success factors: test of the contingency hypothesis and effects of technological uncertainty and collectivism culture (2019)
Journal Article
Chipulu, M., & Vahidi, R. (2020). The dependence upon context of project critical success factors: test of the contingency hypothesis and effects of technological uncertainty and collectivism culture. Production Planning and Control, 31(15), 1261-1275. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1702733

Although the relationship between critical success factors (CSFs) and project performance is established, evidence regarding the dependence on the context of CSFs is patchy. To advance this field, we conduct two complementary studies. Study 1 examin... Read More about The dependence upon context of project critical success factors: test of the contingency hypothesis and effects of technological uncertainty and collectivism culture.

Analysis of Financial Distress across Countries: Using Macroeconomic, Industrial indicators and Accounting Data (2019)
Journal Article
Khoja, L., Chipulu, M., & Jayasekera, R. (2019). Analysis of Financial Distress across Countries: Using Macroeconomic, Industrial indicators and Accounting Data. International Review of Financial Analysis, 66, Article 101379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.101379

This paper applies three-way multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis to examine the nature of insolvency in the Gulf Corporation Council, the United Kingdom and the United States of America between from 2004 to 2012. The findings of this paper... Read More about Analysis of Financial Distress across Countries: Using Macroeconomic, Industrial indicators and Accounting Data.

A dimensional analysis of stakeholder assessment of project outcomes (2019)
Journal Article
Chipulu, M., Ojiako, G., Marshall, A., Williams, T., Bititci, U., Mota, C., Maguire, S., Shou, Y., Thomas, A., Dirani, A., & Stamati, T. (2019). A dimensional analysis of stakeholder assessment of project outcomes. Production Planning and Control, 30(13), 1072-1090. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1567859

Driven by an interest in developing a deeper understanding of stakeholder interests, this study undertakes a dimensional analysis of how different stakeholders assess project outcomes. Most importantly, in our analysis, we take into consideration the... Read More about A dimensional analysis of stakeholder assessment of project outcomes.

Supporting student agency and success in higher education and beyond through the development of assessment feedback skills (the ability to self-monitor and self-evaluate) (2018)
Report
Evans, C., Zhu, X., Chiorean, C., Chipulu, M., Fair, N., Ford, N., Gobbi, M., Grange, L., Harding, I., Harris, L., Lock, J., Lotti, E., Mashanovich, G., Perisic, V., Pettit, S., Spencer, V., Telford, M., & Thorpe, K. (2018). Supporting student agency and success in higher education and beyond through the development of assessment feedback skills (the ability to self-monitor and self-evaluate). Office for Students

A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of “risk appetite” (2018)
Journal Article
Marshall, S., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2019). A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of “risk appetite”. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 27(1), 51-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-06-2017-1175

Purpose
Risk appetite is widely accepted as a guiding metaphor for strategic risk management, yet metaphors for complex practice are hard to critique. This paper aims to apply an analytical framework comprising three categories of flaw – futility, p... Read More about A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of “risk appetite”.

Forecasting unknown-unknowns by boosting the risk radar within the risk intelligent organisation (2018)
Journal Article
Marshall, A., Ojiako, U., Wang, V., Lin, F., & Chipulu, M. (2019). Forecasting unknown-unknowns by boosting the risk radar within the risk intelligent organisation. International Journal of Forecasting, 35(2), 644-658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2018.07.015

This theoretical perspective paper interprets (un)known-(un)known risk quadrants as being formed from both abstract and concrete risk knowledge. It shows that these quadrants are useful for categorising risk forecasting challenges against the levels... Read More about Forecasting unknown-unknowns by boosting the risk radar within the risk intelligent organisation.