Lecturer in Business Systems (Project Management)
I am in the last stage of my doctoral program (PhD Business Administration) in the Decision and Cognitive Science Research Centre, Manchester Business School.
The expected award date is July 2012. I am a member of the Business and Information Systems Research Centre (BISC) at the University of Bedfordshire, and a member of the Project Management Research Group in the Department of Business Systems.
Other References
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Qualifications
- MSc Project Management – Heriot-Watt University
- BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering with specialisation in Construction Project Management ( top-of-class grade) – Al-Baath University, Syria
Teaching Expertise
- Currently teaching Quality and Risk Management unit in the MSc Project Management course and Foundation of Business Management unit on the BA (Hons) Business Management course
- Worked as a teaching assistant in Manchester Business School, Strathclyde Business School and the faculty of Civil Engineering in Al-Baath University in Syria
Industry Experience
- Between 2003 and 2006 worked as a construction project manager in a private construction company in Syria
Other Roles
- First year student manager of the BA (Hons) Business Management course in Bedford Campus
- Employability fellow representing the Department of Business Systems at the Employability Committee of the University of Bedfordshire
Teaching Interests
- Project management
- Risk and value management
- Decision making
- Business management
Research Interests and Research Supervision
- Multi-criteria decision making
- Decision making and risk analysis
- Value and risk management
- Project appraisal and feasibility studies
- Project performance analysis
- Total quality management
- Sustainability and sustainable development
- Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
Publications
- Taroun, A. and Yang, J.B. (2013). “DSS for Construction Project Risk Analysis and Evaluation via Evidential Reasoning”. Working paper. Aimed at European Journal of Operational Research
- Taroun, A. (2013). “Rethinking Risk Assessment in Construction Management: A New Risk Model and a new Assessment Methodology”. Working Paper. Aimed at Construction Management and Economics
- Taroun, A. and Yang, J.B. (2012), “A DST-based Approach for Project Evaluation in Construction Industry”. Submitted to Journal of Operational Research Society
- Taroun, A. (2012), “On the Actual Practice of Risk Assessment in the UK Construction Project Management”. Working Paper. Aimed at International Journal of Project Management
- Taroun, A. (2012). “Measuring the Greys in Bid/No-bid Decision-making, not Only the Blacks and Whites”. Working Paper. Aimed at International Journal of Project Management
- Taroun, A. and Yang, J.B. (2011), “Dempster-Shafer Theory of Evidence: Potential Usage for Decision Making and Risk Analysis in Construction Project Management”, Journal of Built and Human Environment Review, Vol. 4 (1), 155-166
- Taroun, A., Yang, J.B. and Lowe, D. (2011), “Construction Risk Modelling and Assessment: Insights from a Literature Review”, Journal of Built and Human Environment Review, Vol. 4 (1), 87-97
- Taroun, A. (2010) “Dempster-Shafer Theory of Evidence in construction industry; applications in decision making and risk analysis” ARCOM doctoral research workshop (Decision-Making across Levels, Time and Space: Exploring Theories, Methods and Practices) The University of Manchester
Contact Details
T: +44 (0)1234 793141
E:
abdulmaten.taroun@beds.ac.uk
