Dr Sohrab Moshiri PhD, MBA

About

I am the course leader for MSc. Information Technology Management and I have been involved in curriculum design and delivery and student recruitment at the School of Computing & Digital Technologies from September 2019. Having completed my PhD in Business & Management at Alliance Manchester Business School – University of Manchester in 2017, I have been actively involved in teaching undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education/teaching, and supervision with specific interests in information and enterprise systems, organisational change and stability, strategic management and research methods among other subjects from Sep 2013.

Teaching

School of Computing and Digital Technologies

College of Business, Technology and Engineering

Digital Analytics and Technologies

MSc IT Management

My main area of teaching is Information Systems & Enterprise Systems from business and management perspectives with the focus on Digital Platforms, Business Model Innovation and Digital Transformation for various IS/IT related modules in both postgraduate and undergraduate courses.

• IT Strategy – 55-708539 – Level 7
• Successful Information Systems - 55-704907 - Level 7
• Managing People, Project and Teams - 55-707580 - Level 7
• Strategic Information Systems - 55-710249 - Level 7
• Research Skills & Dissertation - 55-706556 - Level 7
• Business Analysis for Enterprise Systems – 55-500488 - Level 5

Research

My research interests lie in the intersection of technology [materiality] and organising [Social], and methodologically I am interested in qualitative research method design and implementation.

Moshiri, S. Kawalek, P., Wood-Harper, T. “Retroduction & Narratives: Towards a Well-balanced Research Methodology in Studying Sociomateriality in Information Systemsâ€

My research interests lie in the intersection of technology [materiality] and organising [Social], and methodologically I am interested in qualitative research method design and implementation. I have developed a conceptual theoretical framework underpinned by Critical Realist Philosophy in my PhD thesis which explain “Changeâ€

Publications

Postgraduate supervision

PhD & DBA supervision & Examination

I supervised 3 PhDs and 1 DBA to the completion and currently I am supervising two PhD research students at the School of Computing & Digital Technologies. Furthermore, I have been an internal examiner for 2 PhD studies at Sheffield Hallam University and externally examined two PhD research at Loughborough Business School, and University of Bedfordshire.

Completions

• Manuel Diepolder (2025) The Triple Nexus: Digital Transformation of Manufacturing SMEs as Holistic Organizational Change (DBA, with Professor David Wagner)
• Caine, Jamie (2024) The Impact of Ontology on Organisational Strategy: A Critical Validation and Appraisal Study (PhD, with Dr. Simon Polovina)
• Linus Kendal (2021). Critically Stewarding ICTs for Sustainable Agricultural Development (PhD), Department of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University – (with Professor Andy Dearden)
• Panagiotis Lepeniotis (2020) Master Data Management: Its Importance and Reasons for Failed Implementations (PhD), Department of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University – (with Dr Simon Polovina)

In progress

Sophie Glazik (expected to complete by 2025) Communicating Clinical Practice Realities with Human-centred Design, (PhD, RF2 confirmed), Department of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University – (with Dr. Chris Roast)

Sanjeeb Mohanty (expected to complete by 2027) Digital Transformation: Enterprise Digital Transformation - Transforming Lives by reshaping and enhancing Higher Education Ecosystem (PhD, RF2.) – (with Dr Sina Pournouri)