Professor Sharm Manwani
Executive Professor of IT and Digital Leadership
Specialisms
- Strategic Alignment & Transformation,
- IT & Digital Leadership,
- Global IT,
- Business Design and EA,
- Information Management
Location
EH 516, Greenlands campus
Sharm Manwani is the Executive Professor of IT and Digital Leadership at Henley. His ongoing research with McKinsey is generating Enterprise Architecture best practices for Digital Transformation. He has many academic and professional publications, winning the Henley Doctoral Research Paper prize for his study of business and IT alignment in multinationals.
As a European CIO at Diageo and Electrolux, Sharm led several international change programmes generating new business and operating models. He utilised this experience to create and direct three successful Business IT Transformation programmes for corporates and consultancies. An invitation followed to advise the European Commission on Digital Leadership education with results presented in workshops across Europe.
Sharm is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a judge for their IT awards. He has presented at many conferences and consults with large organisations on Digital Leadership and Business Transformation. His book on IT Enabled Business Change aligns to a BCS qualification.
Reference: Burtscher, C. , Greve, P. and Manwani, S. (2022) Business design in a changing world: align and design enterprises for value. Authors.
Reference: Manwani, S. and Bossert, O. (2019) Agile transformation in a VUCA world: EA lessons from digital leaders. In: 4th BEE Conference, May 2019, Dubrovnik.
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Reference: Dover, P. A., Manwani, S. and Munn, D. (2018) Creating learning solutions for executive education programs. International Journal of Management Education, 16 (1). pp. 80-91. ISSN 1472-8117 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2017.12.002
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Reference: Manwani, S. and Lancelott, M. (2018) Business design management education: case insights. Poslovna izvrsnost, 12 (2). pp. 71-78. ISSN 1848-9060 doi: https://doi.org/10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.71
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Reference: Bossert, O., Fehskens, L., Manwani, S. and Sokalski, J. (2017) Business value of enterprise architecture – why CEOs should recognize and empower their EA departments: key takeaways from the McKinsey & Company and Henley Business School EA Survey. Journal of Enterprise Architecture. ISSN 2166-6792
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Reference: Manwani, S. and Pult, S. (2017) The dynamic capability of IT-enabled business transformation. In: SKM Competence-based Strategic Management, 28 - 29 Sep 2017, Berlin.
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Reference: Manwani, S. (2017) Consistency of enterprise architecture. In: Krafzig, D., Deb, M. and Frick, M. (eds.) Digital Cookbook. Dirk Krafzig, pp. 236-240. ISBN 978398189408
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Reference: Manwani, S. and Bossert, O. (2016) The challenges and responses for enterprise architects in the digital age. Journal of Enterprise Architecture, 12 (3). pp. 6-9. ISSN 2166-6792
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Reference: Manwani, S. and Quek, F. (2016) Dealing with the unexpected: time for disruptive leadership - a case study. In: BAM2016 Conference, 6 - 8 September 2016, Newcastle University.
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Reference: Manwani, S. and McAran, D. (2016) The five forces of technology adoption. In: Nah, F. F.-H. and Tan, C.-H. (eds.) HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations: eCommerce and Innovation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 545-555. ISBN 9783319393957 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39396-4
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Reference: Manwani, S. (2015) Creating learning solutions for executive education programmes. In: 3rd Annual Research in Management Learning and Education (RMLE) Unconference, 21-25 Jun 2015, Lima, Peru. (ISBN: 9780980458541)
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Reference: Manwani, S. (2015) The role of enterprise architecture in digital business. Journal of Enterprise Architecture.
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Reference: McAran, D. and Manwani, S. (2014) A gestalt generated from grounded theory concerning intuition in IS research. In: 13th European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management, 16-17 June 2014, Cass Business School, London, pp. 286-295.
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Reference: Pult, S. and Manwani, S. (2014) Towards a framework for managing IT-enabled change, sourcing and governance. In: 2nd International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance, 20 - 21 March 2014, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA.
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Reference: McAran, D. and Manwani, S. (2013) Characterizing intuition in information systems research. In: Proceedings of the European Conference on Research Methods, July 4-7th 2013, Guimaraes, Portugal.
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Reference: Shaw, N. and Manwani, S. (2013) Content validation for level of use of feature rich systems: a Delphi study of electronic medical records systems. Information Research, 18 (1). 558. ISSN 1368-1613 (Shaw, N. & Manwani, S. (2013). Content validation for level of use of feature rich systems: a Delphi study of electronic medical records systems. Information Research, 18(1) paper 558. [Available at http://InformationR.net/ir/18-1/paper558.html])
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Reference: Pult, S. and Manwani, S. (2013) Evaluating the interdependencies between managing business change, IT sourcing and IT governance. In: The International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance, 7-8 February 2013, Bangkok University, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 387-395.
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Reference: Balhareth, H. B., Liu, K. and Manwani, S. (2012) Achieving business and IT alignment from organisational learning perspectives. In: International Conference on Business Information Systems (ICBIS’12), 27-28 June 2012, Paris, France, pp. 937-940. (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Issue 66, June 2012)
Reference: Balhareth, H., Liu, K. and Manwani, S. (2012) Aligning business and IT from multi-level learning perspectives. In: The 17th UKAIS Conference on Information Systems, 27-28 March 2012, Oxford, UK.
Reference: Shaw, N. and Manwani, S. (2011) Extending feature usage: a study of the post-adoption of electronic medical records. In: The 19th European Conference on Information Systems, 9-11 June, 2011, Helsinki, Finland.
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Reference: Manwani, S. and Carr, R. (2011) Driving service agility: a longitudinal case in Yell. In: ICDS 2011, The Fifth International Conference on Digital Society, 23 - 28 February 2011, Gosier, Guadeloupe, France, pp. 13-17.
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Reference: Manwani, S. (2010) The agile governance of business IT projects. In: 6th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance, 28-29 October 2010, Wroclaw, Poland.
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Reference: Manwani, S. (2010) The role of the sponsor in business change. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, 9 (12). pp. 167-176. ISSN 1447-9575
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Reference: Manwani, S. and Beaven, R. (2009) Re-energising business change: a Thomson Reuters case study. In: British Academy of Management Conference, 15-17 Sept, Brighton.
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Reference: Manwani, S. (2009) IT-enabled change: a lifecycle approach. In: 11th ICISO (IFIP WG8.1 Working Conference): Information systems in the changing era: theory & practice, 11-12 Apr 2009, Beijing, China.
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Reference: Manwani, S. , O’Leary, T. and Shore, B. (2009) The role of the sponsor: stewardship and leadership. In: GITMA, 14 Jun 2009, Mexico City. (Unpublished)
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Reference: Burtscher, C. , Manwani, S. and Remenyi, D. (2009) Towards a conceptual map of IT governance: a review of current academic and practitioner thinking. In: UK Academy for Information Systems Conference: Positive Information Systems, 31 Mar - 1 Apr 2009, Oxford, UK. (Paper 15)
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Reference: Manwani, S. , Fishwick, M. and Rankin, G. (2008) Information ambidexterity: an exploratory case study of skills development. Journal of Information Technologies Cases and Applications, 10 (3).
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Reference: Manwani, S. (2008) IT enabled business change: successful management. British Computer Society, Swindon. ISBN 9781902505916
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Reference: Manwani, S. (2008) Developing an IT-enabled change lifecycle: theory and practice. In: Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) Conference, 22-24 June, Atlanta, USA . (Unpublished)
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Reference: Palvia, P., Baqir, N. and Manwani, S. (2007) Global information technology architecture: foundations and organizational issues. In: Palvia, P., Palvia, S. and Harris, A. (eds.) Global information technology: strategy and challenges. Ivy League Publishing, Marietta, GA. ISBN 0964838249
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Reference: Manwani, S. and Moon, S. (2004) Managing information overload. In: Truch, E. (ed.) Leveraging corporate knowledge. The Gower Developments in Business Series. Gower, Aldershot, pp. 199-210. ISBN 9780566085765
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Reference: Manwani, S. and O'Keefe, R. (2003) The IT contribution in developing a transnational capability at Electrolux. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 12 (2). pp. 111-128. ISSN 0963-8687 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0963-8687(03)00019-2
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Reference: Manwani, S. (2002) Global IT architecture: who calls the tune? Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 5 (4).
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Specialisms
- Strategic Alignment & Transformation
- IT & Digital Leadership
- Global IT
- Business Design and EA
- Information Management
Location
EH 516, Greenlands campus
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