Alan Eardley

Alan Eardley is the Director of the MRes Scheme in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology at Staffordshire University, as well as being Associate Head of Postgraduate Research Studies. He has considerable commercial experience in management and systems analysis in a variety of industries, and has worked as an academic for over twenty four years in schools of business and computing. He has participated in a number of industrial collaborations and consultancy projects and has co-authored five text books on IS and the use of IT in business. Eardley has a first class honours degree in Business, a Masters degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Strategic Information Systems. His current research into knowledge management, research methods and strategic planning in business and healthcare applications has resulted in a number of publications in international journals and conferences.

Publications

A Survey of Critical Success Factors in Implementing KM in ASEAN Service-Based SMEs
A Survey of Critical Success Factors in Implementing KM in ASEAN Service-Based SMEs
Alan Eardley, Elahe Mohammadi, Bridget Merliza. © 2013. 13 pages.
This paper explores the critical success factors (CSF) for implementing knowledge management (KM), in service-based Southeast Asian (ASEAN) small- to medium-sized enterprises...
The Use of ‘Web 2.0’ and Social Software in Support of Professional Learning Communities
The Use of ‘Web 2.0’ and Social Software in Support of Professional Learning Communities
Alan Eardley, Lorna Uden. © 2012. 11 pages.
Innovative Knowledge Management: Concepts for Organizational Creativity and Collaborative Design
Innovative Knowledge Management: Concepts for Organizational Creativity and Collaborative Design
Alan Eardley, Lorna Uden. © 2011. 422 pages.
Knowledge and creativity are now the major driving forces behind pioneering companies that are achieving competitive edge crucial to competing in today''s economy....
The Use of ‘Web 2.0’ and Social Software in Support of Professional Learning Communities
The Use of ‘Web 2.0’ and Social Software in Support of Professional Learning Communities
Alan Eardley, Lorna Uden. © 2011. 11 pages.
This chapter examines the ‘happy convergence’ of two emerging social and technological trends. The first is the evolution of educational processes and methods from a traditional...
Knowledge Sharing in the Learning Proces: Experience with Problem-Based Learning
Knowledge Sharing in the Learning Proces: Experience with Problem-Based Learning
Lorna Uden, Alan Eardley. © 2011. 15 pages.
Knowledge is the most important resource of an organisation. The exchange of knowledge and knowledge management enhance organisational learning that in turn leads to innovation....
Complexity and Clarity: The Knowledge Strategy Dilemma – Some Help from MaKE
Complexity and Clarity: The Knowledge Strategy Dilemma – Some Help from MaKE
Peter Sharp, Alan Eardley, Hanifa Shah. © 2011. 14 pages.
Organisations face a great problem. How can they create a knowledge management (KM) strategy that takes account of the complexity of knowledge issues in their organisation and be...
The Usability of Social Software
The Usability of Social Software
Lorna Uden, Alan Eardley. © 2010. 11 pages.
Emergent Web 2.0 technologies and applications (such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, mashups, and folksonomies) present a range of opportunities and benefits and are increasingly used...
The Usability of Social Software
The Usability of Social Software
Lorna Uden, Alan Eardley. © 2010. 11 pages.
Emergent Web 2.0 technologies and applications (such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, mashups, and folksonomies) present a range of opportunities and benefits and are increasingly used...
Methods for Developing Flexible Strategic Information Systems: Is the Answer Already Out There?
Methods for Developing Flexible Strategic Information Systems: Is the Answer Already Out There?
Alan Eardley, Hanifa Shah, June Lazander-Reed. © 2003. 23 pages.
This chapter begins by looking at the changing nature of business strategy as flexible strategies become more important in a changing business environment. It then reviews the...