John Politis PhD

Educational Qualifications/Professional Development

• Ph.D in Management (Business Leadership) – 2001, Graduate School of Business, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
  
  
• Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Management – 1996, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
  
  
• Diplom-Ingenieur, Mechanical (5 years study – German equivalent to M.S. degree) – 1988, Aristotelion University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  
  
• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) – 1984, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
  
  
• Certificate in Aircraft Engineering – 1981, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne, Australia.
  
  
• Certificate in Aircraft Mechanics – 1977, Kronos Technical College, Athens, Greece.
  
  
• Professional Development
  
• Graduate Certificate on Online Education and Training – 2003, Institute of Education, University of London, London, United Kingdom. Taken as professional development to enhance my online educational skills.
  
  
• M.B.A (Engineering Management) – 1992, Century University, New Mexico, USA. Taken as professional development at the time when practicing engineering management.
  
  

Academic Experience

• 2003– present, Curriculum Leader of the Engineering Management Program, Higher Colleges of Technology, Ministry of Higher Education, United Arab Emirates.
• 2001-2003, Chair: Programs Quality Assurance (PQA) @ Dubai Men’s College , Higher Colleges of Technology, Ministry of Higher Education, United Arab Emirates.
• 2000– present, pioneering Faculty and Course Co-ordinator of the Business and Engineering Management Programs, Faculty of Business and Engineering Management, Higher Colleges of Technology, Ministry of Higher Education, United Arab Emirates.
• 2000– 2007, Adjunct Lecturer and Subject Convenor for the Discipline of Operations and Technology Management, Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia – Teaching in Australia and South East Asia.
• 1999–2000, Lecturer of Management, Faculty of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Sydney International Campus, Australia.
• 1996–2000, Adjunct Lecturer of Operations Management, School of Management, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
• 1996–1999, Adjunct Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator, Graduate School of Management, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
  
  
• Teaching Areas: Organisational Behaviour, Leadership, HRM, Operations Management, Business Process Management, Project Management, Total Quality Management, and Technology Management.
  
  
• Research Interests: Organisational Behaviour, Leadership, Self-managing Teams, HRM and Knowledge Management.

Executive Development Programs

• Politis, J. D. (2006 Dec - 2007 Jan). Train Mashreqbank Executives in the subject of Introduction to Quantitative Methods to Business, including SPSS @ Mashreqbank Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Contact Mr. Yuvakumar, Assistant Vice President - Training & Development Mashreq Learning Systems, http://mashreqbank.com/, Tel.+971 4 7066864, Email:
  
  
• Politis, J. D. (2004, 27 April). Lecturer in the subject of Quality Function Deployment and Leadership Styles @ Dubai Police, Contact Officer, Kamel Buti Al Suwaidi, Director General Department of Operations, Dubai Police General HQ, United Arab Emirates, P.O. Box 1493, Tel. +971 4 2627862.
  
  
• Politis, J. D. (2004, 6 April). Lecturer in the subject of Interpersonal Trust, Managerial Power and Knowledge Management @ Dubai Police, Contact Officer, Kamel Buti Al Suwaidi, Director General Department of Operations, Dubai Police General HQ, United Arab Emirates, P.O. Box 1493, Tel. +971 4 2627862.
  
  
• Politis, J. D. (2000, 08 May). Special guest lecturer in the subject of Global Operations Management @ UTS MBA Program, Contact Professor, Serge Mukhi, Professor and Special Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Business, University of Technology, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Sydney, Australia, Tel. +61-2-9514 3197, Email:
  
  
• Politis, J. D. (2000, 28 April – 07 May). Lecturer in the subject of Operations Management for the MBA Program in Hong Kong, Contact Professor, Bob Hunt, Director, Centre for Management Innovation and Technology (CMIT), Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia, Tel. +61-2-9850 9627, Email:

Industrial Experience

• 1997–1999, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and Technology R&D Manager and Advisor to the General Manager, Boeing Australia Limited (Former Hawker de Havilland), Australia
  Projects Included: MD Explorer Commercial Helicopter, Airbus A330/340, Airbus A320, Douglas Elevators MD80/90, Boeing Elevators 777, Boeing 737; 747 Doors and Lockheed Martin C130 Hercules Flaps.
• 1993–1997, Procurement, Production Control and Administration Support Manager, Aerospace Composites Manufacturing, Hawker de Havilland, Australia.
• 1991-1993, Production Control and Design Leader of the McDonnell Douglas Explorer Commercial Helicopter, Hawker de Havilland, Australia.
• 1988–1991, Maintenance, Facilities and Expansions Programs Manager, Hellenic Vehicle Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 1987–1991, Project Manager for U.S.A, Germany and Switzerland projects, Hellenic Vehicle Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 1984–1987, Manufacturing and Quality Control Manager, Hellenic Vehicle Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 1977–1984, Production Supervisor, Quality Assurance Officer and Aircraft Mechanic, Government Aircraft Factories, Melbourne, Australia.

Industrial Special Projects

• Project leader for the introduction of the Neo-KAIZEN Demonstrator under the supervision of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS), Hawker de Havilland, Australia – 1998–1999.
• Project leader of the Virtual Enterprise Workbench for Supporting Rapid Global Business Development under the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS), Toyo Engineering (Japan), Griffith University and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Australia) – 1998–1999.
• Project leader for the introduction of the Part Tracking and Scheduling System (Shop Management System) of the Aerospace Composite Division, Hawker de Havilland, Australia – 1997–1998.
• Project Manager of the Autoclave Scheduler Program under the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, New South Wales University and Hawker de Havilland, Australia – 1996–1997.

Industry Interaction

• Interaction between the Co-operative Research Center (CRC), Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS), University of Western Sydney (UWS), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Hawker de Havilland, Australia, with specific objective of developing, testing and disseminating technology to support continuous improvement.

Books and Book Chapters

• Politis, J. D. (2005). Developing a book on the subject of Project Management for Higher Colleges of Technology students, Ministry of Higher Education, United Arab Emirates. In progress
• Politis, J. D. (2003). Operations Management, 1st edition, Higher Colleges of Technology, Ministry of Higher Education, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
• Politis, J. D. (2001). Developed eight out of the ten chapters of a book on the subject of Operations Management for Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia, and the Australian Institute of Management, Australia.

Self-leadership, Team Performance and Job Satisfaction

14. Politis, J. D. (2006). Self-leadership behavioural-focused strategies and team performance: The mediating influence of job satisfaction, The Leadership and Organizational Development Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 203 - 216.

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Self-Management and Creativity

13. Politis, J. D. (2005). Dispersed leadership predictor of the work environment for creativity and productivity. European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 182-204.

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Managerial Power and Knowledge Acquisition

12. Politis, J. D. (2005).  The influence of managerial power and credibility on knowledge acquisition attributes. The Leadership and Organizational Development Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 197-214.

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QFD and Creativity

11. Politis, J. D. (2005). QFD, organisational creativity and productivity. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 59-71.

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Friendship and Knowledge Acquisition

10. Politis J. D. (Jan. 2005). Networking: the relationship between friendship values-sociability and knowledge acquisition attributes. International Journal of Applied Management, ISSN 1742-2590, Vol. 1, Issue 3, Pages 17. (http://managementjournals.com/journals/management/article98.php).

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Transformational Leadership and Creativity

9. Politis, J. D. (Dec. 2004). Transformational and transactional leadership predictors of the ‘stimulant’ determinants to creativity in organisational work environments. The Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, ISSN 1479-4411, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Paper 3, pp. 23-34. (http://ejkm.com/volume-2/v2i2/v2-i2-art3-abstract.htm).

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