Overview

Courses taught
Tutorials in Technology and Operations Management – BA Economics and Management (EM)
Tutorials in Technology and Operations Management – MSc Engineering, Economics and Management (EEM)
Project Supervision – MSc Engineering, Economics and Management (EEM)

Expertise

Supply Chain Management (SCM) and logistics – focus on Information Technology, Information Systems in SCM and supply chain performance measurement
Performance measurement and evaluation – focus on Information Systems, e-business and supply chains
Sustainability in supply chains, sustainability indicators and measures
Electronic procurement (e-procurement) systems

Overview

Dr Wojciech Piotrowicz joined the Saïd Business School in 2006, and in 2009 became a permanent member of the Faculty of Management. He also spent two years at the University of Canterbury as a researcher. Before moving to the UK, Wojciech was employed as a researcher and project manager at the research institute of the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure (Maritime Institute in Gdansk). He also taught at the University of Gdansk in Poland for over three years. Prior to joining academia he was a department manager at an IT company, where he was responsible for the LAN and fibre optics department.

Wojciech received a Master degree in Economics from the University of Gdansk in Poland, a doctorate in Management Studies from Brunel University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from the University of Oxford.

He is a member of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management and Operations Management group. In addition, Wojciech is a key contact of the Higher Education Academy at the Saïd Business School.

Current research

Performance measurement in supply chains (social, economic and environmental measures, costs benefits and risks)
Information Systems evaluation (impact on sustainability and the environment)
Historical development of quality control and performance measurement
Supply chain development in emerging markets
Content, Context, Process framework in Information Systems

Book Sections

Piotrowicz, W (2011). Monitoring Performance, in: Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Practical Ideas for Moving Towards Best Practice, by Cetinkaya B., Cuthbertson R., Ewer G., Klaas-Wissing T., Piotrowicz W. and Ch. Tyssen, Springer Publishing.
Piotrowicz, W. (2009). Technology in E-business, in: E-business, Management perspective. J. Reynolds (ed.). Oxford , Oxford University Press.
Cuthbertson R, Piotrowicz W (2009), Transferring best practices, in: Best Practices in Logistics and Supply Management. K, Rutkowski (ed.). Warsaw School of Economics-Publishing, Warsaw

Journal Publications

Cuthbertson R, Piotrowicz W (forthcoming), Performance Measurement Systems in Supply Chains – a framework for contextual analysis, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
Piotrowicz W, Irani, Z (2010). Analysing B2B electronic procurement benefits – Information Systems perspective. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 23(4) 559 - 579
Piotrowicz W, Cuthbertson R, (2009). Sustainability – new dimension in information systems evaluation. Journal of Enterprise Information Management 22(5) 492-503
Cuthbertson R, Piotrowicz W (2008), Supply chain best practices – identification and categorisation of measures and benefits, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 57(5): 389-404

Peer-reviewed conference papers

Piotrowicz, W. and Irani, Z (2008), Information systems evaluation in context – impact of the corporate level. published in: Proceedings of European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems 2008 (EMCIS2008) May 25-26 2008, Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai
Piotrowicz, W., Cuthbertson, R. and G. Islei (2007). Sustainable supply chain – framework for best practices assessment Results of the pilot study. WSEAS Conference, Crete. Greece. Selected as one of the conference ”best papers”.
Phillips, P. and W. Piotrowicz (2005). The (dis)benefits of e-procurement: a case study analysis. British Academy of Management - Challenges of Organisations in Global Markets. University of Oxford, British Academy of Management.
Piotrowicz, W. (2004). Logistics processes modelling. 38th International Conference MOSIS 04, Modelling and Simulation of Systems, Ostrava, Czech Republic, MARQ.
Piotrowicz, W. (2003). The Balanced Scorecard methodology and Customer Relationship Management. 4th International conference of PhD students, Miskolc, Hungary, University of Miszkolc. Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre.

Journal and magazines publications

Piotrowicz W. (2010/11). 25 years of Supply Chain Management in Retailing, The Retail Digest, Summer 2010-Spring 2011, 34-45
Piotrowicz W. (2009). Retail reflection. Shopping on the other side of “Iron Curtain”, The Retail Digest, Summer 2009, 12-21
Piotrowicz W. (2008). Looking beyond Supply Chain. Simple solutions in a complex world?, The Retail Digest, Summer 2008, 4-7
Piotrowicz W. (2008). Designing Closed-loop Supply Chain: Implementation of the WEEE directive in the UK, The European Retail Digest 56: 12-15

Selected publications are available at:
http://oxford.academia.edu/WojciechPiotrowicz/Papers  or
http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/wojciech-piotrowicz

Honours and awards

Outstanding Paper Award Winner, the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010
Saïd Business School Merit Award, University of Oxford, 2007