
Alexander Budzier
Fellow in Management Practice in the Field of Information Systems
- alexander.budzier@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1HP
Profile
Alexander's research focuses on the challenges of managing projects, not only in the field of IT but also in hard and soft infrastructure, energy, mega events and organisational change.
He teaches and develops courses on project and programme management, risk management, and systems thinking. At Oxford, he regularly teaches on the MSc for Major Programme Management, the MBA and MPP programme and at the Major Project Leadership Academy, a leadership development programme for the top project managers in the UK civil service.
Alexander works with private and public sector organisations to build their individual and organisational capabilities to master the challenges of working with, in and around projects and programmes.
He completed his doctoral studies at Saïd Business School in 2014. Prior to joining Oxford he worked at T-Mobile International and was a consultant with McKinsey's Business Technology Office in Düsseldorf and Chicago, where he advised clients on IT and operations issues.
Research
Alexander’s current research focuses on the challenges of IT-enabled change, novel ways of project set-ups and the risks of projects.
Publications
Mind the gap: towards performance measurement beyond a plan-execute logic(opens in new window)
- Journal article
- International Journal of Project Management
The empirical reality of IT project cost overruns: discovering a power-law distribution(opens in new window)
- Journal article
- Journal of Management Information Systems
AI in Action: How the Hong Kong Development Bureau Built the PSS, an Early-Warning-Sign System for Public Works Projects
- Journal article
Road Work Ahead: The Emerging Revolution in the Road Construction Industry
- Journal article
Regression to the tail: Why the Olympics blow up(opens in new window)
- Journal article
- Environment and Planning A
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