Dr Pradip Sarkar

Position	Lecturer
School / Work Unit	Business Information Technology
Contact Details	+(61 3) 9925 1580 pradipta.sarkar@rmit.edu.au
Location	Building: 108 Level: 17 Room: 42 City Campus
Portfolio	Business

Qualifications

PhD (Title: A Phenomenological Investigation into the Experiences of Web Project Managers”, Deakin University (2004)
Master of Science in Computer Information Systems, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand (1997)
Bachelor of Business Administration, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand (1993)

Research Interests

Primary research areas of current interest include:

Green IT
Evolutionary developments on the Web and Digital Business
Socio-technical and cultural issues in E-Business/E-Government applications development
Digital media and mobile technologies
Post-modernism, Technology, and Society

RMIT Emerging Researcher Grant

A Study of Corporate Environment Policy concerning IT Governance

This research addresses these strategic questions in the context of the Australian IT industry. The main hypothesis is that attitudes and social norms greatly influence an organisation’s behaviour, and thus, determine the outcome of their environmental policy in terms of IT Governance. The research program will use survey and interview approaches in order to assist the development of framework or model that will help organisations generate an IT governance concerning environmental policies

Project Team:
Dr Pradip K. Sarkar
Dr. Leslie W. Young

Externally Funded Research Projects

An Evaluation of Mobile Computing Technologies with Victoria Police

Using the theory of Task Technology Fit, this research evaluates the use and impact of mobile technologies with Victoria Police. It will also identify innovation, benefits and problems, information management and technology issues with mobile technologies for a best practice strategy for the implementation and management of these technologies.

Project Team:
Professor Mohini Singh
Dr Pradip K. Sarkar
Dr. Leslie W. Young

Use of E-Government Services by the Urban Community

This project investigates the diffusion of E-Government in the urban community. Based on the theory of Innovation Diffusion, this research this project explores the diffusion of E-Government services from all three levels of administration with citizens in urban Australia.

Project Team:
Professor Mohini Singh
Dr Pradip K. Sarkar

Teaching Responsibilities

ISYS1051:Business Analysis
INTE1214: E-business Models and Issues
INTE 2412 IT Governance & Change Management

Administrative Responsibilities

Deputy Program Leader – Bachelor of Business Information Systems (BBIS)
Academic Progress Coordinator

Publications

Book Chapters

Sarkar, P. K. and J. L. Cybulski (2004). Requirements Engineering for Web-Based Information Systems. To appear in Engineering and Managing Software Requirements. Aybüke Aurum and Claes Wohlin (Eds.), Springer Verlag.
Sarkar, P. K. and J. L. Cybulski (2002). Analysis of Cultural Conflict in the Development of Web-Enabled Information Systems. E-Commerce and Cultural Values, T. Thanasankit (ed.), Idea Group Publishing.

Refereed Journal Articles

Rahim, M., Sarkar, P. K., Shanks, G., and R. Johnstone (2006), Organizational Motivation and Inter-Organizational Systems Adoption Process: Empirical Evaluation in the Australian Automotive Industry, submitted to the Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO), Idea Group Publishing

Refereed Conference Papers

Singh, M., Sarkar, P., Dissanayake, D. and Pittayachawan, S., 2008, ‘Diffusion of E-Government Services in Australia: Citizens’ Perspectives’, ECIS. 2008, Galway, Ireland, June.
Lenarcic, J., and Sarkar, P. K. (2008). The Long Tail of Blogging: A Nurturing Mechanism for Sustainable Online Communities with Niche Interests, 21th Bled eConference, Bled, Slovenia, June 15-18.
Lenarcic, J., and Sarkar, P. K. (2008), Tragedy of the Blogosphere, 6th CollECTeR Iberoamerica – Madrid, June 25-28.
Sarkar, P. and Singh, M., 2007, ‘Narrowing The Digital Divide: The Australian Situation’, ‘proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on e-Society 2007, July 3 to 6, Lisbon, Portugal – BEST PAPER AWARD.
Humphries, S., Abi-Raad, M., and P. K. Sarkar (2007), Identity Management: The Importance, Obstacles and Rewards for Business, To be presented at the 7th International Business Information Management Conference (IBIMA), December 14-16, Brescia, Italy
Rahim, M., Sarkar, P. K., Shanks, G., and R. Johnstone (2005), Validating the Theory of IOS Adoption in the Context of the Australian Automotive Industry: Some Preliminary Findings, The 9th Pacific Asia Conference in Information Systems (PACIS 2005), Bangkok, Thailand, July 7-10.
Sarkar, P. K. and J. L. Cybulski (2004). Evaluation Of Phenomenological Findings In Is Research: A Study In Developing Web-Based IS. The 12th European Conference in Information Systems (ECIS 2004), Turku, Finland, June 14-16.
Sarkar, P. K. and J. L. Cybulski (2003). Process of Requirements Evolution in Web-Based Information Systems. The 12th Information Systems Development Conference (ISD 2003), Melbourne, Australia, August 15-17.
Sarkar, P. K. and J. L. Cybulski (2003). Applying Domain Analysis to the Investigation of Web-Enabled Human Resource Projects. The 14th Australasian Conference in Information Systems (ACIS 2003), Perth, Australia.
Cybulski, J. L., P. K. Sarkar, and Tanya Linden. (2003). Sharing and Reuse of Web Developers Experience. The 14th Australasian Conference in Information Systems (ACIS 2003), Perth, Australia.
Sarkar, P. K. and J. L. Cybulski (2002). Analysis of Stakeholder Concerns with a View to Avoid Organizational Conflict in B2B Systems. The 15th International Conference in Electronic Commerce, Bled, Slovenia.
Sarkar, P. K. and J. L. Cybulski (2002). A Set of Patterns for the Web-based Interfaces of an Employee Services System. Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology. The 3rd Austral-Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Program Design - KoalaPlop, Melbourne, Australian Computer Society, Inc.
Sarkar, P. K. and J. L. Cybulski (2002). Consideration of Stakeholder Concerns in the Development of Web-Enabled Systems. The IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2002, Lisbon, Portugal.
Sarkar, P. K. and J. L. Cybulski (2002). Alignment of Stakeholder Concerns with System Requirements. The 7th Austral-Asian Workshop on Requirements Engineering (AWRE 2002), Melbourne, Australia.

Membership of Professional Organizations

Australian Computer Society (ACS)

Other Interests

Electronic music producer and DJ
Radio Show Host (PBS-FM www.pbsfm.org.au) and music critic