Dr Maher Alzyadat

Biography

Dr. Maher is a Lecturer in Engineering Management at the School of Physics, Engineering, and Technology. His academic journey includes a PhD in ‘Intrapreneurship and Technology Innovation’ in 2022 and an IET-accredited MSc in ‘Engineering Management’ (Distinction) in 2018, both from the University of York. He also holds a BSc in Technology Engineering with a major in Communication Engineering.
His professional experience spans over twelve years in major multinational vendors and world-leading ICT companies; France telecom and Ericsson AB. He has held various engineering, technological, and leadership roles, including project lead, solution architect, and GSM core network integration engineer. His expertise lies in designing, integrating, and delivering Ericsson Solutions for GSM networks across many projects in various countries around the world.
At Solent Southampton University, Dr. Maher spent 18 months in different leadership and teaching roles. As a lecturer in Business Management, he taught across a range of modules and programmes, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive courses. He created and delivered new and highly contemporary modules in Enterprise, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation. His responsibilities included planning, designing, developing, and delivering high-quality teaching material in Business Management. His leadership roles included being a module leader for social enterprise, creative enterprise and innovation, and research methodology modules, a level leader for second-year BSc students in Business Management, and the programme director for the UK government-funded “Help
to Grow” programme for SMEs.

Research

Research Interests

My research interests encompass Intrapreneurship, Enterprise, Entrepreneurship,
Innovation Management, Leadership, and Organizational culture.

Research Methodology

Project Management

Teaching

Teaching

Sustainability in Engineering Management
Innovation management
Strategic Leadership

Previous Teaching

Previously teaching
Creative Enterprise and innovation
Social enterprise

Publications

Alzyadat, M., Baruah, B. and Ward, A. (2021). The Role of Managers in Stimulating Engineers’ Intrapreneurial
Capabilities - A Case Study of Technology-based SMEs. Athens Journal of Technology and Engineering, 8 (4),
pp.311–330.

• Alzyadat, M., Baruah, B. and Ward, A. (2021). How to drive innovation by tapping into the intrapreneurial
capabilities of engineers?: A case study of a fintech SME. In: Proceedings of the European Conference on
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ECIE 2021. 2021. Lisbon, Portugal. pp.1105–1113.

• Alzyadat, M., Baruah, B. and Ward, A. (2020). How can organizations harness the intrapreneurial capabilities
of their engineers and facilitate innovation? In: Proceedings of the European Conference on Innovation and
Entrepreneurship, ECIE2020. 2020. Roma, Italy. pp.715–722.