Dr Alan Thorogood
Visiting Senior Fellow

Dr Alan Thorogood

PhD, MBA

Business School
Sch of Info and Tech

Alan is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Australian School of Business and an Associate at LSE.  Outside of research, Alan is an executive at the junction of technology and business. He is the Chief Digital Officer at energyOS, a CSIRO spin off in green energy, and the Principal of his own consulting company.  Formerly the Head of Strategy for the Australian government's Digital Transformation Agency, he has held senior digital strategy roles at Westpac, Accenture and PwC.

His work in sourcing has been in supplier and partner ecosystems and developing their complex relationships.
 
Phone
+61419025275
E-mail
alant@unsw.edu.au
Location
Quadrangle Building

Publications

  • Book Chapters | 2007
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Custodio MG; Thorogood AF; Yetton PW, 2007, 'Balancing stability and flexibility: The case of the California Energy Commission', in Desouza K (ed.), Agile Information Systems, Elsevier, Oxford, UK, pp. 83 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780080463681
  • Journal articles | 2018
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Coltman T; Reynolds P; Schlosser F; Thorogood A, 2018, 'Managing the Network of Supply and Demand at AGL Energy', Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Cases, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/case.cscmp.2018.000017
    Journal articles | 2014
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Peppard J; Galliers RD; Thorogood A, 2014, 'Information systems strategy as practice: Micro strategy and strategizing for IS', Journal of Strategic Information Systems, vol. 23, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2014.01.002
    Journal articles | 2014
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Schlagwein D; Thorogood A; Willcocks L, 2014, 'How Commonwealth Bank of Australia Gained Benefits Using a Standards-Based, Multi-Provider Cloud Model', MIS Quarterly Executive, vol. 13, pp. 209 - 222, http://misqe.org/ojs2/index.php/misqe/article/viewFile/598/383
    Journal articles | 2011
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Weiss JW; Thorogood AF, 2011, 'Information Technology (IT)/Business Alignment as a Strategic Weapon: A Diagnostic Tool', EMJ - Engineering Management Journal, vol. 23, pp. 30 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10429247.2011.11431893
    Journal articles | 2009
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Reynolds P; Thorogood AF, 2009, 'Exploiting your digitized platform as a defense against new market entrants', CISR MIT Research Briefings, http://cisr.mit.edu/research/research-briefings/2009-research-briefings/
    Journal articles | 2006
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Custodio MG; Thorogood AF; Yetton PW, 2006, '24x7 @ Full Speed: Accelerated Time to Market', Journal of Information Technology, vol. 21, pp. 116 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000058
    Journal articles | 2005
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Weiss JW; Clark K, 2005, 'Three IT-Business Alignment Profiles: Technical Resource, Business Enabler and Strategic Weapon', Communications of the Association for Information Systems, vol. 18, http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol18/iss1/33/
    Journal articles | 2005
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Yetton PW, 2005, 'Transforming the Agility of IT Infrastructure and Projects through Real Options', European Academy of Management
    Journal articles | 2004
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Yetton PW; Vlasic A; Spiller J, 2004, 'Raise Your Glasses the Water's Magic! Strategic IT at SA Water:a case study in alignment, outsourcing and governance.', Journal of Information Technology, vol. 19, pp. 130 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000017
  • Conference Papers | 2020
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Sargeant C; Thorogood A; Joukhadar G; Cecez-Kecmanovic D, 2020, 'Digital Capabilities: Getting Ahead of the Curve', in Proceedings of the ACIS 2020, Association of Information Systems, Wellington, presented at Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Wellington, 01 December 2020 - 04 December 2020, https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=acis2020
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Yang J; Van Toorn C; Thorogood AF; Vlasic A, 2015, 'Development of Project Portfolio Management Capabilities: A Case Study on an Australian Financial Institution', in Becker K; vom Brocke (ed.), Development of Project Portfolio Management Capabilities: A Case Study on an Australian Financial Institution, European Conference of Information Systems, Münster, presented at European Conference of Information Systems, Münster, 26 May 2015 - 29 May 2015, http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2015_rip/51/
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Schlagwein D; Thorogood A, 2014, 'Married for Life? A Cloud Computing Client-Provider Relationship Continuance Model', in ECIS 2014 Proceedings - 22nd European Conference on Information Systems, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Tel Aviv, Israel, presented at European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Tel Aviv, Israel, 08 June 2014 - 11 June 2014, http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2014/proceedings/track20/14/
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Schlagwein D; Thorogood A; Willcocks L, 2013, 'Managing Distributed Clouds: The ‘Grid’ Cloud Computing Infrastructure Model', in Managing Distributed Clouds: The ‘Grid’ Cloud Computing Infrastructure Model, MIS Quarterly Executive Academic Workshop, presented at MIS Quarterly Executive Academic Workshop, 15 December 2013 - 18 December 2013
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Bannerman P; Thorogood AF, 2012, 'Celebrating IT Projects Success: A Multi-Domain Analysis', in Proceedings of the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-45 2012), The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., USA, pp. 4874 - 4883, presented at 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-45 2012), Maui, Hawaii, 04 January 2012 - 07 January 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.147
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood A; Gewald H; Brune PA, 2012, 'IT operating models in practice and research: An analysis of the state of knowledge', in Proceedings - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2012
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Reynolds P; Yetton PW, 2011, 'Making The Case: IT Investments In A $1.4Bn Transformation', in Proceedings of the 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2011), Association for Information Systems, USA, pp. Report number: 191, presented at 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Quality Research in Pacific (PACIS 2011), Brisbane, QLD, 07 July 2011 - 11 July 2011, http://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2011/191
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Reynolds P; Yetton PW, 2010, 'Performing under Pressure: IT Functions in a $1.4bn Business Transformation', in Proceedings of the Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2010), The Association for Information Systems (AIS), USA, presented at 31st International Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2010), Saint Louis, Missouri, 12 December 2010 - 15 December 2010, http://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1164&context=icis2010_submissions
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Reynolds P; Thorogood AF; Yetton PW, 2010, 'Allocation of decision rights in multi-business organizations:What decisions, who makes them, and when are they made?', in ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems, St Louis, presented at International Conference on Information Systems, St Louis, http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2010_submissions/169/
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Wood C, 2007, 'The Role of the Business Unit CIO: A Study of the Interaction between Corporate IT Governance and Local Leadership', in Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights, Keystone Colorado, pp. 318 - 327, presented at Americas Conference of Information Systems, Keystone Colorado, http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2007/134/
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Weiss JW; Thorogood AF, 2006, 'A diagnostic for exploring IT alignment as a strategic weapon', in 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-39), Kauai, Hawaii, presented at 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-39), Kauai, Hawaii, 04 January 2006 - 07 January 2006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.8
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Weiss JW, 2006, 'A Diagnostic for Exploring IT Alignment as a Strategic Weapon', in Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-39), Kauai, Hawaii, presented at 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-39), Kauai, Hawaii, 04 January 2006 - 07 January 2006, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=1579720
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Cox K; Bleistein SJ; Reynolds P; Thorogood A, 2006, 'A contingency view of organizational infrastructure requirements engineering', in Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, pp. 1497 - 1504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1141277.1141628
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Custodio MG; Thorogood AF; Yetton PW, 2005, '24 x 7 @ Full speed: Accelerated time to market', in Eleventh Americas Conference on Information Systems, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, pp. 665 - 675, presented at 11th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2005), Omaha, Nebraska, USA, 11 August 2005 - 14 August 2005
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Yetton PW, 2005, 'Transforming the agility of IT infrastructure and projects through real options', in EURAM 2005 Conference, EURAM 2005 Conference, Munich, Germany, presented at EURAM 2005 Conference, Munich, Germany, 04 May 2005 - 07 May 2005
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Reynolds PJ; Thorogood AF; Yetton PW, 2005, 'A $1 billion action research IT project: Building a new bank', in 4th International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies, 4th International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies, Cape Town, South Africa, presented at 4th International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies, Cape Town, South Africa, 03 January 2005 - 06 January 2005
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Yetton PW, 2004, 'Reducing complexity and market risk in major system upgrades', in 8th Pacific-Asia Conference on Information Systems, 8th Pacific-Asia Conference on Information Systems, Shang Hai, China, presented at 8th Pacific-Asia Conference on Information Systems, Shang Hai, China, 08 July 2004 - 11 July 2004
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Dr Alan Thorogood
    Thorogood AF; Yetton PW, 2004, 'Reducing the technical complexity and business risk of major systems projects', in 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Big Island, Hawaii, pp. 4007 - 4015, presented at 37th Hawaii International on System Sciences (HICSS), Big Island, Hawaii, 05 January 2004 - 08 January 2004

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