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Dr Maksym Koghut

Lecturer in Business Information Systems

PhD Management, BA Business Information Management, BA Financial Management, BSc Mechanical Engineering, FHEA, CMI, PGCLTHE

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Biography

Dr Maksym Koghut, also known as Max, is a Lecturer in Business Information Systems at the Manchester Metropolitan University.

Max holds a PhD in Management from the University of Kent. His educational background also includes a BA in Business Information Management from the University of Huddersfield, a BA in Financial Management from the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Cherkassy Engineering and Technological Institute. He was a recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Research Scholarship at both Huddersfield Business School and Kent Business School, and the Strategic Planning Society Prize for the Best Student in Strategy at Huddersfield Business School.

Max has more than 10 years of top-managerial experience of founding and running various companies in diverse industries including Manufacturing, Services, Transport, and IT.

Before joining MMU Business School in 2022, Max led Strategic Management MBA and International Business Strategy MSc modules at Coventry University London. Prior to that, he led and taught modules such as Strategic Portfolio Management MSc, Digital Information Systems HDA & BSc, Managing Innovation in Contemporary Business BSc, Technology-driven Business Innovations BSc, Corporate & Business Strategy HDA, and Entrepreneurship BSc at Kent Business School. Before that, Max taught E-commerce and Digital & Social Media Marketing modules at Huddersfield Business School.

Qualifications

  • PhD Management, University of Kent, Kent Business School
  • BA (Hons) Business Information Management, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield Business School
  • BA (Hons) Financial Management, Inter-Regional Academy of Personnel Management, Ukraine
  • BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineer, Cherkassy Engineering and Technological Institute, Ukraine

Teaching Qualifications

  • HE Fellowship, Manchester Metropolitan University, August 2023
  • HE Associate Fellowship (with Distinction), University of Kent, November 2020
  • Teaching Assistant Preparation Programme, University of Huddersfield, September 2017

Professional and Industry Memberships

  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
  • Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

Research and Consultancy

Max’s research interests are at the intersection of organisational management and new information technologies. His latest works are focused on the social, organisational, and innovation implications of autonomous technologies such as Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

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Teaching

I enjoy teaching and am engaged in teaching Business School units in:

  • Industry 4.0 (Level 7)
  • Developing a Digital Business (HDA)
  • Digital Leadership Transformation (Level 7)

I lead units in:

  • Blockchain in Industry (Level 7)
  • Digital Technology in Business & Society (Level 4, apprentices) 

Supervision

I supervise undergraduate, postgraduate, and apprentice students in dissertations and projects in all aspects related to Business and Information Technologies.

PhD SUPERVISION: I have currently capacity to supervise PGR students in the areas of Blockchain technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their implications for business and society.

Research outputs

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Blockchain Technologies
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Digital Transformation of Business
  • Strategic Implications of IT
  • Management and Organising in the Digital Era
  • Inter-organisational Relationships and Innovations
  • Digital Enterprise
  • Social Capital
  • Trust

JOURNALS PUBLISHED:
Koghut, M., & Al-Tabbaa, O. (2021). Modelling consumers’ discontinuance of mobile payments during post-adoption usage: An empirical study. Administration Sciences, 11(1), 18.

CONFERENCE PAPERS ACCEPTED/PRESENTED:
Koghut, M., tom Dieck, M., & Jung, T. (2024). Augmented Reality Discontinuance: A multi-method study. The 9th International XR-Metaverse Conference in Busan, South Korea, 21-23 May 2024

Koghut, M., Edifor, E., & Karami, H. (2024). Developing Generative AI literacy for university students. The MMU Learning and Teaching Conference 2024, Manchester, UK, 12 June 2024

Edifor, ​E., Koghut, M., Yarwood, D., & Burns, B. (2024). PRACTISE – A New Authentic Assessments Framework for Degree Apprentices. Learning, Teaching & Student Experience (LTSE) Conference 2024 in Birmingham, UK, 14-15 May

Koghut, M., Al-Tabbaa, O., & Lee, S. H. (2024). Reconceptualising inter-organisational trust in the context of digital transformation. UK Academy of Information Systems (UKAIS) 2024 conference, accepted.

Koghut, M., Al-Tabbaa, O., Lee, S. H., & Meyer, M. (2023). Technology-based inter-organisational relationships: new insights for social and innovation implications. UK Academy of Information Systems (UKAIS) 2023 conference, April 2023

Koghut, M., Al-Tabbaa, O., Lee, S. H., & Meyer, M. (2021). A Blockchain-based Inter-organisational Relationships: Social and Innovation Implications. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2021: 14553, Online, 29 July - 4 August 2021

Koghut, M., Al-Tabbaa, O., & Meyer, M. (2020). Exploring the effects of autonomous contracting on inter-organisational social capital: An empirical study. British Academy of Management Annual Conference 2020, Manchester, UK, 2-4 September 2020

Koghut, M., Lee, S. H., & Al-Tabbaa, O. (2020). New forms of organizing in the age of blockchain: An extension of the I-space perspective. To the 36th EGOS Colloquium “Organizing for a Sustainable Future: Responsibility, Renewal & Resistance” in Hamburg, Germany, July 2-4, 2020

Koghut, M., Al-Tabbaa, O., & Meyer, M. (2019). The Blockchain-trust nexus: A new era for interorganizational trust meaning and formation. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2019(1):16808

Koghut, M., & Makokha, J. (2018). Modelling decentralised collaboration between engineering teams: A blockchain-based solution, VI International Scientific and Technical Conference “Sensors, Instruments and Systems - 2018”.