Dr Mamata BHANDAR
Assistant Professor

mbhandar@u21global.edu.sg

Based in Singapore, Mamata Bhandar has more than six years of experience in lecturing at the National University of Singapore. She also has industry experience in the software and manufacturing sectors.

Dr Bhandar obtained her PhD from the National University of Singapore in 2007. Her research interests are in knowledge management; specifically knowledge integration in the inter-organisational context and social capital. Her thesis examined the role of social capital in knowledge integration in three Singapore-based inter-organisational projects.

Her work has been published in the Journal of American Society of Information Systems and Technology (JASIST). It has also been selected for presentation in premium conferences such as Academy of Management Meeting (AOMM Atlanta 2006), European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS Verona 2009, ECIS Regensburg 2005), The 2009 International Conference on e-Commerce, e-Administration, e-Society, and e-Education (ECase 2009 Singapore), Information Resources Management Association (IRMA 2005) and Organizational Knowledge Learning Conference (OKLC Boston 2005).

Subject(s) Taught

770: Information Technology Systems for Business
751: Enterprise Knowledge Management
4000: MMIT Capstone

Professional Affiliations

Association for Information Systems
Academy of Management
Information and Knowledge Management Society

Selected/Recent Publications

Bhandar, M., Pan, S. L., & Tan, B. C.Y. (2007). Towards understanding the roles of social capital in knowledge integration: A case study of a collaborative information systems project. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(2) , 263-274.
Bhandar, M. (2005). Interorganizational project management in CT. In S. L. Pan (Ed.), Managing emerging technologies and organizational transformation in Asia: A casebook (pp. 101-126). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.
Bhandar, M. (2005). Interorganizational project management in XL.com. In S. L. Pan (Ed.), Managing emerging technologies and organizational transformation in Asia: A casebook (pp. 151-164). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.

Selected/Recent Presentations

Bhandar, M., Pan, S.L., & Tan, Bernard C.Y. (2006). Understanding knowledge integration in inter-organizational IS projects. Accepted for Academy of Management Meeting (AOMM).
Bhandar, M. (2006, June). Knowledge integration and social capital. Academic seminar at Department of Information Systems, National University of Singapore.
Bhandar, M., Pan, S.L., Tan, Bernard C.Y., & Goh, P.G. (2005). Roles of social capital in collaborative IS projects. Proceedings of the 2005 European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS).
Bhandar, M. (July 2005). Knowledge integration processes. Working paper presentation at Department of Information Systems, National University of Singapore, IS Workshop.
Bhandar, M., Pan, S.L., Tan, Bernard C.Y., & Goh, P.G. (2005). Integrating knowledge across organizations: the role of social capital. Proceedings of the 2005 IRMA International Conference.
Bhandar, M. (2004). Social capital as a motivator, integrator and facilitator of knowledge integration in inter-organizational IS projects. OASIS Workshop, Washington D.C.
Bhandar, M., Chan, Calvin M.L., Oh, L.B., & Chan, H.C. (2004). Recognition and participation in a virtual community. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2004).

Professional Activities

Reviewer, Academy of Management Meeting (2006-2009)
Ad-hoc Reviewer, Information Systems Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Enterprise Information Management
Ad-hoc Reviewer, IRMA International Conference (2004, 2005), International Conference on Information Systems (2005, 2006), International Conference on Knowledge Management(2004), European Conference of Information Systems
Book Reviewer, Comparative Blended Learning Practices and Environments: Cultural, Disciplinary and Gender Perspectives (in press)

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