Dr Mehdi Rajaeian

Dr Mehdi Rajaeian a Lecturer in Information Technology in the Peter Faber Business School and leads the Data Analytics stream. He teaches a variety of IT subjects such as  Database Design & Implementation, Data Analytics & Visualisation, Data Mining and Big Data. He is also engaged with industry through providing IT consultancy services. Dr Rajaeian has 15 years of academic work experience in Australia and overseas. Before his academic career Dr Rajaeian has worked in IT industry as System Analyst and IT Project Manager. His research interests include data analytics, decision support systems, IT Sourcing Strategies, Technology Adoption, and social and personal impacts of IT. Dr Rajaeian has completed a PhD in Information Systems at University of Southern Queensland, a MBA and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education at the Australian Catholic University.

Journal Articles

• Cater-Steel, A., Toleman, M., Rajaeian, M. M. 2019 (In press), Design Science Research in Doctoral Projects: an Analysis of Australian Theses, Journal of the Association for Information Systems.
• Blumberg, M., Cater-Steel, A., Rajaeian, M. M., Soar, J. 2019, Effective organisational change to achieve successful ITIL implementation: Lessons learned from a multiple case study of large Australian firms, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, doi: 10.1108/JEIM-06-2018-0117.
• Rajaeian, M. M., Cater-Steel, A., & Lane, M. 2017, A systematic literature review and critical assessment of model-driven decision support for IT outsourcing. Decision Support Systems, 102, 42-56.
• Rajaeian, M. M., Cater-Steel, A., & Lane, M. 2018, Determinants of effective knowledge transfer from academic researchers to industry practitioners. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 47, 37-52.
• Kong, E., Harmsworth, S., Rajaeian M.M., Parkes, G., Bishop, S., AlMansouri, B. 2016, University Transition Challenges for first year domestic CALD students from refugee backgrounds: A case study from an Australian Regional University, Australian Journal of Adult Learning, Volume 56, Issue 2, pp.170-197.
• Rajaeian, M. M. and Bagherpour 2015, A Study on influential Factors of Women&rsquos Employment Rate Using System Dynamics Approach, Quarterly Journal of Women&rsquos Studies: Sociological and Psychological, Volume 13, Issue 2, autumn 2015, pp.7-36.

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

• Cater-Steel, A., Rajaeian, M. M., Toleman, M, Duncan, T. 2017, The Phenomenon of P3 Community for IT Support: A Crowd-Support Case Study, 2017 International Conference on Information Resources Management (Conf-IRM 2017), Santiago, Chile.
• Cater-Steel, A., Toleman, M., & Rajaeian, M. M. 2017, An Analysis of Design Science Research Adoption in Doctoral Projects in Australia. Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2017), Hobart, Australia.
• Rajaeian, M. M., Cater-Steel, A., Lane, M. 2016, Do they read your research? An investigation of practitioners&rsquo use of IT outsourcing and cloud sourcing research, Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2016), Wollongong.
• Rajaeian, M. M., Cater-Steel, A., Lane, M. 2015, IT outsourcing decision factors in research and practice: a case study, Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2015), Adelaide.

My research interests include:

• Business Intelligence (Analytics) & Decision Support Systems 
• Social and personal impacts of IT
• IT Outsourcing
• Innovation Adoption
• Research-Practice Gap in Information Systems and Business Disciplines

I conduct both behavioural and design science research, employing both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Google Scholar profile

Current teaching:

- Data and Information Managemen (Database Design & Implementation)

- Data Analytics and Visualisation

- Applied Data Mining and Big Data

- Working with Technology

Past teaching:

- Business Intelligence

- Management Information Systems

- Strategic Information Security

- IT service Management

- IT project management

- Electronic Business

- Introduction to Computer Programming

- Business Dynamics

- System Analysis and Design

- Engineering Economics

Member of the Australian Computer Society (ASC).