Dr Epaminondas Koronis
Lecturer in Management Studies
Location: Shrivenham campus
E: e.koronis@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1793 785125
Department of Management and Security
Current activities
Epaminondas Koronis teaches in the areas of Resilience Theory (HR and Organisations), Organisational Behaviour, Business Continuity and Risk Communications. He is also an executive director for NOVENDIA Pharmaceuticals, leading the London Office, while he is a regular columnist for HR Week.
His edited volume on Organizational Crises is forthcoming in 2011.
Dr Koronis’ research interests include Crisis Management, Organisational Behaviour, the Mass Media and Organisations. His PhD thesis, to be published, investigated the development of organisational crises in the mass media and included an analysis of risk and fear as they are communicated in wide audiences.
He is now working on a series of papers on Media and Crises, the Knowledge Implications for Crisis Management and the Psychological Resilience of Organisations.
Background
Dr. Koronis received his PhD from Warwick Business School (University of Warwick) under scholarship. He also holds a Bachelor in Business Administration and Information Systems from Athens University of Economics, a Diploma (DipSc) in Software Engineering, a Masters (MA) in Organization Studies with Distinction from University of Warwick. He has also completed his Distance Learning Masters in Cultural and Media Studies from Open University (UK).
He has worked as a researcher and teaching fellow for Athens University of Economics, University of Warwick and National Technical University of Athens while he was the academic director of the Business School of Mediterranean University College, a private university branch of University of Teesside for two years. As a researcher and fellow Dr. Koronis has lead a series of projects on Knowledge Management, Crisis Management and Business Continuity while he has taught in the areas of Organization Theory, Crisis Management, Leadership and Strategic Management.
He has developed a series of Executive Seminars for oil, shipping and security firms in collaboration with Hellenic Management Centre and ICTE.
Parallel to his academic career, Dr. Koronis has worked in the business sector since 1998, first as an executive and then filling top management positions in pharmaceutical firms. From November 2008 to August 2010, he was appointed managing director of NOVENDIA, a small 35m euros pharmaceutical company and he is still sitting on boards and committees in Greece, UK and France. Epaminondas was also involved in consultancy for large firms, including Diageo, Abbott, EYDAP and others while he is now holding an inactive partnership with Reputation Lab Research & Consulting in Athens and London.
Selected publications
Journal Papers
(with A. Andrikopoulos) Reputation Performance: A portfolio selection approach, International Journal of Business Performance Management, Vol. 16, Issue 2, 2007
(with S.T. Ponis & I. Tatsiopoulos) A Process-based Knowledge Management Framework Supported by ARIS Enterprise Modelling Architecture, International Journal of Applied Systems Sciences IJASS, Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2007
(with N. Yannopoulou) Perceptions of Brand Crises in Public: The role of the Mass Media, Journal of Marketing Management (forthcoming)
Explaining the Media Effects of Small Crises in Loyal Customers, Journal of Managerial Issues, Vol. 15/2, pp 25-39, 2009
Book Chapters
(with S.T. Ponis) Identifying the Human Supply Chain: Putting Enterprise Supply Chain Management Disciplines to Work, in Bernus, P. (ed) Enterprise Integration and Modelling Technology, Kluwer Academic Publishers (2005)
(with S.T. Ponis & G. Vagenas) A Critical Evaluation of Existing Knowledge Management Frameworks: Shortcomings, Limitations and a Proposed Way Out in Deogratias H. (ed) Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage, IDEA group Information Science Reference (2009)
Conference Papers
Computer Interfaces and Productivity in Modern Intranets. Adaptive Systems and Human Adaptation, 20th International CS Conference, Munich (1999)
(with E. Dimopoulou) Users refusing to learn: A Study of New Students, Working Paper, AUEB (1999)
(with Ponis S.T. and I.P.Tatsiopoulos) The Implications of Outsourcing Practices for Knowledge Management, The Knowledge Management Aston Conference of Aston Business School, Birmingham, England (2003)
(with S.T. Ponis) Observing the Decomposition of Communities of Practice in Outsourcing and Out-tasking Organizations. The Motivation and Knowledge Management Implications in Three Medium Size Greek Pharmaceutical Industries, 6th SMESME - Stimulating Manufacturing Excellence in Small and Medium Enterprises, Athens (2003)
(with S.T. Ponis) Identifying the Human Supply Chain, International Conference on Enterprise Integration and Modelling Technology, University of Toronto, Canada (2004)
(with A. Andrikopoulos) Towards a Reputation Portfolio Selection, presented at Corporate Reputation Institute 9th Annual Conference, Madrid (2004)
(with H. Tsoukas) Images of Organizations and Crises in the Mass Media: Towards a Conceptual Framework, 22d European Group of Organization Studies Conference, Bergen – Norway (2006)
(with S.T. Ponis) Knowledge Logistics to Support the Management of Media Organizational Crises: A Proposed Framework, The 7th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary (2006)
Observing the Interdiscursivity of Organizational Crises in the Mass Media, European Group of Organization Studies Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2008)
What’s in a country’s name. Country of Origin Effects on Reputation Management, Reputation Institute Annual Conference, Beijing, China (2008)
Analyzing the Symbolic Capital of Organizations, presented at the Reputation Institute Annual Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2009)
In Press
Articles have been published among others in Kathimerini, Naftemporiki, Kosmos tou Ependyti and the Open MBA section of daily newspaper TA NEA.
Regular editorials and columns run in HR Week.
