Hamad Hussain Balhareth
Vice President for Branches Affairs in SEU- Saudi Electronic University - Riyadh
- h.balhareth@seu.edu.sa
Education
- Ph.D in Business Informatics-University of Reading (UK)-2013.
- MSc in Business Informatics – University of surrey (UK)- 2009.
- BSc in Management Information System – Hail University (KSA)- 2008.
Professional Experience
- Advisor to the SEU President (June2020-Jan2021).
- Vice President for Branches Affairs in SEU (Nov2020- Present).
- Dean of Research and Consulting Services Institute at University Of Hail (2016-2020).
- Startup Accelerator Manager for National transformation program 2020 at University Of Hail (2017-2020).
- Head of Entrepreneurship Unit at University Of Hail (2015 – 2019).
- Associate Professor in Business informatics (2018 – Present).
- Full time Assistant Professor in Business, University of Hail (2013 – 2018).
- Vice Dean of Research and Consulting Services Institute at University Of Hail (2015).
- Vice Dean of the College of Business Administration at University Of Hail (2013-2015).
- Head of Management and Information Systems Department at University Of Hail (2014).
- Part time Lecturer in Business Informatics department, University of Reading, UK, (2012-2013).
- Teacher assistant, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, (2008).
- Working in CTCI Corporation, Taiwan, (2007).
Training
- Entrepreneurial Business System Program in Universities (2020) University of North Carolina.
- Gamification in Business at University of Central Florida (2019).
- Business and Entrepreneurship Programmed at University of Cambridge (2018).
- Certified as a Key Performance Indicators Associate KPIs, George Washington University (2017).
- Advance Training in measuring the performance of the government agencies by the National Transformation Program, (2017).
- Advance Training in applying performance indicators in 2020 initiatives by the National Transformation Program (2017).
- Advance Training in Practical guidance on dealing with KSA regulators by Saudi expert company (2017).
- Certified as Executive training from (MIT) Entrepreneurial Education Program (2015), Boston, USA. Certified Internal Auditor for Quality at UOH (2016).
- Quality Assurance in Universities (2014).
- STEM program Training, University Enterprise Network, UK (2010).
- Advance Business communication program, TIWAN (2007).
- Structured Query Language (SQL), Saudi Arabia (2006).
- Communication Skills training in INDIA (2003).
Membership
- Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS).
- Member of the Graduate Studies Council at the Saudi Electronic University (2021 - now).
- Member of UK Academy for Business Informatics (UKAIS).
- Journal member in Driving Factors for Venture Creation and Success in Agricultural Entrepreneurship- IGI Global 2021.
- Member of Postgraduate Council (2021).
- Member of the Advisory Committee (2020 – now).
- Board member of Scientific Endowments (2018 -2020).
- Head of the Research and Consultation Institute Council from (2016-2020).
- Member of the University Council at University of Hail from (2015-2020)
- Member of Student Financial Aid Committee University of Hail from (2014-2020)
- Member of the University Key performance indicator committee 2020 at University Of Hail (2019).
- Board member of Bioscience Unit (2019).
- Head of HRH prince Abdulaziz bin Saad award for Entrepreneurship committee (2019).
- Member of the Community College Council from (2014-2018).
- Founding member of the Human Resources Association in Hail (2017-present).
- Member of the PPP University establishment committee establishment (2017).
- Member of Productive University Committee (2016).
- Member of Aligning Education and Labor Market Needs Committee (2016).
- Member of University’s' income sources diversify Committee (2016).
- Member of the Business Administration College Council from (2013-2015).
- Head of Quality Assurance at Management Program curriculum (2015).
- Member of the Standing Committee of Academic Affairs-University of Hail (2014-2015).
- Member of the recruitment committee in INDIA (2014).
- Head of the Management and Information Systems Council (2013-2014).
Publications
- - Alshammari, N. G. M., Al-Mamary, Y., Alwaheeb, M. A., Balhareth, H., Abdulrab, M., Ben Soltane, H., & Saleem, I. (2020). Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intentions among University Students in Saudi Arabia: Integrating the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the Entrepreneurial Orientation Model (EO). Journal of Industrial Integration and Management.
- - Arafat, M. Y., Saleem, I., Ali, J., Khan, A., & Balhareth, H. H. (Eds.). (2021). Driving Factors for Venture Creation and Success in Agricultural Entrepreneurship. IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-2349-3.
- - Balhareth, H. and Liu, K. (2011) Critical success factors for strategies of telecommunication companies in Saudi Arabia: the case of Mobily. The Annual International Conference on Business Strategy and Organizational Behaviour (BizStrategy 2011), Penang, Malaysia.
- - Balhareth, H. H. and Liu, K. (2011) Business-IT Strategic Alignment: Linking Organizational Learning with Strategic Perspectives. International Journal of GSTF Business Review, 2 (1). ISSN 2251-288.
- - Balhareth, H., Liu, K. & Manwani, S (2012) Aligning Business and IT from Multi-level Learning Perspectives. The 17th UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS), AIS, Oxford, UK.
- - Balhareth, H., Liu, K. & Manwani, S (2012). Achieving Business and IT Alignment from Organisational Learning Perspectives. International Conference on Business Information Systems (ICBIS’12), Paris, France.
- - Balhareth, H. & Liu, K. (2012) A Conceptual Framework for Aligning Business and Information Systems from Organisational Learning Perspective. The 21st International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2012), Springer, Prato, Italy.
- - Balhareth. H., Liu, K & AlSoud, A (2013) Exploring Business and IT Alignment Mechanisms: Toward a Learning Perspective. The 20th IBIMA International Business Information Management Association. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Alqasa, K & Balhareth, H (2015) The Impact of Service Quality and Cultural Beliefs on Intention to Use Financial Services: The Moderating Role of Trust. Asian Social Science, Vol. 12, No. 1.
- - Hamad Balhareth, (2017) The Relationship between Business-IT Alignment and Organisational Performance: An Empirical Investigation from Multilevel View": International Journal of Business Information Systems (IJBIS) Vol.23, No.1, pp.116 – 122.
- - Abdulrab, M., Al-Mamary, Y. H. S., Alwaheeb, M. A., Alshammari, N. G. M., Balhareth, H., & Al-Shammari, S. A. (2021). Mediating role of strategic orientations in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance of Saudi SMEs. Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management, 18(4), 1-15.
- - Balhareth. H (2017) Can Mobile Health-Banking be A New Style of Banking Services: The Case of Saudi Arabia, 7th Annual International Conference on Business Strategy in the Age of Disruption, ISSN 2251-1970.
- - Hamad Balhareth, (2017) How to Foster Green IT in Saudi Arabia Higher Education ” International Journal of Management Research and Development (IJMRD) Volume 8 , Issue 1 ,(May - July- 2018).
- - Hamad Balhareth (2018) Cloud Computing Strategy and Adoption in Higher Education: The Case of Saudi Arabia” has been accepted for publication inInternational Journal of Information Technology and Management Information Systems (IJITMIS), Volume 9, Issue 1, (Jan-Apr 2018). 8(3), pp. 1–8.
- - Balhareth, H. (2018). The relationship between business-IT alignment and organisational performance: an empirical investigation from multilevel view. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 29(4), 421-435.
- - Balhareth, H. & Saad Alsaleh (2019). Impact of Mobile Network Operators’ Incentive for Public Health: A Study Based on Saudi 2030 Vision. Advances in Intelligent System and Computing Springer, ISSN: 2194-5357.
- - Al-Mamary, Y. H., Alwaheeb, M. A., Alshammari, N. G. M., Abdulrab, M., Balhareth, H., & Soltane, H. B. (2020). The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on financial and non-financial performance in Saudi SMES: a review. Journal of Critical Reviews, 7(14), 270-278.
- - Abdulrab, M., Alwaheeb, M. A., Al‐Mamary, Y. H., Alshammari, N. G., Balhareth, H., Soltane, H. B., & Saleem, I. (2020). Effect of entrepreneurial orientation and strategic orientations on financial and nonfinancial performance of small and medium enterprises in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Public Affairs, e2305.
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