Deji Sotunde
About
Biography
Deji describes himself as a Pracademic (Practitioner-academic). He joined the University of Surrey Business School in September 2016. Undertaken roles include teaching, module and programme leadership, PG curriculum redesign, new PG programme development, PG placement lead and Programme Leader, Business Management, BSc. Seven years prior, worked as an Associate Lecturer and Module Leader, for a business school in London on five different undergraduate and postgraduate partnership programmes.
Before a career in academia, Deji gained extensive experience across various industries. He has worked in food retail management for several popular high-street brands and then spent over ten years in a corporate professional services company that specializes in Custom IP solutions, Data Analysis, and Patent Analytics. He held middle management and technical training roles during this period. In these positions, he supported management initiatives that drove enterprise-wide business transformational change. After working in the corporate world, he also worked as a limited company contractor and Company Director providing project management consultancy and technical support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that implemented open-source content management systems to enhance their operations.
Research interests
The application of engineering management concepts and principles in the subject areas listed below to business practice:
- Project Management
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Technology Management and Strategy
- Business Sustainability
Other duties
- Module Leader - Operations Management (UG), Project Management (UG & PG)
- Senior Placement Tutor - Professional Placement Year (PG)
- Programme Leader Business Management, BSc
Teaching
- Project Management (UG and PG)
- Operations Management (UG)
- Dissertation, Business Plan or Consultancy Projects supervision (PG)
Affiliations
- FHEA (Fellow Higher Education Academy)
- CMBE (Certified Management & Business Educator)
- MCMI (Member Chartered Management Institute)
- ACIPD (Associate Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
Teaching
Project Management is a compulsory module and taught across a number of undergraduate programmes at FHEQ level 6 in the business school. It is also available as an optional modules for a number of programmes from other faculty, department and schools in the university. An advanced Project Management is also offered as an optional module at FHEQ level 7 for a number of MSc programmes. For our Executive MBAs and MBAs, we offer Programme and Project Management as an optional module.
Publications
Bezalwar, R., Sotunde, D. (2024). Human Resources Analytics and Talent Management. In: Emrouznejad et al. (eds) Business Analytics and Decision Making in Practice. ICBAP 2024. Lecture Notes in Operations Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61589-4_24.