Dr. Shem Sikombe

Dr Sikombe has over twelve (12) years of teaching, administrative and research experience at the University level. Sikombe’s teaching and research interests are in Operations Management, Project Management and Supply Chain Management. Sikombe also supervises undergraduate and graduate dissertation.

He has undertaken funded consultancy projects and published in peer reviewed international journals. Sikombe is a member of Zambia Institute of Purchasing and Supply Strategy and Risk Committee and Copperbelt university senate publication committee.

Dr Sikombe has served in leadership positions such as Assistant Dean of Copperbelt, University, School of Business (2017-2019), Coordinator of School of Business Consultancy, Short Courses and Professional MBA Programmes (2016-2018) and Research Cluster Leader-Innovation and Operations Management, School of Business (2016-2019) and acted in several positions.

• PhD
• M.A
• BSc
• FCIPS
• FZIPS

• Phiri M and Sikombe, S (2023). Effects of COVID-19 on the Higher Education Online Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Zambia. Book Chapter. Ed. Daniel, D and Bissaso, R (2023). Education Springer Nature. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3212-2
• Sikombe, S (2022): Effect of compliance with public procurement legal regime on SME policy implementation in Zambia. International Journal of Procurement Management. DOI 10.1504/IJPM.2022.10049428
• Sikombe, S and Phiri, M. A (2021): How do institutionalised supplier development initiatives affect knowledge transfer and operational performance? Evidence from SME construction companies in Zambia, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2021.1889757
• Sikombe, S and Phiri, M. A (2021): Knowledge Transfer in Institutionalised Supplier Development and Operational Performance: The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity. Cogent Engineering, 8:1, 1981521, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2021.1981521
• Sikombe, S and Phiri, M. A (2021) Institutional factors influencing institutionalised supplier development initiatives in the construction industry in Zambia, Cogent Business & Management, 8:1, 1935184, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2021.1935184
• Sikombe, S. and Phiri, M.A. (2021) ‘Knowledge transfer in institutionalised supplier development initiatives: the moderating role of institutional factors’, J. Procurement Management, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp.612–640.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/ijpm.2020.10033237