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Anthony K. P. Wensley

Anthony K. P. Wensley

Associate Professor Emeritus

Degrees:

PhD, University of Waterloo
MBA, McMaster University
MA, University of Cambridge
MA, University of Surrey

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Bio

Anthony Wensley is an Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting and Management Information Systems in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with a cross-appointment to the Accounting area at Rotman.  He is also the Chair of Communications and Culture and Information Technology Program at the University of Toronto-Mississauga. He teaches courses in information systems, decision analysis, law and ecommerce and management accounting. Some of his research interests include game theory and information systems; intellectual property and knowledge structures; encoding of organizational knowledge; and the understanding, implementing, and managing of enterprise systems.

Academic Positions

  • 1995-Present

    Associate Professor, University of Toronto

  • 1990-1995

    Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

  • 1988-1990

    Lecturer in Information Systems, University of Toronto

  • 1981-1985

    Lecturer in Information Systems and Finance, University of Waterloo

  • 1980-1981

    Lecturer in Finance, McMaster University

  • 1976-1977

    Lecturer in Marketing, McMaster University

  • 1976-1977

    Lecturer in Mathematics, Langley College

  • 1974-1976

    Lecturer in Mathematics, Hammersmith College

Non-Academic Positions

  • 1988-1994

    Associate Consultant, Stratsys Inc., Toronto

  • May-Sept 1979

    Accounting Systems Consultant, Cambridge Instruments, Cambridge

  • 1971-1972

    Computer Systems Consultant, Systems International, Derby

  • 1968-1969

    Special Project Manager, Cornmarket Press, London

Selected Publications - Papers

  • A Disruptive Biopharmaceutical Research Paradigm

    Allarakhia, M., Wensley, A.K.P.

    Technological Forecasting and Social Change (in press)

  • A Knowledge Based Theory of Pharmaceutical Alliances.

    Allarakhia, M., Wensley, A.K.P.

    Journal of the Intelligent Enterprise (forthcoming)

  • A multi-sector comparison of relational learning and information communication technologies adoption.

    Cegerra-Navarro, J. Wensley, A.K.P., Concesa, E

    Services Industry Journal (forthcoming)

  • Congenital Learning in the Spanish Telecommunications Industry.

    Cegerra-Navarro, J., Wensley, A.K.P.

    Journal of Business Venturing (forthcoming)

  • Ontology Based Knowledge Management for a Joint Venture Project

    Ku, k.c., Wensley, A.K.P., Kao, H.P.

    Expert Systems with Applications

    Issue:35

    2008

    Pages: 187-197

  • Response to Kleiman and Sontag

    M. Allarakhia and A. Wensley

    Nature Biotechnology

    Issue:Forthcoming

    2006

  • Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights in Systems Biology

    Allarakhia, M. and A. Wensley

    Nature Biotechnology

    Issue:December

    2005

  • Organizational Memory and the Completeness of Process Modeling in ERP Systems.

    Wensley, A. and E. van Stijn

    Journal of Business Process Management

    Issue:Volume 7-3

    2001

  • Game Theory and Information Systems Outsourcing.

    Wensley, A. and R. Elitzur

    Journal of Information Technology

    Issue:Volume 12-1

    1997

    Pages: 45-60

  • Expert Systems - One Set of Views of the State-of-the-Art

    Expert Systems with Applications

    1995

  • Strategic Redesign of a Communications Function: the Case of the Premier's Correspondence Unit

    with S.J. Drew, and M. Proc

    Journal of Business Change and Transformation

    Issue:Vol.1, No.4

    1994

  • Evaluating Expert Systems with Complex Outputs: The Case of Audit Planning

    with J.E. Boritz

    Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (Fall), also published in M. Vasarhelyi (Ed.) (New York: Markus Weiner, 1994) Auditing and Artificial Intelligence II

    1992

  • Expert Systems and Auditing Research: Evolving Issues

    International Journal of Expert Systems with Applications

    Issue:Vol.4, No.3

    1992

  • An Expert Systems Approach to Substantive Audit Planning

    with J.E. Boritz

    International Journal of Expert Systems with Applications; (supplement)

    1991

  • Structuring the Assessment of Audit Evidence - An Expert Systems Approach

    with J.E. Boritz

    Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (supplement)

    1990

  • Verifying and Validating an Audit Planning Expert System

    Proceedings of the Workshop on Verification and Validation, AAAI Conference, Boston, July 29-August 3

    1990

  • Research Issues in Expert Systems

    in G. Dukidis, F. Land, and G. Miller (Eds.), Knowledge-based Management Support Systems, (London: Ellis Horwood)

    1989

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

  • Enterprise Systems and the Preservation of Agility

    van Stijn, E., Wensley, A.K.P.

    Agile Information Systems (chapter)

    2006

  • Further Thoughts about Information Structure, Knowledge Management and Outsourcing.

    Wensley, A. and R. Elitzur

    Information Systems Outsourcing (chapter)

    2002

    Pages: 187-194

  • Tools for Knowledge Management.

    Wensley, A. and A. Verwijk-O'Sullivan

    Knowledge Horizons (chapter)

    2000

    Pages: 113-130

  • Can Game Theory Help Us Understand Information Systems Outsourcing?

    Wensley, A. and R. Elitzur

    Strategic Sourcing of Information Systems (chapter)

    1998

    Pages: 113-136

  • CAPEX: An Audit Planning Expert System

    with J.E. Boritz

    (New York: Markus Weiner)

    1995

  • Audit Planning and Expert Systems Research

    in M. Vasarhelyi (Ed), Auditing and Artificial Intelligence II, (New York: Markus Weiner)

    1994

  • Necessary Richness: Some Issues in the Automation of Business Knowledge

    in J. Liebowitz (ed.) Moving Towards Expert Systems Globally in the 21st Century, (New York: Cognizant Communication Corporation, )

    1994

  • Outsourcing Information Systems

    with R. Elitzur

    Management Accounting Guideline No.23, The Society of Management Accountants of Canada

    1994

Recent Presentations

  • The Construction and Reconstruction of Practice

    Van Stijn, E. and A.Wensley

    OLKC 2006 Warwick

    Issue:March 20-22

    2006

Research and Teaching Interests

Teaches courses in information systems, decision analyis, law and ecommerce, and management accounting. Research interests include Game Theory and Information Systems; Intellectual property and knowledge structures; Encoding of Organizational Knowledge; the understanding, implementing, and managing of Enterprise Systems and, in particular, ERP systems, Organizational Transformation, and the Impact of Information Technology on Organizations and Society.

Honors and Awards

  • 1992

    Section Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Accounting Association Information Systems

  • 1985-1986

    SSHRC Doctoral Completion Fellowship,

  • 1984-1985

    SSHRC Doctoral Completion Fellowship,

  • 1984-1985

    MBA Dean's Honour List,

  • 1978-1979

    Canadian Tire Graduate Leadership Award,

  • 1977-1978

    McMaster University Graduate Scholarship,

Academic / Professional Service

  • 2007 - present

    Chair Communications Culture and Information Technology Program, University of Toronto Mississauga

  • 1996 - date

    Executive Editor, Journal of Knowledge and Process Management

  • 2007 - date

    Chair, Erindale College Council, University of Toronto

  • 2005 - 2007

    Associate Director CCIT Program., University of Toronto at Mississauga

  • 2002 - present

    Director Digital Enterprise Management Program, University of Toronto at Mississauga

  • 1995

    Acting Director, Centre for Information Systems, University of Toronto

  • 1994

    Treasurer and secretary, Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems section

  • 1994

    American Accounting Association,

  • 1994

    Charter Member of the Association for Information Systems,

  • 1994-1996

    Member of the Editorial Board and Book Reviews Editor, Journal of Business Change and Transformation

  • 1992-Present

    Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Information Systems

  • 1992-Present

    Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Global Information Systems