Zhimo Tang Lecturer Department School of Engineering Qualifications PhD in Business & Management Teaching Organisational Behaviour Email zhimotang@coventry.com zhimotang@gmail.com Education Profile And Jul 2020 Coventry University School of Business and Law Bachelor's First-class honours Nov 2021 University of Sheffield Management School Master's First-class honours Dec 2021 Joined Coventry University, School of Engineering, as Lecturer. May 2023 Awarded the Commonwealth Excellence Scholarship (UK Government). Oct 2023 Began doctoral study at Warwick Business School. Jun-Sep 2024 Led a joint Warwick-Coventry team to third place in the Deloitte Digital Elite Challenge. Article: "I Discovered How AI Makes Electric Cars Feel Like..." (Future Auto). Nov 2025 University of Warwick Warwick Business School PhD Distinction Received the Outstanding Student Award and Outstanding Thesis Award. Thesis: "‘New District’ Transition: A Case Study of the Grand Union Canal Delta" (published in instalments). Dec 2025 "Innovation Ecosystem Restructuring in the UK’s New Energy-New Vehicle" - published in instalments. Jun 2026 "‘New District’ Transition: A Case Study of the Grand Union Canal Delta" - Regional Economics and Management Review. Research Interests 1. Organisation and Environment, Research Methods, Technology, and Innovation Management Focus on how organisations adapt to technological disruption and restructure innovation ecosystems. 2. Digital Trade and Integrated Digital Trade Services2. Digital Trade and Integrated Digital Trade Services Exploring policy frameworks, platform economies, and cross-border digital flows.Exploring policy frameworks, platform economies, and cross-border digital flows. 3. Leadership in the Digital Age (with emphasis on female leadership)3. Leadership in the Digital Age (with emphasis on female leadership) Investigating the impact of digital transformation on leadership styles, particularly women inInvestigating the impact of digital transformation on leadership styles, particularly women in leadership, and developing adaptive strategies.leadership, and developing adaptive strategies. To My Future Students In every first session of Organisational Behaviour, a student inevitably asks: “I’m an engineering student – why do I need to study this?” My answer is simple: understanding why others behave as they do, and why you react the way you do, enables more effective choices and managerial decisions. In short, organisational behaviour helps you become a clearer-headed person in any organisation. I share many interests with my students – karaoke, comics, video games – but I ask them not to sneak a game at the desk during my lectures. They might recognise some of the games featured in my slides! And I encourage students not to hesitate because of language barriers: if you struggle to express yourself in English, feel free to use your mother tongue. I can respond in Chinese, English, French or Spanish (Japanese and Korean less fluently). Coventry University has one of the highest proportions of international students in the UK, and several of its programmes are world-renowned. I hope you will come to Coventry, and that we may meet in my classroom. Languages English (fluent) Mandarin Chinese (native) French (working proficiency) Spanish (conversational) Japanese / Korean (basic)