| Ph.D. | Business Analysis* | Texas A&M University | 1991 |
| M.B.A. | Quantitative Methods | Boise State University | 1982 |
| B.S. | Architectural Engineering | University of Colorado | 1970 |
*Operations management / management science (minors in management information systems and statistics)
July 2000 - Present:
Arkansas State University
Economics & Decision Sciences Department
Department Chair
Associate Professor of Decision SciencesAugust 1995 - June 2000
Arkansas State University
Economics & Decision Sciences Department
Assistant Professor of Decision SciencesJuly 1990 through July 1995
The University of Mississippi
Department of Management & Marketing
Assistant Professor of Management ScienceAugust 1980 through July 1982
Texas A&M University
Department of Business Analysis & Research
Part-time Lecturer / Teaching Assistant / Research Assistant / GraderAugust 1980 through July 1982
Boise State University
Department of Information Systems & Production Management
Lecturer / Research Associate
January 1972 through July 1985
Seydel Design & Construction
McCall, Idaho
General ManagerMarch 1970 through February 1971
United States Army
Field Artillery Officer
Finalist: Best Application Paper, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, 1996
Chapter Chairman's Award for Outstanding Service, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1993.
Best Paper Award (Methodological Areas), Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1992.
Winner of 1991 Decision Sciences Institute Dissertation Competition.
Distinguished Paper (Decision Sciences), Federated of Business Disciplines, 1990.
Books
Online supplement for Operations Management (5ed), Krajewski, L., & L. Ritzman, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2002, with S. Replogle & F. Moeeni.
Online supplement for Operations Management (6ed), Heizer, J., & B. Render, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2001, with S. Replogle & F. Moeeni.
Journals
"Where IT Outsourcing Is and Where It Is Going: A Study Across Functions and Department Sizes", Journal of Computer Information Systems, (In press; forthcoming in Vol. 46, 2006).
"Data Envelopment Analysis for Decision Support", Industrial Management & Data Systems, (In press; forthcoming in Vol. 105, 2005).
"B2C eCommerce Website Quality: An Empirical Examination", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 105 (2005) Issue 5, pp. 645-661, with M. Cao & Q. Zhang.
"Supporting the Paradigm Shift In Vendor Selection: Multicriteria Methods for Sole-Sourcing", Managerial Finance, Vol. 31 (2005) Issue 3, pp. 49-66.
"Evaluating & Comparing Bidding Optimization Effectiveness", Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, Vol. 129 (2003) Issue 3, pp. 285-292.
"The Impact of Deregulation on Electric Utility Information Systems", Communications of the IIMA, Vol. 2 (2002) Issue 4, pp. 61-75, with N. Hawkins.
"XML Adoption and Usage in Arkansas", Communications of the IIMA, Vol. 2 (2002) Issue 1, pp. 61-73, with D. Williams.
"Multicriteria Support for Construction Bidding", Mathematical & Computer Modelling , Vol. 2 (2001), pp. 677-702, with D. Olson.
"Change in Education: A Practical Look at Web Instruction", American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Journal (accepted November 1999), with S. Corder.
"Change in Education: A Practical Look at Web Instruction", AABSS Perspectives Journal, Vol.2, No.1, (Fall 1999), available at http://employees.csbsju.edu/jmakepeace/Perspectives99, with S. Corder.
"Affirmative Action: The Facts, The Myths, and The Future", Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, Vol.11, No.2 (Spring 1998), pp. 99-115, with R. Robinson & C. Douglas.
"Competitive Intelligence and Group Decision Support Systems", Competitive Intelligence Review, Vol. 6 (Summer 1995), pp. 62-66, with M. Aiken & D.Hawley.
"In re Birmingham Reverse Discrimination Employment Litigation: Defining the Limits of Preferential Promotion", Labor Law Journal, Vol. 46 (March 1995), pp. 131-141, with R. Robinson & H. Sloan.
"Bids Considering Multiple Criteria", Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, Vol. 116 (December 1990), pp. 609-623, with D. Olson.
Proceedings
"Measuring eCommerce Website Quality: An Empirical Examination", Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems, Vol. 35 (August, 2004), with M. Cao & Q. Zhang.
"Data Envelopment Analysis for Decision Support: An Application to Vendor Selection", Proceedings of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute 2004 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (March 2004), pp. 374-383.
"Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Impact on Electronic Data Interchange and Supply Chain Management in Northeast Arkansas", Proceedings of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute 2000 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX (March 2000), pp. 110-112, with R. Segall.
"Goal Programming Model for Construction Bidding", Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1999 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (November 1999), pp. 875-877.
"Supply Chain Management via Electronic Commerce", presented at, and included in the Proceedings of the 5th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics, & Informatics, Orlando, FL (August 1999), pp. 126-130, with R. Segall.
"A Comparison of Internet Based Lecture Approaches", Proceedings of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute 1999 Annual Meeting, Houston, TX (March 1999), pp. 164-166, with S. Corder & R. Ruby.
"A Methodology for Evaluating & Comparing Bidding Optimization Effectiveness", Proceedings of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute 1999 Annual Meeting, Houston, TX (March 1999), pp. 126-128.
"Combining Queues: Does It Lead to Improved Service", Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1998 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (November 1998), pp. 1538-1540.
"Evaluating and Improving Teaching via Data Envelopment Analysis", Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1997 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (November 1997), pp. 891-893.
"The Future of Preferential Treatment Programs in an Increasingly Diverse Society: Examining the Implications of Recent Federal Affirmative Action Rulings", Southwest Academy of Legal Study in Business Proceedings, New Orleans, LA (March 1997), pp. 135-137, with R. Robinson & C. Douglas.
"Information System Centralization/Decentralization in Hospitals", Proceedings of the of the Decision Sciences Institute 1996 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (November 1996), pp. 850-852 (finalist for best application paper award), with Y. Choi & F. Wiebe.
"A Knowledge Editor for Inventory Control", Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1995 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (November 1995), pp. 789-791, with M. Bsat, S. Conlon, & E. Gillenwater.
"Modelling Electric Utility Capacity Expansion Using an Additive Model", Proceedings of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute 1995 Annual Meeting, Houston, TX (March 1995), pp. 678-680.
"Simulation Model for Competitive Bidding in Construction", Proceedings of the 1994 Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL (December 1994), pp. 1439-1442.
"INVOL -- A Model-Based Expert System for Inventory Control", Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1994 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI (November 1994), pp. 456-458, with M. Bsat.
"Comparison of Methods for Determining Acceptance Probabilities for Use in Competitive Bidding Optimization," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1993 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (November 1993), pp. 1234-1236.
"Proposed Methodology for Supply Curve Estimation: An Application to Cogeneration and Small Power Production", Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute 1993 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (March 1993), pp. 184-186, with B. McGrath & E. Gill.
"Using Artificial Neural Networks to Assist in Determining Optimal Bids", Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1992 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (November 1992), pp. 901-903, with L. Caporaletti.
"Sensitivity of Competitive Bidding Results to Distributional Assumptions", Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute 1992 Annual Meeting, Reno, NV (March 1992), pp. 627-629 (winner of best paper award in the methodological areas).
"An AHP-Based System to Support Construction Bidding with Multiple Objectives", Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1991 Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL (November 1991), pp. 1132-1134, with David L. Olson.
"A Neuronal Paradigm for the Analysis of the Multicriteria Decision Making Problem", Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1991 Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL (November 1991), pp. 600-602, with L. Caporaletti & J. Johnson.
"Developing a Simulation for Competitive Bidding in Construction", Proceedings of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute 1991 Annual Meeting, Houston, TX (March 1991), pp. 88-90.
"An Investigation into Bid Acceptance Probabilities and their Distributions," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute 1990 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (November 1990), pp. 220-222.
"Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Determine Optimal Markup Amounts in Competitive Bidding Situations Considering Multiple Criteria", Proceedings of the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute 1990 Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX (March 1990), pp. 79-81 (winner of distinguished paper award), with David L. Olson.
"Effects of Long-Term Levelized Contracts for Cogeneration and Small Power Production", Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute 1986 Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA (March 1986), with B. McGrath & E. Gill.
Grants and Contracts
International Business Resource Center, "Cross-Cultural Examination of Successful Web Interface Designs", Principal Investigator, $2,000, 2005.
Horizon Institute for Technology, "Skillset Needs for MIS Graduates", Co-investigator, $5,000, 2004 (with Kelly Fish, Principal Investigator).
ASU Academic Computing Advisory Committee, "Acquisition of Classroom Demonstration Software", Principal Investigator, $800, 1996.
University of Mississippi Business Alumni Association, "Developing a Simulation for Competitive Bidding in Construction", Principal Investigator, $3,000, 1991.
Texas A&M University Center for Mineral and Energy Resources, "Modelling Considerations for the Electric Utility Plant Sizing Decision", Principal Investigator, $10,800, 1989, with B, Flores & D. Olson.
Idaho Power Company, "The Economic Effects and Public Policy Implications of Cogeneration and Small Power Production in Idaho", Research Assistant, $50,000, 1985, with B. McGrath & E. Gill.
Other Publications and Software
"ASU Alumnus Enabling eBusiness", Business Connection, publication of Arkansas State University College of Business (Spring/Summer 2001), p. 7.
"MBA Students Study eCommerce", Business Connection, publication of Arkansas State University College of Business (Spring/Summer 2001), p. 4.
"Business Computing Labs ? Upgraded for Better Service", BAC Talk, publication of Arkansas State University College of Business (Fall 1998).
"Tools Available for Building Web Pages", AITP Newsletter, publication of Arkansas State University College of Business (March 1998).
"Drop-Wire Scheduling System", for Trilogy Communications in Pearl, MS (January 1996), with N. Womer.
"Using FrontPage 98 to Create an Academic Web Site", MidAmerica Education for Business Conference, February 1999, in Jonesboro, AR.
"Guidelines for Web Supported Education", MidAmerica Education for Business Conference, February 1998, in Jonesboro, AR.
"Beyond E-Mail: Using Discussion Lists and the Worldwide Web to Support Classroom Instruction", MidAmerica Education for Business Conference, February 1997, in Jonesboro, AR.
"Using E-Mail to Enhance Learning and Instruction", MidAmerica Education for Business Conference, February 1996, in Jonesboro, AR.
"Simulating the Interface Between Forests and the Economy in the Pacific Northwest," TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, April 1994, in Boston, MA, .
"An Additive Model for Electric Utility Capacity Expansion Based On Inventory Theory," TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, May 1990, in Las Vegas, NV.
"An Experiment in Online Learning: Comparison of Traditional and Online Students' Performance in Operations Management", to be submitted to Journal of Education for Business.
"Applying DEA to the Evaluation of University Teaching Faculty", to be submitted to Journal of Productivity Measurement
"Business Core Performance of Students Taking Statistics at Various Stages of Their Curricula" (with R. Kesselring & S. Replogle), to be submitted to Journal of Education for Business.
"New Software Releases: When to Upgrade and When Not" (with S. Corder), to be submitted to End User Computing.
"Using AHP to Select Winners in Construction Bidding", to be submitted to Journal of Construction Engineering & Management.
Decision Sciences Institute (member)
Southwest Decision Sciences Institute
Member
Vice President for Student Liaisons, 1999-2002Institute for Operations Research & Management Science (member)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Member
Chairman, Northwest Mississippi Chapter, 1994-95
Secretary, Northwest Mississippi Chapter, 1993-94
Treasurer, Northwest Mississippi Chapter, 1992-93
Arkansas State University 1995-2005
- Workshops presented
Incorporating Technology into QM Courses
Instructional Web Site Development
Surfing the Internet (with S. Corder)
P-Mail: Basics and a Little Beyond- University committees
Webmaster Search Committee
Undergraduate Curriculum Council
Center for Learning Technologies Advisory Council- College committees
Executive Committee
Planning Committee
Technology Committee (Chair)
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Chair)- Other
Administrator, Business Computer Labs
Coordinator, MIS Internships
Association of Information Technology Professionals (Advisor)
College Web Administrator (with S. Corder)
Department Web Administrator
Department Curriculum Committee (Chair)Decision Sciences Institute (Annual Meetings) 1990 - 2001
Reviewer
Discussant
Session ChairSouthwest Decision Sciences Institute (Annual Meetings) 1990 - 2005
Reviewer
Discussant
Session Chair
Track ChairMiscellaneous Community Activities ( Unpaid Service) 1995 - 2005
AITP Intermediate Web Page Development Workshop
Crowley's Ridge Girl Scout Council 1997 Survey SummaryPaid Consultancies
CPIM Review Workshops (for Northeast Arkansas APICS)
Systems & Technologies
Materials & Capacity Requirements Planning
Production Activity Control
Trilogy Communications: Production Scheduling
Undergraduate Level:
Business Statistics
eCommerce Technologies
Intermediate Business Statistics
Introduction to Computing & Data Processing
Introduction to Management Science
Management Information Systems
Manufacturing Planning & Control
Operations Management
Visual BASIC Programming
Website Development & Management
Graduate (M.B.A. and Ph.D.) Level
Applied Statistical Methods
Electronic Commerce
Management Information Systems
Management Science
Operations Management
Simulation-Based Decision Making
Operating Environments
Desktop Systems (extensive experience)
DOS
Windows XP
Servers (limited experience)
Linux
Unix
Windows 2000
TI Explorer (AI workstation; limited experience)
HP 3000 minicomputer (moderate experience)
IBM 3090, IBM 3084, Amdahl 5860 mainframes (extensive experience)
MVS (extensive experience)
CMS (extensive experience)
Cray XMP supercomputer (introductory experience)
SIS & FRS university administration applications (moderate experience)Programming, Scripting, & Markup Languages
Active Server Pages (moderate experience)
BASIC (moderate experience)
COBOL (limited experience)
FORTRAN (moderate scalar and limited vector coding experience)
HTML and XHTML (extensive experience)
Java (introductory experience)
JavaScript (moderate experience)
PHP (moderate experience)
Visual BASIC (moderate experience)
XML (introductory experience)Software / Nonprocedural Languages
Data analysis
SAS (extensive experience)
SPSS (moderate experience)
MiniTab (extensive experience)
Other major software
Access and other desktop databases (moderate experience)
BrainMaker -- neural network modelling software (moderate experience)
CAD (limited experience)
Excel and other spreadsheets (extensive experience)
FrontPage (extensive experience)
KEE -- knowledge engineering software (limited experience)
LINDO -- math programming software (moderate experience)
Oracle (introductory experience)
Outlook and other email clients (extensive experience)
SLAM -- simulation software and language (moderate experience)
Web browsers (extensive experience)
Word and other word processing software (extensive experience)
XMP -- optimization library for algorithmic research (moderate experience)
Structured Query Language (moderate experience)