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Hindupur Ramakrishna Ph.D.

Professor
Business Administration & Management

Education

  • Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
  • M.S. Ed., Northern Illinois University
  • B.A., Northwestern University

Professional Background

My academic training in engineering prepared me well for my Ph.D. in Decision Sciences (& information systems). My teaching and research has focused on the intersection of decision sciences and information systems – business analytics, GIS, and value of information systems, both from people and technology.

Previous Teaching Experience

  • Penn State University, Great Valley
  • Salisbury State University
  • Old Dominion University
  • University of Connecticut
  • Georgia State Univeristy

Previous Relevant Work Experience

  • Manager in a steel plant(in India) in-charge of maintenance

Consulting Experience

  • Role of IS in operations -- Government
  • Role of IS in Small Business
  • Intellectual property issues in IT start-ups

Publications

"The Fact-Net Model: A Problem Diagnosis Procedure," Interfaces, Vol. 16, No. 6 (1986), pp. 86-94 (with Harvey J. Brightman).

 

"Matching Problem Diagnostic Tools to Managers' Decision Styles: A Contingency Approach," OMEGA (International Journal of Management Science), Vol. 16, No. 1 (1988), pp. 1-9 (with Harvey J. Brightman and Robert Elrod). 

 

"A Comparative Analysis of Successful and Unsuccessful Information Centers," Information and Management, Volume 19, No. 3 (1990), pp. 199-209 (with Bindiganavale S. Vijayaraman).

"Perception of the Role of Information Technology in Organizations: Development of a Measure," Computer Personnel, Vol. 20, No. 4 (1999 – actually published in 2002), pp. 39-54 (with Xiaohua Lin).

"Goal Orientation, Self-Efficacy, Organizational Climate, and Job Performance," Human Performance, Vol. 15, No. 3 (2002), pp. 275-297 (with Denise Potosky).

 

"Conceptualization and Exploration of composite Career Anchors: An Analysis of Information Systems Personnel," Human Resource Development Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 2 (2003), pp. 199-214 (with Denise Potosky).

Awards and service

  • Recipient of Levi-Strauss Foundation Scholarship, 1980-1981
  • Recipient of the George E. Manner's award for Graduate Studies in Business, 1980-1981
  • Winner -- Best Empirical/Application Paper ABA Conference, 1994
  • Excellence in teaching award, 2008