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3 President’s Letter Message from DSI President Hartley
4 From the Editor Maling Ebrahimpour provides an overview of this issue.
36 From the Regions Updates from DSI Regions
45 RegionalOfficers
47 OpenAcademicPositions
50 Past Presidents
51 DSI Fellows
52 Calendar
52 Membership Rates
SPECIAL REPORTS
6 CandidateSlatefor2020DSIOfficerElection
14 2019AnnualConfernceWrap-Up
21 DecisionSciencesInstitute51stAnnualConference
23 DSI Holds Annual Business and Board Meeting at
AnnualConference
27 Update Your Assumptions: How Ph.D. Students CanAchieveSuccessDuringTheirPH.D.ProgramStudies in a Business Field
31 FromtheBookshelf–BookReviewfor“TheOxford
HandbookofOrganizationalParadox”
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President Hartley Commends 2019 Con-ference Chair and Team; Announces New DSJ Co-Editor
DSIclosed2019withour50thAnniversaryconference.Congratulationstothe2019DSIConferenceChairKevinLinderman,UniversityofMinnesotaandtheConferenceteamforputtingtogethertheperfect50thAnniversarycelebrationinNewOrleans.Aswemoveinto2020,therewillbesomechanges....>>More
Candidate Slate for 2020 DSI Officer Election
OnJanuary29,theelectionwillopenandDSImemberswillbeaskedtocasttheirvotesfortheofficesofPresident-ElectandVicePresidentofFinance,EuropeanDivi-sion,Conferences,MemberServicesandProfessionalDevelopment.>>More
Update Your Assumptions: How Ph.D. Students Can Achieve Success During Their Ph.D. Program Studies In A Business Field ByPaulBenjaminLowryandJasonBennettThatcher
AkeychallengeofthePh.D.experienceisthatmanyhighlyqualifiedstudentshavea
disconnectonthe purpose of a Ph.D. in a
businessfieldinthefirstplace.>>More
Book Review For “The Oxford Handbook Of Organizational Paradox” ByMehmetG.YalcinTheOxfordHandbookofOrganizationParadoxisanexceptionalandanexcellentworkbySmith,Lewis,JarzabkowskiandLangleyendeavortoascertaintheexis-tenceofaclassofphilosopherscontribut-ingtotheorganizationalparadox.>>More
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DECISION LINEAScholarlyMagazineoftheDecisionSciencesInstitute Vol.51,No.1 JANUARY 2020
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2019-2020 DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE OFFICERSPresident JanetHartley,BowlingGreenStateUniversityPresident Elect VijayKannan,UtahStateUniversityImmediate Past President M.JohnnyRungtusanatham,TheOhioStateUniversityVice President for Finance (Treasurer) AlanMackelprang,GeorgiaSouthernUniversitySecretary AnthonyRoss,UniversityofWisconsin-MilwaukeeFunctional Vice Presidents:
Vice President for Global Activities WendyTate,UniversityofTennessee-KnoxvilleVice President for Marketing DavidDobrzykowski,BowlingGreenStateUniversityVice President for Member Services ShananGibson,TexasA&MUniversityVice President for Professional Development SriramNarayanan,MichiganStateUniversityVice President for Publications ShawneeVickery,MichiganStateUniversityVice President for Technology NatalieSimpson,UniversityatBuffalo-SUNYVice President for the Americas Division PeggyDanielsLee,IndianaUniversityVice President for the Asia-Pacific Division EBKhedkar,AjeenkyaDYPatilUniversityVice President for the European Division CarmeladiMauro,UniversitàdiCataniaExecutive Director VivianLandrum,UniversityofHouston
Decision Sciences Journal Co-Editors CheriSpeier-Pero,MichiganStateUniversity MarkFerguson,UniversityofSouthCarolinaDecision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education Editor MatthewDrake,DuquesneUniversityDecision Line Editor MalingEbrahimpour,UniversityofRhodeIsland2019 Program Chair KevinLinderman,UniversityofMinnesota-TwinCities2019 Associate Program Chairs CarmelaDiMauro,UniversityofCatania DongliZhang,FordhanUniversity ThomasKull,ArizonaStateUniversityAnnual Meeting Webmaster and CMS Manager StephenOstrom,ArizonaStateUniversityRegional Presidents
European JanOlhager,LundUniversityIndian Subcontinent M.P. Jaiswal, Indian Institute of ManagementMidwest SanjayKumar,ValparaisoUniversityNortheast DouglasHales,UniversityofRhodeIslandSoutheast TobinTurner,PresbyterianCollegeSouthwest KhaledAlshare,QatarUniversityWestern OmerBenli,CaliforniaStateUniversity-LongBeach
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Website:DecisionLinefeaturearticlesandmoreinformationontheDecisionSciencesInstitutecanbe found on the DSI website at www.decisionsciences.org
Editor: Maling Ebrahimpour, College of Business, TheUniversityofRhodeIsland,7LippittRoad,Kingston,RI02881; [email protected]
President: JanetHartley,BowlingGreenStateUniversity
ExecutiveDirector:VivianLandrum,UniversityofHouston;[email protected]
ISSUEMONTH DEADLINESFORAUTHORSJanuaryissue December10th(prioryear)Marchissue February10thMay April10thJulyissue June10thOctoberissue September10th
VISION STATEMENT DecisionSciencesInstitutewillbe
recognizedgloballyasascholarly
professionalassociationthat
creates,develops,fostersand
disseminatesknowledgetoimprove
managerialdecisions.
MISSION STATEMENTDecisionSciencesInstituteprovides
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Janet Hartley2019 - 2020 DSI President
Dear Colleagues,
Ihopethatyouhadwonderfulholidaysand
onbehalfoftheDSIBoardofDirectorsI
wanttowishyouallaveryhappynewyear.
DSIclosed2019withour50thAnniversary
conference.Congratulationstothe2019
DSIConferenceChairKevinLinderman,
UniversityofMinnesotaandtheConfer-
enceteam,CarmelaDiMauro,University
ofCatania,ThomasKull,ArizonaState
University,andDongliZhangFordham
University,theTrackChairs,andtheDSI
HomeOfficeStaffforputtingtogetherthe
perfect50thAnniversarycelebrationinNew
Orleans.Whatagreatwaytocelebrate
ourheritageandbeginournext50years.
Conferenceattendancewas1,299which
isthelargestthatwehavehadinrecent
yearsandthequalityoftheprogramand
eventswasexcellent.Ifyouwerenotable
toattendtheconferencebesuretowatch
theDSI50thAnniversaryvideothatshares
the past, present, and future of DSI on our
website.
Aswemoveinto2020,therewillbesome
changesintheeditorshipofouracademic
journals.AttheNovemberBoardmeeting,
theDSIBoardvotedtoapprovetherecom-
mendationofthePublicationsCommittee
toappointXenophonKoufteros,Texas
A&MUniversity,toafour-yeartermas
Co-EditorofDecision Sciences.Xenophon
joinsCo-EditorMarkFerguson,University
ofSouthCarolinaeffectiveJanuary1.I
wanttothankCheriSpeier-Pero,Michi-
ganStateUniversity,whocompletedher
secondtermasCo-EditorinDecember,for
heroutstandingleadershipandservice.
CheriandMarkhavedoneagreatjobof
increasingthestatureofthejournalandI
expectthetrajectorytocontinue.ThePub-
licationsCommitteeiscurrentlyevaluating
candidatesforeditorforDecision Sciences
Journal of Innovative Education as Editor
MattDrake,DuquesneUniversitycom-
pleteshisterminJuly.
Plansarealreadywellunderwayforthe
2020DSIConferencetakingplaceNovem-
ber21-23inSanFrancisco.Conference
Chair,CarmelaDiMauro,Universityof
Catania, and her leadership team, Sriram
Narayanan,MichiganStateUniversity,
WendyTate,UniversityofTennessee,and
RebeccaDuray,UniversityofColorado-
Colorado Springs are working hard to
developanexcellentprogramincludinga
continuedemphasisoninteractivework-
shops.Oneexcitingchangeisanupdate
inthestructureoftheDoctoral,New
Faculty,andMid-CareerConsortiatoallow
participantstocustomizetheirlearning
experience.
ThesuccessofDecisionSciencesInstitute
dependsuponactiveandengagedmem-
bers.ElectionsfornewBoardmembers
willbeginonJanuary28.Althoughitis
toolatetobeontheballotthisyear,be
suretovote.Thebestwaytogetactively
involvedisbyservingonacommittee.The
listofDSIcommitteescanbefoundonour
website under the About DSI/Leadership
tab.LetPresident-electVijayKannanknow
ifyouareinterestedinservingbeforeApril
asthecommitteeswillbeapprovedatthe
MayBoardmeeting.Finally,stayengaged
betweenthenationalannualconferences
byparticipatinginoneoftheconferences
hostedbyourUSRegionsorInternational
ChaptersorDivisions.Theycanalsobe
found on our website homepage.
JanetHarltey
DSI 2019 – 2020 President
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Maling Ebrahimpour is the Dean and Professor of Supply Chain in the College of Business at The University of Rhode Island. He is an active researcher and has authored or coauthored over 100 articles that have been published in scientific journals and proceedings. Most of his work focuses on various issues of quality in both service and manufac-turing companies. He received his PhD in busi-ness administration from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has served on the editorial review board of several journals, including Journal of Quality Management, Journal of Operations Management, and Inter-national Journalof Production Research. [email protected]
DECISION LINE FEATURE EDITORS:
Dean’s Perspective,MalingEbrahimpour,UniversityofRhodeIsland [email protected]
Doctoral Issues,VarunGrover,UniversityofArkansas, [email protected]
Ecommerce, KennethE.Kendall,Rutgers,[email protected]
From the Bookshelf,FeatureEditor,MehmetG.Yalcin,Univer-sityofRhodeIsland,[email protected]
In the Classroom,KathrynZuckweiler,[email protected]
Analytics and Data Science,SubhashishSamaddar,GeorgiaStateUniversity,[email protected]
Information Technology,SilvanaTrimi,UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln,[email protected]
In the News, VivianLandrum,DecisionSciencesInstitute, [email protected]
International Issues,MinooTehrani,RogerWilliamsUniversity,[email protected]
Membership Roundtable,GyulaVastag,[email protected]
Supply Chain Management,DanielA.Samson,UniversityofMelbourne, Australia [email protected]
Research Issues,MahyarAmouzegar,UniversityofNewOr-leans, [email protected]
Dear Readers,
TheJanuaryissueofDecisionLine
focusesontheoutcomeofourannual
conference.Thisyearwecelebratedthe
50thanniversaryoftheDecisionSciences
Institute.Ourorganizationhascomea
longwayfrombeingasmallgroupof
dedicatedfacultytothethemeofDeci-
sionMaking.Wearenowasolidgroup
thatisstronglyconnectedthroughatight
network. Our network is built based on
ourmembers’activitiesattheregional,
national,andinternationalconferences.
Then,ourtwojournals,DecisionSciences
Journal(DSJ)andDecisionsSciences
JournalforInnovateEducation(DSJIE)
createplatformsthatweshareourwork
withourcolleagueswithintheDSIcommu-
nityandbeyond.TheDecisionLine(DL),
DSI’sscholarlymagazineprovidesaforum
fordiscussionoffreshideasthathavenot
been tested. In addition, DL updates our
membershiponvariousactivitiesthatare
hapeningacrosstheDSIuniverseaswell
asotherinterestsofourmembersthatmay
notbesolelyacademic-based.
The50thanniversarywasagreatsuccess
byallmeasures.Thoseofyouwhocould
notattendtheconferencewillgetagood
idea of what inspired at the annual meet-
inginNewOrleansbyreadingthisissue.
VivianLandrum(DSI’sExecutiveDirector)
providesagreatsummaryofDSI’s50th
AnniversaryConference.Itisveryinfor-
mativeandpackedwithmanyinteresting
pictures.Iamsureyouwillenjoyreading
thissection.
Pleaseextendyourcongratulationstoall
whowereinvolvedinorganizingthe50th
AnnualConference,particularlyKevinLin-
demanwhochairedtheconference.The
number of people who helped to organize
theconferenceistoomanytolist.Thanks
toallofyouwhomadesurethe50thAn-
niversaryConferencewasoneofthebest
thatweeverheld.SpecialkudostoVivian
Landrumwhomadesureeverythingwent
accordingtoplanduringtheconference.
PresidentHartley,inherremarks,men-
tionsseveralindividualswhowerecritical
inthesuccessoftheconference.Inad-
dition,sheannouncesthenewco-editor
fortheDecisionSciencesJournal.We
extendourcongratulationstoXenophen
Koufteroswhoistheincomingco-editorof
DSJ.PresidentHartleyencouragesallof
you(DSImembers)totakeanactiverole
inyourorganizationandhelptomakeit
strongerandmorewelcomingtoall.
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Anotherimportantandspecialaspectof
theJanuaryissueofDLisitsfocusonthe
futureofDSI.Alistofallcandidatesfor
variousDSIofficesisannounced.You
willreadvisionandstrategicstatements
ofthetwoPresident-ElectNominees.
Readingthesestatementsshouldhelpyou
tomakeamoreinformeddecisionwhen
timecomes.Inaddition,thelistofallother
nomineesfordifferentofficeswiththelist
oftheirDSIrelatedactivitiesareincluded.
Pleasecastyourvotetoselectthosewho
willrepresentyouontheboard.
Inthisissue,youwillreadaveryinterest-
ingarticlesubmittedbyVarunGrover,the
featureeditorforDoctoralStudentAffairs.
Theauthors,PaulLoweryandJasonBen-
nett,successfullydiscussthefactsand
mythsaboutthePh.D.degree.Pleasedo
readthisveryinterestingarticlewhether
youareaPh.D.Studentormentoring
doctoralstudents.Youwillfindthisarticle
veryhelpful.Inaddition,MehmetYalcin,
featureeditorforthe“FromtheBookshelf,”
providesadetailedreviewof“TheOxford
HandbookofOrganizationalParadox.”This
reviewwassubmittedbyMuhammad
HasanAshraf.Thisisadetailedreview
ofahandbookthatdiscussesindetail
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TOR CONT. FROM PG. 4 organizationalparadoxinthreeseparate
sections.Ashrafprovidesadetailedreview
ofeachsection.Iencourageyoutoread
thisreviewandlearnmoreaboutorganiza-
tionalparadox.
VivianLandrumprovidesupdatesabout
the DSI’s Annual Business meeting that is
alwaysheldduringtheannualconference.
Thisisaveryinterestingreportpacked
with data about DSI and other related infor-
mation.Iamsureyouwillfindthisreport
veryinteresting.Therestofthisissueis
filledwithupdatesandrelevantinformation
aboutnextyear’sannualconferenceas
wellasupdatesandcallforpapersfrom
regionalconferences.
Asalways,Iencourageyou,ourreader,
toshareyouropinions,ideaswithusby
writing and sending it to me at mebrahim-
[email protected],oryoumaysendittothe
featureeditorsasshowninthissection.
Iamlookingforwardtoreadingyourar-
ticlesforinclusioninDecisionLine.
Maling Ebrahimpour, PhD
Editor
DSI / DECISION LINE 6JANUARY 2020
CANDIDATE SLATE FOR 2020 DSI OFFICER ELECTION
Names offered in alphabetical order
President-ElectJoyField,BostonCollege
GyulaVastag,CorvinusUniversity
Vice President of Finance
ChristinaMcCart,RoanokeCollege
Vice President European Division BartMacCarthy,NottinghamUniversity
Vice President Conferences
VictorPrybutok,UniversityofNorthTexas
Vice President Member Services MohanRao,TexasA&MUniversity
MarcoSartor,UniversityofUdine
Vice President Professional Development Q.B.Chung,VillanovaUniversity
TingtingYan,WayneStateUniversity
DSI ELECTION SPECIAL FEATURE
OnJanuary29,theelectionwillopenandDSImem-
berswillbeaskedtocasttheirvotesfortheofficesof
President-ElectandVicePresidentofFinance,Euro-
peanDivision,Conferences,MemberServicesand
ProfessionalDevelopment.Weencourageeveryoneto
becomefamiliarwiththecandidatesbeforetheelec-
tion.BesureyourDSImembershipisuptodate,as
onlythosecurrentDSImembersasofJanuary24will
beentitledtovoteinthiselection.Oncetheelectionis
opened,noballotscanbeaddedtotherecipientlist.
Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasecontactthehome
office.
ThecandidatesforthepositionofPresident-Elect,Joy
FieldandGyulaVastag,haveprovidedtheirvision
statements,includedbelow.Candidatesfortheother
officerpositionshaveprovidedtheirlistofactivities/
servicesasrelatedtoDSI.
PRESIDENT-ELECTJoy Field, Boston College
VISION STATEMENT
I am grateful for the oppor-
tunitytorunforPresident-
ElectofDecisionSciences
Institute, an organization
thathasbeensuchan
importantpartofmypro-
fessionallife.IfirstattendedaDSIconferenceduring
mydoctoralstudiesattheUniversityofMinnesota.
TheotherstudentsandfacultyImetatthedoctoral
consortiumaresomeofthemostenduringprofes-
sionalrelationshipsIhavehadovertheyears.Much
ofmygrowthasascholarandteacherhasbeendue
tomynetworkofDSIcolleaguesandthesessions
IhaveattendedandpresentedinatbothDSIand
NEDSIconferences.Previouslyservinginleadership
positionsatboththeInstituteandregionallevelshas
also helped me to better understand the needs of the
organizationanditsmembers.Myvisionistoen-
hancethequalitiesthatmakeDSIanacademichome
ofchoiceandpositionDSItomeetthemembership
needs of the future.
Theimplementationofthe2018-2023DSIStrategic
Planiswellunderwayandalreadyyieldingpositive
results.TheplanprovidesaclearroadmapforDSI
goingforwardand,ifelected,Iwillsupportinitiatives
alignedwiththestatedgoalsacrossallthreethrust
areasofDSImembers,programs,andcapabilities
andresources.Intheremainderofmystatement,I
wouldliketohighlightsomeareasinwhichIhopeto
makeaparticularcontributiontothegrowthandsuc-
cessofDSI.
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Value-added services
Newvalue-addedservices,suchastheConference
Buddyprogram,providetouchpointstoengagewith
andretainDSI’snewestmembers,whiletheever
increasingqualityoftheannualconferenceprovides
exceptionalvaluetothemembershipasawhole.I
haveseentheimpactofincreasedhomeofficesup-
portfortheregionalconferencesthathavemadethe
conferencechairs’jobseasierandloweredtheircosts.
Iwillworktofurtheridentifyandexpandservicesthat
continuetoincreasethevalueofaDSImembership.
DSI conferences The50thanniversaryconferencerecentlyheldinNew
Orleans was a testament to the past, present, and
futureofDSIandanexemplarofDSI’sbestqualities.
AparticularstrengthofthisandeveryDSIconference
isadualfocusonresearchandteaching.DSIconfer-
encesuniquelysupportacademicsintheirjointroles
asscholarsandteachers.Inaddition,whileprimarily
anacademicorganization,DSIisincreasinglyengag-
ingwithpractitionersthroughsitetoursandasconfer-
encespeakersandattendees.Itisimportantforthe
DSIandconferenceleadershipteamstocontinueto
reinforcethecurrentstrengthsoftheDSIconferences
andbroadentheirappealtonewparticipants.
DSI journals
DSIisfortunatetohavetwojournals,Decisions
SciencesJournalandDecisionSciencesJournalof
InnovativeEducation,thatprovidehigh-qualitypublica-
tionoutletsinbothacademicdisciplinesandpedagogy
andarecriticaltooperationalizingtheDSImissionto
“disseminateanduseknowledgetoimprovemanage-
rialdecisionmakinginvolvingsystemsandpeople.”
ItisessentialthatDSIstronglysupporttheefforts
oftheDSJandDSJIEeditorstohelpdeliveronthe
DSImissionthroughitsjournals.ThankyoutoCheri
Speier-Pero,MarkFerguson,andMattDrakefortheir
excellentstewardshipofthesejournals.
Underthecapableleadershipoftheeditors,thequality
andimpactofDSJ,DSI’sflagshipjournal,hascon-
tinueditsupwardtrajectory.Ilookforwardtoworking
withMarkFergusonandXenophonKoufteros,incom-
ingDSJco-editor,tofurtherenhancethereputation
ofthejournalandmovetowardthegoalsofhaving
DSJincludedinlistssuchasUTDallasandFinancial
Times,aswellasincreasingthenumberofinstitu-
tionsthatincludeDSJontheirownshort-listsoftop
journals.
DSI regions
Asalong-timeboardmemberandformerpresidentof
NEDSI,Ihaveseentheimportantrolethattheregions
playinoutreachandbrandingoftheorganization.
WeareoneDSIand,withthenewregionalcharters,
theorganizationismovingforwardtogetherforthe
benefitofallstakeholders.Fosteringevencloser
relationshipsandsynergieswiththeregionswillbean
ongoingpriority.
Finally,IwouldliketothanktheDSIleadershipteam
and,inparticular,recentPresidentsandExecutiveDi-
rectorVivianLandrum,whohaveputinsomuchtime
andefforttodraftandimplementtheDSIStrategic
Planandpavethewayforfutureleaderstogrowand
strengthen the organization.
Biography
JoyFieldisanAssociateProfessorofOperations
ManagementintheCarrollSchoolofManagementat
BostonCollege.Herrecentresearchfocusesonde-
signingandmanagingserviceprocessesforimproved
efficiencyandeffectiveness,withanemphasisonthe
roleofthecustomerco-producer.Shehaspublished
herworkinanumberofleadingacademicjournals,
includingDecisionSciences,JournalofOperations
Management,ProductionandOperationsManage-
ment,Manufacturing&ServiceOperationsManage-
ment,StrategicManagementJournal,andAcademy
of Management Journal, and is the author of the book,
“DesigningServiceProcessestoUnlockValue,”nowin
its2ndedition.Dr.Fieldservesonanumberofeditorial
boardsandisanassociateeditorforDecisionSciences
andfiveotherjournals.Shehasbeenactivelyengaged
withbothDecisionSciencesInstituteandNortheast
DecisionSciencesInstituteformanyyears.
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Decision Sciences Institute Service
• PublicationsCommittee,2019-current
• FinancialMattersCommittee,2018-current
• AssociateEditor,DecisionSciencesJournal,
2007-current
• Regional Best Paper Presentation Award Coordina-
tor,2018and2019DSIAnnualMeetings
• PublishinginDSJWorkshopCoordinator,2018and
2019 DSI Annual Meetings
• DennisE.GrawoigDistinguishedServiceAward
Recipient,2018
• Regional Best Paper Presentation Award Commit-
teeChair,2017-2018
• VP-Finance/Treasurer,BoardofDirectors,2016-
2018
• FinancialandInvestmentAdvisoryCommittee
Chair,2016-2018
• TrackChair,2011,2012,and2016DSIAnnual
Meetings
• ExecutiveProgramChairandProceedingsCoordi-
nator,2014DSIAnnualMeeting
• RegionallyElectedVicePresident,2012-2013
• RegionalActivitiesCommittee,2012-2014
• LocalArrangementsCo-Chair,2011DSIAnnual
Meeting
• ProfessionalandFacultyDevelopmentProgram
Chair,2007DSIAnnualMeeting
• EditorialReviewBoardMember,DecisionSciences
Journal,2005-2006
Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Service• DistinguishedServiceAward,2019
• TrackChair,2004-2019NEDSIAnnualMeetings
• President,2016-2017
• President-Elect,2015-2016
• ProgramChair,2015NEDSIAnnualMeeting
• Secretary,2013-2014
• VP-Communications,2007-2012
• BoardMember,2004-2007
PRESIDENT-ELECTGyula Vastag– Corvinus University
VISION STATEMENT
AtmyveryfirstDSIconferencein1989,Icouldnot
haveimaginedthat30yearsandmanyturnsand
twistslater,IwouldbeanomineeforthePresident-
Electpositioninthesocietythathasservedasmy
professionalhomethroughoutmycareer.(Istillowe
agreatdealtotheformerDSIleaders–D.Clay
Whybark,VincentA.Mabert,andF.RobertJacobs
–whopersuadedmetoattendthat1989meeting).I
amalsoveryhumbledand
honoredbythisnomination
thatcouldgivememore
opportunitiestocontribute
to the organization where
Istartedmyprofessional
careerandthatIhave
servedinmanydifferent
capacities.
MyactiveinvolvementwiththeDSIBoardstarted
in2008withthepreparationsforestablishingthe
EuropeanDecisionSciencesInstitute(EDSI).Iwasa
Founding Member of EDSI, on the Organizing Com-
mittee,preparedmuchofthedocumentationneeded
forthisnewDSIchapterandwasinstrumentalinmak-
ingEDSIathrivingdivision.Between2009and2016,
IservedontheDSIBoard.MyworkonEDSIandbe-
ingontheDSIBoardgavemetheopportunitytoap-
preciatetheDSIculture,toworkwithandgettoknow
the DSI leadership like: Presidents Norma J. Har-
rison,RamNarasimhan,G.KeongLeong,KrishnaS.
Dhir,E.PowellRobinson,MalingEbrahimpour,Marc
Schniederjans,MorganSwink,FundaSahin,Jeet
Gupta,M.JohnnyRungtusanatham,andlong-time
ExecutiveDirectorCarolLattaaswellasmany-many
other DSI members. As a Board member, in order to
increasemembershipreach,Iwastheproponentof
DSI’stieredmembershipfeestructurebasedonthe
country’sGDPpercapita.Overtheyears,Ialsoman-
agedtosecuresponsorshipstosupportDSI.
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2020 Nowin2020,after50yearsofaccumulatedwisdom
andDSIsuccess,IbelievethatDSI’sstrategicgoals
formembership,programs,capabilitiesandresources
arewell-formulatedandsound.Further development of DSI, I think, is not so much about coming up with radically new ideas, rather it is about refin-ing and executing the many good ideas we had over the years to reach DSI’s goals. DSI is us! Onlywe,DSImembers,canleadtheorganizationto
fulfilitsvisionto“berecognizedgloballyasascholarly
professionalassociationthatcreates,develops,fosters
anddisseminatesknowledgetoimprovemanagerial
decisions.”To do this it is clear that we have to go global to recruit new members, to increase our professional network, and to have a global footprint.
FromthethreemajorthrustareasofDSI’sStrategic
Plan2018-2023, membership is the foundation that supports programs and capabilities. Our members
aretheoneswhocanmakeourjournalsmorepresti-
gious,ourconferencesandprofessionaldevelopment
programsmoresuccessful,andcontributethemostto
enhancingtheDSIbrandglobally.Theultimategoal
ofcreatinga globally integrated but locally active international professional societyhasneverbeencloser.Itmaysoundparadoxicalthatwemaybecloser
toachievingthisgoalnow–in,perhaps,themost
fracturedworldofthelast50years–thanwewere
atanytimeinourhistory.Theprofessionalnetworks
andlinkagesalreadyproducedbyDSIthroughits
journals,conferences,colleges,divisionsandregions
mayprovidemuchneededglobalconnections,infusion
oftalentsandopportunitiesforcooperationwhenwe
need them the most.
Inmyview,thereislotsofpotentialinfullyexploiting
thebenefitsofthetieredmembershipsysteminorder
toexpandDSI’sglobalreach,torecruitmemberswho
couldserveascontributors,reviewers,editors,confer-
enceorganizers,andwhocouldprovidelinkstoindus-
tryandacademia.Despitemanypasteffortsthereare
stillmanylargeregionswhereDSIisnotvisibleornot
visibletotheextentwewouldlike.Onesuchregion
isSouthAmerica/LatinAmerica.DSIshouldvigor-
ouslypursuesettingupmoreinternationalregionsto
addressfuturegrowthopportunities.Consequently,
membership drives and increasing DSI’s global footprintaretopprioritiesforme.Lackofmember-shipgrowthlimitsallotherstrategicgoals.However,
thesegoalscannotbeachievedwithoutprovidingbet-
terservicestartingwithourconferences.Wecanstart
withsmallthings,forexample,offering“fullservice”
conferences(withallormostmealsincluded)which
increasethechancesthatattendeesstaytogether
andcommunicatemore.Invitingspeakersfromother
fields,bothindustryandacademic,mayhelpbroaden
ourprofessionaldevelopmentaswell.
Inclosing,letmeemphasizethatIamrunningforthis
officebecauseIamcommittedtomakingDSIbetter
andbetterknownallovertheworld.Oursuccess
dependsonworkingtogether.Idonotcarrythestone
ofwisdominmypocket;Iwillrelyonyouradviceand
collectivewisdomtohaveDSIfulfillitsvision.Thank
youverymuchforyourconsideration,yoursupportis
verymuchappreciated.
Biography
GyulaVastagisProfessorandVice-Rectorfor
Researchathisalma mater,CorvinusUniversityof
Budapest,Hungary.Between1989and2006,he
taughtintheUnitedStatesonthefacultiesofthe
KelleySchoolofBusiness(IndianaUniversity),The
Kenan-FlaglerBusinessSchool(UniversityofNorth
CarolinaatChapelHill),andTheEliBroadGraduate
SchoolofManagement(MichiganStateUniversity).
Heco-authoredfiveresearchbooks(byElsevier,
PearsonandtheNationalAssociationofPurchasing
Management)andseveraltextbooksinHungarian.He
wroteeightbusinesscasesandcontributedchapters
to20books.Hispapers(30+refereedjournalpubli-
cations)werepublishedinavarietyofprofessional
andpeer-reviewedacademicjournals(includingfive
papersintheFinancialTimeslistofTopJournals)
intheUnitedStatesandinEurope.Gyulareceived
severalresearchawards:New Central Europe Distin-
guished Senior Researcher Scholarship(2014),Best
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2020 Applications Paper Award by Alpha Iota Delta (2012),
and Award for Research Excellence from Corvinus
University(2009).HewastheFoundingEditorofthe
Pannon Management Review,istheAssociateEditor
oftheDecisionSciencesandservesontheeditorial
boardsofseveraljournals.Hehasworkedonprojects
withanumberoforganizationsbothinacademiaand
practice.Hehasservedasexternalpromotionreviewer
forUSandEuropeanuniversities,wasjurymember
forawardcommittees(mostrecentlytheEuropean
PublicSectorAward–2019)andhasbeenonvarious
nationalandinternationalscholarshipandawardcom-
mittees.GyulaisFoundingMemberandpastAssociate
Director of the Global Manufacturing Research Group.
HeservedontheExecutiveandAuditingCommittees
of the International Society for Inventory Research
(1998-2014).Between2017and2019,hewasamem-
ber of the European Operations Management Associa-
tion’sBoard.GyulawasProgramChairofnumerous
conferences,includingthe4thAnnualConferenceof
theEuropeanDecisionSciencesInstitute(2013),2015
ConferenceoftheInternationalPublicManagement
Network(IPMN),andthe25thConferenceoftheEuro-
peanOperationsManagementAssociation(2018).
Decision Sciences Institute Service• 2019:DSIDennisE.GrawoigDistinguishedService
Award
• 2019: Senior Editor, Decision SciencesSpecial
Issueon“InformationandOperationalDecisionSci-
ences:TheInterplayofInformationTechnologyand
OperationalDecisionSciences”
• 2017:TrackChair,47thAnnualMeetingoftheDeci-
sionSciencesInstitute
• 2016:SeniorEditor,DecisionSciencesSpecial
Issueon“SupplyChainDecisionsinGovernmental
Organizations”
• 2016:InternationalScientificCommittee,DSIFirst
WorldCongressand2016AsiaPacificDSIConfer-
ence(“ManagingBigDataandDecisionMakinginA
NewGlobalEconomy”),Beijing,China
• 2013:TrackChair,44thAnnualMeetingoftheDeci-
sionSciencesInstitute
• 2016-2019:EDSIPresident-Elect,President,Im-
mediate Past President
• 2009-2016:MemberoftheDSIBoard
• 2014-2015:MemberoftheExecutiveBoard
• 2014-2016:Vice-PresidentforGlobalActivities
• 2011-2014:MemberServicesCommittee
• 2012-2013:DevelopmentCommitteeforExcel-
lenceinDecisionSciences
• 2009-2014:RegionalActivitiesCommittee
• 2009: EDSI Founding Member
• 2008-2009:MemberoftheEDSIOrganizing
Committee
• 2012:EDSI2012BestApplicationPaperAward;
the paper was later published in the Decision Sci-
ences
• 2010-2019:MemberoftheScientificCommittee,
Program Committee or Organizing Committee of
allannualEDSIConferences–Barcelona,Spain
(2010),Wiesbaden,Germany(2011),Istanbul,
Turkey(2012),Budapest,Hungary(2013),Kolding,
Denmark(2014),Taormina,Italy(2015),Helsinki,
Finland(2016),Granada,Spain(2017),Udine,
Italy(2018),andNottingham,UK(2019).
OTHER BOARD POSITIONS TO BE VOTED ON
VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCEChristina McCart, Roanoke College
DSI Member Activity
• MemberofFinancialandInvestmentAdvisory
Committee,2016–2018
• MemberofDSIandRegionsBilateralPresenceAd
HocCommittee,2018
• PanelistforNewFacultyConsortium,2008
• InnovativeEducationCommittee,1995–1997
Decision Sciences Institute, Southeast Region of DSI
• VP–Finance,February2016–present
• TrackChair,2015
• TrackChair,2014
• Secretary,February2010–February2012
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CAND
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2020 • VP–Publications,February2007–February2010
• PlacementCoordinator,2000
• LocalArrangementsCoordinator,1998
• SessionChair/Discussant/Reviewer–moreyears
than not
VICE PRESIDENT EUROPEAN DIVISIONBart MacCarthy, Nottingham University
DSI Member Activity
• 2020-TrackchairManufacturingManagement,DSI
51,SanFrancisco
• 2011-2015-Member,StrategicPlanningforInterna-
tional Affairs Committee
• Host/Co-hostEDSIreceptionsatDSIannualconfer-
encesinSanDiego(2010),Boston(2011),San
Francisco(2012),Baltimore(2013)
• 2009-present-Member,SessionChair,Panel
Organizer, Presenter
Decision Sciences Institute, European Division of DSI
• 2019-ConferenceChair,10thAnnualEuropean
DecisionSciencesConference,Nottingham,UK
• 2010-present-MemberoftheExecutiveCommit-
tee,EuropeanRegion(EDSI)
• 2012-2013-ImmediatePastPresident,European
Region(EDSI)
• 2011-2012-President,EuropeanRegion(EDSI)
• 2010-2011-President-ElectEuropeanRegion
(EDSI)
• 2011-2018-ConferencecommitteesforEDSI
regionalconferences(2011,Wiesbaden,Germany;
Istanbul,Turkey,2012;Budapest,Hungary,2013;
Kolding,Denmark,2014;Taormina,Italy,2015;Hel-
sinki,Finland,2016;Granada,Spain,2017;Udine,
Italy,2018).
VICE PRESIDENT CONFERENCESVictor Prybutok, University of North Texas
DSI Member Activity
• DecisionSciencesInstitute,2019DSILifetime
DistinguishedEducatorAwardCommittee
• RecipientofDSILifetimeDistinguishedEducator
Award,2018
• DecisionSciencesInstitute,DoctoralStudentAf-
fairsCommittee2011-2012
• PresenterandPanelist-DSIDoctoralStudent
ConsortiumforPre-ProposalDefenseStageStu-
dents,Seattle,WA,Nov19-22,2016
• JudgefortheDecisionSciencesInstitute2012
Elwood Buffa Dissertation Award
• SessionChairof2Sessions(InnovativeEducation
andMarketingandCross-FunctionalInterfaces)at
theDSIAnnualMeeting,November19-22,2011
• SessionChairinInnovativeEducationTrack,DSI
AnnualMeeting,November2010
• ReviewerforProceedingsoftheAnnualMeetingof
theDecisionSciencesInstitute,2009
• SessionChairinInnovativeEducationTrack,DSI
AnnualMeeting,November2009
• ReviewerforDecisionSciencesInstitute–National
meeting,CISTrack,2006
• ChairofSession,“InnovativeApproachestoCreat-
inganEffectiveLearningEnvironment”atthe21st
AnnualMeetingoftheDecisionSciencesInstitute,
November1990
Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest Region of DSI
• NominationCommittee2017-2019
• Officer,VicePresident–StudentLiaison2013-2018
• ChairofConferenceBestStudentPaperCommit-
tee2013-2018
• ChairofStudentTrackforconferences2013-2018
• ChairofDoctoralStudentConsortium2013-2018
• OutstandingEducatorAwardSelectionCommittee
Member2016-2017
• TrackChairwithHongQinofQuantitativeMeth-
ods,Quality,andAnalytics2013
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CAND
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2020 • Reviewer-Southwest,2011.
• Session Chair of 2 Sessions at Southwest Region
AnnualMeeting,Mar9-12,2011
• ReviewerforSWDSI,QualityIssuesTrack,1996
• SessionChair-Tutorial:IllustratedExamplesand
TutorialonApplicationsofNeuralNetworkModels,
SWDSI,March1996
• SessionChairinQualityIssuesTrack,SWDSI,
March1996
• ReviewerforSWDSI,QualityIssuesTrack,1995
VICE PRESIDENT MEMBER SERVICESMohan Rao, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
DSI Member Activity
• Member,DSIandRegionsBilateralPresenceAd
HocCommittee,2018-2019
• PanelMemberandPresenter,BestPracticesin
PlanningaUSRegionalDSIConference,National
DSIConference2017,Washington,DC
• Member, DSI Programs and Meetings Committee,
2007-09
• SessionChair:Severaltimessince1994atDSIand
SWDSIconferences
• PaperReviewer:Severalpaperssince1994for
SEDSI,MWDSI,APDSIandSWDSI.
• PaperPresenter:Severalpaperssince1994for
SEDSI,MWDSI,APDSI,ISDSIandSWDSI
Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest Region of DSI
• PastPresident,SWDSI,2018-2019
• President,SWDSI,2017-2018
• President-Elect,SWDSI,2016-2017
• Program Chair,SWDSIConference,2015-2016
• VicePresident-Finance,SWDSI,2003-06
• ProceedingsEditor,2018SWDSI(Albuquerque)
ConferenceProceedings
• ProceedingsEditor,2017SWDSII(LittleRock)
ConferenceProceedings
• ProceedingsEditor,2016SWDSI(OklahomaCity)
ConferenceProceedings
• ProceedingsEditor,2015SWDSI(Houston)Con-
ferenceProceedings
• ProceedingsEditor,2014SWDSI(Dallas)Confer-
enceProceedings
• ProceedingsEditor,2013SWDSII(Albuquerque)
ConferenceProceedings
• ProceedingsEditor,2012SWDSI(NewOrleans)
ConferenceProceedings
• ProceedingsEditor,2011SWDSI(Houston)Con-
ferenceProceedings
• ProceedingsEditor,2009&2006SWDSI(Okla-
homaCity)ConferenceProceedings
• TrackChair,ResearchPedagogyTrack,SWDSI,
Dallas,2014
• TrackChair,ResearchPedagogyTrack,SWDSI,
Albuquerque,2013
• TrackChair,ManagementInformationSystems
Track,SWDSI,Dallas,2005
• TrackChair,DSS,IntelligentSys&KMTrack,
SWDSI,Orlando,2004
• TrackChair,DSS,IntelligentSys&KMTrack,
SWDSI,Houston,2003
• TrackChair,DSS,IntelligentSys&KMTrack,
SWDSI,St.Louis,2002
• TrackChair,MIS/DSSTrack,SWDSI,NewOr-
leans, 2001
• CampusrepresentativeforSWDSIsince1995.
VICE PRESIDENT MEMBER SERVICESMarco Sartor, University of Udine
DSI Member Activity
• PastPresidenttheEuropeanDSI(EDSI),2020
• PresidentoftheEuropeanDSI(EDSI),2019
- PresidentElectoftheEuropeanDSI
(EDSI),2018
- ConferenceChairoftheEuropeanDSI
(EDSI)ConferenceinUdineandVenice
(Italy),2018
- EuropeanDSI(EDSI)boardmember,
2016–2020
- ChairoftheDoctoralConsortiumofthe
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EuropeanDSI(EDSI)AnnualConferencein
Taormina(Italy),2015
- MemberoftheScientificCommitteeofthe
EuropeanDSI(EDSI)annualconferences,
2015-2020
- PaperAuthorand/orPresenterand/orChair
inseveralEuropeanDSIandDSIConfer-
ences,2011-2018
VICE PRESIDENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTQ. B. Chung, Villanova University
DSI Member Activity
• Nominee,DSIVPProfessionalDevelopment,2016
• Nominee,DSIVPProfessionalDevelopment,2014
• Chair,DSIPrograms&MeetingsCommittee,2007-
2008
• Coordinator,DSIMini-ConferenceonSuccessful
Grantsmanship,2008
• Co-coordinator,DSIMini-ConferenceonSuccessful
Grantsmanship,2007,2009
• DSIInformationTechnologyCommittee,2010-2012
• DSIPrograms&MeetingsCommittee,2001-2009
• ProgramCommittee,InternationalDSI,2013
• Chair,E-CommerceTrack,Asia-PacificDSIConfer-
ence,2015
• Chair,E-CommerceTrack,InternationalDSICon-
ference,2009
• Co-Chair,E-CommerceTrack,InternationalDSI
Conference,2013
• NewFacultyConsortium,1993
• DoctoralStudentConsortium,1991
• Presenter,Discussant,SessionChair,Referee,DSI
AnnualMeetings,1991-Present
• Presenter, Session Chair, Referee, International
DSI Annual Meetings, on going
• Referee,DecisionSciences,Irregularly
Decision Sciences Institute, Northeast Region of DSI
• BoardofDirectors,NortheastDSI,2014-Present
• Chair,E-CommerceTrack,NortheastDSIConfer-
ence,2011
• Co-Chair,E-CommerceTrack,NortheastDSICon-
ference,2014
• Presenter, Session Chair, Referee, Northeast DSI
Annual Meetings, on going
VICE PRESIDENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTTingting Yan, Wayne State University
DSI Member Activity
• 2009-2019DSIconferencepresenter
• 2016-2019CarolJ.LattaEarlyCareerAwardcom-
mittee member
• 2012and2014DSIconferencereviewers
• 2014DSIconferenceinnovationpanelist
• 2016DSIconferencesupplychaininnovation
panelist
• 2019 Post Proposal DSI PhD Consortium panelist
• 2014DSIconferencesessionchair
• 2012-2019DecisionSciencesJournalreviewer
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By Vivian Landrum DSI Executive Director
DSIcelebratedits50thAnniversaryingrandstyleas
itwentbacktoitsrootsinNewOrleansNovember23-
25,2019.Thisyear’stheme:“TransformingDecision
SciencesthroughEmergentTechnologies”wasevident
throughoutthemorethan1257submissions.Confer-
enceregistrationhitadecadeall-timehighat1300.
OursincerestthankstoDSIConferenceChairKevin
Lindeman(UniversityofMinnesota),Conference
ChairofProfessionalDevelopmentCarmelaDiMauro
(Universita’diCatania),ConferenceChairofResearch
ThomasKull(ArizonaStateUniversity),Conference
ChairofPedagogicalResearchDongliZhang(Ford-
hamUniversity)andConferenceInformationSystems
ManagerStephanOstrom(ArizonaStateUniversity)
fortheirhardworkanddedicationinensuringthiscon-
ferencewasheldtothehigheststandards.
HIGHLIGHTS
DSI Pre-Conference Site Visit – NASA Michoud Facility Plant Tour Aluckygroupof28attendedtheNASAMichoudAs-
semblyFacilityTourinNewOrleans,whichtookplace
theFridaybeforethe2019DSIconferencebegan.
Thisfacilityisoneofthelargestproductionbuildings
inthenationspanning43acresunderthesameroof.
Attendeesviewedareplicaofthefacility,whichis
locatedon832acresaboutanhouroutsideofNew
Orleans.TourparticipantsmetwithNASAengineers
whoansweredquestionsandwalkedthemthrough
thehistoryofNASAingeneralandthehistoryofthe
facilityinparticular.Followingthis,NASAengineers
personallyexplainedtotourparticipantshowthe
spaceshuttleexternaltankisconstructed,tested,and
deliveredtoNASA’sKennedySpaceCenter.Par-
ticipantsnotonlywereabletotourtheentirespace
shuttleproductionprocess,butalsosawtheArtemis
SpaceShuttle,whichisscheduledtolaunchinDe-
cember2020,fullyassembledandreadytobetaken
outfortesting.(Copyherewrittenbytourleader
KaitlynWowak,UniversityofNotreDame.)
DSI Welcome Reception Tobeginthecelebrationofits50thAnniversary,DSI
treateditsgueststoalavishwelcomereceptionat
MardiGrasWorld,aworkingdesignandartstudiofor
paradefloatsandcostumes.ThankyoutoCorvinus
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CONT. FROM PG. 14 University,whowasaco-sponsorofthisevent.Mardi
GrasWorldhousesmanyofthemajorfloatsand
charactersfortheinfamousMardiGrasParadeinNew
Orleans.Attendeesweretreatedtoupcloseandper-
sonalviewsofthehuge,colorfulfloatsandlargerthan
lifeprops,aswellasseveralartistsworkingontheir
craftofcreatingnewdesigns.Lavishfoodbuffetsand
NewOrleansmusicfilledtheairasattendeeswere
abletomingle,networkandsimplyenjoytherobust
atmosphere.Theviewfromthewarehouseveranda
wasbreathtakingasattendeescouldwatchriverboats
cruiseupanddowntheMississippiRiver.Afunaddi-
tionwasaphotoboothandmanytookadvantageof
theplayfulpropsavailabletoenhancetheirphotoop.
Plenary
Twokeynotesessionspresentedattheconferencethis
yearincludedRahulBasole,AnubhavShrivastavaand
Dale Rogers.
FirstuponSaturdaywasRahulBasolewithhis
presentation titled: Strategy and Structure: Visual-
izing Complex Ecosystems. Basole is the Managing
Director&GlobalLead,
VisualDataScience
withAccentureandhe
sharedhowAccenture
isfocusingondevelop-
inganddeliveringnew
competenciesatthe
intersectionofvisual
analytics,datascience
andstrategy.Basole’s
expertiseisinadvancingandapplyingnovel,interac-
tiveandhuman-centeredvisualanalytic
approachestounderstandingandman-
agingcomplexenterpriseandecosys-
temsandbringingeffectivedata-driven
visualsolutionstotheC-suite.
Sunday’skeynoteincludedAnubhav
Shrivastava,FinanceHeadandNorth
AmericaSupplierforCitibank,NA
andDaleRogers,ONSemiconductor
ProfessoratArizonaStateUniversity.Togetherthese
two offered Technology Powering the Evolution of
Supply Chain Financingandexpoundedonthesym-
bioticeffectbetweenthecombinationofsupplychain
managementandfinance.SupplyChainFinancing
offersmanagerstheabilitytomakedifferentdecisions
whenworkingtoreducecosts,improveserviceand
increasethevalueoftheorganization.
Newthisyear,companionworkshopsfollowedthe
keynotestoexpandandcontinuetheconversations
fromthekeynotes.“UsesofDataVisualizationAcross
theResearchCycle:OpportunitiesandDisciplinary
Caveats”waspresentedonSaturdayledbyElliot
Bendoly(OhioStateUniversity)followedonSunday
withtheworkshop“ResearchOpportunitiesinSupply
ChainFinancing”moderatedbyTomChoi(Arizona
StateUniversity).Theconceptofcompanionwork-
shopswaswellreceivedandwillcontinuefortheDSI
2020conference.
DSI Past Presidents Luncheon 18ofDSI’spastpresidentsattendedaspecial
luncheonintheirhonoronSundayduringtheconfer-
ence.Thiswasagreatopportunityforoldfriends
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CONT. FROM PG. 15 tocatchupwitheachother.Manymemorieswere
sharedalongwithfunanecdotesontrials,challenges
andgreattimesencounteredwhileservingtheDSI
membership.
DSI Sunday Dinner Banquet Achangeinawardlineuptookplacethisyeartoallow
foraspecialdinnerprogramtocelebrateDSI’s50th
and honor its past, present and future. Institute awards
andrecognitions,inlcudingtheFellowannouncement,
theDennisE.GrawoigDistinguishedServiceAward,
the DSI Lifetime Distin-
guishedEducatorAward
and the Carol J. Latta
Memorial DSI Emerging
Leadership Award were
presented during this
event.Theserecipients
will be highlighted in the
copyunderRecognitions
below.
ToshareDSI’spasthistory,expoundonitspresent
andlooktoitsfuture,DSIpresentedaspecialvideo
celebratingitsroots,itsleadership,itsaccomplish-
mentsanditspromisetocontinuetoserveitsinter-
nationalcommunity.Thisvideocannowbefoundon
theDSIwebsite.Aspecialsurprisethenfollowedas
apersonalmessagefromPastPresident1974–75,
AlbertSimone,wassharedviaashortvideoclip.
Simone was part of the original group that founded DSI
in1968,thencalledtheAmericanInstituteofDecision
Sciences,andhewasthefounderandfirsteditorofthe
Decision Sciencesjournal.Allagreeditwasajoyand
privilegetoseehimofferhisownwordsofcongratula-
tionsandencouragementtothegroup.
Tocloseouttheevening,
aspecialperformance
byAliciaReneeandher
BlueEyesJazzQuartet
hadguestsdancingin
the aisles. Her soulful
voicesharedtunesby
BillieHolidayandmanyotherjazzfavorites.
DSI Walk of History TocommemorateDSI’spast,thehistoryofDSIwas
sharedviacolorfulposters,oneforeachyearbegin-
ningwithitsinceptionin1968.Importanteventsfor
thatyear,alistingoftheBoardofDirectors,imagesof
theconferenceandimagesofawardrecipientswere
included.The51posterswerestretchedalongalong
corridorleadinguptotheregistrationarea.Attendees
andguestsofthehotelwereabletostrollthe“Walkof
History”ofDSIduringtheirleisureastheposterswere
upthroughouttheconference.Manycommentswere
receivedbythehomeofficeexpoundingontheirde-
lightinviewingtheposters.Twoinclude:“Thankyou
forthemostextraordinarywalkdownmemorylane.It
waswonderfultoseepicturesofoldfriendsandcol-
leagues.”“WhenIreviewedthevideoandthe“Walk
ofHistory”,itbroughttearstomyeyes.Irecalledthe
challengesand,especially,theremarkablepeople,
somanyofwhombecameclosefriends,whomIwas
privilegedtohavetheopportunitytoworkwithasto-
getherwestrivedtomeetthesechallengesandreach
fortheaccompanyingvisionanddream.”Theposters
areavailableforviewingontheDSIwebsite.
DSI Recognitions Thisyear,theconferenceawardswerepresentedat
theMondayluncheononthefinaldayoftheconfer-
ence.Congratulationstoallawardrecipients–those
whoreceivedtheirrecognitiononSundayeveningas
wellasMondayafternoon!
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CONT. FROM PG. 16 DSI Fellow Designation CongratulationstoKathrynStecke,UniversityofTexas
at Dallas, Morgan Swink,TexasChristianUniver-sityandSrinivas Talluri,MichiganStateUniver-
sity,forbeing
selectedtojoin
the illustrious list
of DSI Fellows.
Toqualifyasa
Fellow one must
havedistin-
guishedthemselvesasaneminentscholarintheir
fieldandbeanactivememberoftheInstitute.Eachof
thesecandidatessurpassedallqualificationcriteria.
Lifetime Dstinguished Educator Award Congratulations to Paul Cro-nan,UniversityofArkansasandJatinder (Jeet) Gupta,UniversityofAlabama,Huntsvilleforreceiv-
ing DSI’s Lifetime Distinguished
EducatorAward.Thisawardrecog-
nizesexceptionalcontributionsto
teachingandlearninginthedisci-
plinesofdecisionsciencesduring
one’scareer.
Dennis E. Grawoig Distinguished Service Award Threerecipientswereselectedtoreceivethishigh
honor, named after DSI founder
DennisE.Grawoig.Robert Andrews, Virginia Commonwealth
University,Maling Ebrahimpour, TheUniversityofRhodeIsland
and Gyula Vastag,CorvinusUniversityofBudapestwererec-
ognizedfortheirselflesscontribu-
tions and unremitting leadership to
the Institute.
Carol J. Latta Emerging Leadership Award for Outstanding Early Career Scholar
NamedafterbelovedpastExecutiveDirectorCarol
Latta,thisawardrecognizesascholarintheearly
stagesofhisorhercareerinthefieldofDecision
Sciencesandwhohascontributedtotheinstituteand
itsgoalsovertherecentpast.Yinliang (Ricky) Tan,
TulaneUniversitywaschosenasthisyear’srecipient.
Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award
TheElwoodS.BuffaDoctoralDissertationAward
identifiesandrecognizesoutstandingdoctoral
researchinthedevelopmentoftheoryorapplica-
tionsofthedecisionsciences.Withhissubmission,
Data-driven Models of Customer Behavior to Improve
Operational Efficiency in Service Systems, Pradeep PendemfromtheUniversityofOregonreceivedthe
awardthisyear.
Best Paper Awards
Eachyear,anumberoffullpapersubmissionsare
recognizedasbestpapers.Thefollowingawards
werebestowedonpraiseworthyindividualswhomet
therequirementsand/orweredeemedworthy.Con-
gratulations to the following winners:
Instructional Innovation Award – sponsored by Alpha Iota Delta
Kevin Shang,DukeUniversity
Supply Chain Simulation Games
Best Teaching Case Studies Award
MikeDixon,Arizona
StateUniversity
AlyssaHenke,Arizo-
naStateUniversity
Morgan Jones, Utah
StateUniversity
TylerOrr,UtahState
University
From A to Z – Capacity Issues of Arches and Zion
National Parks
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Best Problem-Driven Analytical Research Paper Hossein Rikhtehgar Berenji,PacificUniversity
Nagesh Murthy,UniversityofOregon
Zhibin (Ben) Yang,UniversityofOregonUsing Audit-
ing and Commitment for Engaging the Supplier for
Supply Chain Sustainability
Best Theoretical Research Paper Yolanda Obaze,UniversityofEvansville
Sethlyn Morgan,UniversityofEvansville
The Social Innovation of Community-Based Logistics
and Supply Chain Management
Best Theory-Driven Empirical Paper Kang Hsu,ArizonaStateUniversity
Kevin Dooley,ArizonaStateUniversity
Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Setting Goals
for Operational Efficiency
Best Student Paper Parshuram Hotkar,UniversityofTexasatAustin
Stephen Gilbert,UniversityofTexasatAustin
Supplier Encroachment in a Non-Exclusive Reselling
Environment
DSI Regional Best Paper Award
Albachiara Boffelli,UniversityofBergamo
Malin Johansson,LundUniversity
Jan Olhager,LundUniversity
Matteo Kalchschmidt,UniversityofBergamo
A Meta-Analysis of Reshoring Case Studies: The
Influence of Contingency Factors on the Relocation
Decision
Decision Sciences Journal Best Paper Award
Min Choi,CaliforniaStateUniversity,Fullerton
Elliot Rabinovich,ArizonaStateUniversity
Timothy Richards,ArizonaStateUniversity
Supply Chain Contracts and Inventory Shrinkage: An
Empirical Analysis in the Grocery Retailing Industry
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Educa-tion Best Empirical Research Paper Award
A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Experi-
ential Learning and Learning Outcomes
Authors: Gerald F. Burch, Robert Giambatista, John
H. Batchelder, Jana J. Burch, J. Duane Hoover, Na-
than A. Heller
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Educa-tion Best Teaching Brief Award
Patio Swings Intermodal Shipping Competition: An
Inquiry-Based Partial Information Exercise
Authors: Brent Snider, Nancy Southin, Rosanna Cole
Consortia
TohelpnavigatePhDstudentsintheirdifferentstages
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tiawereplanned-DoctoralStudentConsortiumfor
Pre-ProposalDefenseStageStudentsandDoctoral
StudentConsortiumforPost-ProposalDefenseStage
Students.Additionally,two-half-dayfacultydevelop-
mentconsortiawerealsoofferedtothoseindiffer-
entstagesoftheircareer-NewFacultyDevelopment
ConsortiumandMid-CareerFacultyDevelopment
Consortium.Consortiumparticipantsweretreatedto
aluncheonandeachconsortiaparticipantreceiveda
certificatebyco-sponsorAlphaIotaDelta,recognizing
theirparticipation.
Workshops
Professionaldevelopmentworkshopswereexpanded
duringthecourseoftheconferencethisyear.DSIhad
over40workshopsdedicatedtowardshelpingDSI
membersbecomebetterresearchers,teachers,admin-
istrators,andprofessionalservicevolunteers.
Exhibitors
Atthisyear’sconference,DSIwaspleasedtoshow-
case22exhibitors,highlightingtheirproductsand
servicestoattendees.DSIparticipantswereexposed
toavarietyofdisplaysrangingfrompublishing,simu-
lations,softwareproviders,certification/educational
programs,andpainrelievingproducts.Withtheaddi-
tionoftheMemberLounge,attendeesweregiventhe
opportunitytobrowseeachexhibitoraswellasbuild
networksandenhanceconnectionsduringcoffee
breaks and downtime.
Sponsors
Oursponsorshaveplayedanintegralroleincontrib-
utingtothesuccessoftheDSI2019AnnualConfer-
ence.DSIappreciatesandsincerelythanksitsmany
sponsorsfortheirsupport.Weareproudtopostour
Sponsorlistingfollowingthisarticle.
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51st ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA NOVEMBER 21-23, 2020
Decision Sciences in the Age of Connectivity
Understanding the challenges and expanding the op-
portunities of the connected business world
Therapidadvancementsinconnectivityenabledby
technologiessuchascloudcomputingandinternetof
thingshavebroughtaboutafundamentalchangein
howfirmsdesignbusinessmodelsanddeliverbusi-
nessprocesses.Specifically,cloudcomputingand
internetofthingsunderpintheemergenceandsuccess
ofplatform-basedbusinessmodels.Inparallelwithad-
vancementsincomputerprocessinganddatamanage-
ment,thesetechnologiesaredramaticallychanging
informationprocessing,knowledgeaccumulationand
knowledge management within organizations.
Connectivityisalsostrengtheningcompetitionacross
organizations based on business networks interlink-
ingcustomers,suppliers,distributorsanddevelopers
together,andisofferingnewopportunitiesforimprov-
ingbusinessnetworks’operational,economicand
sustainabilityperformance.
Inthisnewbusinesslandscape,firms,research-
ers,educators,andinstitutionsneedtodiscussand
researchthechallengesandopportunitiesthese
technologiesbringtothetable.
TheconferencethemefortheDecisionSciences
2020conference“Decision Sciences in the Age of
Connectivity” aimsatdeepeningthedecisionsciences
community’sunderstandingoftheopportunitiesand
thechallengesthattheconnectivityparadigmposes
toresearchindecisionsciences,tobusinessleaders
andpolicymakers.Wecordiallyinviteyoutojointhis
conversationbysubmittingyourresearchforpresen-
tationattheconference.
Please join us in San Francisco, California for the 51st DSI Annual Conference!
The2020conferencewillcontinuealongthepathof
pastDSIconferences,howeverDSIpridesitselfthat
eachyeartheconferenceprogrambecomesricher
andmoreinnovativeinallofitsconstituentpillars:
• Research tracks-Theme-basedsessionsshow-casingcutting-edgebusinessresearchonunique
decision-makingissues.
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studentlearningandcurriculum
• Professional development sessions–Workshops
andpanelsbyleadingscholarsintheirfieldsprovid-
ingrefreshingandenergizingnewperspectives.
AsaparticipantatDSI2020youwillenjoynumer-
ousopportunitiestomeetnewpeople,considernew
research/teachingapproaches,andopportunitiesto
scoutoutthejobmarketandthetalentpool.
Thevenueforthe2020DSIAnnualConferencewill
betheSanFranciscoMarriottMarquis.Thishotelis
centrallylocatedandoffersexcellentaccesstorestau-
rants, tours and entertainment.
Submissionstotheconferenceprogramwillbeopen
soon with the following deadlines:
• FullPaperDeadline:May15th,2020
• AbstractDeadline:May30th,2020
• PanelProposalDeadline:May15th,2020
• WorkshopProposalDeadline:May15th,2020
• AwardCompetitionDeadline:May30th,2020
WelookforwardtowelcomingyouinSanFrancisco!
The2020DSIAnnualConferenceprogramteam:
Carmela Di Mauro
UniversityofCatania(Italy)
ConferenceChair
SriramNarayanan
MichiganStateUniversity
ChairofResearch
RebeccaDuray
UniversityofColorado,ColoradoSprings
ChairofPedagogicalResearch
WendyTate
UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville
ChairofProfessionalDevelopment
The host hotel for the DSI 2020 conference is the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Located on Mission Street, this location is convenient to numerous attractions, restaurants and sights. The View Lounge offers sweeping views of San Francisco. With more than 133,000 sf of meet-ing space, conference at-tendees will enjoy ample space for sessions, re-ceptions, exhibits, meals and networking.
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DSI HOLDS ANNUAL BUSINESS AND BOARD MEETING AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
By Vivian Landrum, Executive Director
AspertheDecisionSciencesInstituteBylaws,the
InstituteholdsanAnnualMeetingoftheMemberseach
fiscalyear.Thismeetingtakesplaceonthemorningof
thefinaldayoftheannualconference(Monday).All
membersarenotifiedofthedate,timeandplaceofthe
meetinginadvanceandencouragedtoattend.This
meetingisalsotimedtotakeplacepriortotheBoard’s
NovembermeetingtoallowfordiscussionattheBoard
levelofanyissuesorconcernsthatmayariseduring
the general business meeting.
DSI ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING RECAP
DSIPresidentJanetHartleycalledthemeetingtoorder
andintroducedthe2018-2019DSIBoardofDirectors.
DSI’sstatementoffinancialpositionwaspresented.It
wasnotedtheInstitutecontinuestoremaininastrong
financialposition,withtotalliabilitiesandnetassets
over$2,000,000.ThefinalauditforFY2018-19willbe
availableinJanuary.
PresidentHartleynotedtheBoardcontinuestomove
theInstituteforwardfollowingtheDSIStrategicPlan.
ThrustAreaAinthePlanfocusesongrowingand
retainingmembers,identifyingandenhancingexisting
servicesandincreasingengagementofvisiblescholars
within the institute.
Growthinmembershipisevidencedbyariseintotal
membershipof619fromNovemberof2018toNovem-
berof2019(2019=2770,2018–2151).Ofthe619,
194wereRegularAmembersand215wereStudentA
members.
Undertheheaderofenhancingservices,theInstitute
iscurrentlyexploringadditionalwebsiteimprovements
andisintheprocessofaddingregionalwebpageson
theDSIsitethateachregioncancontrolindepen-
dently.Thiswillallowtheregionstomaintainstability
fromyeartoyearaswellasensuretheDSIbrandis
consistent.Inaddition,theconferencemobileapp
hasbeenenhancedandDSIwillcontinuetoworkon
developmentsinthisarenaaswell.
Aconcertedeffortwasmadetohaveseveralsessions
atthe2019DSIAnnualConferencetobeplannedand
presentedbyDSIFellows.Thiswashighlightedunder
ThrustAreaAaswellandwasaccomplishedthisyear.
Thisconceptwillcontinueintothe2020conference,
astheywerehighlysuccessful.
StrategicPlan–ThrustAreaBfocusesonDSI
programs.Firstonthislistarethejournals.Hartley
sharedtheDSJcitationreportwhichnotedthefollow-
ingimprovednumbersfrom2017to2018:
2017 20182-yearImpactFactor 1.641 1.960
5-yearImpactFactor 2.479 2.799
RankIManagement 121/210 127/217
WhilebothDecision Sciences Journal and Decision
Sciences Journal of Innovative Education are doing
well,theywillseeneweditorsinthecomingyearas
some terms will end.
Alsofocusingonprograms,theannualconference
hasseensomechangestoincreaseitsstatureand
theresultshaveincreasedattendanceoverthepast
severalyears.Attendanceatthe2019conference
was1300,arecordhigh.Newatthisyear’sconfer-
encewasthepairingofkeynotespeakerpresenta-
tionswithcompanionworkshops.
ThrustAreaCdealswithDSIcapabilitiesandresourc-
es.Tofurtherthesegoals,DSIhasapprovedcharters
foritsUSregionstokeepallinalignmentwithcurrent
DSIgovernancedocuments.Internationalchartersfor
EDSI and ISDSI were also drafted. In addition, DSI
sexploringcollaborationwithotherorganizationsto
enhanceconnectionsforDSIstakeholdersaswellas
buildandenhancetheDSIbrand.
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PresidentHartleyclosedthemeetingwithacallto
actionforallDSImemberstobecomemoreactively
involvedwithDSIbyvolunteeringtoserveoncommit-
tees,volunteerandserveonregionalboards,partici-
pateinlocalregionalconferencesandspreadthegood
news–DSIisontherise!
DSI NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING RECAP
DSIPresidentJanetHartleycalledtheBoardmeet-
ingtoorderat1pmonMonday,November25withall
Boardmemberspresent,eitherinpersonorviaphone
conference.
MarkFerguson,co-editorofDecisionSciencesjournal,
joinedthemeetingasaguestandpresentedanover-
viewofthestateofDSJwithnumbersreflectingNov.
2018–2019.Highlightsinclude:
• Departmentstructure/editorsreviewed.Withnew
co-editorcomingonboard,mayreviseasneeded.
• Submissionsbyareanumbers:Analytical(32),
Marketing(26),BusinessAnalytics(24),IT/IS(19),
Empirical(19),Health(17),NPD(16),Sustainability
(13),Behavioral(10),Accounting(6),Rev.Manage-
ment(3).
• Newsubmissionsareupfrom462to573–33%
increase.Highnumber(40%)fromChina.
• [email protected]%.Numberofdeskrejects
aregoingdownindicatinghigherqualitysubmis-
sions.
• Reviewerspeedfor2019is34.4days.
• Handfulofpaperswithlargenumberofcitesdrives
impactfactor.
• Reviewertemplatesmaybeimplementedtoassist
incomments,quickerreviews.
TheBoardthankedMarkforhispresentation.This
informationisinvaluableandwillassistindecision-
makingforthejournal.
AstheDSIBoardisincommunicationandconstantly
workingthroughouttheyear,manyactionsaretaken
onbehalfofDSIviaemailvotesinbetweenBoard
meetings.TheseactivitiesallowDSItobemorere-
sponsive,reactiveandcontinueforwardprogresson
itsgoalsandobjectives.Thefollowingmotionswere
madeandapprovedbytheDSIBoardofDirectorsor
theExecutiveCommitteebeforetheNovemberBoard
meetingandreadintotherecord/approvedbythefull
Board:
• MotiontoapproveNEDSICharteraspresentedto
beacceptedandgranted.Motioncarried6/5/2019.
• MotiontoapproveandgranttheWDSICharteras
presented.Motioncarried6/17/19.
• ExecutiveCommitteevote–MotiontoallowAPDSI
toretainincomereceivedfromnon-DSImember
feescollectedfromthe2019APDSIconference.
Moneytobeusedtosupportanylossincurred
bythesponsoringinstitutionand/orsupportan
APDSIBestPaperawardcandidatetoparticipate
inthe2019AnnualConference.Nomoneywillbe
transferred to APDSI for DSI members attending
theconference.Motioncarried7/30/19.
• MotiontoamendthetemplateoftheDSICountry
Charteraspresented.Motioncarried8/29/19.
• MotiontoapprovetheDSIDivisionChartertem-
platewitharevisioninthePublicationssection.
Motioncarried8/29/19.
• ExecutiveCommitteevote–Motiontoamendthe
DivisionandCountryChartertemplatesSection2
–Paragraph4toread:Theorganization,struc-
ture,membership,voting,activities,finances,and
reporting of the same, and all other matters relat-
ingorpertainingthereto,ofthe[INSERTCountry
ChapterName]shallbeconductedinaccordance
withandsubjecttotheBylawsoftheDecision
SciencesInstituteandthePoliciesandProcedures
ofthe[INSERTCountryChapterName].Motion
carriedon9/4/19.
• MotiontoacceptrequestedrevisionsbySWDSIon
theirSWDSICharter.Motioncarriedon9/18/19.
• MotiontoapprovetherecommendedslateofPaul
CronanandJatinder(Jeet)GuptafortheDSILife-
timeDistinguishedEducatorAward.Motioncarried
10/9/19.
• MotiontoapprovetherecommendedslateofRob-
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ertAndrews,MalingEbrahimpourandGyulaVastag
fortheDennisE.GrawoigDistinguishedService
Award.Motioncarried10/9/19.
• MotiontoapprovetheISDSICountryCharteras
presented.Motioncarried10/16/19.
ThefinancialreportwaspresentedbyVPofFinance
AlanMackelprang,whohighlightedincomeand
expendituresforthefiscalyeartodate,includingan
updateontheconferencerevenue/expensesand
specialeventexpendituresthatwerebudgetedover
andabovenormalconferenceexpensesforthe50th
celebration.Yeartodate,DSIcontinuestoremain
inahealthyposition,withaYTDnetof$563,574,
howeveritwastobenotedthatthemajorexpenses
fortheconferencewereyettobepaidandthiswould
takealargeportionofthatbalance.TheFY2018-19
auditwascompletedbyBlazek&Vetterlingandwillbe
presentedtotheBoardwithinthenextweek.
VPMackelprangnotedanissueofconcernwasraised
attheFinancialMattersCommitteemeeting,noting
thatthemerchantprocessingfeeforthenon-member
differentialcollectedattheregionalconferences
wasbeingpaidbytheregions,howeverthebenefit
ofthatfeewasgoingtothehomeoffice.TheBoard
agreedthiswasanexpensesthatshouldbecarried
bythehomeoffice.Amotionwasmadeandpassed
toapproveDSIabsorbingthemerchantservicefee
expensesforthenon-memberfeescollectedbythe
regionsintheirconferenceregistrations.Theprocess
ofthatreimbursementwillbeworkedoutbythehome
officeandtheregionaltreasurers,beginningwiththe
2020conferences.
ExecutiveDirectorLandrumupdatedtheBoardon
homeofficeactivity,notingthatmostworkinthepast
fewmonthswasdedicatedtotheconferenceandthe
specialeventsplannedforthe50thcelebration.She
statedthatDSIhadcompleteditsauditforFY2018-
19andwasintheprocessofpreparingitsForm990
filingwiththeIRS.AllBoardmembersarerequiredto
reviewtheFormbeforefilingandwillreceiveitearly
December.
Interim committee reports were presented. Notably:
• Nominating Committee presented its slate of
candidatesfortheDSIBoardofDirectors,with
theelectiontakingplacelateJanuary.Slatewas
approvedandcanbefoundinthisissueunder
SpecialReports.
• PublicationsCommitteepresentedtheirfinalreport
onthesearchforanewco-editorofDecision Sci-
encesjournal.Fouroutstandingcandidateswere
consideredbythecommittee.Finalrecommenda-
tionwastoapproveXenophenKoufterousasnew
co-editorofDSJwithtermstartingJanuary2020
foraperiodof4years.Recommendationapproved
bytheBoard.
• ConferenceCommitteewillbelookingtorestruc-
turetheconsortiaforthe2020DSIannualconfer-
ence,aswellasidentifyinguptotenfixedlocations
forfutureDSIannualconferences.
• Information Management Committee has been
workingdiligentlyoncreatingaregionalweb
gallerythatmirrorstheDSIwebsitelookbutalso
containcomponentsthathavebeenidentifiedas
important/necessaryelementsofexistingregional
websites.KeepingtheDSIbrandconsistentisim-
portantinitswebpresence.Eachregionwillhave
accesstoandberesponsiblefortheirownpages.
Severalsitesarenearcompletion.Committeeis
alsoinprocessofreviewingExOrdoforfuture
conferences.
• MarketingCommitteehasdevelopedseveral
newinterviewsforthe‘MembersSay’sectionof
thewebsiteandwillbefinalizinganother6soon.
ThecommitteeworkedwiththeDSJeditorsand
promoted and offered a new session at the 2019
DSIAnnualConferencededicatedtotheDSJbest
paperfinalists.Thewinnerwaspresentedatthe
awardsluncheon.Committeecontinuestoworkon
draftingcopyforapromotionalbrochureforDSI.
• MemberServicesCommitteeplannedandhosted
theNewMemberReceptionattheconference
andincorporatedtheDSIBuddyProgramintothis
event.Anewconcept,mimickingspeed-dating,
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wasincorporatedandthisworkedwellasnew
membersmingledandnetworkedwithavarietyof
newandveteranmembers.Committeealsowants
toaddvaluetomembershipbyutilizingtheMem-
berResourcessectionofthewebsitebyadding
resourcessuchasdatasets,teachingcases,etc.
that align with the new AACSB’s standards.
• ProfessionalDevelopmentCommitteeisworkingto
developriskmanagementasaSIGaswellascre-
atingPDW’sforclinicalprofessorsfornextyear’s
conference.
Continuing initiatives the Board has been working on:
• TheEuropeanDecisionSciencesInstitutecharter
wasreceivedfromtheEDSIleadership.Withsome
minorrevisions,thecharterwasaccepted/granted
bytheDSIBoard.ItwasnotedDSIisindiscus-
sionswithChina,ThailandandQatarandhopes
tohaveupdatesonpossiblechartersforthese
countriesbytheFebruarymeeting.
• 2020ConferencePlanning–theBoardapproved
themotionthattheExecutiveDirectormayap-
point a member of DSI to the role of sponsorship
coordinatorforoneyeartoassistwithprocuring
sponsorshipmoniesfortheconference.Thisposi-
tionwillbecompensatedviaapercentageofthe
totalamountobtained.(NOTE:Anyoneinterested
inthispositionistocontactE.D.Landrumatvlan-
• 2021Conference–TheBoardappointedSriram
Narayanan,MichiganStateUniversity,asConfer-
enceChairforthe2021DSIAnnualConferencein
Boston, MA.
• RodgerCollonsUpdate–Collonscontinuesto
filecontentioussuitsagainstDSIinPennsylvania
courts.HisactionscontinuetoforceDSItoretain
legalservicestorefute.
TheDSImembermanagementsystem,Growth-
Zone,enablesDSItobettermanageandtrack
membershiprenewaldates,paymentsandpro-
videsinvoicesinthemember’sportalforpayment,
downloadandprinting.Theprocessformember
renewalisasfollows:30
daysfrommemberrenewal
due date, an email is sent to
thememberwithaninvoice
attached.Thedateofthe
invoiceistherenewaldate/
deadline.Membersmaypay
directlyfromtheinvoiceviaalinkembeddedwithin.
OrpayfromtheirDSImemberportal.Ifpaymentis
notreceivedbytheduedate,areminderemailis
sent.Ifpaymentisnotreceivedwithin30daysaf-
ter the renewal date, one last email is sent asking
themembertoconfirmtheywishtocontinuetheir
membershipandallowsanothersevendaysfor
aresponse/payment.Ifnoresponseisreceived,
it is assumed the member no longer wishes to
continueasaDSImemberandthemember-
shipisautomaticallydiscontinued.Thiswillvoid
theinvoice.Shouldamemberwishtorenewat
alaterdate,theysimplyJOINagainandtheold
recordwillbeattachedtothenewmembershipto
preservethehistory.
Questions?ContacttheHomeOfficeat713-743-
DSI MEMBER RENEWALS NOW PAID VIA INVOICE IN GROWTHZONE
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Feature Editor: Varun Grover [email protected]
AkeychallengeofthePh.D.experienceis
thatmanyhighlyqualifiedstudentshave
adisconnectonthepurposeofaPh.D.in
abusinessfieldinthefirstplace.Thisis
aseriousproblembecausesuchdiscon-
nectsincreasethelikelihoodofstudents
dropping out of their Ph.D. programs,
increasethetimespentinearningaPh.D.,
anddecreasethelikelihoodoflong-term
academicsuccess.Havingcounseled
andpreparedscoresofstudentsforthe
Ph.D.experienceandhavingcollectively
actedasPh.D.advisorsforscoresmore,
we share some insights on how students
canformrealisticexpectations,sothat
theywillhavebetterearlysuccessinyour
Ph.D.program.Tohelpstudentsshifttoa
realisticmindset,weofferpragmaticadvice
tohelpthemnavigatetheiryearsinintheir
Ph.D.programandincreasetheirlikeli-
hoodofcareersuccess.
SHIFT YOUR MINDSET ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO
Whateverfirst-yearPh.D.studentsthink
aboutgettingaPh.D.inabusinessfield,
ourexperienceisthattheyarelikely
wrongaboutkeyaspectsoftheexperi-
ence;worse,manystudentsdonotfigure
thisuntilaftertheyfinishtheirPh.D.Even
ifstudentshavebeentrainedinabusi-
nessfield,thereisahighlikelihoodthat
theythinkearningaPh.D.meanslearning
appliedskillsorsolvingappliedproblems
orsuccessfullycompletingaseriesof
courses,likeamanagementconsultant.
Iftrainedoutsideofabusinessschool,a
Ph.D.studentlikelydoesnotunderstand
thenuancesofresearchingindustry-
relevanttopics.Here,tohelpstudents
make the transition into a business Ph.D.
program,wecoversomekeyfactsabout
thePh.D.experienceanddispelsomeof
thecommonmythsandmisunderstanding.
Fact: A Ph.D. is a Scientific Research Degree, First and Foremost
Astartingproblemformanyfirst-year
students in business Ph.D. programs is
thattheyseeaPh.D.asanaturalcontinu-
ation of their professional master’s degree
orasanaturalsteptobecomea‘teacher.’
Paul Benjamin Lowry is a Chair Professor and Ph.D. program director in Business IT at the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. He was a tenured Full Professor at both City University of Hong Kong and University of Hong Kong. His Ph.D. is in MIS from the University of Arizona. He has 121+ journal articles in MISQ, ISR, JMIS, DSJ, and others. He is a department editor at DSJ, and an SE at JMIS, JAIS, and ISJ. His interests are security/privacy, online deviance, computer ethics, HCI, gamification, business analytics, decision sciences, innovation, and supply chains. [email protected]
Jason Bennett Thatcher is an MIS Endowed Faculty Fellow in the Culverhouse College of Business of the University of Alabama. Dr. Thatcher studies strategic, human resource management, and cybersecurity issues related to the effective application of information tech-nologies in organizations. His work appears in the MIS Quarterly, Information Systems
Research, Journal of Applied Psychology, and other refereed outlets. He has served as President of the Association for Information Systems.
Authors
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ousscientificresearchdegree;itisnota
naturalcontinuationofanyprofessional
master’sdegrees,especiallyanMBA.
TraininginbusinessPh.D.programsfocus
onteachingrigorousscientificmethods,
statistics,analytics,andtheoriesinorderto
teachstudentshowtocreateoriginalsci-
entifictheoriesthatinformfindingsrelevant
tobusinessdisciplinesandourindustry
audiences.
Mostfirst-yearstudentsenterwithafalse
notionofwhatbusinessresearchis,unless
theyhaveconductedtheory-andempiri-
cal-basedscientificresearchaspartofa
MasterofSciencedegree.Mostbusiness
studentshavenotbeenexposedtopeer-
reviewedscientificresearch.Materialsin
mostclasses,suchasbusinesscases,
arenot‘research’thatwillqualifyyoufor
tenurelateron.Theabilitytocraftabusi-
nesscasediffersfromthekindofresearch
requiredbytypicaltenure-trackfacultypo-
sitions,whichrequiremultiplepublications
inelitepeer-reviewedscientificjournals.
AbusinessPh.D.trainsstudentstofocus
onpublishinginsuchjournalsinbusiness
fields.
Myth: A Ph.D. is a Teaching Degree
Manyfirst-yearstudentsciteacalling
toteachasareasontoearnabusiness
Ph.D.Inreality,mostbusinessschools
donotrequireaPh.D.toteachinthem,
andmasteringmaterialrequiredtoteach
businesscoursesisdramaticallyeasier
tolearnthanitistolearnhowtoconduct
scientificresearch.MostPh.D.programs
offerlittleformaltrainingonteaching.At
most,aprogrammighthaveonecourse
onteaching,andfacultygenerallyexpect
studentstolearnhowtoteachontheirown.
Yes,itisimportanttomasterteaching;but
savvystudentswaittostartteachinglaterin
theirPh.D.experience(andalsominimize
teachingpreparationsintotheirearlyca-
reer),andfirstfocusonacquiringresearch,
research,andmoreresearchskills.While
enrolledinaPh.D.program,students’first
priorityshouldbeonacquiringtheexper-
tisenecessarytobecomeascholarand
researcher,asopportunitiestoacquire
teachingexpertisewillsurfacelaterinmost
Ph.D. programs and will be abundant at
afirstacademicjob.Frankly,apragmatic
reasonforprioritizingscholarship,isthat
althoughteachingishighlyimportant,itis
anexponentiallyeasierskilltolearntodo
thanisscientificresearch.Goodteaching
doesnotrequireaPh.D.,butgoodresearch
does.Moreover,wewouldarguethatgood
teachingismoreaboutpresentationskills,
empathy,presence,kindness,attentive-
ness,timelyobjectivefeedback,andlisten-
ingthanitisaboutaparticularteachingskill
setordeliverymechanism.Thatisalsowhy
thereisnotonesuccessfulapproachto
teaching;ateachingtechnique(e.g.,lecture
versusflippedclassrooms)thatworks
extremelywellforoneprofessor,oratone
school,canbedisastrousforanotherifhe/
sheprovidespoorfeedbackorisapoor
listener or unaware of institutional norms,
forexample.
Myth: ‘Business’ is your Core Scientific Anchor
SuccessfulPh.D.studentsshouldacquirea
deep understanding of business problems,
especiallyintheirparticularbusinessdisci-
pline(e.g.,Accounting,Finance,Manage-
rialEconomics/Economics,Management,
HumanResources/OrganizationalBehavior,
InformationSystemsorBusinessAnalyt-
ics,OperationsManagement/SupplyChain
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becausebusinessresearchisproblem-cen-
tered,itisimportanttoanchortheirresearch
agendainscience,theoryandeventhe
methods,fromatleastonekey‘reference
discipline.’
Often,businessPh.D.’sanddisciplines
buildonthefollowingreferencedisciplines–
oneofwhichsavvierPh.D.studentsshould
ideallymaster:psychology,sociology,
economics,statistics/analytics,computer
scienceorengineering,andmathematics.
Expertiseinoneortwooftheseiscrucialto
successfullyconductingbusinessresearch,
becauseexpertiseinatleastoneofthese
helpsstudentsunderstandhowtostudy
a business problem, in a manner, that will
offernovelscientificinsight.Forexample,
financeandaccountingrelyheavilyon
economicsandappliedmathematics;
operationsmanagementreliesheavilyon
industrialengineeringandmathematics;
somemanagementdisciplinesrelyheav-
ilyonpsychologyandsomerelyheavily
oneconomics;variationsofanalyticsand
informationsystemsrelyondifferentcombi-
nationsofpsychology,economics,statistics/
analytics,computerscienceorengineering,
andmathematics.Studentsneedcareful
facultymentoringtowiselychoosetheir
referencedisciplines.
Myth: For Academic Credentials, all that Matters is Earning the ‘Ph.D.’
Thisisanespeciallymisleadingnotion,and
thusearlyoninastudent’sPh.D.experi-
ence,he/sheneedstocometogripswith
therealitythatthePh.D.isthestarting
point,nottheculminatingpoint.Complet-
ingaPh.D.isafirststepinacareerpath.
If Ph.D. students master the fundamentals,
theircareerpathbecomeseasier.Better
businessscholarsthinkofearningaPh.D.
morelikeearninganMD:itonlyentitles
themtostartthenextsteps.WithanMD,
doctorscannotpracticemedicinewitha
fulllicenseandboardcertificationwithouta
residencyandfurtherformaltraining.Typi-
cally,thelocationandqualityoftrainingof
anMD’sresidencywillshapeayoungmedi-
caldoctor’scareerpath.LikeMDs,where
andhowayoungfacultymemberstarts
theircareerasaPh.D.matters—seekwork
atthehighestqualityschoolpossible.
Althoughitmaynotfeellikeit,Ph.D.stu-
dentsexertsubstantialcontroloverhow
theystarttheircareers.Manyfreshbusi-
ness Ph.D.’s start as an untenured assistant
professor(worstcase,theystartaspost-
doc’sorinanon-tenuretrackpositions)
andwillhavesixyearstopublishhighlevel
scientificresearchanddoagoodjobwith
teachingandservice.Toearnatenure-track
assistant professor position, PhD. students
needtoaggressivelypursuepublishinghigh
qualityscientificresearch—somethingthat
astudentgreatlycontrolsduringthePh.D.
Unfortunately,toooften,studentsbecome
distractedwritingconferencepapers,book
chapters,orforlowqualityjournals;worse,
someprogramsdothemthedisserviceof
overburdeningthemwithteachingassign-
ments.Theseareseriousproblemsthat
hurtstudentsinthelong-run,becauseonly
topbusinesspublicationswillprovidethem
theopportunitytocompeteforatenure-
trackpositionatahighqualityinstitution.
Moreover,thescientificresearchskills,
theories, and methods that Ph.D. students
masterwillshapetheirpublicationstrategy
foryearstocome.IfaPh.D.studenthas
masteredthemwell,theycreateincreased
likelihoodofearningtenureataquality
institution,andthelegitimacythatcomes
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academiccommunity.However,busi-
nessPh.D.swillnotachievefullrespect,
influence,andinternalandexternalpower
untilorunlesstheybecomeafullprofes-
sor,whichtakesaminimumofanothersix
yearsofdemonstratingresearchexcel-
lencesuchthatyouearninternationally
recognition.Afterthis,thereisonemore
possible formal title and honor, although
thisoneishighlyscarcebecauseitisa
highlyresource-intensiveposition:thatis,
earninganendowednamedchairasan
eminentscholar.Tohaveahopeofearning
thesepositionsandrecognitions,aPh.D.
studentneedstoacquireafundamental
masteryofrelevantscientificskillsandan
abilitytocontributetonotonlybusiness
butalsototheirchosenreferentdiscipline.
Thepointofallofthisisthatthechoices
that Ph.D. students make throughout their
program,willshapetheirlife-longcareer
pathinvolvingimmenselearning,growth,
andfrankly,attimes,somepain.APh.D.
onlygivesstudentsalicensetowalkon
thispath;thestepsthattheytakewhile
earningthatlicensematter,sowhatwork
that students do in the program, and what
theylearn,haveimportantimplications.
Myth: It’s About Being a ‘Straight A’ Student
VirtuallyeveryPh.D.studentissmart(if
notbrilliant),hardworking,andhasthe
strongacademicrecordnecessarytoearn
positioninaPh.D.program.Andyes,a
Ph.D.involvesrigorouscoursework,where
studentsstrivetoearntopmarks.However,
itisimportanttorememberthatfinalgrade
earnedincourseworkisasecondarycon-
siderationforaPh.D.;theprimaryempha-
sisisacquiringskillsnecessarytoproduce
originalscientificresearchthatchangesre-
searchandpractice.Itisthusimportantfor
students,especiallyintheirfirsttwoyears,
tocarefullyselectcourseworkthatwill
developtheirabilitytoconducthigh-quality
research,especiallyintermsofcapacityto
employrigorousmethods,createorapply
theory,andapplythemostappropriate
statisticalanalysestotheirwork.
Moreover,althoughmasteringmanystatis-
ticaltechniques,mathematicalequations,
anddatacollectionmethodologies—es-
peciallynowintheeraofbigdata,AI,and
analytics—suchtechniquesalonearejust
part of what will make a Ph.D. student a
successfulresearcher.Ph.D.students
mustdeveloptheabilitytowrite,readex-
ceptionallydifficultarticles,communicate,
workwithothers,innovate,persevere,
provideobjectivecriticalfeedback,andto
createoriginaltheoreticalideas.Infact,
thesemaybethemostimportantskillsin
thelongrun.Consequently,agoodPh.D.
programshouldprimarilyfocusonmold-
ingstudentsintobecomingtruescholar
scientists,notfosteringtheirprofessional-
studentandtest-takingskills.
Conclusion
Toconclude,strongstudentsshould
considertheirPh.D.programexperience
astartingpointintheiracademiccareer,
notaculminatingpoint.Thus,theyshould
thinkofitmoreas‘anapprenticepiece’
thana‘masterpiece.’Theprimarygoalis
toacquiretheskillsnecessarytoconduct
independent,thoughtfulscientificresearch.
Ifdonecorrectly,ayoungscholarwillearn
thehighlyrewardingopportunityforalifeof
continuallearning,influencingthousands
ofstudentsforthebetter,andcontributing
meaningfullytothebroaderscientificdis-
coursetomaketheworldabetterplace.
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Dr. Mehmet G. Yalcin is an Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Rhode Island, College of Business. Mehmet held various engineering and managerial positions prior to joining academia where he has been recognized with research and teaching awards.
He is a certified Black Belt in Lean/Six Sigma (LSS), and Logistics, Transportation, and Distribution (CLTD) and teaches Operations and Supply Chain Management courses to students and practitioners. Dr. Yalcin’s research focus is at the interface of sustainability and innovation with the focal point on Supply Chain Ambidexterity (SCX).
BOOK REVIEW FOR
“THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATIONAL PARADOX”
Edited by Wendy K. Smith, Marianne W. Lewis, Paula Jarzabkowski, Ann Langley
Oxford University Press, Hardcover, ISBN: 9780198754428, 593 pages, 2017
Mehmet G. Yalcin, Ph.D.
Keywords:paradox,dialectics,dualities
“The linguistic origin of the word paradox derives
from two Greek words para (beyond) and doxa
(belief); a paradox, therefore, is one that is incred-
ible, absurd, or “beyond belief”. Note that, because
it emphasizes going “beyond” conventional belief,
there is a hint of the para-digmatic nature of para-
dox so that a situation may well appear paradoxical
to someone but not to another from a different tradi-
tion, culture, or epoch; there is a relative dimen-
sion in the experience of paradox.” (Smith, Lewis,
Jarzabkowski, Langley, 2017, p. 129)
Muhammad Hasan Ashraf
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CollegeofBusinessatThe
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hasdoneagreatjobagain
and offered his latest book
reviewforthereadersofDeci-
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willmakeyouwanttoobtaina
copyofthisbook…
TheOxfordHandbookof
OrganizationParadoxisan
exceptionalandanexcellent
workbySmith,Lewis,Jarz-
abkowskiandLangley.Theeditorsofthebookhave
tremendouslycontributedtotheresearchoforganiza-
tionalparadoxinthepastandthroughthisambitious
work,theyendeavortoascertaintheexistenceofa
classofphilosopherscontributingtotheorganization-
alparadox.Thebookaimstoacceleratetheinterest
inparadoxforthestudents,scholarsandbusiness
professionalsbybringingtogethersomeofthefinest
intellectualsoftheparadoxresearch.
WendyK.SmithearnedherPhDinorganizational
behavioratHarvardBusinessSchoolandcurrentlyis
professorofmanagementatUniversityofDelaware.
Thesecondeditor,MarianneW.Lewisisprofessorof
managementanddeanoftheCassBusinessSchool,
UniversityofLondon.PaulaJarzabkowskiisapro-
fessorofstrategicmanagementattheUniversityof
Londonand,AnnLangleyisaprofessorofmanage-
mentatHECMontreal,Canada.Thebookhasbeen
contributedbyalargenumberofauthorseachchip-
pingintheirworkthroughoneormorechaptersinthe
book.Authorsadoptavarietyoflenses,theories,and
languagetodescribecontradiction,paradox,tensions
anddialectics.
Thebookisorganizedintothreesections.The
firstsection,foundationsandapproaches,hassix
chaptersexaminingandextendingthefoundations
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andbeyondorganizations,containsnineteenchapters
andillustratesparadoxresearchacrossorganizational
phenomenaandlevels.Thethirdandthefinalsection,
engagingparadoxes,hasthreechaptersexploring
thescholarlyengagementwithparadoxfromresearch
methodstoteachingtobusinessengagement.The
bookjuxtaposesparadoxinsightsdrawingondiverse
theoreticalapproachesandapplyingtoabroadrange
of phenomena.
Thebookbeginsbydrawinguponavarietyofdisci-
plinestodiscoverthefoundationalunderstandings
ofparadox.Chaptersin
thefirstsectionhighlight
the limits of assuming
aformaleither/orlogic
whichpreventsthecre-
ativeopportunitiesand
breakthrough thinking. In
Chapter1,Schadidenti-
fiesvariousfoundational
philosophies from formal
Greeklogicandhighlights
thewide-rangingdefini-
tions, assumptions and
implicationsofparadox
acrossfoundationalphi-
losophy.Theauthorarguesthattheliteraturelacksa
systematicoverviewofthephilosophicaltraditionsand
theirlinkstodifferentelementsofparadoxresearch
inmanagement.Tofillthisgap,heusestheterm“ad
fontes”thatmeanstoreturntothesourcesi.e.The
philosophicalroots.Hepresentssixphilosophical
lensesdealingwithparadoxesandpersistenttensions:
logic,Easternphilosophy,dialectics,existentialism,
philosophyoflanguageandpoliticalphilosophy.The
secondhalfofthechaptershowshowthephilosophi-
callensareapplicableatdifferentlevelsofanalysisin
managementresearch,wheresomearemoreappro-
priateforcertainmanagerialchallengesbutaddlittle
toothers.Movingontothesecond(JarrettandVince)
andthird(KellerandChen)chapters,theauthors
exploreindividual-levelengagementandinterac-
tionswithparadox,drawingonpsychoanalysisand
cognitivetheoriesrespectively.Theauthorsargue
thatpsychoanalytictheoriesofferaframeworkforthe
studyofemotionsinorganizationandforthepara-
doxicaltensionsarisingfromemotions.Thechapter
exploresconstructsthatshedlightontheuncon-
sciousdynamicsatworkinorganizations,alongside
examplesillustratinghoworganizationalparadox
canhelptransformunderstandingsofrelationships
ingroupsandorganizations.Likewise,thecogni-
tiveapproachdrivestheresearcherorthemanager
towardscategorizingandhighlightingtheparadoxes.
Theauthorsexaminehowcognitiveprocessesimpact
whyparadoxesemerge
andoutlinesaprocessof
howanindividualexperi-
encesparadoxstarting
with stimuli generated
bymaterialconditions,
followedbyperception,
affectiveresponsesand
consciousoruncon-
sciousreasoningand
finallybyaresponse.
Towardstheendofthe
section,theauthors
examinehowthesocial
factorsdepictparadoxesasarisingfromindividual
andcollectivesensemaking.HoltandZundelin
chapter4explorethemannerinwhichabstractionof
languageprovidesanefficientformofreasoningin
whichoneisabletoidentifyclassesofpeople,things
andactivities.DrawinguponEpimenidestheCretan
statement,“Cretans,alwaysliars”,authorsunfoldhow
anessenceofparadoxwascreated.Moreinteresting-
ly,ChiaandNayakinthelastchapterofthesection
shedlightonhowEastandWestculturesapproach
todealwithparadoxes.TheWestononehandiswell
awareoftheshortcomingsandlimitationsofformal
logic,languageandreason,whereas,theEastonthe
otherhandisrichinparadoxes.InEasternthought,
paradoxisthenormratherthantheexception.Chi-
neselanguage,inparticular,differssubstantiallyfrom
“Chapters in the first section highlight the limits of assuming a formal either/or logic which prevents the creative opportunities and breakthrough thinking.”
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theausterelanguageandlogicoftheWest.Tounder-
standChineseistolearnto“decrypttheconversations
andtoconstantlyseekalternativemeanings”.Not
onlythelanguage,eventhetraditionalphilosophical
streamsintheEastareconcernedwiththeconductof
life, as well as with the relation between the indi-
vidualandthewhole.Perhapsthemostrecognizable
Orientalsymbol,Yin/Yang,symbolizesinterdepen-
dent opposites. Chia and
Nayakendthechapterby
recognizingdivisionsand
distinctionsthatemerge
fromtheabstractionsof
our mind.
Inthesecondsection,
theauthorsapplypara-
doxicallensestodifferent
organizational theories
andphenomena,extend-
ingintuitionswithineach
of these domains, while at
the same time broadening
the knowledge of para-
dox.Inchapter7,Bom-
melandSpicerprovidea
criticaltheoryperspective
onparadox.Theauthors
discussthemainprin-
ciplesofCriticalManage-
mentStudies(CMS)andexaminetheparadoxesthat
existwithintheCMS.TheprimaryrelationofCMSto
paradoxtheoryisthatCMStriestomakeorganiza-
tionalcontradictionsexplicitbycriticallyscrutinizing
mainstream management and organization studies.
However,authorsarguethatCMSyethasbeenless
successfulatfindingwaystocopewithparadoxes.
Theprimaryreasongivenbytheauthorsisthepara-
siticaspectofCMSsinceitsexistenceisbasedon
thethingsagainstwhichitrebels.Movingforward,in
chapter8,TraceyandCreedexpressdisappointment
in how institutional theorists had shown little interest
inparadox.Theyintroducetheinstitutionaltheoryand
arguethattheintersectionofparadoxandinstitutional
theorychallengesthecriticalissuesaroundsocial
status,race,gender,etc.Ononehandinstitutional
theoryportraysfeaturesthatreinforceexistingsocial
order,whereasontheother,paradoxtheoryexplores
wheresuchfaultlinesexist.Authorsarguethat
institutionalandparadoxtheoristsshouldtakeinto
accountmuchbroaderrangeofactorsandorgani-
zationalsettingstoconsiderproblemsthatstretch
beyondmanagerial
concernsandcorporate
performance,toinstead
focusontheparadoxes
deeprootedinsocialis-
suesfacingthesocieties
andeconomies.Drawing
fromtwovignettes;1)
slavetradingand2)din-
ing ritual at Cambridge
University,authorsdepict
institutionalparadoxes
thatcharacterizethe
mostdeep-rootedand
contentioussocialissues
facingthesocietiesand
economies.Similarly,in
chapter9,Besharovand
Sharmaintroducethe
conceptoforganizational
identityintheparadox
domain and argue that it
sharesunderlyingconceptswithparadoxwhilehigh-
lightingthecontradictoryyetinterdependentnatureof
featuresoforganizationalidentitywhichcansurface
new,valuableinsights.Theiranalysisfocusedonfour
keytensions:socialrealityversussocialconstruc-
tion,stableversusdynamic,multipleversussingular
andincompatibleversussynergistic.Onsimilarlines,
authorsinchapter10bringtheconceptofpluralism
andparadoxtogethertodiscusstheirpossibleinter-
relationandtheimplicationsforthestudyofparadox
withinorganizations.Likewise,chaptersthatfollow
underline different theories and phenomena’s that re-
latetoorganizationalparadox.Forinstance,chapter
11(Cameron)explainshowparadoxisillustratedin
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theemergingfieldofstudyi.e.PositiveOrganizational
Scholarship(POS).TheconceptofPOSincorporates
thenotionof“thepositive”whichfocusesonextraor-
dinarilypositiveoutcomesoftheorganization.Cor-
respondingly,authorsinchapter12shedlightonhow
managersdealwithtensionsthatinvolveconflicting
moralvalues.TheyintroducetheconceptofEcono-
miesofWorth(EW),whereactorsevaluatetheworth
of things and people in
situations of disputes
withinandacrosssocial
spheres.Mostparadoxes
haveamoraldimension
whichislargelyover-
lookedintheexisting
studies.Authorscom-
prehensivelypresentthe
commonalitiesanddiffer-
encesinEWandparadox
frameworks and suggest
thattheseelementscan
beleveragedbyparadox
scholarstotheorizethe
normativedimensionofparadoxes.
Learningtensionsbetweenexplorationandexploita-
tionaretheparadoxicalrelationshipthathasattracted
thegreatestresearchinrecentyears(SmithandLew-
is,2011).Recentscholarlydebatehasclaimedthatthe
firm’sabilitytobalanceexplorationandexploitationis
associatedwithimprovedlong-termfirmperformance.
Authorsinthechapter16arguethattheorganizations
tendtoexperiencethreedistinctivestagesofmanag-
ingtheambidexteritytensions;initiationstagewhere
paradoxesareidentifiedanddefined,contextualiza-
tionstagetodesignprocessestomanagetensions
andlastly,implementationstagetoworkthroughthe
paradoxindailyoperations.
Anotherequallyinterestingtopicissustainabilitywhich
hasbecomeabuzzwordinmanagementandpolitics.
Chapter18(Jay,SoderstromandGrant)examines
theimportanttopicofparadoxesofsustainability.The
aimofthesustainabilityistoachievea“win-win”for
organization,andthesociety,however,thisagenda
oftenclasheswithparadoxesarisingduetoinad-
equacyofresourcesandpluralityofviewpointsfrom
numerousstakeholdersinvolved.Theauthorsinthis
chapterexplorethe“contradictoryyetinterrelated”
elementsthatexistsimultaneouslyovertimeintheory
andpracticeofsustainability.Theyhavedonean
amazingjobbydrawingonarangeofexamplesto
provehowsustainable
paradoxesaresalient
to the organizations
and the stakeholders
involved.Authorsargue
thatpluralityofstake-
holdersactasadefining
featureforsustainability
effortswhichmayleadto
companiesundertaking
aprocessofstakeholder
engagement and man-
agement.Consequently,
thisengagementmay
resultinachangefrom
dominantpracticestoanewsetofsustainability-
orientedpractices.Forexample,facingtheaftermath
ofRanaPlazacollapseinBangladesh,H&Mchanged
theirprevioussuppliermanagementprocessesand
alsoaddedmetricsforemployeewages,costoflabor,
safetyinspections,tookmorecontrolovercertainfac-
toriesandjoinedindustryaccordsforworkersafety.
Towardstheendofthechaptertheauthorspresent
thestrategiestorespondtotheparadoxesembedded
insustainableinitiatives,includingamixofdefensive
strategiesthatseekshort-termrelieffromparadox
andactivestrategiesthatacknowledgeparadoxina
moreenduringway(Jarzabkowski).
Section2comprisesthecruxofthebookwhere
authorsexaminetheinterplaybetweenparadoxand
variedtheoreticallensesandapproaches.Phenom-
ena’ssuchastemporality,humanresourceman-
agement(HRM),creativityandindividualidentity
arereviewedtodeterminehowtheyfuelreinforcing
cyclesandcontributetoparadoxframework.Towards
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theendofthissection,theauthorsemphasizethe
consequenceofthedividebetweenacademicand
practitionerthatraisessomeoftheultimatetensions
aroundhowtoaddresscoreproblems.Theduality
thatexistsbetweenthetwopartiesisconsistentwith
theexpectationthattherelationshipbetweenthem
reflectsunderlyingparadoxes.Theauthorsportraythe
similaritiesbetweenacademicsandpractitionersas
theybelieveitwouldhelpprovidecommongroundthat
canformthebasisforbuildingrelationshipsbetween
them.Finally,thesection
isendedbypresenting
apractice-theoryframe-
workwhichisbased
onsocialconstruction
andeverydaypractice
thatcangeneratenew
understandings about
paradoxes.Usingrichex-
amples, the authors are
abletolayoutaresearch
agendathatexplores
the mutual interests of
thetwoapproachesand
enablespracticetheoryto
address some of the un-
derdiscoveredelements
inparadoxstudies.
Thethirdandfinalsectionofthebookistitledas
engagingparadoxesandportraystheexperiencesof
theauthorsasscholars,teachersandconsultants.The
authorsunderscoretheimportanceofthebusiness
schoolinstructorsincreatingappropriateconditions
throughwhichstudentscanseeandappreciatethe
paradoxicalnatureoftensionsinrealcontext.They
proposethatparadoxesshouldbegivenimportance
throughcapstoneconsultancycoursesandrecom-
mendspecificsuggestionsabouthowtodevelop
curriculumforanMBAcapstonecourseoutliningthe
implicationsofparadoxtheory.Lastly,throughacase,
theauthorsendthebookbydescribingtheexperi-
enceofcitizensandpublicofficialsinCharleston,SC
astheyappliedtheparadoxicalapproachtoaddress
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paradoxicalapproachwasthePolarityApproachfor
ContinuityandTransformation(PACT)whichwas
incorporatedintheCharlestonPoliceDepartment.
OnJune17,2015atragedytookplaceinCharleston
wherenineparishionerswerekilledbyagunman.Ac-
knowledgingthetensionsbetweenvariousgroupsin
thecommunity,CharlestonpoliceusedthePACTto
addressthetensionsatadeeperlevel.Theprocess
promotedofferingideasforimprovementsthatpolice
andcitizenscanmake
together and, dem-
onstrated that all the
involvedpartiessup-
portedleveraging“and”
thinking to strengthen
relationships amongst
eachother.Theending
ofthebookatsucha
highnoteprovokesusto
introduceparadoxinto
ourownlivesbyoffering
us tools, models and
examplestohelpusdo
so.
Thisbookisundoubt-
edlyoneofthemost
comprehensiveonesI
haveevercameacrossaccentuatingtheparadoxes
of knowledge. As it is said that the more we know,
the more we know we do not know, the authors in this
bookuncoverhowmuchthereistolearn.Thebook
ishighlyrecommendedforthestudentsandscholars
whoareactivelyinvolvedintheparadoxresearch.
Eachchapterofthebookinspiresnewresearch
questions,motivatefuturealliances,andencourage
provocativeresearch.Moreover,thebookishighly
advisedforthepractitionersaswell,whofacepara-
doxes/dilemmasondailybasis.Drawingontheex-
amplesgiveninthebook,theycanacknowledgehow
crucialitistocomplementthe“or”thinkingwith“and”
thinkingtoenhancestrength,reducepolarizationand
improvequalityoflife.Welldoneallthecontributors!
“Paradoxes should be given importance through capstone consultancy courses and recommend specific suggestions about how to develop curriculum for an MBA capstone course outlining the implications of paradox theory.”
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Special Sessions and Workshops on Blockchain Technology in SCM, GIS in SCM, Emergency! The ED Simulation Game, Award Winning Educator on Hospitality Instructions, First Gen[ethics]: Fostering Mutual Understanding for Greater Success of First Generation / Lower Income Students.
Data Analytics and Statistics Instruction (DASI) (Invited sessions only) — Robert Andrews, Virginia Commonwealth University, [email protected] and Kelli Keeling, University of Denver, [email protected]
Assessment and Learning Improvement (Invited session only) — Linda Campion, East Carolina University, [email protected]. Diane Lending, James Madison University and Hope Baker, Kennesaw State University
Meet College/School Deans (Invited session only) — Michael Busing, James Madison University, [email protected]
o Robert T. Sumichrast,o Peter Brews,o Chris Martin,o Nancy D. Albers,o Mike Busing,o Robert T. Burrus, Jr.
Dean of Pamplin College of Business, Dean of Darla Moore School of Business, Dean of College of Business, Dean of College of Business, Dean of College of Business, Dean of Cameron School of Business,
Virginia Tech University of South Carolina Louisiana Tech University Louisiana State University in Shreveport James Madison University University of North Carolina Wilmington
o Jacob Chacko, Dean of College of Business, Clayton State Universityo Alex Koohang, Dean of School of Information Technology, Middle Georgia State University o Kai Koong,o Alan T. Shao,o Michael R. Weeks,
Dean of Brimmer College of Business and Information Science, Tuskegee UniversityDean of School of Business, College of Charleston Dean of Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business, The Citadel
Meet Journal Editors (Invited sessions only) — Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, [email protected]
o Decision Science Journal Innovative Education,o Electronic Government, an International Journal,o Expert Systems with Applications,o International Journal of Electronic Finance,o International Journal of Electronic Healthcare,o International Journal of Innovation and Learning,o International Journal of Mobile Communications,o Journal of Computer Information Systems,o Journal of Supply Chain Management,o The Sport Management Education Journal,
Editor, Matthew Drake, Duquesne University Editor-in-Chief, June Wei, University of West Florida Editor-in-Chief, Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University in Shreveport Editor-in-Chief, Jiaqin Yang, Georgia College and State University Editor-in-Chief, Kai S. Koong, Tuskegee UniversityEditor-in-Chief, Kongkiti Phusavat, Kasetsart University, Thailand Editor-in-Chief, June Wei, University of West Florida Editor-in-Chief, Alex Koohang, Middle Georgia State University Co-Editor-in-Chief, Barbara B. Flynn, Indiana UniversityAssociate Editor, David Shonk, James Madison University
All questions should be addressed to:
Dr. Ping Wang 2020 SEDSI Program Chair
Department of Computer Information Systems / Business Analytics MSC 0202, James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807 [email protected], 540-568-3055
For more information and various meeting related forms, please visit the SEDSI website: www.sedsi.org
Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Dr. Ping Wang – 2020 Program Chair
Registration Is OpenRegular DSI Member $235Regula Non-DSI Member $280Emeritus DSI Member $135Emeritus Non DSI Member $180Student DSI Member $135Student Non DSI Member $180
Don't forget to make your hotel reservations at the Francis Marion Hotel - Historic District!
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Photo 1 (left to right): Quinton Nottingham and William Carper
Photo 2 (left to right): Cheryl Aasheim (Program Chair), Chris McCart (VP Finance), Johnny Rungtusanatham (DSI Past President)
Photo 3 (left to right): SEDSI Officers – Chris McCart, Drew Rosen, Jay Teets (back), Sara Kiser, Mauro Falasca (back), Shona Morgan
SEDSI: NETWORKING, LEARNING, & VALUE
The49thAnnualMeetingoftheSouth-
eastDecisionSciencesInstitute(SEDSI)
washeldonFebruary20-22,2019atthe
MarriottRiverfrontinSavannah,Georgia.
Theconferencebroughttogetherover155
attendeesinterestedinthedecisionsci-
ences.Asaresultofintentionalplanning
bytheProgramChair,CherylAasheim
(GeorgiaSouthernUniversity),themeeting
hadsomethingforeveryone.Theconfer-
enceprovidedawiderangeofpanels,
speakers,andvendorstocreatesignificant
learning and engagement opportunities for
attendees.
SEDSI2019hadanotherimpressive
collectionofsubmissions,bothinterms
ofquantityandquality.Theconference
continuestoprovideexcellentopportuni-
ties for attendees to grow their skill sets
andnetworkwithcolleagues.TheData,
AnalyticsandStatisticsInstruction(DASI)
Trackhadninesessionsforattendeesto
discussbestpracticesindeliveringcurri-
culatotrainstudentstouselargevolumes
ofdatatoimprovedecision-making.The
DASITrackalongwiththeInnovative
Education,TeachingandPedagogyTrack
providedawideselectionoftopicssuchas
designingclassprojects,enhancingonline
instruction,andusingelectronictextbooks
intheclassroom.Othersessionshigh-
lightedtheimportanceofdecisionmaking
inbusinessintelligenceanddatamining,
informationtechnology,andcybersecurity
to name a few.
ThisyearSEDSIwelcomedMatthew
Drake(DuquesneUniversity),Editorof
theDecisionSciencesJournalofInnova-
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tiveEducation(DSJIE),totheconference
to lead a session on publishing in DSJIE.
Betweensessions,conferenceattendees
wereabletovisitwithexhibitorsfromThe
CaseCentre,JMP-SAS,Minitab,and
Hawkes Learning.
Generoussponsorshipsfromcollegesand
universities(JamesMadisonUniversity,
PresbyterianCollege,RoanokeCollege,
RandolphMaconCollege,ClaytonState
University,GeorgiaSouthern,Virginia
Tech,VirginiaCommonwealth,andLander)
madethePresident’sReceptionandLunch
aswellascoffeebreaks,invitingopportuni-
tiestonetworkwithfriendsandrecognize
thehardworkofcolleagues.Trackchairs,
reviewers,officers,andselectresearchers
allreceivedcertificatesatthePresident’s
Luncheon.
Weareactivelyplanningourupcoming
meetingscheduledforFebruary12-14.
2020inCharleston,SouthCarolina.This
willbethe50thanniversaryofSEDSI.We
plantocelebrateoursuccessoverthe
yearsandwelcomeyoutojoinus.For
moreinformationaboutSEDSI,pleasevisit
our web site at http://www.sedsi.orgorcon-
tactthecurrentProgramChair,PingWang,
Photo 4 (left to right): Student Paper Winners - Tyler Adams, Marissa Black, Daniel Rundell, Sara Walenceus
Photo 5 (left to right): Burci Adivar, Lauren Davis, Shona Morgan, Murat Adivar
Photo 6 (left to right): Suzie Smith (SEDSI Past President), Reza Kheirandish (SEDSI President), Alan Mackelprang (DSI VP-Finance), Vivian Landrum (DSI Executive Director)
Photo 7 (left to right): Reza Kheirandish (President), Suzie Smith (Past-President)
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The REAL 50th ANNUAL MEETING
Southwest Decision Sciences Institute, March 11-14, 2020 Hyatt Regency, San Antonio, TX
Program Chair, Daniel Peak, University of North Texas, [email protected]. For more information, refer to the conference website: www.swdsi.org/SWDSI2020
We recently discovered that 2020 is really the 50th Annual SWDSI Conference!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPENHere are the registration costs for SWDSI 2020 San Antonio, TX
FBD Registration Fee ................................................. ......................$100.00FBD Student Member Registration Fee ...............................................$50.00SWDSI Registration Fee For DSI Member ............................................$60.00SWDSI Registration Fee for non-DSI Member .....................................$105.00Student Registration for DSI Member.................................................$15.00Student Registration for non-DSI Member.........................................$60.00
Remember to make your hotel reservations at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk.
SWS O U T H W E S T D E C I S I O N S C I E N C E S I N S T I T U T E
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CONT. FROM PG. 42 Distinguished Paper Awards. Distinguished paper awards will be presented to the outstanding papers.
Student Papers. Up to three cash awards for student papers will be presented. Papers submitted in the student track must be solely of student authorship. Watch the SWDSI website for information about a Doctoral Student Consortium.
Fast Track Journal Reviews. The papers nominated for the best paper awards will be recommended to a group of journal editors for another round of fast track peer review and possible publication in these journals:
www.inderscience.com/ijmc www.inderscience.com/ijef www.inderscience.com/ijss www.inderscience.com/eg
International Journal of Mobile Communications International Journal of Electronic Finance International Journal of Services and Standards Electronic Government: An International Journal Studies in Business and Economics www.qu.edu.qa/business/journal/
• Workshop: Python and the Jupyter Notebook environment for data analysis, University of CentralArkansas, [email protected]
TRACKS & CHAIRS
• Accounting and Ethics, Mary Fischer, University of Texas at Tyler, [email protected]• Decision Support and Expert Systems, Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University at Shreveport,
[email protected]• E-Commerce and Social Networking Gina Harden, Stephen F. Austin State University,
[email protected]• Economics, Law and Finance, M. Kabir Hassan, The University of New Orleans, [email protected]• Enterprise Systems (ERP), Information Security and Privacy, Mohammad I. Merhi, Indiana University
South Bend, [email protected]• Innovative Education, Pamela Rogers, Stephen F. Austin State University, [email protected]• Internet of Things and Big Data, John Seydel, Arkansas State University, [email protected]• Management Information Systems, Mike Ellis, University of Central Arkansas, [email protected]• Management, Healthcare and Org Behavior Venugopal Gopalakrishna-Remani, University of Texas
at Tyler, [email protected]• Marketing and International Business, Thiagarajan Ramakrishnan (Ram), Prairie View A&M
University, [email protected]• Operations and Project Management, Balaji Janamanchi, Texas A&M IU, [email protected]• Quantitative Methods, Quality and Business Analytics, Robert Pavur, U of North Texas,
[email protected]• Supply Chain, Logistics and UAVs, Mary Helen Fagan, University of Texas at Tyler,
[email protected]• Student Track, Gayle Prybutok, University of North Texas, [email protected]• Special Panels, S. Mantravadi, University of West Florida, [email protected]• Proceedings Editor, Will Senn, Emporia State University, [email protected]
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Call for Papers
WESTERN DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE
Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting, April 7th – April 10th, 2020
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront 1401 SW Naito Parkway,
Portland, Oregon, 97201 USA
Submission Deadline: October 25, 2019 WDSI is the Western Regional Subdivision of the
Decision Sciences Institute
CALL FOR PAPERS TOPICAL AREAS AND TRACKS Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the topical areas listed. Full papers are double-blind reviewed first by referees and abstracts are reviewed by Track Chairs. Accepted papers and abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings at the option of the author(s). Copyright of the papers will stay with the author(s). Paper submission acknowledges that the author will register for the conference and present, in person, the paper at the time specified in the conference program. Panels, workshops, and tutorials on current topics of interest, and other special sessions are also planned. Please contact the Program Chair, if you are interested in any of these.
Accounting: Salem Boumediene, Montana State University Billings, [email protected] Business Analytics and Data-Driven Decision Making: Abbas Heiat, Montana State University Billings, [email protected] Business Environment - Strategy, Policy, Law, Ethics: Xia Zhao, California State University Dominguez Hills, [email protected] Finance and Investment: Pia Gupta, California State University Long Beach, [email protected] and KC Chen, California State University Fresno, [email protected] Hospitality Management and Marketing: Natasa Christodoulidou and Keong Leong, California State University Dominguez Hills, [email protected] and [email protected] Innovative Education: Rita Kumar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, [email protected] Internet and e-Business: Albert Huang, University of the Pacific, [email protected] and David Yen, Sunny Oneonta, [email protected] Management Information System: Marcus Rothenberger, University of Nevada Las Vegas, [email protected] Management Science and Quantitative Methods: Seong-Jong Joo, Air Force Institute of Technology, [email protected] Management, Entrepreneurship and Organization: Cindy Sutton, Metropolitan State University of Denver, [email protected] Marketing: Sally Baalbaki-Yassine, Metropolitan State University of Denver, [email protected] Military Applications: Eddine Dahel, Naval Postgraduate School, [email protected] and Jeremy Jordan, Air Force Institute of Technology, [email protected] Modeling and Simulation: Khosrow Moshirvaziri, California State University Long Beach, [email protected] and Mahyar Amouzegar, University of New Orleans, [email protected] Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Stanley Griffis, Michigan State University, [email protected] and John Bell, University of Tennessee, [email protected] Public Policy and Public Administration: Rui Sun and Theodore Byrne, California State University Dominguez Hills, [email protected] and [email protected] Sustainability Issues in Decision Making: Yuanjie He, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, [email protected]
PROGRAM CHAIR
Salem Boumediene, Montana State University Billings
BEST PAPER AWARDS
Accepted regular papers will be considered for the Decision Sciences and Information Systems Honor Society, Alpha Iota Delta, Best Paper Awards in the following categories:
• Applications • Case Studies • Environmental Issues • Interdisciplinary Issues • Theoretical Research • Empirical Research
In addition, awards will be given for the best undergraduate student paper and the best graduate student paper.
JUNIOR FACULTY AWARDS
The governing board of the Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI) has approved funding for a number of $500 awards to support tenure-track faculty to attend the 2020 WDSI annual meeting. For details, please refer to the conference website, https://wdsi2020.org
IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions Begin: June 1st, 2019 - https://wdsi2020.exordo.com Submission Deadline: October 25th, 2019 Notification of Acceptance: November 15, 2019 Camera-Ready Manuscript Submission Deadline: January 15, 2020
REGIONAL CONTACTS China, Hong Kong, Taiwan: Shin-Yuan Hung, National Chung Cheng
University, [email protected] and Yue “Jeff” Zhang, California State University-Northridge, [email protected]
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MWDSIPresident:SanjayKumar,ValparaisoUniversity
Past President:PeggyDanielsLee,IndianaUniversityPurdueUniversity–Indianapolis
Transition Team:
JaideepMotwani,GrandValleyStateUniversity
DianeH.Parente,PennStateUniversity-Erie
JohnParente,MercyhurstUniversity
StephanieEckerd,IndianaUniversityPurdueUniversity–Indianapolis
SanjeevJha,ValparaisoUniversity
JanainaSiegler,ButlerUniversity
Archivist:XiaodongDeng,OaklandUniversity
V.P. of Technology: Sourish Sarkar, Penn State University–Erie
NEDSIPresident:DougHales,UniversityofRhodeIsland
President-Elect:EricStein,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,Malvern
Immediate Past President:NesetHikmet,Universityof South Carolina
Program Chair 2020:EffieStavrulakiandGangLi,BentleyUniversity
Program Chair-Elect 2021: Dinseh Pai, PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,Harrisburg
VP Communications:HalRavinder,MontclairStateUniversity
VP Member Services:CarolynLamacchiaBloomsburgUniversityofPennsylvania
SEDSIPresident:TobinTurner,PresbyterianCollege
President-Elect:CherylAasheim,GeorgiaSouthernUniversity
Past President:RezaKheirandish,ClaytonStateUniversity
Program Chair:PingWang,JamesMadisonUniver-sity
Program Chair-Elect: TBA
Secretary:SaraKiser,AlabamaStateUniversity
V.P. Finance:ChrisMcCart,RoanokeCollege
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V.P. Planning & Development:MauroFalasca,EastCarolinaUniversity
V.P. Publications: Shona Morgan, North Carolina A&TUniversity
SWDSIPresident:KhaledAlshare,QatarUniversity
President-Elect:MatthewLindsey,StephenF.AustinStateUniversity
Program Chair:DanPeak,UniversityofNorthTexas
Program Chair-Elect:VenugopalGopalakrishna-Remani,TheUniversityofTexasatTyler
Past President:MarkMcMurtrey,UniversityofCentral Arkansas
Secretary:BalajiJanamanchi,TexasA&MUniversity
VP–Finance:LynneCagleCox,UniversityofNorthTexas
VP – Member Services:GinaHarden,StephenF.AustinStateUniversity
VP – Student Liaison:GaylePrybutok,UniversityofNorthTexas
Regional Archivist: PeggyLane,UniversityofLouisiana Monroe
WDSIPresident:OmerBenli,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach
President-Elect:TheodoreByrne,CaliforniaStateUniversity,DominguezHills
Immediate Past President:AlbertHuang,UniversityofthePacific
Vice President and Program Chair: Salem Boumediene,MontanaStateUniversity–Billings
Vice President and Program Chair-Elect: Pia Gupta,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach
Vice President for Advancement and Marketing: Yuanjie(Ed)He,CalPolyPomona
Treasurer/Secretary:SheldonSmith,UtahValleyUniversity
Director of Information Systems:KhosrowMoshirvaziri,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach
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EDSIPresident:JanOlhager,LundUniversity
President-Elect:MarkkuKuula,AaltoUniversity
Immediate Past President:MarcoSartor,Universityof Udine
European VP at DSI:CarmelaDiMauro,Universityof Catania
Secretary/Treasurer:GuidoOrzes,FreeUniversityofBozen-Bolzano
OFFICERS OF OUR INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL SUBDIVISIONS
ISDSIPresident: M.P. Jaiswal, Indian Institute of Management
Immediate Past President:AbhijeetK.Digalwar,BITSPilani
Vice President:E.B.Khedkar,PuneUniversity
Immediate Past Vice President:RaviKumarJain,SymbiosisInstituteofBusinessManagement
Vice President (At Large):Ramachandran(Nat)Natarajan,TennesseeTechUniversity
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OPEN POSITIONS AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
TheDecisionSciencesInstitutewebsiteprovidesalistingofopenacademicpositions.BelowyouwillfindPlacementListingsforJuly
8–October9,2019.Formoredetailsontheseandotherpositionlistings,aswellasapplicantlistings,visittheDSIwebsite–decision-
sciences.orgReadytopostaposition?Guidelinesonhowtolistyourpositioncanbefoundthereaswell.
POSTING DATE INSTITUTION LOCATION JOB TITLE JOB TYPE AREA OF INTEREST
1/8/20 Minnesota State Uni-versityMoorhead
Moorhead, MN USA Assistant Professor of Man-agement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
1/7/20 CityUniversityofHongKong
KowloonTong,HongKong
Head of Department of Man-agementSciences
Full-Time ManagementSciences
1/7/20 KeanUniversity Union, NJ USA Assistant Professor Full-Time,TenureTrack
ManagementInformationSystems
12/19/19 BowlingGreenStateUniversity
BowlingGreen,OhioUSA
Assistant Professor Full-Time,TenureTrack
ManagementInformationSystems
12/12/19 PennStateWilkes-Barre
Lehman, PA USA Lecturer/AssistantTeachingProfessorinInformationSci-ences&Technology
Full-Time InformationSystems
11/19/19 TheCollegeatBrockport,SUNY
Brockport,NYUSA LecturerofManagement Full-Time,10monthsNonTen-ureTrack
ManagementInformationSystems,Produc-tion/Operations Management, Business Analytics
11/19/19 MacEwanUniversity Edmonton, AB Canada
Assistant Professor of Sup-plyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrackProbation-aryAppointment
Education,SupplyChainManagement
11/18/19 Ohio Northern Uni-versity
Ada, OH USA Assistant Professor of Op-erationsandSupplyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainLogistics,OperationsMan-agement
11/15/19 California State Uni-versityFullerton
Fullerton, CA USA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Statistics,BusinessAnalytics
11/15/19 WashingtonUniver-sitySt.Louis
St. Louis MO USA Lecturer Full-Time Operations/ManufacturingManagement
11/15/19 MiamiUniversity Oxford,OHUSA AssistantTeachingProfes-sor/Lecturer
Full-Time Foundations of Business/Business Com-munications,InformationSystems
11/13/19 California State Uni-versitySanMarcos
SanMarcos,CAUSA
Assistant Professor Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics;OperationsandSupplyChain Management
11/13/19 Metropolitan State University
St.Paul, MN USA Open-RankProfessor Full-Time SupplyChainManagement,InternationalBusiness,
Marketing
11/12/19 WinthropUniversity RockHill,SCUSA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
11/12/19 UniversityofMas-sachusettsLowell
Lowell, MA USA Assistant Professor of Operations&InformationSystems(OIS)
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations&InformationSystems(OIS)
11/8/19 California State PolytechnicUniver-sityPomona
Pomona, CA USA Assistant Professor of Com-puterInformationSystems
Full-Time,TenureTrack
ComputerInfo.Systems,NetworkSe-curity,InformationSystemsAuditing,ITInfrastructure
11/8/19 Old Dominion Uni-versity
Norfolk, VA USA Assistant Professor of Infor-mationTechnology
Full-Time,TenureTrack
InformationTechnology
11/8/19 Old Dominion Uni-versity
Norfolk, VA USA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics
11/8/19 FloridaGulfCoastUniversity
FortMyers,FLUSA Assistant Professor of Data Analytics
Full-Time,9-Months
DataAnalytics
11/8/19 FloridaGulfCoastUniversity
FortMyers,FLUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sorofSupplyChainManage-ment
Full-Time,9-Months
SupplyChainManagement
11/6/19 MiddleTennesseeStateUniversity
Murfreesboro,TNUSA
Assistant Professor Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessIntelligence/Analytics,BigDataand Database
11/6/19 Penn State Erie Erie, PA USA Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Full-Time,TenureTrack
ManagementInformationSystems
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POSTING DATE INSTITUTION LOCATION JOB TITLE JOB TYPE AREA OF INTEREST
11/4/19 MassachusettsIn-stituteofTechnology(MIT)
Cambridge, MA USA Dual Appointment Position Full-Time,TenureTrack
MaterialsScience,Engineering
11/4/19 CorvinusUniversityBudapest
Budapest,Hungary Associate/FullProfessor Full-Time SupplyChainManagement,BusinessAna-lytics,InformationSystems,Accounting
11/4/19 PurdueUniversityFortWayne
FortWayne,INUSA Assistant Professor of OperationsManagement&BusinessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
OperationsManagement,BusinessAnalyt-ics,OperationsResearch,ManagementScience
10/30/19 GeorgeMasonUniversity
Fairfax,VAUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor of ISOM Information Systems
Full-Time InformationSystems,OperationsManage-ment
10/29/19 UniversityofHous-ton Downtown
Houston,TXUSA Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems
Full-Time,TenureTrack
ManagementInformationSystems
10/28/19 IEUniversity Madrid, Spain Assistant Professor Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations Management
10/24/19 TheUniversityofWesternAustralia
Perth,WesternAustralia
Lecturer/SeniorLecturerinBusinessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Business&Management
10/24/19 VinUniversity Hanoi, Vietnam Professor/Lecturer Full-Time Economics/BusinessAnalytics,Statistics,SupplyChainManagement,Entrepreneur-ship
10/23/19 UniversityofHous-ton
Houston,TXUSA Assistant Professors TenureTrack ManagementInformationSystems,SupplyChain Management
10/23/19 PennStateSchuylkill SchuylkillHaven,PA USA
Assistant Professor of ProjectandSupplyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
10/21/19 MichiganStateUniversity
East Lansing, MI USA
Assistant Professor Full-Time,TenureTrack
Sourcing,/SupplyChainManagement,Operations
10/21/19 UniversityofMin-nesota
Minneapolis, MN USA
AssistantProfessor(JobID#333674)
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
10/21/19 Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL USA Visiting Professor Full-TimeorPart-Time
OperationsManagement,SupplyChain Management
10/21/19 UniversityofMis-souri
Columbia, MO USA Assistant Professor of Sup-plyChainManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
10/21/19 NewMexicoStateUniversity
LasCruces,NMUSA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor in Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement,Operations,Strategy
10/21/19 CityUniversityofHongKong
HongKong,China Head of Department of Infor-mationSystems
FullTime ManagementInformationSystems
10/18/19 MassachusettsIn-stituteofTechnology(MIT)
Cambridge, MA USA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor
Full-Time Education,Civil/EnvironmentalEngineering
10/17/19 California State Uni-versityNorthridge
Northridge , CA USA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics,DataScience,AppliedStatistics
10/17/19 California State Uni-versityNorthridge
Northridge , CA USA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics&OperationsManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessAnalytics,OperationsManage-ment/Research
10/17/19 Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD USA Instructor/AssistantProfes-sorofOperations&DataAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
DataAnalytics,Operations/QuantitativeManagement
10/17/19 College of Charles-ton
Charleston, SC USA Assistant Professor of Busi-nessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
BusinessIntelligence,DataMining/Manage-ment/Visualization
10/16/19 NiagaraUniversity Lewiston, NY USA Assistant Professor of Man-agement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
10/16/19 UniversityofTexasPermian Basin
OdessaTX,USA Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor of Management
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations Management
10/16/19 UniversityofMis-souriKansasCity
KansasCity,MOUSA
Open Rank Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainManagement
10/14/19 UniversityofSouth-ern Indiana
Evansville,INUSA Assistant Professor of Com-puterInformationSystems
Full-Time ComputerInformationSystems,InformationSciences
10/14/19 NanjingAuditUni-versity
Nanjing,China Assistant/AssociateProfes-sor
Full-Time,TenureTrack
OperationsResearch,Management/Deci-sionSciences,OperationsManagement
10/11/19 UniversityofTexasSan Antonio
SanAntonio,TXUSA
Assistant Professor TenureTrack SupplyChain&OperationalAnalytics,AI/DataMining/DecisionScience
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POSTING DATE INSTITUTION LOCATION JOB TITLE JOB TYPE AREA OF INTEREST
10/11/19 TheOhioStateUni-versity
Columbus, OH USA Post-DoctoralResearcher Full-Time Operations Management
10/11/19 James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA USA
Assistant Professor of Com-puterInformationSystems&BusinessAnalytics
Full-Time,TenureTrack
Operations Management, Operations Re-search,ManagementScience
10/11/19 College of Charles-ton
Charleston, SC USA Assistant Professor of SupplyChain&InformationManagement
Full-Time,TenureTrack
SupplyChainPlanning/Analysis,BusinessAnalytics/Statistics,Logistics/EnterpriseSoftware
10/10/19 FloridaGulfCoastUniversity
FortMyers,FLUSA Full-Time,9-Months
SupplyChainManagement,OperationsManagement
EminentScholar/FullProfes-sorandAlicoChair-Opera-tions Management
10/10/19 NewMexicoStateUniversity
LasCruces,NMUSA Assistant Professor of Infor-mationSystems
TenureTrack InformationSystems,BusinessAnalysis,SecurityAnalytics/Cyber-Security
DSI / DECISION LINE 50JANUARY 2020
PAST
PRE
SIDE
NTS 2010 - CURRENT
2018–2019 M.JohnnyRungtusanatham,TheOhio StateUniversity
2017–2018 Jatinder(Jeet)Gupta,Universityof Alabama–Huntsville
2016–2017 FundaSahin,UniversityofHouston
2015–2016 MorganSwink,TexasChristian University
2014–2015 MarcSchniederjans,Deceased
2013–2014 MalingEbrahimpour,Universityof South Florida, St. Petersburg
2012–2013 E.PowellRobinson,Jr.,Universityof Houston
2011–2012 KrishnaS.Dhir,BerryCollege
2010–2011 G.KeongLeong,UniversityofNevada, Las Vegas
2009–2010 RamNarasimhan,MichiganState University
2000 – 20092008–2009 NormaJ.Harrison,MacquarieGraduate SchoolofManagement
2007–2008 KennethE.Kendall,RutgersUniversity
2006–2007 MarkM.Davis,BentleyUniversity
2005–2006 ThomasE.Callarman,ChinaEurope InternationalBusinessSchool
2004–2005 GaryL.Ragatz,MichiganState University
2003–2004 BarbaraB.Flynn,IndianaUniversity
2002–2003 ThomasW.Jones,Universityof Arkansas–Fayetteville
2001–2002 F.RobertJacobs,IndianaUniversity– Bloomington
2000–2001 MichaelJ.Showalter,FloridaState University
1999–2000 LeeJ.Krajewski,UniversityofNotre Dame
1990–19991998–1999 TerryR.Rakes,VirginiaTech
1997–1998 JamesR.Evans,Universityof Cincinnati
1996–1997 BettyJ.Whitten,Deceased
1995–1996 JohnC.Anderson,Universityof Minnesota–TwinCities
1994–1995 K.RoscoeDavis,UniversityofGeorgia
1993–1994 LarryP.Ritzman,OhioStateUniversity
1992–1993 WilliamC.Perkins,IndianaUniversity– Bloomington
1991–1992 RobertE.Markland,Universityof South Carolina
1990–1991 RonaldJ.Ebert,Universityof Missouri–Columbia
1989–1990 BernardW.Taylor,III,VirginiaTech
1981 – 19891989–1990 BernardW.Taylor,III,VirginiaTech
1988–1989 WilliamL.Berry,OhioStateUniversity
1987–1988 JamesM.Clapper,AladdinTempRite
1986–1987 WilliamR.Darden,Deceased
1985–1986 HarveyJ.Brightman,GeorgiaState University
1984–1985 SangM.Lee,UniversityofNebraska– Lincoln
1983–1984 LaurenceJ.Moore,VirginiaTech, Deceased
1982–1983 LindaG.Sprague,Deceased
1981–1982 NormanL.Chervany,Universityof Minnesota–TwinCities
1979–1981 D.ClayWhybark,UniversityofNorth Carolina–Chapel Hill
DSI FOUNDED – 19791978–1979 JohnNeter,UniversityofGeorgia
1977–1978 CharlesP.Bonini,StanfordUniversity
1976–1977 LawrenceL.Schkade,Universityof Texas–Arlington
1975–1976 KennethP.Uhl,Deceased
1974–1975 AlbertJ.Simone,RochesterInstitute ofTechnology
1973–1974 GeneK.Groff,GeorgiaState University
1972–1973 RodgerD.Collons,DrexelUniversity
1971-1972 GeorgeW.Summers,Deceased
1969-1971 DennisE.Grawoig,Deceased
DSI / DECISION LINE 51JANUARY 2020
Adam,EverettE.,Jr.Anderson, John C. Benson,P.GeorgeBeranek,WilliamBerry,WilliamL.Bonini, Charles P.Brightman,HarveyJ.Buffa, Elwood S.* Cangelosi,Vincent*Carter, Phillip L. Chase,RichardB.Chervany,NormanL.Clapper, James M. Collons, Rodger D. Couger, J. Daniel*Cummings,LarryL.*Darden,WilliamR.*Davis,K.RoscoeDavis,MarkM.Day,RalphL.*Digman, Lester A.Dock,V.ThomasEbert, Ronald J. Ebrahimpour, MalingEdwards,WardEvans,JamesR.Fetter, Robert B.Flores, Benito E. * Flynn,BarbaraB.Franz, Lori S.Ghosh,SoumenGlover,FredW.Gonzalez,RichardF.*Grawoig,DennisE.*Green,PaulE.Groff,GeneK.Gupta,JatinderN.D.Hahn,ChanK.Hamner,W.ClayHayya,JackC.Heineke, Janelle Hershauer, James C.
Holsapple,ClydeHorowitz, Ira Houck,ErnestC.*Huber,GeorgeP.Jacobs,F.RobertJones,ThomasW.Kendall,JulieE.Kendall,KennethE.Keown,ArthurJ.Khumawala,BasheerM.Kim,KeeYoungKing,WilliamR.Klein,GaryKoehler,AnneB.Krajewski,LeeJ.LaForge,LawrenceLatta, Carol J.* Lee, Sang M.Luthans, Fred Mabert,VincentA.Malhotra,ManojK.Malhotra,NareshK.Markland, Robert E. McMillan,Claude*Miller,JeffreyG.Monroe,KentB.Moore,LaurenceJ.Moskowitz, Herbert Narasimhan, Ram Neter, JohnNutt, Paul C. Olson,DavidL.Perkins,WilliamC.Peters,WilliamS.Philippatos,GeorgeC.Ragsdale,CliffT.Raiffa, Howard * Rakes,TerryR.Reinmuth, James R.Ritzman,LarryP.Roth, Aleda V. Sanders, Nada
Schkade,LawrenceL.Schniederjans,MarcJ.*Schriber,ThomasJ.Schroeder,RogerG.Simone, Albert J. Slocum,JohnW.,Jr.Smunt,TimothySobol,MarionG.Sorensen, James E.Sprague,LindaG.*Stecke,KathrynE.Steinberg, Earle Summers,GeorgeW.*Swink, Morgan L.Talluri,SrinivasTang,KweiTaylor,BernardW.,III
Troutt,MarvinD.*Uhl,KennethP.*Vakharia, Asoo J. Vazsonyi,Andrew*Voss, Christopher A. Ward,PeterT.Wasserman,William*Wemmerlov,UrbanWheelwright,StevenC.Whitten,BettyJ.*Whybark,D.ClayWicklund,GaryA.Winkler,RobertL.Woolsey,RobertE.D.*Wortman,MaxS.,Jr.*Zmud,RobertW.
*Deceased
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