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B.A. Economics, 1966, University of
Texas at Austin.
M.B.A. Statistics, 1969, University
of Texas at Austin.
Ph.D. Business (Management
Science), 1974, University of Texas at Austin.
2000 – Present: Professor, MIS Department, College of Business, University of Central Florida.
1986 – 2000: Tenneco
Professor of Business Administration, Business Analysis & Research
Department, College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University.
Summer 1994:
Visiting Professor, Computer Science Department, Lincoln University,
Canterbury, New Zealand.
1984-1986:
Professor, Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences, College of Business
Administration, Texas Tech University.
1985 (Fall): Visiting Professor, School of Business,
State University of New York at Buffalo.
1979-1984: Associate Professor, Information Systems
and Quantitative Sciences, College of
Business Administration, Texas Tech University.
1973-1979: Assistant Professor, Management Science,
College of Industrial Management, Georgia Institute of Technology.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
1999: Co-Principal
Investigator. Exploring the Interface of Urban Decision Dynamics and
Infrastructure Knowledge. Funded by the
National Science Foundation and the City of Houston. Involves the development
of an enterprise model and decision support system for the City of Houston
regarding decisions related to urban infrastructure such as roads, water supply
and sewers.
1990: Advisor
to Group Technologies Corporation, Austin.
Evaluated features of group decision support system software.
1986: Consultant
to the Kellog Project, Texas Tech Health Science Center. Designed a relational database for a nursing
ward of Lubbock General Hospital.
1982: Project
Director. Design of a Master Computer
Systems Plan for the South Plains Association of Governments, Lubbock. Included system design, and hardware and
software selection
1981: Consultant
to DP Plus, Odessa. Software pricing and market analysis.
1980: Consultant
to MBFA Foundation, Lubbock. Design and
implementation of a computerized accounting system using data base techniques.
1978: Co-Principal
Investigator. Project to Develop a Management
Game for Teaching Management Information Systems. Funded by Exxon Education Foundation. Developed the SLIM DSS, used by approximately 20 universities.
1977: Management
Science Consultant to Planergy: The
Planning and Energy Group, Austin. Responsible
for calculating estimated energy savings for the Texas Energy Conservation Plan
and for evaluating socio-economic impacts of the plan.
1975-1977:
Assistant Project Director.
Project to Develop an Automated Accounting and Management Information
System for the Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station. Responsible for design and installation of
the system.
1972: Resident
Research Fellow, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston. Developed a mathematical model to analyze the impacts of modular,
integrated utility systems on energy conservation and urban development.
1968-1972:
Database Analyst, MRI Systems Corp., Austin. Developed and installed information systems for portfolio
management and pension fund management using the System 2000 database package.
Electronic Commerce
Data Base Management Systems,
Decision Support Systems and Knowledge Management
Systems Analysis and Design
Doctoral Seminar in MIS
Colloquium in MIS Research
MIS Theory and Research
Seminar in Inquiring
Systems and Knowledge Management
Undergraduate Courses Taught Recently
Data Base Management Systems
Decision Support Systems
Management Information Systems
Systems Analysis and Design
Introduction to Information Systems.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
J.F. Courtney, T. Klastorin and T.
Ruefli, "A Goal Programming Approach to Urban-Suburban Location
Preferences," Management Science,
Vol. 18, No. 6, February, 1972, pp. B258-B268.
J.F. Courtney, “An Analytic Urban
Housing Market Model,” Socio-Economic
Planning Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 5, 1974, pp. 249-256.
J.F. Courtney, "Evaluating
Information Requirements in MIS Design,"
Journal of Applied Systems Analysis, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1978, pp. 137-141,
reprinted in M.J. Riley, editor, Readings in MIS, Holden-Day, 1980, and in
Robert Galliers, editor, Information
Analysis: Selected Readings,
Addison-Wesley, 1987.
J.F. Courtney, J. Bierer, J. Kabbes
and T. Luckew, "Using Management Games as an Aid in Teaching MIS
Design," Decision Sciences, Vol.
9, No. 3, July 1978, pp. 496-509.
J.F. Courtney,
"Differentiating Capital Appreciation and Income in Portfolio
Selection/Revision," Journal of Bank
Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1979, pp. 111-118.
J.F. Courtney, "Assessing the
Impact of Modular Integrated Utility Systems on New Town Development," Urban Analysis, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1979, pp.
33-47.
J.F. Courtney and R.L. Jensen,
"A Management Simulation System for Teaching MIS and DSS," Interface:
The Computer Education Quarterly, Vol. 2, No.2,June 1980, pp.50-55.
J.F. Courtney and R.L. Jensen,
"Incorporating MIS/DSS into Policy Courses Via Simulation," Journal of Experiential Learning and
Simulation, Vol. 3, Nos. 3 & 4, December 1981, pp. 203-212.
J.F. Courtney and R.L. Jensen,
“Teaching DSS with DBMS.” Database,
Vol. 12, Spring 1981, pp. 7-11.
J.F. Courtney, G.L. DeSanctis and
G.M. Kasper, "Continuity in MIS/DSS Laboratory Research: The Case for a Common Gaming
Simulator," Decision Sciences,
Vol. 14, No. 3, July 1983, pp. 419-439.
G.L. DeSanctis and J.F. Courtney,
"Friendly User MIS Implementation," Communications of the ACM, Vol. 26, No. 10, October 1983, pp.
732-738.
J.F. Courtney, "Organizational
Physics and the Black Hole Data Base Theory," Interfaces, Vol. 13, No. 4, August 1983, pp. 82-86.
M.
Mahmood, J.F. Courtney and J.R. Burns,
"Environmental Factors Affecting DSS Design." Database, Vol. 14, No. 4, June 1983, pp. 23-28.
M. Wang and J.F. Courtney, "A
Conceptual Architecture for Generalized Decision Support System Software," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man,
and Cybernetics, Vol. SMC-14, No. 5, September/October 1984, pp. 701-710.
G.L. Sanders, J.F. Courtney and S.
Loy, "The Impact of DSS on Organizational Communication," Information and Management, Vol. 7, No.
3, 1984, pp. 141-148.
G.L. Sanders, and J.F. Courtney,
"A Field Study of Factors Influencing DSS Success," MIS Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 1, March
1985, pp. 77-93.
D.B. Paradice and J.F. Courtney,
"Controlling Bias in User Assertions in Expert Decision Support Systems
for Problem Formulation," Journal of
Management Information Systems, Vol. III, No. 1, Summer 1986, pp. 52-64.
J.F. Courtney, D.B. Paradice and N.
Ata Mohammed, "A Knowledge-Based DSS for Managerial Problem
Diagnosis," Special Issue of
Decision Sciences on Expert Systems and Decision Support Systems, Vol. 18,
No.3, Summer 1987, pp. 373-399.
D.B. Paradice and J.F. Courtney,
"Causal and Non-Causal Relationships and Dynamic Model Construction in a
Managerial Advisory System," Special
Issue of the Journal of Management
Information Systems on Knowledge-Based Decision Support Systems, Vol. III,
No. 4, Spring 1987, pp. 19-53. (Nominated
for the best DSS paper award at the 20th Hawaii International Conference on
System Sciences, January 1987.)
W. E. Pracht and J.F. Courtney,
"The Effects of an Interactive, Graphics-Based DSS to Support Problem
Structuring," Decision Sciences,
Vol. 19, No. 3, Summer 1988, pp. 598-621.
D.B. Paradice and J.F. Courtney,
"Dynamic Construction of Statistical Models in Managerial DSS," Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 12,
1988, pp. 321-336.
J.D. Kim and J.F. Courtney, "A
Survey of Knowledge Acquisition Techniques and Their Relevance to Managerial
Problem Domains," Decision Support
Systems, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1988, pp. 269-284.
N.H. Ata Mohammed, J.F. Courtney,
and D.B. Paradice, "A Prototype DSS for Structuring and Diagnosing
Managerial Problems," IEEE
Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 18, No. 6,
November/December, 1988, pp. 899-909.
D.B. Paradice and J.F. Courtney,
"Organizational Knowledge Management," Journal of Information Resources Management, Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 1989,
pp.1-14.
D.A. Adams, J.F. Courtney, and G.M.
Kasper, "A Process-Oriented Methodology for the Evaluation of DSS
Generators," Information and
Management, Vol. 19, No. 4, November 1990, pp. 213-225.
S. Lee, J.F. Courtney, and R.M.
O'Keefe, "A System for Organizational Learning Using Cognitive Maps,"
OMEGA: the International Journal of
Management Science, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1992, pp. 23-36.
J. F. Courtney and David B.
Paradice, "Studies in Managerial Problem Formulation Systems," Decision Support Systems, Vol. 9, 1993,
pp. 413-423.
B. H. Billman and J. F. Courtney,
"Automated Discovery in Managerial Problem Formulation: Generation of
Causal Hypotheses for Cognitive Mapping,"
Decision Sciences, Vol. 24, No. 1, January/February 1993, pp. 23-41.
R. Mahapatra and J. F. Courtney,
"Research Issues for Hypertext and Hypermedia for Business
Applications," Database, Vol 23,
No. 4, Fall 1992, pp. 10-18.
L. A. West and J. F. Courtney, "The Information
Problem in Organizations: A Research Model for the Value of Information and
Information Systems," Decision
Sciences, Vol. 24, No. 2, March/April 1993, pp. 229-251.
L.A. West and J.F. Courtney, “Does
IO Economics Really Make the Case for Investments in IT?: A Rejoinder," Decision Sciences, Vol. 25, No. 3,
May/June 1993, pp. 477-479.
S. Syam and J. F. Courtney, "A
Research Basis for Decision Support Systems," The European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 73, pp.
450-457, 1994.
K. Sherif and J. F. Courtney,
“Philosophical and Conceptual Perspectives on the Design of Group Support
Systems,” Australian Journal of
Information Systems, Vol. 3, No. 2,
May 1996, pp. 57-65.
J. F. Courtney, D. T. Croasdell and
D. B. Paradice, "Inquiring Organizations," Australian Journal of Information Systems, Volume 6, Number 1,
September 1998, pp. 3-15, and Foundations
of Information Systems: Towards a Philosophy of Information Technology, http://www.cba.uh.edu/~parks/fis/fisart.htm.
S. M. Richardson, J. F. Courtney, and D. B.
Paradice, "An Assessment of the Singerian Approach to Organizational
Learning: Cases from Academia and the Utility Industry," Special Issue of Information Systems Frontiers on
Philosophical Reasoning in Information Systems Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2001,
pp. 49-62.
J. F. Courtney, “Decision Making and Knowledge
Management in Inquiring Organizations: Toward a New Decision-Making Paradigm
for DSS,” Decision Support Systems, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2001, pp. 17-38.
J. P. Shim, M. Warkentin, J. F. Courtney, D. J.
Power, R. Sharda, and C. Carlsson, “Past, Present and Future of Decision
Support Technology,” Decision Support Systems, Vol. 3, No. 2, June
2002, pp. 111-126.
J.
F. Courtney, S. M. Richardson and D. B. Paradice, “The Internet, Sustainable
Development and Ecosystems Management,” in Internet Management Issues, John D.
Haynes (Ed.), Idea Publishing Group Hershey, PA, 2002, pp. 165-177.
Courtney, J.F., Richardson, S. and Paradice, D.B. "Decision Support Systems for Ecosystems Management: A Singerian
Approach to Urban Infrastructure Decision Making" A Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning: Studies in
Modelling and Decision Support, M. Quaddus and A. Siddique (Eds), Northamton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers,
forthcoming.
REFEREED PROCEEDINGS
G. DeSanctis, and J.F. Courtney,
"The Use of Organizational Development in MIS Change Projects,"
Proceedings of the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision
Sciences, Vol. 1, 1981, pp. 200-204.
G.L. Sanders, J.F. Courtney, and J.
Burns, "A Decision Support System for Identifying Critical Success
Factors," Proceedings of the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Institute
for Decision Sciences, Vol. 1, 1981, pp. 209-212.
M. Wang and J.F. Courtney,
"Design and Implementation of the MAGIC/ROC Decision Support System
Generator," DSS 82 Transactions, June 1982, pp. 37-48.
J.F. Courtney and G. DeSanctis,
"BML/SLIM as a DSS Research Tool," Proceedings of the Fifteenth
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 1982, Vol. 1, pp. 832-840.
M. Wang and J.F. Courtney, "Formulating
a Conceptual Model for Developing Decision Support System Generators,"
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Hawaii International Conference on System
Sciences, 1982, Vol. 1, pp. 812-820.
J.F. Courtney and W. Cornette, and
B. Ruparel, "A Multicriterion, Heuristic Algorithm for Data Mapping and
Storage Device Selection," Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of
American Institute for Decision Sciences, San Francisco, Vol. 2, November 1982,
pp. 364-366.
J.F. Courtney and W.R. Cornette,
"A Heuristic-Based DSS for Large Scale Storage Hierarchy Design,"
Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on System Sciences,
Vol.1, 1983, pp. 500-506.
J.R. Minifie and J.F. Courtney,
"Towards a Model-Oriented DSS for Allocating State Budgets to Local Schools
Districts," Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on
System Sciences, Vol. 1, 1983, pp. 392-400.
G.L. Sanders and J.F. Courtney,
"The Impact of DSS on Organizational Communication," Proceedings of
the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, San
Antonio, November 1983.
M. Mahmood, J.F. Courtney and J.R.
Burns, "Environmental Factors Affecting DSS Design," Proceedings of
the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, San
Antonio, November 1983.
J. Parameswaran, J.F. Courtney, and
S.C. Hora, "Towards a Voice Interface for DSS: Multiple Discriminant
Analysis Models for Isolated Word Recognition," Proceedings of the
Eighteenth Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, 1985, Vol. 1,
pp. 495-502.
D.B. Paradice and J.F. Courtney,
"A Kantian Based System For Business Problem Formulation,"
Proceedings of the Nineteenth Hawaii International Conference on System
Sciences, 1986, Vol. 1, pp. 371-378.
W.E. Pracht and J.F. Courtney,
"A Visual User Interface for Capturing Mental Models in Model Management
Systems," Proceedings of the Nineteenth Hawaii International Conference on
Systems Sciences, 1986, Vol. 1A, pp. 535-545.
D.B. Paradice and J.F. Courtney,
"SmartSLIM: A DSS for Controlling Biases during Problem
Formulation," Proceedings of the
Texas A&M Symposium on Human Factors in MIS, sponsored by the Business
Analysis and Research Department, Texas A&M University, College Station,
Texas, October 5-6, 1986.
D.B. Paradice and J.F. Courtney,
"Causal and Non-Causal Relationships and Dynamic Model Construction in a
Managerial Advisory System," Proceedings of the
Twentieth
Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Western Periodicals, North
Hollywood, California, 1987, Vol. 1, pp. 536-544.
S.L. Loy, W.E. Pracht and J.F.
Courtney, "Effects of a Graphical Problem-Structuring Aid on Small Group
Decision Making. " Proceedings of the Twentieth Hawaii International
Conference on Systems Sciences, Western Periodicals, North Hollywood,
California, 1987, Vol. 1, pp. 566-574.
D.A. Adams, J.F. Courtney and G.M.
Kasper, "Evaluation of DSS Modeling Software: A Methodology and Some Results," Proceedings of the
Twentieth Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Western
Periodicals, North Hollywood, California, 1987, Vol. 1, pp. 607-613.
Sunro Lee and J.F. Courtney,
"Organizational Learning Systems," Proceedings of the Twenty Second
Meeting of the Hawaii International
Conference on Systems Sciences, IEEE Computer Society, 1989, pp. 206-226.
J.F. Courtney, "Studies in
Managerial Problem Formulation." Proceedings of the 1990 Meeting of the
International Society for Decision Support Systems, RGK Foundation, Austin,
Texas, 1990, pp. 423-433.
W. Amber Lo, Joobin Choobineh, and
J. F. Courtney, "Application of Machine Learning to Database Design,"
Proceedings of the 1991 Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Vol. 1, pp.
953-955.
Karen
B. Bynum and James F. Courtney, “The Role of Schema and Available Information
in Individual Decision-Making Tasks: An Empirical Study of Locally Rational
Decision Making,” Proceedings of the
First Americas Conference on Information Systems, Association of
Information Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 25-27, 1995, pp. 120-121.
David A. Cheslow and James F.
Courtney, “Automatic Classification of Comments in Electronic Brainstorming
Sessions: A Model and Empirical Test,” Proceedings
of the First Americas Conference on Information Systems, Association of
Information Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 25-27, 1995, pp. 416-417.
JungDuck Kim, Karen B. Bynum, and James F. Courtney, “The Effects of
Decision Schemes on Group Decision Processes and Outcomes: Implications for
GDSS,” Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Meeting
of the Decision Sciences Institute, Boston MA, November 20-22, 1995, pp.
820-822.
William S. Hodges, James F. Courtney, and
David B. Paradice, “Beyond Enterprise Modeling: System Dynamics and the On-Line
Analytical Processing Information Systems Paradigm,” Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences
Institute, Boston MA, November 20-22, 1995, pp.582-585.
James
F. Courtney, David Croasdell, and David Paradice, “Inquiring Organizations,” Proceedings of the Americas Conference on
Information Systems, Phoenix, Arizona, August 16-18, 1996, pp. 443-445.
James F. Courtney, David
Croasdell, and David Paradice , Lockean Inquiring Organizations: Guiding Principles and Design
Guidelines for Learning Organizations Proceedings of the Americas Conference on
Information Systems, Indianapolis,
Indiana, August
15-17, 1997, pp. 323-325.
D. T. Croasdell, D. B. Paradice and
J. F. Courtney, "Using Adaptive Hypermedia to Support Organizational and
Memory," Proceedings of the 30th
Annual Meeting of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Kona,
Hawaii, January 1998.
D. T. Croasdell, J. F. Courtney
and David B. Paradice, "Singerian Inquiring Organizations: Guiding
Principles and Design Guidelines for Learning Organizations," Proceedings of the Americas Conference on
Information Systems, Baltimore Maryland, August 14-16, 1998.
S. M. Richardson and J. F. Courtney, "An Electric Utility Learns
to Adapt: A Singerian Organization Approach," Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, August 13-15, 1999.
J. F. Courtney, S. M. Richardson
and D. B. Paradice, “Information Technology for Sustainable Development,” Proceedings of the Americas Conference on
Information Systems, Long Beach, California, August 10-13, 2000, pp.
1489-1492.
Bongsug Chae and J. F. Courtney,
“Hegelian Inquiring Organizations: Guiding Principles, Design Guidelines, and
IT Support,” Proceedings of the Americas
Conference on Information Systems, Long Beach, California, August 10-13,
2000, pp. 1497-1502.
PUBLISHED SOFTWARE
J.F. Courtney and R.L. Jensen,
"Administrator's Manual: Systems
Laboratory for Information Management," Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems, Long
Beach, California, August 10-13, 2000.
Business
Publications, Inc., 1981.
J.F. Courtney and R.L. Jensen,
"User's Manual: Systems Laboratory for Information Management,"
Business Publications, Inc., 1981.
TEXTBOOKS
J.F. Courtney and D.B. Paradice,
Database Systems for Management, St. Louis: Times Mirrors/Mosby College
Publishing, 1988.
J.F. Courtney and D.B. Paradice,
Database Systems for Management, St. Louis: Second Edition, Richard D. Irwin,
Inc. 1992.
D.L. Olson and J.F. Courtney, Decision
Support Models and Expert Systems, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1992.
D.L. Olson and J.F. Courtney, Decision Support
Models and Expert Systems, Dame Publishing Company, 1998.
INVITED PAPERS AND
PRESENTATIONS
"An Instructional System For
Integrating Management Models and Generalized DBMS," Presented at the
Simulation Management Workshop sponsored by the Army Institute for Research in
Management Information, Atlanta, May 1979.
"Integer and Multicriteria
Programming Models for Storage Hierarchy Design," presented at Sandia
Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M., May 1982.
Panelist, "Computing in the
MBA Curriculum, Fourth International Conference on Information Systems,
Houston, December 1983.
"Introduction to Decision Support
Systems," Delft University, Delft, the Netherlands, May 26, 1987.
"Knowledge-Based Decision
Support Systems for Managerial Problem Formulation," Keynote Address, 1987
Dutch Decision Support Systems Workshop, Lisse, the Netherlands, June 3, 1987.
"Knowledge-Based Decision
Support Systems in a Gaming Environment."
Presented at the University of Tilburg, Tilburg, the Netherlands, June
1, 1987.
"Tutorial on Decision Support Systems," Information Systems
Education Conference, sponsored by the Data Processing Management Association Education
Foundation, November 1, 1987.
"Studies in Managerial Problem
Formulation," Presented at the
1990 Meeting of the International Society for Decision Support Systems, Austin,
Texas, September 14, 1990.
"Information Processing and
the Future of Business," Presented at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon,
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, October 13, 1992.
“Decision Support Systems: Past,
Present and Future,” Presented at Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand,
August 1, 1994.
“Decision Support Systems for
Managerial Problem Formulation,” Presented at Wollongong University,
Wollongong, Australia, August 26, 1994.
“Decision Support Systems for
Managerial Problem Formulation,” Presented at the Queensland University of
Technology, Brisbane Australia, August 29, 1994.
“Bridging the Gap Between Academia
and Industry via MIS Research Seminars,” Presented at the 1994 Rutherford
Conference sponsored by the New Zealand Computer Society, Christchurch, New
Zealand, September 2, 1994.
“Decision Support Systems and Expert Systems,”
Presented at Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand, October 4, 1994.
“Decision Support Systems for
Managerial Problem Formulation,” Presented at Canterbury University,
Christchurch, New Zealand, October 19, 1994.
“Decision Support Systems for Managerial Problem
Formulation,” Presented at Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia, November 18,
1994.
“The
Effects of Schema Complexity on Locally Rational Decision Making,” invited
paper presented at the Decisions and Ethics Center, Stanford University, May
22, 1995.
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
CHAIRED
At Texas Tech University:
"Formulation, Design and
Implementation of the MAGIC/ROC Decision Support System Generator,"
Michael Wang, 1981.
"An Examination of an Expectancy
Theory Model of DSS Use," (Co-chaired with Michael Crino), Gerardine
DeSanctis, 1981.
A Field Study of Organizational
Factors Affecting Decision Support System Implementation," G. Lawrence
Sanders, 1982.
"An Experimental Investigation
of A Graphical Interactive Structural Modeling Aid For Decision Support
Systems," William E. Pracht, 1984.
"A Voice Input Module for a
DSS Using Multivariate Statistical Methods for Recognition," Jagu
Parameswaran, 1984.
"An Intelligent Decision
Support System for Managerial Problem Recognition and Diagnosis," Nassar
Ata, 1985.
"A Model of the Effects of
Change in Communication Technology on the Sources of Information for
Organizational Decision Making," Larry Meile, 1985.
"An Experimental Investigation
of the Effects of a Graphical Interactive Problem Structuring Aid on Group
Decision Processes," Stephen Loy, 1986.
"Causal
Modeling as the Basis for an Intelligent Business Problem Formulation
System," David B. Paradice, 1986
At Texas A&M University:
"Automated Discovery of Causal
Relationships in Managerial Problem Domains," Bethany Billman, 1989.
"The Effects of Decision
Schemes on Small Group Processes and Outcomes: An Empirical Assessment,"
JungDuck Kim, 1990.
"The Market for Computer
Readable Information," Larry West, 1990.
"DIALECTRON: A Dialectic Engine for the Support of
Strategic Planning," William Hodges, 1991.
"Understanding the
Effectiveness of Multimedia Technology as a Persuasive Tool: An Experimental
Investigation," Lisa L. Ottinger,
1993.
"The Effects of Schema and
Information Availability on Locally Rational Decision Making," Karen B.
Bynum, 1994.
"Automatic Classification of
Comments in GDSS Sessions: A Structural Model and Empirical Test," David
A. Cheslow, 1995.
"An Organizational Memory
System for Capturing Information from Unstructured Text," Lawrence
Petersen, 1999.
Co-Editor, Foundations
of Information Systems: Toward a Philosophy of Information Technology
(electronic journal at http://www.cba.uh.edu/~parks/fis/fis.htm), 1997-present.
Guest Co-Editor, Special
Issue of Information Systems Frontiers on Philosophical Reasoning in
Information Systems Research, 1998-2001.
Associate Editor, Decision Sciences, 1987-1989.
Editorial Review Board, Information Resource Management Journal, 1988-present.
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Database Management, 1992-present.
American Association of Information Systems
Conference,
Philosophy of Information Systems Mini-Track Co-Chair,
1996 - 2000.
International Conference on Information Systems
Doctoral Consortium
Faculty Member, 1993.
Doctoral Consortium
Co-Chair, 1994.
Doctoral Dissertation
Competition Co-Chair, 1995.
Executive Committee,
1992-1995.
Decision Sciences Institute
Decision Support
Systems Track Chair, 1994.
Management Information Systems Track Co-Chair, 1997.
MIS Department
College of Business
Administration
University of Central
Florida
Orlando, Florida
32816-1400
Phone: 407-823-4138
Fax: 407-823-2389
e-mail: mailto:jim.courtney@bus.ucf.edu
http://www.bus.ucf.edu/jcourtney/
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: November 20, 1944
Marital Status: Single
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