Management Information Technology

F.

Nelson Ford

Education

Ph.D. University of Alabama, 1981

Major: Management Science

Minors: Computer Science, Administration in

HE, Educational Planning

Dissertation: "A Generalized Framework for Development of the Corporation

Planning Model Production Submodel"

M.A. University of Alabama, 1981

Major: Management Science

B.S. University of Alabama, 1971

Major: Business Administration

Experience

1972 -

1977 Graduate Teaching Assistant,

Department of Management Science, University of Alabama

1977 -

1982 Assistant Professor,

Departments of Management and Computer Studies, Murray State University

1982 -

Present Assistant/Associate Professor,

Department of Management, Auburn University

1999 -

Present Coordinator of MIS Programs,

Department of Management, Auburn University

Publications

Ford, F. Nelson. "Decision Support Systems and

Expert Systems: A Comparison." Information & Management. Vol. 8, No. 1

(January, 1985), pp. 21-26.

Ford, F. Nelson; Ledbetter, William N.; and

Gaber, Brian S. "The Evolving Factory of the Future: Integrating Manufacturing

and Information Systems." Information & Management. Vol. 8, No. 2

(February, 1985), pp. 75-80.

Bradbard, David A.; Ford, F. Nelson; Cox, James

F.; and Ledbetter, William N. "The Operations Research/ Management Science

Industrial-Academic Interface." Interfaces. Vol. 17, No. 2 (March-April,

1987), pp. 39-48.

Ford, F. Nelson; Bradbard, David A.; Cox, James

F.; and Ledbetter, William N. "Past and Present Use of Operations Research in

Production Management." Production and Inventory Management. Vol. 28, No.

3 (Third Quarter, 1987), pp. 59-63.

Ford, F. Nelson; Bradbard, David A.; Cox, James

F.; and Ledbetter, William N. "Simulation in Corporate Decision Making: Then and

Now." Simulation. Vol. 48, No. 6 (December, 1987), pp. 227-282.

Lee, Sang M.; Eom, Hyun B.; Snyder, Charles A.;

and Ford, F. Nelson. "A Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Global

Financing Strategies." Journal of Management Information Systems. Vol. 4,

No. 3 (Winter, 1987-88), pp. 94-113.

Ford, F. Nelson; Gaber, Brian S.; Snyder,

Charles A.; and Cox, James F. "Telecommunications Educational Needs in the

Post-Divestiture Environment." The Journal of Computer Information Systems.

Vol. 29, No. 4 (Summer, 1989), pp. 1-9.

Ford, F. Nelson; Lewis, Bruce R.; and Wynne,

Rebecca B. "Knowledge-Based System Support for the Information Center's

Troubleshooting Function." Expert Systems with Applications. Vol. 3

(1991), pp. 431-443.

Stephens, Charlotte S.; Ledbetter, William N.;

Mitra, Amitava; and Ford, F. Nelson. "Executive or Functional Manager? The

Nature of the CIO's Job." MIS Quarterly. Vol. 16, No. 4 (December, 1992),

pp. 449-467.

Sankar, Chetan S.; Ford, F. Nelson; and Bauer,

Michael. "A DSS User Interface Model to Provide Consistency and Adaptability."

Decision Support Systems. Vol. 13 (1995), pp. 93-104.

Ford, F. Nelson and Rager, Jarick. "Expert

System Support in the Textile Industry: End Product Production Planning

Decisions." Expert Systems with Applications. Vol. 9, No. 2 (1995), pp.

237-246.

Stephens, Charlotte S.; Mitra, Amitava; Ford, F.

Nelson; and Ledbetter, William N. "The CIO's Dilemma: Participating in

Strategic Planning." Information Strategy: The Executives Journal. Vol.

11, No. 3 (Spring, 1995), pp. 13-18.

Ford, F. Nelson; Ledbetter, William N.; and

Roberts, Tom L. "The Impact of Decision Support Training on Computer Use: The

Effect of Prior Training, Age, and Gender." Journal of End User Computing.

Summer, 1996, pp. 15-23.

Sankar, Chetan S.; Ford, F. Nelson; and Terase,

Nahiro. Impact of Videoconferencing in Teaching an Introductory MIS Course.

Journal of Educational Technology. Vol. 26, No. 1 (1997-98), pp. 67-85.

McManus, Denise J.; Sankar, Chetan S.; Carr,

Houston H.; and Ford, F. Nelson. Intraorganizational versus Interorganizational

Uses and Benefits of Electronic Mail. Information Resources Management

Journal, 15(3), July-Sept. 2002, p. 1-13.

Klesius, Patrick; Sankar, Chetan S.; Raju, P.

K.; and Ford, F. Nelson. Chick-fil-A, Inc: Selection of Operating Systems for

POS Terminals to Serve Business Functions. Journal of SMET Education:

Innovations and Research, Jan.-Jun., 2003.

McManus, D. J., Sankar, C. S., Carr, H. H., & Ford, F. N. (2003)

E-Mail s Value: Internal Versus External Usage. In Advanced Topics in

Information Resources Management, Vol. II, edited by Mehdi Khosrowpour, Chapter

V, pp. 91-110: Idea Group, Inc.

Chung, S.H., Byrd, T.A., Lewis, B.R., and Ford, F.N., (2005).

Information Technology Infrastructure Flexibility, Mass Customization, and

Business Performance, Database. 36(2), 26-44.

McManus, D., Carr, H., Snyder, C., Lewis, B., and Ford, F. N.

(2005). An Exploratory Analysis of the Impact of Global Telecommunications on

Electronics Manufacturing Site Selection. International Journal of Management

and Decision Making. 6(2), 127-147.

Knapp, K. J., Marshall, T. E., Rainer, R. K., and Ford, F. N.

(2006). Information Security: Management s Effect on Culture and Policy.

Information Management and Computer Security. 14(1), 24-36.

Knapp, K. J., Marshall, T. E., Rainer, R. K., Ford, F. N. (2007).

"Information Security Effectiveness: Conceptualization and Validation of a

Theory." International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, 1(2), 37-60.

Knapp, K. J., Ford, F. N., Marshall, T. E., Rainer, R. K. (2007).

"The Common Body of Knowledge: A Framework to Promote Relevant Information

Security Research." Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, 2(1), 9-34.

Knapp, K. J., Marshall, T E.., Rainer, K., Ford, N. (2009). In

Nemati, H. (Ed.), "Information Security Effectiveness: Conceptualization and

Validation of a Theory." In Techniques and Applications for Advanced Information

Privacy and Security: Emerging Organizational, Ethical, and Human Issues. Nemati,

H. ed. IGI Global.. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Jourdan, Z., Rainer, R. K., Marshall, T. E., Ford, F. N.

(2010). "An Investigation of Organizational Information Security Risk Analysis."

Journal of Service Science, 3(2), 33-42.

Primary Research Interests

The State of

Scholarship in the University

Integration of IS, DSS, and ES Throughout the Firm

Decision Support Systems

Decision Making in IS

Management of

Information Technology

Expert Systems

Primary Teaching Interests

Systems Analysis and Design

Advanced MIS and DSS

MIS Projects

Special Problems in MIS

Management of

Information Technology

Expert Systems and AI for Business

Personal Information

Address: 2071 Windway Road

Auburn, AL

36830

Telephone: Office: 334-***-****

Date of Birth: April 18, 1948

Marital Status: Married, two grown

children

E-Mail: ****@********.******.***

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