Overview
Bob teaches strategic management of information resources, information industry strategies, and information consulting. His research interests include Strategy and Planning for Information Resources, and Teaching and Learning Strategies for Information Professionals. Bob has more than 20 years experience in the information services industry as a senior manager of data processing operations, systems development, and information systems marketing. He received his PhD in information systems at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh.
Research Interests
I classify my research activities into two major practice-based domains: (1) Strategy and Planning for Information Resources (2) Teaching and Learning Strategies for Information Professionals. In addition, work in these two content areas has over the past six years caused me to become increasingly aware of a phenomenon which ties the areas together, and had become increasingly central to my research agenda - Discretionary Collaboration
Teaching Interests
The job of a professor is to promote learning within three distinct communities: scholars, students, and professionals. While there may be some differences between the modalities used to interact in each community, the basic mission is the same. As a professor at a professional school in a student centered research university I believe that it is necessary to contribute in all three communities. Further, when it is possible to bring the work being done within one community into the other two, this interchange of knowledge and discovery benefits members of all three groups. A professor is in a unique position to facilitate this sharing.
Personal Interests
cycling, running, golf, music