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CONTACT INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
353 College of Business Administration Building (CBA)
259 S. Broadway, Akron OH 44325-4801
Phone: 330 972-5441
Email Address: wm@uakron.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Management Information Systems, University of Arizona
M.S., Computer Science, University
of Virginia
B.S.E., Princeton
University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Professor McHenry specializes in computers, information systems and
electronic commerce in the countries of the former USSR, the global diffusion of the
Internet, and knowledge management systems. Other research interests include
data base management systems, computer technology transfer, and
organizational issues in the introduction of computing. Professor McHenry
teaches courses in electronic business, information systems, knowledge
management, data warehousing and decision support systems, and business
databases. He is fluent in Russian.
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES:
Professor McHenry is currently studying e-government and e-procurement in Russia. A
paper on this subject has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Procurement for late
2008 or early 2009. A paper title “Potential Threats of Offshoring Software
R&D: An Analysis of U.S.-Based Firms that Use ‘Common Criteria’
Certification" has been published in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. You can
access it by going to this URL: http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/vol5/iss1/6.
Three other papers have recently been published. “E-Government and
Democracy in Russia” in Communications of the AIS
poses the question of whether or not Russia is moving towards or away
from democracy. The popular wisdom is away, but evidence from e-government
websites and the E-Russia program indicate that the answer is less clear. A second paper,
also in CAIS, is called “Measuring
E-Government: A Case Study Using Russia.” (Note: the Association for Information Systems
owns the copyright for these two papers, and use for profit is not allowed). It was an offshoot of the first paper, and
examines to what extent we can reach conclusions about e-government levels
solely on the basis of website evaluations. A third paper about an innovative
e-payments/e-government system in Siberia
has been published
in the Journal of Enterprise
Information Management. Artem Borisov, a recent U of Akron MBA graduate,
co-wrote these papers.
Prof. McHenry also maintains a research stream in the offshore software
industry. He also recently completed a large-scale study of the Russian
offshore software industry with lead author Stephen Hawk. Their paper
has been published in the Journal of
Information Technology for Development, and has been highlighted by the Russian
industry itself. A pre-print is available here. His
other recent publications include “The
Internet in India and China,” Journal
of Information Technologies and Development (coauthor, Fall, 2003), “Using
Knowledge Management to Reform the Russian Criminal Procedural Codex,” Decision
Support Systems (Winter, 2003); and “A Framework For
Assessing The Global Diffusion Of The Internet,” (coauthor; JAIS,
Nov. 2001).
Professor McHenry has traveled extensively to the former Soviet
Union, once as a debater for the Speech Communications
Association of America. He has served as a referee for several publications
including Communications of the ACM, Information Systems Research,
The Information Society, and MIS
Quarterly. In 1999 Professor McHenry completed a large study of the Y2K
problem in Russia
and testified about this subject before the Senate Special Committee on the
Year 2000 Problem.
OFFICE
HOURS, FALL 2008
M,W
3:30-5:00 PM and By Appointment (Please contact via e-mail)
Note
to students: all course materials now located on Springboard
PUBLICATIONS
COURSES
FALL 2008
Undergraduate Level
6500-425: Decision Support with
Data Warehousing and Data Mining
6500-471: Management Project
(with Dr. Steve Ash)
Master’s Level
6500-640: Information Systems and
IT Governance
SPRING 2008
Undergraduate Level
6500-310: Business Information
Systems
6500-471: Management Project (with
Dr. Steve Ash)
Previous semesters:
6100:201: Introduction to E-Business (Fall and Spring)
6500:425: Decision Support w/Data Warehousing/Data Mining (Fall)
6500:471: Management Project (Fall and Spring)
6500:640: Management Information Systems (Fall)
6500:644: Knowledge Management (Fall)
6500:645: Advanced MIS (Spring)
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