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WILLIAM K. MCHENRY Associate Professor

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 team selection algorithms. Recent work concerns 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 2009

T,Th 2:30-4:00 PM and By Appointment (Please contact via e-mail)

Note to students: all course materials now located on Springboard

PUBLICATIONS

COURSES

FALL 2009

Undergraduate Level

6500-310: Business Information Systems

Master’s Level

6500-640: Information Systems and IT Governance

SPRING 2009

Undergraduate Level

6500-310: Business Information Systems

6500-471: Management Project (with Dr. Steve Ash)

In recent semesters, it has been my pleasure to use a data visualization/business intelligence package called Tableau in 6500:425, 6500:644, and for demonstrations, in 6500:310. Tableau's business intelligence software is provided courtesy of the Tableau for Teaching program.

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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