Dr. Larry W. BooneAssociate Professor of Management
Director, Executive-In-Residence Program (EIRP)
Dr. Boone received a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Katz
Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh in 1987
as well as an M.S. in Industrial Engineering (Engineering
Management) in 1983 and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from
Lehigh University in 1974.
Dr. Boone held positions in industry between 1974-1987. These
positions included Quality Assurance Manager for the Mine Safety
Appliances Company, Liaison Engineer for the Westinghouse Electric
Corporation, and Industrial Engineer for PPG Industries.
Dr. Boone's primary research and teaching interests involve
organization theory and behavior, managerial decision making,
creative thinking, strategic planning, entrepreneurship, and
management information systems.
His publications include: "Educating the Educators: Faculty
Development Related to Institutional Mission in Business Schools",
in
Journal of Academy of Business Administration;
"CONFIDE: A Collective Decision Making Procedure Using Confidence
Estimates of Individual Judgments", in
Group Decision and
Negotiation; "Computer-Based Systems and Organizational
Decision Making: An Architecture to Support Organizational
Innovation", in
Creativity Research Journal; "The Context
of Decision Making in Organizations: A Factor Analysis," in
Advances in Information Processing in Organizations;
"Critical Success Factor Analysis for Information System
Performance Measurement and Enhancement", in
Information and
Management; "Creative Thinking in Business Organizations", in
Review of Business; and
Embracing the Future: Meeting
the Challenge of Our Changing World, with Thomas L.
Saaty.
Dr. Boone is an active member of the Academy of Management, the
Decision Sciences Institute, and the American Association for
Higher Education. He has consulted for Innodyne, Inc., PPG
Industries, Organization Design Consultants, several universities,
and a variety of non-profit groups.
Courses Taught| Subject | Number | Title |
| MGT | 240 | Entrepreneurship |
| MGT | 3325 | Production and Operations Mgt |
| MGT | 4310 | Entrepreneurship |
E-mail:
boonel@stjohns.edu