Jay Nathan

Jay Nathan, Ph.D.
Professor of Management 

Professor Jay Nathan teaches in the department of management of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John's University. He earned his M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cincinnati and a M.E. from the University of Florida. He is certified at the fellow level in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) by APICS: The Educational Society for Resource Management. Dr. Nathan has also earned lifetime CPM certification as a Purchasing Manager and Accredited Purchasing Professional (APP), by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). IIn addition to his teaching experience of well over thirty (30) years, he has worked for and consulted with various American companies in capacities that have included strategic planning, forecasting, total quality management (TQM), and scheduling of products and services.

Dr. Nathan's teaching experience includes International Management, Operations Strategy, and Business Policy and Strategic Management; his research interests are in the cross-cultural issues in international management, management development, and strategic operational issues in various major industries and countries, and integrating technology into the classroom and out-of-classroom teaching and learning environments.

Dr. Nathan is author/co-author of ten (10) peer reviewed books, which include publications by West Publishing, Prentice-Hall, and South-Western; and he has published more than one hundred (100) articles that include such journals as the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of Business Forecasting, Review of Business, Production and Inventory Management Journal, Transaction of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Hospital Material Management Quarterly, Business Review, Journal of Management Sciences, Journal of Pennsylvania Business and Economics, and New England Journal of Medicine, Ethics, and Law.

Dr. Nathan has received several Fulbright Senior Scholar Awards: to Kazakhstan in 2002 and 2004; to Poland in the 1998-99 academic years; and to Thailand as a graduate teaching professor in business administration for the 1991-92 academic years. He has also lectured under various fellowships and sponsorships in Japan, Brazil, New Zealand, England, France, Finland, Germany, Singapore, Sweden, Australia, Malaysia, Italy, Russia, and Lithuania.

He is elected to Sigma Iota Epsilon and member of the Academy of Management, APICS, the educational society for resource management, Decision Sciences Institute, National Association of Purchasing Management and American Society for Quality Control.

Courses Taught

Professional Experience (including previous teaching positions)

Peer Reviewed Publications

Books

1. “Management Case Studies” in Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan. 2004

2. “Extra-Practice Problems with Solutions for Reid & Sanders”, John Wiley. 2002

3. “Operations Management Study Guide”, Marywood University, Scranton, PA. 2001

4. “Studies in Management”, Editor, Jagiellonian University Press, Krakow, Poland. 2000

5. “Cases in Total Quality Management”, Coauthor, South-Western Publihing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 1997

6. “Small Business Competitive Advantage, work-in-progress, Education and Research Foundation”, Coauthor. 1996

7. “Business Operations Management”, Aauthor, Cummings & Hathaway, New York, NY. 1996

8. “Process Improvement Essentials for Small Business”, Coauthor, American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). 1995

9. “Cases and Readings in Production and Operations Management”, Coauthor, Prentice-Hall, NJ. 1994

10. “Inventory Essentials for Small Business”, Coauthor, American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), 1994

11. “Contemporary Perspectives in Production and Operations Management”, Editor, GINN Press, Boston, MA. 1990

12. “Managing Physical Distribution, Parts I and II”, Revision Author, INTEXT, Scranton, MA. 1990

13. “Spreadsheet Templates for Production and Operations Management”, Coauthor, West Publishing Company, Minnesota. 1990

14. “A Managerial Guide to Business Forecasting”, Coauthor, Graceway Publishing Co., New York. 1990

15. “A Spreadsheet Approach to Production and Operations Management”, Coauthor, West Publishing Co., Minnesota. 1987

Recent Refereed (Peer Reviewed) Journal Publications
1. “Total Quality Management Integrates Business and Education, ”Fall 2003, Central Asian Management, vol. I, pp. 15-21.

2. “Why Trade Openness Matters for Kazakhstan,” March 2003, Exclusive, Ministry of Education, pp. 9-11.

3. "Zulu Management: Interactive, Reflective, and Collective,” co-author with Stanley Lawson, Journal of Global Awareness, Spring 2002, vol. 3, No.1, 152-159.

4. “American Fulbrighter’s Experience in Poland,” Alma Mater Quarterly, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Spring 2000, pp. 12-14.

5. “Effect of forecast errors on rolling horizon master production schedule cost performance for various replanning intervals,” Journal of Production Planning and Control, vol. 10, no. 7, 1999, pp. 682-689.

6. “Acetaminophen (Tylenol): Johnson & Johnson and Consumer Safety,” co-author, The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, vol. 25, no.1, Spring 1997, pp. 49-57.

7. “Managing Inventory Means Spending Time More with Patients and Less Time with Inventory,”  Co-author, Hospital Management Quarterly, 1996, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 66-68.

8. “Vector Smoothing Improves Accuracy of Item Level Forecasts,” Co-author, The Journal of Business Forecasting, Summer 1996, vol. 15, No. 2, 13-14.

9. “A JIT-Type Stocking System for Hospital Pharmacies: The Stockless Method.” Co-author, Hospital Management Quarterly, 1996, Vol. 17(4), pp. 1-13.

10. “New York Excelsior Quality Award: One Company’s Success Story,” Coauthor, Production and Inventory Management Journal, vol. 36, 1995, pp. 28-32.

11. “Master Production Scheduling for a Process Industry Environment: A Case Study,” co-author, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol. 14, No. 10, 1994, pp. 44-53.

12. "A Survey of Northeast Pennsylvania Industries for Teaching Just-In-Time in Accounting and Production and Operations Management," Journal of Pennsylvania Business and Economics, Summer 1993, pp. 19-25.

13. "Role of Technology in Manufacturing and Marketing Strategies for Resource Management," Assumption University Journal, Bangkok, Vol. 12, No. 1, January-April, 1992, pp. 1-5.

14. "Integrated Manufacturing and Marketing Strategies for Resource Management," Journal of Management Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, Vol. 10, No. 1, January-June 1992, pp. 6-9.

15. "Just-In-Lead Time (JILT) Management:  A Missing Link in CIM Strategy," in CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1989, pp. 419-423.

16. “MRP in CIM for Selected Consumer Products," in CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future, co-author, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1989, pp. 424-429.

17. “Active Forecasting:  A New Look at Product Range Dynamics and Forecast Accuracy," Business Review, Central State University, (Summer 1987), pp. 28-31.

18. "PERT:  A Production Activity Control Manager," in Total Manufacturing Performance, American Production and Inventory Control Society, 1986, pp. 15-18.

19. "Poisson Smoothing," co-author, in Understanding Business Forecasting, edited by Institute of Business Forecasting, Graceway Publishing Co., 1986, pp. 74-75.

20. "Marketing of Financial Services in a Changing Legal Environment," co-author, Business Review, Central State University, (Spring 1985), pp. 25-29.

21. "The Influence of Market Structure on Top Level Executive Compensation for Large Corporations," Business Review, Central State University, Vol. 3, No. 1, (Spring 1984), pp. 37-40.

22. "How to Prepare Forecasts with Poisson Smoothing Scheme," Journal of Business Forecasting, co-author, Vol. 2, No. 4, (Winter 1983-84), pp. 17-18.

23. "New Smoothing Scheme Produces Better Time Series Forecasts," co-author, Journal of Business Forecasting, (Summer 1983), pp. 16-18.

24. "World Marketing Strategies of Small American Firms," co-author, Journal of Marketing and Management, (January, 1982), pp. 48-52.

25. "Developments in Marketing Science," Co-editor, Academy of Marketing Science, (1982), 619 pages.

26. "The Influence of Regulation on Top Level Executive Compensation for Large Corporations," Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, No. 70, (1982), pp. 157-160.

27. "International Purchasing:  A Strategic Area of Growing Importance," Academy of International Business Asia-Pacific Dimensions of International Business, co-author, (1982), pp. 504-512.

Recent Refereed Proceedings

1. “Privatization in Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary: Dynamics, Effectiveness, and Efficiency in Transitional Economies,” Annual Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association Proceedings, June 2000, pp. 213-218.

2. “The Use of Internet to Enhance ‘Out-of-Classroom’ Learning,” Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference Proceedings, June 1999, pp. 139-143.

3. “Virtual-U: An Internet Software to Effective Teaching and Learning in Business Education,” Proceedings of the Dilemmas of Management Education, Jagiellonian Business School, Jagiellonian University, Poland, October 1999, pp. 14-18.

4. “The Timberland Company: The Outdoor Footwear Segment of The Footwear Industry,” co-author, Case Study in the 27th Annual Conference Proceedings of the Decision Sciences, 1996, pp. 114-117.

5. “Disaggregating Master Planning in a Process Industry,” co-author, the 27th Annual Conference Proceedings of the Decision Sciences, 1996, pp. 265-267.       

6. “Lithuanian Business Ethics: Crime, Calamity, and Curruption,” Second Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics Conference Proceedings, 1995, pp. 34-41.

7. “Acetaminophen (Tylenol): Contrasting Company Response To Some Potential Contemporary Consumer Safety Issues,” co-author, Second Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics Conference Proceedings, 1995, pp. 444-464.

8. “A Working Inquiry: JIT Type Stocking Systems For Hospital Pharmacies,” co-author, 26th Decision Sciences Proceedings, 1995, pp. 262-264.

9. “The Impact of European Common Market on Selected U.S. Industries,”at the XXX Assembly of the Latin American Council of Schools of Business Administration (CLADEA) Proceedings, 1995, pp. 361-367.

10. “Strategic Purchasing Partnership in Value Chain Management,” co-author, 4th International Annual Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Conference Proceedings, 1995, pp. 1-16.

11. “Virtual Integration: A Global Perspective for Managing Change,” co-author, World Symposium of Integrated Resource Management Proceedings, 1995, pp. 141-144.

12. “Virtual Organization: A Paradigm for Integrated Resource Management,” 37th American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Conference, 1994, p. 64.

13. “JIT Type Stocking System: How One Company Uses It For Competitive Advantage,” co-author, 37th American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) International Conference Proceedings, 1994, pp. 211-215.

14. “Developing Strategies for Accelerated Economic Growth and Global Awareness for Caribbean Countries,” co-author, Global Awareness for Caribbean Countries,” co-author, Global Awareness Society International Conference Proceedings, 1994, pp. 80-92.

15. "Integrate or Obliterate? Organize for Success in World-Class Resource Management!," 36th American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) International Conference Proceedings, 1993, pp. 155-156.

E-mail: nathanj@stjohns.edu