F. Nelson Ford

Education

Ph.D.      University of Alabama, 1981

                     Major:                    Management Science

                     Minors:                  Computer Science, Administration in HE, Educational Planning

                     Dissertation:          "A Generalized Framework for Development of the Corporation Planning Model Production Submodel"

M.A.       University of Alabama, 1981

                     Major:                     Management Science

B.S.         University of Alabama, 1971

                     Major:                     Business Administration

Experience

1972 - 1977                                  Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Management Science, University of Alabama

1977 - 1982                                  Assistant Professor, Departments of Management and Computer Studies, Murray State University

1982 - Present                             Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Management, Auburn University

1999 - Present                             Coordinator of MIS Programs, Department of Management, Auburn University

Publications

Ford, F. Nelson. "Decision Support Systems and Expert Systems: A Comparison." Information & Management. Vol. 8, No. 1 (January, 1985), pp. 21-26.

Ford, F. Nelson; Ledbetter, William N.; and Gaber, Brian S. "The Evolving Factory of the Future: Integrating Manufacturing and Information Systems." Information & Management. Vol. 8, No. 2 (February, 1985), pp. 75-80.

Bradbard, David A.; Ford, F. Nelson; Cox, James F.; and Ledbetter, William N. "The Operations Research/ Management Science Industrial-Academic Interface." Interfaces. Vol. 17, No. 2 (March-April, 1987), pp. 39-48.

Ford, F. Nelson; Bradbard, David A.; Cox, James F.; and Ledbetter, William N. "Past and Present Use of Operations Research in Production Management." Production and Inventory Management. Vol. 28, No. 3 (Third Quarter, 1987), pp. 59-63.

Ford, F. Nelson; Bradbard, David A.; Cox, James F.; and Ledbetter, William N. "Simulation in Corporate Decision Making: Then and Now." Simulation. Vol. 48, No. 6 (December, 1987), pp. 227-282.

Lee, Sang M.; Eom, Hyun B.; Snyder, Charles A.; and Ford, F. Nelson. "A Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Global Financing Strategies." Journal of Management Information Systems. Vol. 4, No. 3 (Winter, 1987-88), pp. 94-113.

Ford, F. Nelson; Gaber, Brian S.; Snyder, Charles A.; and Cox, James F. "Telecommunications Educational Needs in the Post-Divestiture Environment." The Journal of Computer Information Systems. Vol. 29, No. 4 (Summer, 1989), pp. 1-9.

Ford, F. Nelson; Lewis, Bruce R.; and Wynne, Rebecca B. "Knowledge-Based System Support for the Information Center's Troubleshooting Function." Expert Systems with Applications. Vol. 3 (1991), pp. 431-443.

Stephens, Charlotte S.; Ledbetter, William N.; Mitra, Amitava; and Ford, F. Nelson. "Executive or Functional Manager? The Nature of the CIO's Job." MIS Quarterly. Vol. 16, No. 4 (December, 1992), pp. 449-467.

Sankar, Chetan S.; Ford, F. Nelson; and Bauer, Michael. "A DSS User Interface Model to Provide Consistency and Adaptability." Decision Support Systems. Vol. 13 (1995), pp. 93-104.

Ford, F. Nelson and Rager, Jarick.  "Expert System Support in the Textile Industry: End Product Production Planning Decisions." Expert Systems with Applications.  Vol. 9, No. 2 (1995), pp. 237-246.

Stephens, Charlotte S.; Mitra, Amitava; Ford, F. Nelson; and Ledbetter, William N.  "The CIO's Dilemma: Participating in Strategic Planning." Information Strategy: The Executives Journal.  Vol. 11, No. 3 (Spring, 1995), pp. 13-18.

Ford, F. Nelson; Ledbetter, William N.; and Roberts, Tom L.  "The Impact of Decision Support Training on Computer Use: The Effect of Prior Training, Age, and Gender."  Journal of End User Computing.  Summer, 1996, pp. 15-23.

Sankar, Chetan S.; Ford, F. Nelson; and Terase, Nahiro.  �Impact of Videoconferencing in Teaching an Introductory MIS Course.�  Journal of Educational Technology.  Vol. 26, No. 1 (1997-98), pp. 67-85.

McManus, Denise J.; Sankar, Chetan S.; Carr, Houston H.; and Ford, F. Nelson. �Intraorganizational versus Interorganizational Uses and Benefits of Electronic Mail.�  Information Resources Management Journal, 15(3), July-Sept. 2002, p. 1-13.

Klesius, Patrick; Sankar, Chetan S.; Raju, P. K.; and Ford, F. Nelson.  �Chick-fil-A, Inc: Selection of Operating Systems for POS Terminals to Serve Business Functions.�  Journal of SMET Education: Innovations and Research, Jan.-Jun., 2003.

McManus, D. J., Sankar, C. S., Carr, H. H., & Ford, F. N. (2003) �E-Mail�s Value: Internal Versus External Usage.� In Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management, Vol. II, edited by Mehdi Khosrowpour, Chapter V, pp. 91-110: Idea Group, Inc. 

Chung, S.H., Byrd, T.A., Lewis, B.R., and Ford, F.N., (2005). �Information Technology Infrastructure Flexibility, Mass Customization, and Business Performance,� Database. 36(2), 26-44.

McManus, D., Carr, H., Snyder, C., Lewis, B., and Ford, F. N. (2005). �An Exploratory Analysis of the Impact of Global Telecommunications on Electronics Manufacturing Site Selection.� International Journal of Management and Decision Making. 6(2), 127-147.

Knapp, K. J., Marshall, T. E., Rainer, R. K., and Ford, F. N. (2006). �Information Security: Management�s Effect on Culture and Policy.� Information Management and Computer Security. 14(1), 24-36.

Knapp, K. J., Marshall, T. E., Rainer, R. K., Ford, F. N. (2007). "Information Security Effectiveness: Conceptualization and Validation of a Theory." International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, 1(2), 37-60.

Knapp, K. J., Ford, F. N., Marshall, T. E., Rainer, R. K. (2007). "The Common Body of Knowledge: A Framework to Promote Relevant Information Security Research." Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, 2(1), 9-34.

Knapp, K. J., Marshall, T E.., Rainer, K., Ford, N. (2009). In Nemati, H. (Ed.), "Information Security Effectiveness: Conceptualization and Validation of a Theory." In Techniques and Applications for Advanced Information Privacy and Security: Emerging Organizational, Ethical, and Human Issues. Nemati, H. ed. IGI Global.. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Jourdan, Z., Rainer, R. K.,  Marshall, T. E., Ford, F. N. (2010). "An Investigation of Organizational Information Security Risk Analysis." Journal of Service Science, 3(2), 33-42.
 

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