Opus College of Business

Daniel McNamara

Associate Professor : Decision Sciences Department
 

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Academic Background

B.S.I.E., University of Dayton
M.S., industrial engineering, University of Wisconsin
Ph.D., industrial engineering, University of Wisconsin

Research Specialties
  • Manufacturing
  • Project management
  • Operations strategy
  • Small group decision making
  • Teaching and learning styles
  • Quality management
Current Research
  • Teaching and the media
  • Teaching and learning styles
Major Works
  • "From Fayol's Mechanistic to Today's Organic Functions of Management," presentation at the European Applied Business Research (EABR) Conference, Salzburg, Austria, June 2008
  • "Teaching Media & Methods," presentation at the Classrooms of the Future XII Conference, Univeristy of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, May 2006.
  • "The Relevance of Business School Education. What do You Think?" Journal of College Teaching & Learning, Vol. 3, Issue 11, November 2006.
  • “The Relevance of Business School Education, What Do You Think?” presented & published in the College Teaching & Learning Conference in Cancun, Mexico, conference proceedings, May 2006. 
  • "Doing Things Right Or Doing The Right Things? A Wholistic Approach To The UST MBA Curriculum," presented at the College Teaching & Learning Conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2005.
  • "From Fahol's Mechanistic to Today's Organic Functions of Management," American  Journal of Business Education, Vol. 2, No.1, pp 63-78, Jan/Feb, 2009.
  • "From Fahol's Mechanistic to Today's Organic Functions of Management," presented & published in the European Applied Business Research (EABR) Conference, Salzburg, Austria, conference proceedings, June, 2008.
Significan Scholarly and Professional Honors
  • Best paper award, European Applied Business Research conference, June 2008.
  • Best paper award, College Teaching & Learning conference, March 2006.