Arthur L. Rutledge, Ph.D.
Professor of Management Information Systems
Business & Education Academic Building, Office 239
(678) 547-6011, Fax (678) 547-6160
rutledge_al@mercer.edu

Period: Fall 2004 – Fall 2009

EDUCATION:

  • Ph. D., Business Administration, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 1986
  • M.S., Engineering Administration, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas 1974
  • B.S., Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia 1967

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

  • 1998 - Present Associate Professor of MIS, Mercer University
  • 1993 - 1998 Associate Professor of Management, Middle Tennessee State University
  • 1987 - 1989 Assistant Professor of Management, Emory University

PUBLISHED RESEARCH: PEER REVIEWED

  • “Diversity - A Strategic Imperative or a Basic Business Requirement?” JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT Fall 2009 (with Kenneth R. Tillery of Middle Tennessee State University) Accepted and forthcoming.
  • “Strategies for Managing Organizational Politics to Optimize the Quality Chain through Total Quality Management (TQM)”  ETHICS AND CRITICAL THINKING QUARTERLY JOURNAL Vol. 2008, N2, 2008 (with Faye A. Sisk of Mercer University).
  • “Increasing Small Business Strategic Speed Through Information Technology (IT) Powered Teams”  BUSINESS JOURNAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS Vol. 2008, N1, 2008 (with Faye A. Sisk of Mercer University and Kenneth R. Tillery of Middle Tennessee State University)
  • “The Treatment of Quality in US Production and Operations Management Textbooks: a Reassessment and Extension 10 years After” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITY AND RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT Vol. 21, N5, 2004 (with Kenneth R. Tillery, Bryan Kethley, and Kiran Desai of Middle Tennessee State University)
  • “Technical and Non-technical Student Internet Behavior - Some Educational and Marketing Implications” JOURNAL OF INTERNET COMMERCE Fall 2004 (with C. Jeanne Hill of Prairie View A&M, Kenneth R. Tillery of Middle Tennessee State University, and Melanie Hatch of Gannon University)

 

PUBLISHED RESEARCH: PROCEEDINGS

  • “Does Mastering Business Administration Prepare Project Management Professionals?” Academy of Management Annual Conference Proceedings 2007 (with Linda L. Brennan of Mercer University)

PUBLISHED RESEARCH: OTHER

  • None

 

PRESENTATIONS:

  • “A Taxonomy of Social Diversity for Strategic Management” at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences - 16th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada (with Kenneth R. Tillery of Middle Tennessee State University)

  • “Rethinking Forecasting: An Imperative Who’s Time Has Come” at the Annual Production and Operations Management Society Conference San Diego, California 2008 (with Faye A. Sisk of Mercer University)
  • “Student Attitudes and Views Toward the Teaching Evaluation Process” at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences – 15th Annual Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada February 2008 (with Kenneth R. Tillery and Truhang  T. Tran of Middle Tennessee State University)
  • “Is OODA Just So Much Voodoo? - Contrasting the OODA Loop, or Boyd Cycle, to Conventional Approaches for Strategic Decision-Making” at the Annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Phoenix, Arizona November 2007 (with Faye A. Sisk of Mercer University)
  • “Does Mastering Business Administration Prepare Project Management Professionals?” at the 2007 Annual Meeting of The Academy Management Boston, Massachusetts August 2007(with Linda L. Brennan of Mercer University)
  • “Team Based Strategic Management: A Study in Processes for Securing Employee Commitment and Increasing Organizational Speed”  at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences – 14th Annual Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada February 2007 (with Kenneth R. Tillery of Middle Tennessee State University)
  • “Student Attitudes Toward Production Of Goods Offshore” at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences – 14th Annual Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada February 2007 (with Kenneth R. Tillery and Truhang  T. Tran of Middle Tennessee State University)
  • “Student Evaluation – What Criteria Do Students Use to Evaluate the Professor” at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences – 13th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada  February 2006 (with Kenneth R. Tillery and Truhang  T. Tran of Middle Tennessee State University)
  • “Student Attitudes and Interest in an International Career Pre-Post 9/11” at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences – 12th Annual Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2005 (with Kenneth R. Tillery and Truhang  T. Tran of Middle Tennessee State University)
  • “A Comparative Study of the Impact of Race and Gender On Internet Usage and Attitudes” at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences – 11th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada (with Kenneth R. Tillery of Middle Tennessee State University)

 

WORKING PAPERS:

  • “TQM is Dead, Long Live TQM”

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

  • Consult with organizations concerning strategic planning and enterprise wide quality and productivity enhancement. Teach adult bible study classes.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Decision Science Institute
  • Production and Operations Management Society