RESUME

RICHARD W. SCAMELL

ADDRESSES AND PHONES

College of Business Administration                                                                                 3209 Underwood
Department of Decision and Information Sciences                                                        Houston, Texas 77025-2031
Melcher Hall 280J
University of Houston Houston, Texas 77204-6282
(713) 743-4733 (office)                                                                                                        (713) 664-7642 (home)
(713) 743-4940 (FAX)
RSCAMELL@UH.EDU (E-Mail Address)

EDUCATION

B.A.                      Major Field: Mathematics; The University of Texas at Austin; June, 1966.
M.B.A.                 Concentration in Statistics; The University of Texas at Austin; January, 1969.
Ph.D.                    The University of Texas at Austin; May, 1972.
                                Major Field: Statistics
                                Minor Field: Operations Management
                                Supporting Fields: Mathematics and Operations Research

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Houston
1991-Present              Professor, Department of Decision and Information Sciences
1977-1991                   Associate Professor, Department of Decision and Information Sciences
1972-1977                   Assistant Professor, Departments of Management and Quantitative Management
                                           Science
The University of Texas at Austin
1971-1972                   Administrative Assistant; Department of General Business
1970-1971                   Systems Analyst; Bureau of Business Research
1966-1972                   Teaching Assistant/Assistant Instructor, Department of General Business

HONOR SOCIETIES
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi, National Science and Research Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi, National All-University Honor Society
Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honor Society
Beta Alpha Psi, National Accounting Honor Society
Sigma Iota Epsilon, National Management Honor Society
Phi Eta Sigma, National Freshman Honor Society

AWARDS
R. Wayne and Katherine E. Payne Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, University
        of Houston (1998)
Melcher Award For Excellence in Service, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1997)
Melcher Faculty Teaching Fellow, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1996)
NationsBank Master Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1995)
Melcher Faculty Teaching Fellow, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1995)
Melcher Faculty Teaching Fellow, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1994)
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston (1993)
Melcher Faculty Teaching Fellow, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1993)
Melcher Award For Excellence in Teaching, College of Business Administration, University of Houston
        (1992)
Melcher Faculty Service Fellow, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1991)
Dean's Faculty Award For Excellence in Teaching, Madrid Business School, College of Business
        Administration, University of Houston (1990)
Melcher Faculty Teaching Fellow, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1989)
Melcher Award For Excellence in Teaching, College of Business Administration, University of Houston
        (1989)
Haliburton Faculty Research Award, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1988)
Haliburton Faculty Research Award, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1987)
Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1985)
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston (1984)
Named by College of Business Administration Alumni Association as Outstanding Faculty Member (1980)
Distinguished Faculty Researcher, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1977)
Distinguished Faculty Researcher, College of Business Administration, University of Houston (1976)
Mortar Board Favorite Professor, University of Houston (1975, 1976, and 1979)
Teaching Excellence Award, College of Business Administration, The University of Texas at Austin (1971)

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Undergraduate Courses
Introduction to Computers and Management Information Systems
Decision Support Systems
Business Database Management Systems
Current Problems in Management Information Systems
Management Information Systems Design
Statistical Analysis For Business Applications I
Statistical Analysis For Business Applications II
Market Planning and Problem Solving

Graduate Courses
Advanced Research in Management Information Systems
Behavioral Research in Management Information Systems
Management Information Systems (Executive MBA Program)
Management Simulation and Executive Decisions (Executive MBA Program)
Business Applications of Database Management Systems I
Business Applications of Database Management Systems II
Comparative Languages
Management Information Systems
Decision Support Systems
Production and Logistics Management
Statistical Analysis I
Statistical Analysis II
Organizational Modeling
Theory and Management of Systems

Ph.D. Student Committees - Chairperson

Charles E. Paddock (Arizona State University, University of Nevada at Las Vegas). Title of Dissertation: An
        Examination of the Organization, Planning, and Control Attributes of Word and Data Processing
        Departments, 1981.
Sreevatsalan Nilakanta (Iowa State University). Title of Dissertation: Data Base Design Methods: A Field
        Study of Their Practice and Impact on the Implementation of Data Base Systems, 1985.
Ronald A. Guillemette (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, The University of Texas at El Paso, Illinois
        State University). Title of Dissertation: Application Software Documentation: A Reader Measure, 1986. Narayan S. Umanath (Pennsylvania State University, The University of Tulsa, The University of Cincinnati).
        Title of Dissertation: Impact of Task Properties, Data Display Format, and Cognitive Characteristics on
        Recall Performance: A Cumulative Research Investigation, 1987.
Bruce E. Breeding (Murray State University). Title of Dissertation: Positive Synergy in the Design,
        Development, and Implementation of Successful Management Information Systems, 1988.
Brent J. Bowman (University of Nevada at Reno). Title of Dissertation: An Investigation of Application
        Development Process Controls in an End-User Computing Setting: A Field Study, 1988. Co-chairperson
        with Maryam Alavi.
Minnie Lee Yen (University of Alaska - Anchorage). Title of Dissertation: A Human Factors Experimental
        Comparison of Two Data Base Query Languages, 1989.
Bernadette Szajna (Texas Christian University). Title of Dissertation: An Experimental Investigation of the
        Consequences of Realistic Versus Unrealistic Information System User Expectations, 1990.
Jaein Oh (Dankook University - Seoul, Korea). Title of Dissertation: The Strategic Choice of Information
        Technology: A Decision Analysis Approach, 1992.
David Montesinos Delgado (Instituto Centroamericano De Administracion De Empresas, Alajuela, Costa
        Rica). Title of Dissertation: An Exploration of the Organizational and Technological Factors Related to
        End-User Computing (EUC) Success in Developing Countries: A Comparative Management Analysis,
        1992.
Hao Lou (Ohio University). Title of Dissertation: Computer-Mediated Communication Systems at Work: A
        Pluralistic View on its Use, Satisfaction, and Outcomes, 1993.
Sampath Ramanujan (Central Missouri State University). Title of Dissertation: Impact of Individual, Program,
        and Organizational Characteristics on Software Maintenance: A Human Information Processing
        Perspective, 1995.

Ph.D. Student Committees - Committee Member

Carol S. Saunders (Organizational Behavior), 1979.
Mary C. Gilly (Marketing), 1979.
RamMohan R. Yallapragada (Accounting), 1982.
Glenn L. Helms (Accounting), 1983.
Eric L. Prentis (Operations Management), 1984.
Richard E. Peschke (Operations Management), 1985.
Donald L. Jordan (Industrial Engineering), 1986.
Charlene Dykman (Management Information Systems), 1986.
Charles K. Davis (Management Information Systems), 1986.
Amir R. Hormozi (Operations Management), 1987.
Sidharta Das (Operations Management), 1987.
James M. Wilson (Operations Management), 1987.
Donald E. Hardaway (Management Information Systems), 1988.
L. David Van Over (Management Information Systems), 1988.
James H. Hutchison (Operations Management), 1989.
Jacob V. Simons (Operations Management), 1989.
Hari Reddy (Computer Science), 1989.
Kumar S. Narayanan (Operations Research), 1989.
Paul K. Woods (Industrial Psychology), 1991.
Ashok Subramanian (Management Information Systems), 1992.
Mary C. Lacity (Management Information Systems), 1992.
Cem Canel (Operations Management), 1992.
Tagreed Al-Marzooq (Computer Science), 1992.
Mirza Murtaza (Industrial Engineering), 1992.
Jae-Jeung Rho (Industrial Engineering), 1994.
Firdaus Alamsjah (Industrial Engineering), 1994.
George Karabatis (Computer Science), 1995.
Chaiyawat Ngamyingsanga (Industrial Engineering), 1995.
Sandra Wilson (Statistics), 1996.

PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED JOURNALS)

Topics Related to Computers and Management Information Systems

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, "Acceptance of Groupware: The
        Relationships Among Use, Satisfaction, and Outcomes," April 1996, Volume 6, No. 2, pp. 173-190.
        Co-authored with Hao Lou.
MIS Quarterly, "The Effects of Information System User Expectations on Their Performance and
        Perceptions," December 1993, Volume 17, No. 4, pp. 493-516. Co-authored with Bernadette Szajna.
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, "A Human Factors Experimental Comparison of SQL Versus
        QBE," April 1993, Volume 19, No. 4, pp. 390-409. Co-authored with Minnie Yi-Miin Yen.
Management Science, "The Effects of Information Sources and Communication Channels on the Diffusion of
        an Innovation, November 1991, Volume 37, No. 11, pp. 1503-1506. Co-authored with Sree Nilakanta. Management Science, The Effect of Information Sources and Communication Channels on the Diffusion of an Innovation in a Data Base Development Environment," January 1990. Volume 36, No. 1, pp. 24-40.
        Co-authored with Sree Nilakanta.
Decision Sciences, "An Examination of Two Screen/Report Design Variables in an Information Recall
        Context," Volume 21, No. 1, pp. 216-240. Co-authored with N. S. Umanath and S. R. Das.
Communications of the ACM, "An Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Data Display Format on Recall
        Performance," May 1988, Volume 31, No. 5, pp. 562-570. Co-authored with N. S. Umanath.
Communications of the ACM, "Organizational Power and the Information Services Department: A
        Reexamination," February 1986, Volume 29, No. 2, pp. 142-147. Co-authored with Carol S. Saunders.
ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, "Office Automation Projects and Their Impact on
        Organization, Planning, and Control in Data Processing and Word Processing," October 1984, Volume 2,
        No. 4, pp. 289-302. Co-authored with Charles E. Paddock.
Healthcare Financial Management, "Inventory Control in the Surgical Suite Through Material Requirements
        Planning," June 1982, Volume 36, No. 6, pp. 64-68. Co-authored with Donald E. Hardaway and Patricia E.
        Moura.
Journal of Operations Management, "Requirements Planning Systems in the Health Care Environment,"
        August 1982, Volume 2, No. 4, pp. 251-259. Co-authored with Earle Steinberg and Basheer Khumawala. Information and Management, "Decision-Making Styles of MIS Managers: A Comparative Evaluation,"
        March 1982, Volume 5, No. 1, pp. 19-29. Co-authored with Arthur G. Jago.
MIS Quarterly, "A Team Approach to Managing the Development of a Decision Support System," March
        1979, Volume 3, No. 1, pp. 53-63. Co-authored with William B. Locander and H. Albert Napier.
Journal of Systems Management, "Word Processing: A Overlooked Dimension in the Management of
        Information," January 1979, Volume 30, No. 1, pp. 36-41. Co--authored with Michael W. Winkler.
Technical Communications, "A Framework for the Selection of the 'Right" Word Processing System,"
        January 1978, Volume 25, No. 1, pp. 14-17. Co-authored with Michael W. Winkler.
Midwest Review of Public Administration, "Guidelines for Planning and Designing Management Information
        Systems for Human Service Organizations," December 1977, Volume 11, No., pp. 291-303. Co-authored
        with Donald Lawrence Davis.
Law and Computer Technology, "Developing Integrated Criminal Justice Information Systems," July-August
        1975, Volume 8, No. 4, pp. 87-98. Co-authored with William B. Lee.
Journal of Systems Management, "The Team Approach to Systems Analysis," April 1975, Volume 26, No. 4,
        pp. 32-35. Co-authored with Eddie W. Baugh.

Operations Research Topics

Journal of Business Research, "A Media Allocation Model Based on Nonlinear Benefit Curves," December
        1978, Volume 6, pp. 253-273. Co-authored with William B. Locander, Richard M. Sparkman, and John R.
        Burton.
Journal of Business Administration, "An Evaluative Model to Identify Weak Products for the Elimination
        Decision," Spring 1977, Volume 8, No. 2, pp.-18. Co-authored with William B. Locander.
OMEGA: The International Journal of Management Science, "Modeling the Product Elimination Decision,"
        December 1976, Volume 4, No. 6, pp. 881-882. Co-authored with William B. Locander.
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, "A Conceptual Approach to Planning New Product
        Introductions in Sets," Fall 1975, Volume 3, No. 4, pp. 355-368. Co-authored with William B. Locander.
Journal of Business Administration, "A Planning Model for Multiple New Product Introductions,: Spring
        1976, Volume 7, No. 2, pp. 45-60. Co-authored with William B. Locander.
OMEGA: The International Journal of Management Science, "Control of Interrelated Research and
        Development Projects," December 1973, Volume 1, No. 6, pp. 669-678. Co-authored with Milton E. F.
        Schoeman.
Texas Law Review, "Congressional Seniority and Unequal Representation: A Proposal for Reform," April
        1973, Volume 51, No. 4, pp. 722-742. Co-authored with Dan Goldstein.

Organizational Behavior Topics

Library Quarterly, "An Assessment of the Influence of Subordinate Assertiveness on Perceived Leader
        Behavior and Subordinate Role Stress," April 1984, Volume 54, No. 2, pp. 170-188. Co-authored with
        Bette Ann Stead.
Library Quarterly, "A Note on the Contribution of Assertiveness Training to Job Satisfaction of Professional
        Librarians," October 1981, Volume 51, No. 4, pp. 280-289. Co-authored with Bette Ann Stead.
Academy of Management Journal, "Intraorganizational Distributions of Power: Replication Research,"
        March 1982, Volume 25, No. 1, pp. 192-200. Co-authored with Carol S. Saunders.
Journal of Library Administration, "A Study of Age and Tenure as it Pertains to the Job Satisfaction of
        Professional Librarians," Spring 1980, Volume 1, No. 1, pp. 3-18. Co-authored with Bette Ann Stead.
Library Quarterly, "A Study of the Need for Role Clarity, Role Dynamics, and Job Satisfaction in Professional
        Librarians," July 1980, Volume 50, No. 3. pp. 310-323. Co-authored with Bette Ann Stead.

Conceptual Marketing Topics

MSU Business Topics, "A Team Approach to Managing the Market Research Process," Winter 1977,
Volume 25, No. 1, pp. 15-26. Co-authored with William B. Locander.
Research Management, "Screening New Product Ideas: A Two-Phase Approach," March 1976, Volume 19,
No. 3, pp. 14-19. Co-authored with William B. Locander.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Decision Sciences Institute National Meeting, November 23-26, 1996. Subject: "An Experimental
        Investigation of the Impact of Individual and Program Characteristics on Software Maintenance Effort:
        A Human Information Processing Perspective." Published in the 1996 Proceedings Decision Sciences
        Institute. Co-authored with Sam Ramanujan.
International Conference on Business School Computer Users Group, July 28-30, 1987. Subject: "A
        Mechanism for the Dynamic Authorization of Privileges Using Bounded Propagation." Co-authored
        with Sreevatsalan Nilakanta and Ernst Leiss.
Oracle Corporation International Users' Conference, August 19-22, 1984. Subject: ORASAS: An
        ORACLE/SAS Interface," Published in the Conference Proceedings. Co-authored with Howard R.
        Hughes and Rahul B. Mehta.
Academy of Management National Meeting, August 15-18, 1982. Subject: "Information Systems and Power:
        A Series of Research Propositions," Published in the Academy of Management Proceedings '82.
        Co-authored with Carol S. Saunders.
American Institute for Decision Sciences National Meeting, November 5-7, 1980. Subject: Structural
        Conditions for Intraorganizational Power: Replication Research," Published in the Proceedings of the
        National AIDS Conference, Co-authored with Carol S. Saunders.
26th International Technical Communication Conference, May 17-19, 1979. Subject: "An Organizational
        Structure for the Management of the Word Processing Function," Published in the Proceedings of the
        26th International Technical Communication Conference.
American Institute for Decision Sciences National Meeting, November 10-12, 1976. Subject: "A Simulation
        Analysis of the Congressional Seniority System," Published in the Proceedings of the National AIDS
        Conference.
American Institute for Decision Sciences, 7th Annual Southwestern Meeting, March 17-19, 1976. Subject:
        "Computer-Based Simulation Modeling for Research and Evaluation of Criminal Justice Systems,"
        Published in the Proceedings of the 7th Annual Southwestern Regional Conference of the American
        Institute for Decision Sciences. Co-authored with William B. Lee.
Operations Research Society of America, 41st National Meeting, April 26-28, 1972. Subject: "Allocating
        Resources to Mission-Oriented Development Activities With Commonalities, Precedence Constraints,
        and Prescribed Planning Horizons," Working Paper 72-51, Graduate School of Business, The University
        of Texas at Austin.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Membership in Academic Organizations

Association for Computing Machinery
Society for Information Management
Institute for Management Science
Academy of Management
Decision Sciences Institute (1974-1984)

Selected Activities

Arrangements Chairman, Fourth International Conference on Information Systems, Houston, Texas,
December 15-17, 1983.
Reviewer, Information Systems Research
Reviewer, MIS Quarterly
Reviewer, Annals of the Society of Logistics Engineers
Reviewer, Database
Reviewer, Research Initiation Grant and Research Enabling Grant Proposals, Office of Sponsored Research,
University of Houston
Reviewer, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
Reviewer, West Publishing Company
Reviewer, Times Mirror Mosby College Publishing Company
Reviewer, CBS College Publishing
Reviewer, Science Research Associates
Reviewer, Prentice-Hall Publishing Company
Reviewer, DSS-87 International Conference
Reviewer, Seventh International Conference on Information Systems
Contributing Faculty Member, Executive Development Program, University of Houston, 1976-1983.
Doctoral Program Coordinator, Management Information Systems, University of Houston, 1982-1993.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

University and System-Wide Committees

Member, Dean's Search Committee, College of Business Administration, October 1997 - Present.
Member, Athletics Director Search Committee, April 1997 - July 1997.
Chairman, Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Services, September 1996 - December 1996.
Chairman, Texas Medical Center Initiative Task Force, April 1996 - November 1997.
National Collegiate Athletic Association Faculty Representative, November 1995 - Present.
Member, Athletics Advisory Committee, November 1995 - Present.
Member, University Planning and Council, September 1995 - Present.
Member, Graduate and Professional Education Committee, SACS Reaccreditation Self-Study, March 1995 -
May 1996.
Member, Undergraduate Council, September 1994- Present.
Chairman, Admissions, Advising, Retention Committee, Undergraduate Council, September 1995 - August
1997.
Member, College of Business Administration, Dean's Review Committee, February 1993 - May 1993.
Member, Graduate and Professional Studies Council, September 1989 - August 1992.
Member, Search Committee for Vice President for Information Technology, April 1988 - August 1989.
Member, Alumni Association Scholarships Committee, March 1985 - March 1987.
Member, Research Excellence Awards Selection Committee, April 1986.
Member, Academic Computer Advisory Committee, September 1985 - August 1988.
Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Admissions and Applications, January - April 1984.
Member, Central Campus Research Committee, September 1981 - August 1982.
Chairman, Task Force on Long-Term Computing Needs, February 1979 - December 1980.
Member, Task Force on Interim Computing Needs, February 1979 - July 1979.
Member, Task Force on Administrative Computing Needs, February - August 1979.
Member, Task Force on Graduate School Problems, March - May 1979.
Member, Undergraduate Council, December 1976 - January 1979.
Chairman, Central Campus Academic Computer Users Committee, August 1977 - August 1980.
Member, Computer Selection Committee, July 1975 - April 1977.
Member, Central Campus Academic Computer Users Committee, February 1975 - May 1977.
Member, Faculty Senate, September 1974 - August 1977.

Some Selected College of Business Administration Committees

Member, AACSB Reaccreditation Steering Committee, March 1995 - February 1997.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Promotion and Tenure Policies, June 1993 - September 1993.
Member, Distinguished Professor Committee, February 1993 - Present.
Member, College of Business Administration Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, September 1992 -
        August 1995.
Member, Task Force For Recommending Revisions to the Undergraduate Curriculum, January 1992 - January
        1993.
Member, Advance CBA Committee, January 1988 - Present.
Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee to Review Faculty Merit Review Policies, September - December 1985.
Member, Ph.D. Curriculum Committee, September 1988 - August 1993.
Chairman, Ph.D. Curriculum Committee, September 1985 - August 1988.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee to Review Ph.D. Program Policies and Procedures, September - December 1983. Member, Research and Computing Services Advisory Committee, September 1982 - December 1983.
Member, Advisory Committee on M.S. Accountancy, Executive Option, September - December 1981. Member, Computer Advisory Committee, September 1977 - December 1979.
Chairman, Special Administrative Ad Hoc Committee to Evaluate CBA Internal Computer Hardware Needs,
        September - December 1976.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Evaluation of Executive MBA Program, June - August 1976.
Chairman, Promotion, Tenure, and Merit Review Appeals Board, January - May 1975.
Member, Merit Review Appeals Committee, January - May 1974.