1-(704) 778-0443
 
*kghosh@bus.olemiss.edu
  kghosh@bloomu.edu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Kaushik Ghosh
Visiting Faculty of MIS/CIS
College of Business
Bloomsburg University
Email: kghosh@bus.olemiss.edu
           kghosh@bloomu.edu
Cell: 1- (704) 778-0443

129-A Iron Street, Berwick, PA, 18603, USA

 
 
 
Education
  School of Business Administration, University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS, USA)  
 
  • Ph.D., Major: Management Information Systems (GPA: 3.8); Minor: Management (GPA: 3.9) Expected Completion, Dec 2009.
  • Dissertation Title: “Idea Generation Using Brainwriting: The Role of Process Losses in Electronic and Manual Gallery Writing Meetings” (Proposal/Thesis defended: Sept 12, 2008). Committee Chair:  Professor Milam Aiken.
 
Texas A&M International University (Laredo, TX, USA)
  • Master of Science in Management Information Systems (GPA: 3.8),Dec 2004.
  • Courses: Visual Basic, DBMS, System Analysis & Design, Networks & Distributed Systems, Project Design & Management, Business Research Methods.
  University of Pune (Pune, India)  
 
  • Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering, Aug 2000.
 
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
 
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Management of Virtual Organizations
  • Technology Mediated Online Learning
  • Benefits of Online Information Exchange
  • Growth and Success of Open Source Software Communities
  • Strategic Decision Making Using Decision Support Tools
  • Factors Impacting Supply Chain efficiency
 
 
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Strong, J., Ghosh, K., & Conlon, S. 2008. Identifying opportunities in multilingual business environments using environmental scanning and text mining techniques. Journal of Information Technology and Information Management, 17:3/4, 189-204.

Aiken, M. & Ghosh, K. 2009. Automatic translation in multilingual business meetings. Industrial Management and Data Systems, (forthcoming).

Novicevic, M., Ghosh, K., Clement, D., & Robinson, R 2008. A missing scroll of The Functions of the Executive: Barnard on status systems in organizations. Journal of Management History, 14:4, 373-398.

Aiken, M., Garner, B., Ghosh, K., & Vanjani, M. 2008. Dot.com Boom and Bust Effects on MIS College Enrollments: 1995 – 2006. Communications of the IIMA, 8:1, 31-42.

Aiken, M., Park, M., & Ghosh, K. A study of factors affecting electronic meeting participation. International Journal of Business Systems Research, (conditionally accepted).

Aiken, M., Ghosh, K., & Vanjani, M. 2007. MIS Faculty Compensation: 1999-2005. Southwestern Business Administration Journal, 7:1, 45-61.

Ghosh, K., Aiken, M., & Vanjani, M. 2009. A selected survey of leading researchers and major trends in electronic commerce. Business Research Yearbook 16:1, 167 – 173.
 
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Ghosh, K., Strong, J., & Conlon, S. Information extraction for decision making during business acquisitions. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Baltimore, MD, November, 2008.

Strong, J., Conlon, S., & Ghosh. K. Identification of potential markets with information extraction. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Baltimore, MD, November, 2008.

Ghosh, K., Ammeter, A. P., & Ziegelmayer, J. L. Self determination, founders, and project characteristics as motivators in Open Source software.Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) Philadelphia, PA, August, 2007.

Novicevic, M., Ghosh, K., Clement, D., & Robinson, R. A missing scroll of The Functions of the Executive: Barnard on status systems in organizations Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) Philadelphia, PA, August, 2007.

Ammeter, A.P., & Ghosh, K. Open Source as an archetypal form of software engineering using virtual teams. Open Source Software Research Development Workshop, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) Atlanta, GA, August, 2006.

Ghosh, K., Ziegelmayer, J.L., & Ammeter, A.P. Assessing the impact of project founder reputation and project structure on motivation to participate in Open Source software projects. Presented at the Twelfth American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Acapulco, Mexico, August, 2006.

 
WORK-IN PROGRESS

Ghosh, K., Strong, J., & Conlon, S. Importance of customer feedback: Do organizations use information to improve their products? Manuscript under preparation.

Simmons, L., Ammeter, A.P., & Ghosh, K. How organizations benefit from hosting B2B virtual communities. Data collection in progress.

Simmons, L. & Ghosh, K. The role of trust and IT artifact in asynchronous learning networks. Data collection in progress.

Ammeter, A.P., & Ghosh, K. Open Source as an archetypal form of software engineering using virtual teams. Manuscript under preparation.

Ghosh, K. Examination of the impacts of information sharing and bullwhip effect on a supplier-retailer supply chain. Data collected.

 
TEACHING INTERESTS
 
  • Introduction to MIS, System Analysis & Design, Decision Support Systems.
  • IT Applications, Database Management, E-commerce, Computer Programming ( VB, C/C++).
  • Supply Chain Management, Principles of Management, Organizational Behavior.
 
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Visiting Faculty, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Aug 2009 – Present
  • Teaching System Analysis & Design (92.351) and Decision Support Systems (92.310) to Undergraduate Business Majors.
MIS Instructor, School of Business, University of Mississippi
Jan 2006 – July 2006
  • Taught MIS 309 to Undergraduate Business School students (Class size, approximately 80 students. Course content included IT Applications in Business, IT Management, Database Management, Network Security, e-Business, Wireless Computing, Project Management, Telecommunications).
Teaching Assistant, School of Business, University of Mississippi
Aug 2005 – May 2009
  • Support faculty with teaching Undergraduate courses in MIS and Operations Management.
Tutor, Texas A&M International University
Sep 2003 – Dec 2004
  • Tutored Graduate and Undergraduate students (Courses included System Implementation and Design, System Analysis and Design, Database Management, Computer Networking).
  • Assisted students in career and program advisement.
Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M International University
Aug 2003 – Dec 2004
  • Responsibilities included conducting classes, labs and examinations for an Undergraduate MIS class.
 
INDUSTRY WORK EXPERIENCE
Business Development Executive, Netguru Inc. (India)
July 2000 - June 2003
  • Design, develop and implement online communication software and networking solutions.
  • Involved in decisions to re-engineer software products and revamp marketing strategies.
  • Initiated company’s major business operations (start-up ventures) in Burma and Bangladesh.
  • Trained new hires, focusing on inculcating technical knowledge as well as confidence and communication skills necessary to interact and negotiate with clients.
Business Analyst, eBAS Inc. (United States)
Jan 2005 - July 2005
  • Worked directly with project stakeholders from project inception through late elaboration in the business modeling and requirements disciplines
  • Defined and reviewed project plan with stakeholders.
  • Used UML to translate business requirements into project related business & technical requirements by creating use cases, report specs, test plan, and test cases.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Summer Research Assistantship, Univ. of Mississippi, 2009
  • Graduate Fellowship, School of Business, Univ. of Mississippi, 2005-2009
  • Graduate Fellowship, Texas A&M Intl. Univ., 2003-2004
  • Best Management Trainee, Netguru Inc., 2000-2001
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  • Member, Association of Information Systems (AIS), 2006-Present.
  • Member, Academy of Management (AOM), 2006-Present.
SERVICE
  • Senator, University of Mississippi Graduate Student Council, 2005- 2007.
  • Ad-hoc Reviewer, Academy of Management Learning and Education (AMLE), Ongoing.
  • Ad-hoc Reviewer, International. Journal of Business Systems Research (IJBSR), Ongoing.
  • Reviewer, Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Conference, OCIS track, Ongoing
  • Reviewer, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Conference, Ongoing.
  • Reviewer, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2006- 2008.
COMPUTER/TECHNICAL SKILLS
  • Operating Systems/Utilities – MS DOS, UNIX, Windows (NT/XP).
  • Languages – C/C++, Visual Basic, Java, Assembly, UNIX shell scripting.
  • Databases – MS Access, My SQL.
  • Applications – Adobe Creative Suite, MS Expression, MS Office 2007 Suite, MS Visio.
  • Statistical Tools: SPSS, AMOS, Mplus.
Ph.D. COURSEWORK UNDERTAKEN
  • Management Information Systems
  • -Theoretical Foundations of MIS
  • -Management of Information Systems Function
  • -Advanced Database Management
  • -Decision Support Systems
  • -Special Topics in MIS
  • Management
  • -Global Business Strategy
  • -Seminar in Human Resource Management
  • -Theoretical Foundations of Management
  • Operations Management
  • -Supply Chain Management
  • -Integer and Non Linear Programming
  • -Operations Scheduling
  • Research Tools
  • -Univariate Statistics
  • -Multivariate Statistics
  • -Research Seminar: Methodology I - Research & Experimental Design
  • -Research Seminar: Methodology II – Measurement & Scaling
REFERENCES
 
  • Dr. Milam Aiken
  • Professor of MIS and Department Chair
  • MIS/POM Department,
  • Holman 334, School of Business Administration
  • University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
  • Email: maiken@bus.olemiss.edu
  • Telephone: (662) 915-5777 (Office)
  • Dr. Bahram Alidaee

  • Professor of Operations Management
    MIS/POM Department,
    Holman 361, School of Business Administration
    University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
    Email: balidaee@bus.olemiss.edu
    Telephone: (662) 915-5466 (Office)
  • Dr. Sumali Conlon
  • Associate Professor of MIS
  • MIS/POM Department,
  • Holman 247, School of Business Administration
  • University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
  • Email: sconlon@bus.olemiss.edu
  • Telephone: (662) 915-5470 (Office)
  • Dr. Anthony (Tony) Ammeter
  • Associate Professor of MIS
  • Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
  • MIS/POM Department,
  • Holman 233, School of Business Administration
  • University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
  • Email: tammeter@bus.olemiss.edu
  • Telephone: (662) 915-6748 (Office)