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Montana State University
P.O. Box 173040
Bozeman, MT 59717-3040

Tel: (406) 994-4421
Fax: (406) 994-6206
business@montana.edu
Location: 412 Reid Hall

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Harry Benham Vita

Curriculum Vita

Harry C. Benham
College of Business
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
(406) 994-6196

E-Mail: hbenham@montana.edu

Education and Training:

1970 A.B. University of California, Berkeley: Economics
1978 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley: Economics
Dissertation: Layoffs and Other Turnover Flows: Industry Differencesand the Role of Fixed Employment Costs
1985 AACSB Information Systems Faculty Development Institute, Universityof Minnesota
1986 AACSB Advanced MIS Faculty Development Institute, Indiana University

Academic Experience:

9/96 - Associate Professor: Management Information Systems 

  • Montana State University, Bozeman
  • Courses Taught: Information Systems
  • Managerial Support Systems
  • Managerial Action and Analysis I
  • Freshman Seminar

9/90 - 8/96 Assistant Professor: Management Information Systems

  • Montana State University, Bozeman
  • Courses Taught: Information Systems
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Introduction to Information Systems
  • Freshman Seminar

9/84 - 9/90 Associate Professor of Economics

  • University of Oklahoma, Norman
  • Courses Taught: Information System Design
  • Introductory Statistics
  • Labor Economics
  • Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised:
  • John Hill
  • Freshta Diba

9/77 - 8/84 Assistant Professor of Economics

  • University of Oklahoma, Norman
  • Courses Taught: Introductory Statistics
  • Principles of Economics
  • Microeconomic Theory
  • Seminar in Labor Economics

1/77 - 6/77 Lecturer, Department of Economics

  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Course Taught: Labor Economics
  • 8/76 - 12/76 Instructor, Department of Economics
  • San Francisco State University, San Francisco
  • Course Taught: Principles of Economics

Professional Activities:

Reviewer for the following Professional Journals:

  • MIS Quarterly Southern Economic Journal
  • Data Base Journal of Political Economy
  • Decision Support Systems Review of Economics and Statistics
  • Decision Sciences Transaction on Engineering Management
  • Annals of Cases on Information Technology Applications and Management
  • Professional Meetings Attended:
  • International Conference on Information Systems: 1985-89, 1991-94, 1996, 1998
  • (Presented paper, 1987)
  • Association for Information Systems: Americas Conference 1996 - 2000
  • Decision Sciences Institute: 1986 - 1992
  • (Presented paper each year, served as discussant and session chair various years)
  • Information Resources Management Association, International Conference:
  • 1993 - 1999 (Present papers)
  • Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer
  • Personnel Research (SIGCPR): 1993 - 2000 (Presented papers)
  • Operations Research Society of America/The Institute of Management Science: 1987, 1988,
  • 1989 (Presented paper each year, organized invited paper session 1987)
  • Information Systems Education Conference: 1987, 1988, 1990
  • (Presented paper each year)
  • Western Decision Sciences: 1992(Paper), 1997-1998 (Papers, Track Co-Chair)
  • International Academy for Information Management 1992, 1993, 1994
  • (Presented paper each year)
  • Midwest Business Administration Association: 1990, 1991
  • (Presented paper each year)

Professional Association Memberships:

  • Association for Information Systems (Charter Member)
  • Association of Information Technology Professionals (formally DPMA)
  • Association of Computing Machines
  • The Institute of Management Sciences
  • American Economic Association

Awards and Honors:

  • College of Business Dean's Award, 1991, Outstanding Research

Refereed Publications:

  • "A Second Measure of the Perceived "Acceptability" of Information ethical Dilemmas" (with Shannon Taylor), Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 7, No.2, Fall 2000.
  • "A Transition to a Skills Based Management Curriculum: Learning to Manage While Learning About Management" (with Nancy Dodd and Bill Brown), Western Academy of Management, April 2000.
  • "Comparing a Web-based and Traditional Course"(with Barbara Ellestad) Proceedings of the 1999 Information Resources Management Association International Conference, May 1999.
  • "A Second Measure of the Perceived "Acceptability" Of Information Ethical Dilemmas" (with Shannon Taylor) Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, March 1999.
  • "Service Quality Assurance Using the Standardized Kolmogoroff-Smirnoff Statistic" (with Bruce Raymond), Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, March 1998.
  • "Montana's Business & Economics Educator's Electronic Community", Proceedings of the 1997 Information Resources Management Association International Conference, May 1997.
  • "A Panel Discussion of the Pedagogical Applications of the World Wide Web in Colleges of Business," Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, March 1997.
  • "End-User Compliance with Standards: Evidence from a Voice Mail Introduction,", Proceedings of the 1996 Information Resources Management Association International Conference, May 1996.
  • "Information Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Voice Mail Introduction" (with Bruce Raymond), Computer Personnel, January 1996, pp. 3-25.
  • "Ethical Issues In MIS" (with J.L. Wagner),in The Human Side of Information Technology, Idea Group Publishing. 1996.
  • "A Comparative Study of Ethical Attitudes Among MIS Students and Professionals"(with J.L. Wagner), Computer Personnel, Vol. 16, #3, July 1995.
  • "Ethical Attitudes of Business Students and MIS Personnel" (with J.L. Wagner), Proceedings of the 1995 ACM SIGCPR Conference, April 1995.
  • "Empirical Types of End-Users" (with Bruce Raymond), Proceedings of the 1995 Information Resources Management Association International Conference, May 1995.
  • "An Analysis of Undergraduate Student Evaluations of Instruction" (with Bruce Raymond), Decision Sciences Institute, November 1994.
  • "End-User Support and IT Adoption" (with Bruce Raymond), Information Resource Management Association, May '94
  • "Adoption and Utilization of Voice Mail" (with Bruce Raymond), ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research, Alexandria, VA March '94.
  • "The Impact of Ethics Lectures on the Perceived 'Acceptability' of Information System Ethical Dilemmas" (with Shannon Taylor), Western Decision Sciences Institute, March 1994.
  • "Integrating Ethics into the Introductory MIS Course," Journal of Education for MIS, Volume 2, #1, 1994.
  • "Conveying Ethical Concepts in the Introductory MIS Course," Proceedings, International Academy for Information Management, December, 1993.
  • "Spreadsheet Structure and Maintenance Errors," Proceedings, Information Resources Management Association, May, 1993.
  • "Career Paths in IS: A Longitudinal Analysis" (with J.L. Wagner), Proceedings of the 1993 ACM SIGCPR Conference, April, 1993.
  • "Structured Techniques for Successful End User Spreadsheets" (with M. Delaney and A. Luzi), Journal of End User Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring) 1993.
  • "A Problem Solving Approach to Teaching Expert Systems and Decision Support Systems," Journal of Small College Computing, Vol. 8, #4, March 1993.
  • "An Alternative Approach to Teaching Decision Support Systems," Proceedings, International Academy for Information Management, December, 1992.
  • "Assuring Quality End-User Developed Spreadsheet Macros" (with A. Luzi), Proceedings, Western Decision Sciences Institute, March 1992.
  • "End-User Developed Software Quality Assurance: The Case of Spreadsheets," Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute, November 1991.
  • "Applying Software Design Principles to Spreadsheets," Proceedings, Midwest Business Administration Association, March 1991.
  • "Tenure of MIS Professionals: A Longitudinal Analysis of New Entrants" (with J.L. Wagner), Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute, November 1990.
  • "IS Strategic Planning for Business Education Programs," Proceedings, ISECON '90, October 1990.
  • "Competitive Information System Investment," Proceedings Midwest Business Administration Association, March 1990.
  • "Utilizing Cobol in the PC Environment," Information Executive, Summer 1989.
  • "Comparisons of Structured Development Methodologies" (with R.L. Price and J.L. Wagner), Information Executive, Spring 1989.
  • "Turnover Among Young Information System Professionals," Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute, November 1988.
  • "PC Based COBOL Instruction," Proceedings, ISECON'88, October 1988.
  • "Software Publishing and the Economic Impact of Copying" (with J.L. Wagner), Proceedings, Eighth International Conference on Information Systems, December 1987.
  • "The Shoemaker's Children - Are Systems Analysis and Design Courses Teaching the Right Tools?" (with J.L. Wagner), Proceedings, Information Systems Education Conference, November 1987.
  • "Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials Revisited," Journal of Labor Research, Fall 1987.
  • "Structured Analysis and Design: An Analysis of User's Methods" (with R. L. Price), Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute, November 1986.
  • "Unemployment Duration and Post-Unemployment Wages: Differences by Race and Gender," Journal of Economics, Vol. X, 1984. Reprinted in a Journal of Economics, Vol. XIX, 1993 "Best Articles" collection.
  • "Unemployment Insurance: An Empirical Analysis of Alternative Theories," Industrial Relations, Fall 1983.
  • "Unemployment Insurance Incentives and Unemployment Duration Distributions," Review of Economics and Statistics, February 1983.
  • "Layoff and Recall Impacts of Stocks of Rehirables," Southern Economic Journal, January 1980.

Refereed Presentations:

  • "Career Paths in Information Systems: A Longitudinal Analysis" (with J.L. Wagner), ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR), April 1993.
  • "Career Paths in Information Systems: A Longitudinal Analysis" (with J.L. Wagner), ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR), April 1992.
  • "An Empirical Information System Measure," ORSA/TIMS, Vancouver, May 1989.
  • "A Measure of Information System Impact," ORSA/TIMS, Denver, October 1988.
  • "Evaluating Competitive Information," Southern Economic Association, Washington D.C., November 1987.
  • "Competitive Information," ORSA/TIMS, St. Louis, October 1987.
  • "Variations in Structured Analysis and Design Methodologies - Do the Differences Matter" (with J.L. Wagner and R. L. Price), DPMA/ASM DATACON'87, March 1987.
  • "The Economics of Software Piracy" (with J.L. Wagner), Southern Economics Association, New Orleans, 1986.
  • "Wages and Interrupted Careers of Mature Married Women," Southern Economic Association, Dallas, 1985.
  • "An Empirical Measure of On-the-Job Training," Southern Economic Association, Atlanta, 1984.
  • "Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials and Labor Quality, "Southern Economic Association, Washington, D.C., 1983.
  • "A Competing Risk Approach to Termination of Unemployment," Econometric Society, Washington, D.C., 1981.
  • "Unemployment Duration and Unemployment Insurance in a Household Labor Supply Model," Southern Economics Association, Washington, D.C., 1980.
  • "Layoffs and the Role of Fixed Employment Costs," Econometric Society, Chicago, 1978.
  • "A Simultaneous Estimation of Unemployment Insurance Impacts on Unemployment Incidence and Duration," Econometric Society, Denver, 1980.

Other Publications:

  • Elements of Business Statistics: Lecture Notes, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, 1989. Second Edition in 1995.
  • Strategic Computing Plan, The University of Oklahoma College of Business Administration, 1989.

Work in Progress:

  • "Learning to Manage While Learning About Management" with Drs. Nancy Dodd and F. William Brown. Revise & Re-submit at Journal of Education for Business
  • "Training Effectiveness, On-Line Delivery, and the Influence of Learning Style" - Submitted for presentation at 2002 SIGCPR Conference.
  • "Influence of Learning Style on the Choice Between On-line & Traditional Courses" - Under development.

Seminar Presentations:

  • Burns Telecommunications Center & EPS Dedication: "MCEE Project", Feb. '97
  • ITC Brown Bag Series: "Instructional use of World Wide Web", October '96.
  • College of Business - Intellectual Contributions Seminar: "End-User Classifications", November
  • 1996
  • Burns Telecommunications Center Brown Bag Seminar: "MCEE Project", April '96
  • College of Business - Faculty Research Seminar Series
  • "Voice Mail Adoption" '94-'95 Academic Year
  • "Comparative Ethical Judgements of Information Systems Users" '93-'94 Academic Year
  • "Spreadsheet Structure & Errors in Student Spreadsheets" '92-'93 Academic Year

Grants:

  • IDC Summer Research Grant to work on "Career Paths in Information Systems", 1991
  • $2000
  • IDC Summer Research Grant: "Empirical End-User Classification", Summer 1995
  • $2000
  • Burns Telecommunication Fellowship, Summer 1995 $2000

Community and University Service:

College Committees

  • Management Faculty, Coordinator: F96 - present
  • College of Business, Associate Dean Search Committee (Chair): F01-S01
  • College of Business, Computer Committee (Chair): F93 - present
  • College of Business, Accounting Search Committee: F96 - S98; F01
  • College of Business, Finance Search Committee: F95 - S96
  • College of Business, Strategic Planning Committee: 1991-92 AY
  • College of Business, Strategic Plan Steering Committee: 1991-92 AY
  • College of Business, Teaching Evaluation Committee (Chair): Spring 1991

University Committees

  • COB Dean Search: F99 - S00
  • Web-Advisory Committee: S98 - Present
  • Undergraduate Programs Committee: F98 - Present
  • Graduate Appeals Committee: Fall 93 - Spring 01
  • Faculty Council: Fall 96 - present
  • Academic Policies Task Force: Spring 96 -Fall 97
  • Faculty Council Alternate: Fall 93 - Spring 96
  • UCPC - Software Subcommittee: Fall 92 - Spring 96
  • University Computing Policies Committee (UCPC): Fall 1991 - Spring '96

Professional Community

  • SIGCPR Program Committee, 2001-2002
  • Editorial Advisory Board of Annals of Cases on Information Technology Applications and Management in Organizations.
  • Western Decision Sciences: Track Co-Chair with Bruce Raymond for '98 Meetings.
  • Organized WWW Symposium with Bruce Raymond for Western Decision Sciences Institute
  • meetings for March 1997. Work was done in 1996.
  • Reviewed papers for Third Annual Rocky Mountain Small College Computing Conference, 1994
  • Reviewed papers for International Academy for Information Management's 1992
  • Meeting Discussant, 1991 Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, November 1991
  • Discussant, 1990 Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, November 1990
  • Session Chair, 1990 Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, November 1990

Bozeman Community

  • Assistant Scoutmaster, BSA Troop 679, Spring 1997 - present
  • Scoutmaster, BSA Troop 679, Fall 1992 - Spring 1997
  • Assistant Scoutmaster, BSA Troop 679, Fall 1990 - Summer 1992

University of Oklahoma Service:

  • Application Transfer Team Chair (Information System Strategic Planning), 1989
  • College of Business, Computing Advisory Committee Chair (2 years)
  • Faculty Senate (3 years)
  • Aviation Program Review Committee Chair
  • Graduate Student Advisor (Economics Dept.) (4 years)
  • Responsible for Admissions & Financial Aide decisions, student progress up to Ph.D.
  • Qualifying Exam, compliance with Graduate College regulations.

Currency in Teaching Field:

Professional Presentations:

  • Burns Telecommunication Center and EPS Dedication, "MCEE Project", Feb. '97
  • ITC Brown Bag Series: "Instructional use of World Wide Web", October '96.
  • College of Business - Intellectual Contributions Seminar: "End-User Classifications", Nov 1996
  • Burns Telecommunications Center Brown Bag Seminar: "MCEE Project", April '96
  • College of Business - Faculty Research Seminar Series : "Voice Mail Adoption,"
  • '94-'95 Academic Year

Participation in Professional/Academic meetings:

  • International Conference on Information Systems: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • Association for Information Systems: Americas Conference 1996 - 2000
  • Information Resources Management Association, International Conference: 1994, 1995, 1996,
  • 1997, 1998, 1999 (Paper each year)
  • Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer
  • Personnel Research (SIGCPR): 1994-2001 (Papers in '94 & '95)
  • Western Decision Sciences Institute: 1997, 1998

Self-Study and Professional Development:

  • Computer Science Coursework:
  • Spring 01: CS 160 Intro. To Computer Science)
  • Fall 01: CS 221 Computer Science I
  • Attended 1997 AACSB "New Learning Technologies in Management Education Workshop" May 29-31, 1997, Boston University
  • Attended "Teaching Thinking and Problem Solving," "Fostering Active Learning," and "Improving College Teaching" workshops by Kansas State University's Center for Faculty Evaluation & Development, March 1995.
  • Self-taught HTML, Java Script, and other elements of Web Page, 1995-96.

Intellectual Contributions:

2001 Basic & Applied Scholarship:

  • "Learning to Manage While Learning About Management" with Drs. Nancy Dodd and F. William Brown. R&R at Journal of Education for Business
  • "Training Effectiveness, On-Line Delivery, and the Influence of Learning Style" - Submitted for presentation at 2002 SIGCPR Conference.

2000 Basic & Applied Scholarship:

1999 Basic & Applied Scholarship:

  • "A Second Measure of the Perceived "Acceptability" of Information ethical Dilemmas" (with Shannon Taylor) [forthcoming], Journal of Business and Management.
  • "A Transition to a Skills Based Management Curriculum: Learning to Manage While Learning About Management" (with Nancy Dodd and Bill Brown),

1998 Basic & Applied Scholarship:

  • "Comparing a Web-based and Traditional Course"(with Barbara Ellestad) Proceedings of the 1999 Information Resources Management Association International Conference, May 1999.
  • "A Second Measure of the Perceived "Acceptability" Of Information Ethical Dilemmas" (with Shannon Taylor) Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, March 1999.
  • "Service Quality Assurance Using the Standardized Kolmogoroff-Smirnoff Statistic" (with Bruce Raymond), Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, March 1998.

Pedagogical Innovation & Materials:

  • Beginning Summer 97, Major student research projects with class presentations were added to BUS 311.

Professional Service:

  • Western Decision Sciences, 98 Meeting Track Co-Chair.
  • Organized World Wide Web Symposium for Western Decision Sciences, 1997

Academic Journal Referee:

  • 2001 - Annals of Cases on Information Technology
  • 2000 - Annals of Cases on Information Technology
  • 1999 - Annals of Cases on Information Technology
  • 1998 - Annals of Cases on Information Technology
  • 1998 - Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • 1996 - Management Science
  • 1995 - Data Base
  • 1994 - MIS Quarterly