Dr. Bradley S. Greenberg is Interim Dean of the College of Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University.
Adam Joel Knee and Stephen Teo have been appointed Associate Professors at Nanyang Technological U. Fernando Paragas has been appointed Assistant Professor.
Rolf Wigand, U of Arkansas at Little Rock, Departments of Information Science and Management; Arnold Picot, U of Munich, Munich Institute of Management; and Ralf Reichwald, Technical University of Munich, Institute for Information, Organization and Management, published their new book, Information, Organization and Management, with Springer Verlag (536 pp., ISBN 978-3-540-71394-4.
Rolf Wigand, U of Arkansas at Little Rock, Departments of Information Science and Management, and Audrey Korsgaard, U of South Carolina, Department of Management, received a 2-year research grant from the National Science Foundation, Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) Program, "Communication, Trust and Leadership in Virtual Organizations and Teams," for $386,000. The project will demonstrate how virtual games in MMOG can be used experimentally in cooperation with Travian Games to provide insights into using virtual games for leadership and team development.
Rolf Wigand, U of Arkansas at Little Rock, Departments of Information Science and Management; M. Lynne Markus, Department of Information and Process Management, Bentley College; and Charles Steinfield, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Michigan State U, received a 3-year NSF research grant within the IIS (Information Integration and Informatics) Division, entitled, “Collaborative Research: Interorganizational Information Systems Integration Through Industry-Wide IS Standardization: Technical Design Choices and Collective Action Dilemmas” for $842,844. The research focuses on the diffusion and adoption of information systems standards at the industry-level within three national industries: mortgage, automotive parts supply, and RFID use in the Footwear and Apparel industry.
