Mary Elizabeth Brabston
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The I. H.
Asper School of Business |
1009 Scurfield Boulevard |
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The University
of Manitoba |
Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1N5 Canada |
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Winnipeg, MB
R3T 5V4 Canada |
(204) 487-4113 |
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(204)
474-8444 |
Cell (204) 997-7248 |
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(204)
474-7545 (fax) |
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Email: Mary_Brabston@umanitoba.ca
Home Page: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~brabston/
EDUCATION
Florida State University
Doctor of Philosophy, 1994
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Major Area: |
Management
Information Systems |
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Minor Area: |
Organizational
Sociology |
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Dissertation
Title: |
Effectiveness
of Channel Use for Communication of Strategic Vision for Information
Technology to Organization Members, Robert W. Zmud, Ph.D., Chair |
The
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Master of Business Administration,
March 1990
Vanderbilt
University
Bachelor of Arts, Drama, June 1969
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 1997 -
present The University of Manitoba
Position:
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems: Department of Accounting
and Finance
Granted tenure effective July 1, 2001
1993 - May
1997 The University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga
Position:
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems: Department of Management
1990 -
1993 Florida State University
Position: Research
and Teaching Assistant: Department of Information and Management Sciences
Consultant: Organizational Design Consultant to
Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center on a grant to the IMS Department
at FSU
1987 -
1990 The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Development Office
Position:
Administrative Systems Coordinator
1978 -
1986 George McMillan Political Campaigns for Lt.
Governor and Governor
Position: Associate
Campaign Manager and Executive Assistant
1979 -
1983 Lieutenant Governor George McMillan's Office
Position: Executive
Assistant to the Lieutenant Governor
1970 -
1977 First Alabama Bank of Birmingham
Position: Assistant
Trust Officer; first female management trainee in the history of then Exchange
Security Bank
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Refereed Publications
"Virtual
Transactional and Relational Exchanges: The Enabling Effects of Information
Technology," coauthored with Andrew Gaudes, in Modern Organizations in
Virtual Communities, edited by Jerzy Kisielnicki, 2002, Idea Group Publishing.
"Communicating
Strategic IT Vision to Organization Members: A Conceptual Framework",
coauthored with Robert W. Zmud and John R. Carlson, in Strategic Information
Technology: Opportunities for Competitive Advantage, edited by Raymond
Papp, 2000, Idea Group Publishing.
"Managers'
Business School Education and Military Service: Possible Links to Corporate
Criminal Activity," coauthored with Robert J. Williams and Doug Barrett, Human
Relations, 53 (5), May, 2000, pp. 691-705.
"To
Team Teach or Not to Team Teach -- That is the Question: A Faculty
Perspective," coauthored with C. S. White and James Henley, Marketing Education
Review, 8 (3), 1998. pp. 13-24.
"The
Internet as a Competitive Knowledge Tool for Managers," coauthored with
Gerry McNamara, Industrial Management and Data Systems, 98 (4), 1998,
pp. 158-164.
"MIS
Education: Differences in Academic Practice and Business Managers'
Expectations," coauthored with Mohammad Ahmadi, Journal of Computer
Information Systems, 38 (2) (Winter 1997/1998), pp. 18-25.
"An Evaluation
of Introductory MIS Textbooks Based on Readability Measures," coauthored
with Judy C. Nixon and Marilyn M. Helms, Journal of Information Systems
Education, Fall/Winter, 1998, pp. 29-34.
"Categorizing
IT Innovation by Extent of Change and Location of Impact: A Contextual
Approach," Journal of Computing and Information Technology, 1 (2),
1993, pp. 133-144.
Revise
and Resubmit Submissions
"Communicating
IT Vision to Organization Members: An Assessment of Channel Usage
Behaviors," coauthored with Robert W. Zmud, submitted to MIS Quarterly,
June, 1995, resubmitted September, 1996; under second revision.
Submission
"Virtual
Transactional and Relational Exchanges: The Enabling Effects of Information
Technology," coauthored with Andrew Gaudes, submitted Fall 2001 to Journal
of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce.
Refereed
Proceedings
"Virtual
Transactional and Relational Exchanges: The Enabling Effects of Information
Technology," coauthored with Andrew Gaudes, Annual Meeting of the
Information Resources Management Association, Toronto, ON, May, 2001.
"Electronic
versus Non-Electronic Commerce: A Framework for Choosing Demand Models,"
coauthored with Jennifer Kirkpatrick, International Academy for Information
Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Brisbane, Australia, December, 2000.
"IT Vision 2000: The State of the Art in the New
Millenium", Annual Meeting of the Information Resources Management
Association, Anchorage, AL, May 21-24, 2000.
"To Team Teach Or Not to Team Teach -- That is
the Question: A Faculty Perspective," coauthored with C.S. White and James
Henley, Best Paper nominee, International Academy for Information Management
(IAIM) Annual Meeting Proceedings, Charlotte, NC, December, 1999.
"The Effects of Expertise on the Efficiency and
Effectiveness of Multiple Internet Search Strategies," coauthored with
Janet Morrill, 28th Annual Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meetings
Proceedings, Las Vegas, NV, November, 1998.
"Top Managers and the Internet: A Winning
Partnership," coauthored with Gerry McNamara, 27th Annual Decision
Sciences Annual Meetings Proceedings, San Diego, CA, November, 1997.
"Communicating IT Vision to Organization's
Members: An Assessment of Channel Usage Behaviors," coauthored with Robert
W. Zmud, Information Resource Management Association Annual Conference,
Atlanta, GA, May, 1995.
"Effectiveness of Channel Use for Communication
of Strategic Vision for Information Technology to Organization Members: A
Theoretical Model," 24th Annual Decision Sciences Annual Meeting
Proceedings, Washington, DC, November, 1993.
Conference
Presentations
"Perceptions
on Computer Literacy for Management Curricula," coauthored with Brenda L.
Massetti and Thomas Goeller, 26th Annual Decision Sciences Meeting, Boston, MA,
November 1995.
"Communication
of Strategic Vision for Information Technology to Organizational Members:
Effects of Channel Use and Organizational Structure," 25th Annual Decision
Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 1994.
"Categorizing
IT Innovation by Extent of Change and Location of Impact: A Contextual
Approach," DIGIT Workshop preceding the International Conference on Information
Systems, New York, NY, December 1991.
"IT, Business
Processes, and the Apparel Industry: Your Future," presented to University
One class on "Introduction to Fashion Industry", invited by Professor
Lena Horne, November 26, 1999.
"Communicating
IT Vision to Organization Members: An Assessment of Channel Usage Behaviors,
The MIS Major, and Collaboration between Computer Science and MIS at the
University of Manitoba," presented to the Computer Science Faculty
Research Seminar, June 10, 1999.
"Year
2000: Questions and Answers," presented to IQON Financial clients, May 13,
1999.
"Trends in
Club Use of Information Systems," presented to Presidents and Club
Managers Seminar, Canadian Society of Club Managers, Manitoba Branch, April 19,
1999.
"Process
Change: Reengineering, Redesign, Review: Which Change Method to Implement at
the University of Manitoba," presented to the Senior Managerial Group of
the University of Manitoba, April 30, 1998.
"Reengineering
the Human Resource Function," presented to the Human Resources System
Review Steering Committee, November, 1997.
"Distance
Learning: What, Why and How," presented at Instructional Excellence
Retreat, Watts Bar, TN, May, 1995.
"Communicating
IT Vision to Organization Members: An Assessment of Channel Usage Behaviors,"
presented to Colloquium of the Division of Accounting and Information Systems
at the University of Texas at San Antonio, March 29, 1995.
Panel
Presentations
"Strategies
to Respond to the Rapidly Changing Employee Skills Needs of the Information Technology
Community," presented to the Manitoba Branch of the Canadian Information
Processing Society (CIPS), March 16, 1999, Winnipeg, MB.
"Electronic
Experiential Learning in the Classroom," ABSEL Conference, San Antonio,
March, 1995.
"Strategic
Vision for Information Technology: Who, What, Where, When, Why and How,"
International Conference on Information Systems, December, 1994, Vancouver, BC.
Working
Papers
"The
Effects of Expertise on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Multiple Internet
Search Strategies," coauthored with Janet Morrill, empirical work in pilot
phase.
"Differences
in Communication Channel Usage between Executives and Non-Executives,"
coauthored with Robert W. Zmud.
"Top Ten
Reasons to Team Teach (and Not to Team Teach): A Faculty Perspective,"
coauthored with C.S. White and James Henley, ongoing project.
"The
Internet as a Competitive Knowledge Tool for Managers," coauthored with
Gerry McNamara, ongoing project.
Other
Letter
to the Editor of the Winnipeg Free Press, coauthored with Derrick Neufeld,
November, 1997.
"Entrepreneurial
Programs Offered by a Sampling of the Best Schools for Entrepreneurs,"
Entrepreneurship Newsletter of the Academy of Management, 11 (2), Spring, 1996,
p. 7.
Books
Management
Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, First Canadian Edition, with Laudon and Laudon, Pearson Education Canada,
Don Mills, ON, 2002.
Instructors
Manual, to accompany Information
Technology and Society, Third Edition, by Laudon, Traver and Laudon, Course
Technology, Boston, 1996.
Student
Study Guide, to accompany Principles
of Information Systems: A Managerial Approach, Second Edition, by Ralph M.
Stair, boyd & fraser publishing company, Boston, 1995.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Various MIS courses
at the undergraduate and graduate level
Various microcomputer application workshops
Various business process reengineering, change management, and electronic
commerce seminars
Various executive education and continuing education workshops
Named Teaching Associate for the College of Business, Florida State University,
August 1992- 1993; this position carries a stipend and responsibilities for
training teaching assistants
GRANTS
Internal
Faculty of Management Research Grant, $1,000, for literature search on Canadian
MIS positions and skills required 2002-2003.
Associates
Achievement Award for Excellence in Service, $4,000, stipend used as research
funds, 2000.
Five
Faculty of Management Travel Grants, covering presentations at international
conferences
Internal
Faculty of Management Research Grant, $1,750, for literature search on Canadian
MIS positions and skills required 1999-2000.
New
Faculty Research Grant, The Faculty of Management at The University of
Manitoba, $2,000 for pilot experiments on the effects of expertise on the
efficiency and effectiveness of multiple Internet search strategies, with
co-investigator Janet Morrill, 1998.
Instructional
Excellence Committee of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, $3,000 for
database application software for School of Business Administration Student
Computer Laboratory and Faculty Network, 1995.
Instructional
Excellence Committee of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, $1,000 for
office computer upgrade, 1995.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Board Member
and By-laws Committee Chair, International Academy for Information Management,
2000-2003.
Programming Committee, International Resource Management Association, 2001-2003.
Track Chair, Measuring IT Investment Payoffs
Track, International Resource Management Association International Conference,
Toronto, ON, May, 2001. Reviewer: Academy
of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Data Base
Special Issue on the adoption and implementation of information technology, Data
Base, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meetings and Proceedings, Academy
of Management Annual Meetings, International Academy for Information
Management, International Conference on Information Systems, Southern MIS
Conference Annual Meeting, Association for Business Simulation and Experiential
Learning Annual Meeting, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual
Meeting, Journal of Business and Behavioural Sciences, Hawaii International
Conference on Systems Sciences.
Nominating Committee, Organizational Communication and Information Systems
Division of the Academy of Management, 1996.
Treasurer, Doctoral Business Students Association 1991-1992, Florida State
University.
Department Representative to Graduate Students United, Florida State University
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Academy
of Management
Association for Information Systems
Decision Sciences Institute
Information Resource Management Association
International Academy for Information Management
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Faculty Web Site
Redesign Committee, Chair, 1999-2003 (www.umanitoba.ca/management)
Member, Senate Joint Committee on Graduate Programs, 2002-2003
Member, MBA Committee, 2002-2003
Search Committee for Logistics assistant professor, 2002-2003
Chair, Faculty Council Steering Committee, 2001-2002
Dean's Advisory Committee, 1998-1999, 2001-2002
Undergraduate Program Committee, UM Faculty of Management, 1998-2001, Chair
1999-2001
Beta Gamma Sigma Faculty Adviser, 1999-2003; attended Faculty Adviser Workshop,
September, 1999
Commerce Students Association, Faculty Adviser, 2000-2002
University Senate Committee on Academic Computing and Networking, 1999-2002
Faculty Adviser to MIS Team representing the University of Manitoba at the
Intercollegiate Business Competition, 1999 (MIS Team placed #1 in Canada); 2000
(UM MIS Team placed #3 in Canada)
Faculty Adviser to MIS Team representing the University of Manitoba at the EDS
Global Case Challenge Competition, Toronto, 1999
Nominating Committee, UM Faculty of Management, 1998-2000
Doctoral Committees for two UM Faculty of Management doctoral students,
Jennifer Kirkpatrick (Marketing) and Andrew Gaudes (Business Administration),
1999-2001
External Member of Dissertation Committee, Amin Yousef Noaman, Computer
Science, January 2000.
Search Committee for Warren Centre Assistant Professor, 2000
MIS Search Committee, 1998-2002
Department Head Search Committee, Accounting and Finance Department, University
of Manitoba, 1999
Small Group Leader, UM Faculty of Management New Student Orientation, 1999-2001
Interviewed on Entrepreneurs' Radio Show by Robert Warren regarding the Year
2000 Problem, January 6, 2000.
Presented three MS Office 97 workshops to MBA MANITOBA students during their
orientation weeks (1999-2001)
Local Disciplinary Committee, 1999
Presented "Using the Internet" workshop for UM Faculty of Management
support staff, February, 1998
Robin Charles Ringland Memorial Scholarship Committee, UM, 1998
Beta Gamma Sigma, Faculty Adviser, UTC, 1995
Alumni Relations Committee, UTC School of Business Administration, 1995-1997
Faculty Council Representative, UTC, 1995-1997
Classroom Technology Committee, UTC, 1994-1997
Instructional Excellence Committee, UTC, 1994-1997
Graduate Committee, UTC School of Business Administration, 1993-1995
HONOURS
Associates
Achievement Award for Excellence in Service, 2000
Named Outstanding Professor by one of UTC's Outstanding Seniors, March, 1996
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Florida State University, 1993 (this
award carries an additional stipend)
Named Teaching Associate (supervisor for
teaching assistants) for the College of Business, Florida State University,
1993
Jerry D. Young Memorial Award for the
Most Outstanding Student in the Graduate School of Management, The University
of Alabama at Birmingham, 1990
Sigma Iota Epsilon, 1991
Omicron Delta Epsilon, 1990
Phi Kappa Phi, 1990
Omicron Delta Kappa, 1988
Beta Gamma Sigma, 1989
Stevenson-Bankhead Society, 1983
Honorary Jaycee, Birmingham Jaycees, 1976
Various Who's Who Publications, 1976 - present
CIVIC EXPERIENCE
Member and ad hoc
Executive Council member, Wired Woman's Network, 2000-2001; Fundraising Chair
and Executive Council member, 2002-2003
The University Club, Board Member and Secretary, 1998-2000
President, Northshore Addition Neighborhood Association, 1995; Social Committee
Chair, 1994
Board member, Chattanooga CARES; Chair, Corporate Sponsor Committee for the
Strides of March, March 1996; Chair, Services Solicitation, One-of-a-Kind
Auction, August, 1995
Northminster Presbyterian Church, Elder, January 1996-June, 1997; Chairman,
Stewardship Campaign, 1996; Chairman, Worship and Christian Education
Committee, 1997
Pro Bono Consultant, Chattanooga Metro Y.M.C.A. Computer Committee, 1994
Birmingham Cultural and Heritage Foundation (City Stages Music Festival),
Executive Committee and Board of Directors, 1988-1990; Hospitality Chair,
1988-1990, 1994; Board Member Emeritus, 1990 - present
Birmingham Festival Theatre, Secretary 1988 - 1989, Treasurer 1978 - 1979;
actress
Women's Network, Birmingham, AL, 1984 - 1990
American Association of University Women UAB Study Group, Public Relations
Chair 1988 - 1990
Independent Presbyterian Church, Deacon 1988 - 1990; Stewardship Dinner Chair
1989
Foundation for Pastoral Counseling, Board of Directors 1985 - 1986
Alabama School of Fine Arts, Board of Directors 1982 - 1986
States and the Arts Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures,
1979 - 1983; National Vice Chair 1981 - 1983
Democratic National Convention, Convention Staff, State Floor Manager, 1980
Alabama Film Commission, Commissioner 1976 - 1983
Birmingham Vanderbilt Club, President 1979 - 1981, Board of Directors 1976 -
1981
Birmingham International Educational Film Festival, Treasurer 1976 - 1981
Alabama Epilepsy Foundation, Board of Directors 1976 - 1977