Roger Pick

professor in Kansas City, Missouri

Roger Pick

professor in Kansas City, Missouri

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Dr. Roger Alan Pick is Professor Emeritus of Management Information Systems at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC) where he worked from 1993 to 2018. He taught over 4000 students at Purdue University, University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Cincinnati, Louisiana Tech University, and UMKC. His primary teaching assignment was management of information technology, but he has taught many other courses in information systems including decision support, data management, computer applications, programming, knowledge management, and analysis and design as well as some courses in mathematics and operations research (analytics). His research interests are in decision support systems, model management, information technology economics, and information technology leadership. His peer-reviewed research articles on these topics have appeared in Communications of the ACM, Management Science, Journal of MIS, Decision Support Systems, IEEE Transactions, Information and Management, and numerous other outlets. According to Google Scholar, these articles have been cited over 600 times, and the h-index for his career output is 14 (meaning that at least 14 of his papers have been cited 14 or more times). His Erdös number is 3. (He has collaborated with Andrew B. Whinston. Andy Whinston has collaborated with Daniel J. Kleitman. Kleitman collaborated with Paul Erdös.) He earned a doctorate from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University in 1984. He was a member of INFORMS, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the American Association of University Professors. He lives with his wife on the shores of Lakewood Lake in Lee's Summit, MO. Their three children are now adults. His website is at http://p.web.umkc.edu/pickr/ . Contact him by mail at 319 NW Bluebeech Point, Lee's Summit, MO 64064-1813 US.

  • Work
    • University of Missouri - KC
  • Education
    • Purdue University
    • University of Oklahoma