John  Anderson
Professor 
Carlson, Supply Chain & Operations
3-219 Carlson School of Management
612/624-7316

Course

CHMB 5803 Operations Management

Education

PhD, 1973
Management Sciences
University of Minnesota

MBA, 1968
Business Administration
University of Minnesota

BChE, 1966
Chemical Engineering
University of Minnesota
Major Publications

"An Integrated Systems Approach to Process Control and Maintenance,with Kevin Linderman and Kathleen Mckone, European Journal of Operations Research, (2005).

"Adoption Rates and Patterns of Best Practices in New Product Development," with D. Dooley, and A. Subra, International Journal of Innovation Management, (2002).

"Process Quality Knowledge Bases," J. C. Anderson, K. Dooley, and X. Liu, Journal of Quality Management (2000).

"Towards Measuring the ''SPC Implementation/Practice'' Construct: Some Evidence of Measurement Quality," J. C. Anderson, M. Rungtusanatham, and K. Dooley, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management (1999).

"Comparing the Effects of Cellular and Functional Manufacturing on Employees'' Perceptions and Attitudes," J. C. Anderson and M. Rungtusanatham, Journal of Operations Management (1996).

"Combining Process Knowledge for Continuous Quality Improvement," J. C. Anderson, X. Liu, and K. Dooley, IIE Transactions (1995).

"The Path Analytic Model of a Theory of Quality Management Underlying the Deming Management Method: Preliminary Empirical Results," J. C. Anderson, M. Rungtusanatham, R. Schroeder, and S. Devaraj, Decision Sciences (September/October 1995).

"A Theory of Quality Management Underlying the Deming Management Method," J. C. Anderson, M. Rungtusanatham, and R. Schroeder, Academy of Management Review (July 1994).

Expertise
  • Quality management
  • Operations strategy
  • Operations analysis
Current Research
  • Continuous quality improvement
  • Quality management of the new product development process
  • Process knowledge representation
  • Operations strategy: content and process
Other Distinctions

Recent Research Grants

  • National Science Foundation Research Grant: 1999-2001, Global Study of Practice and Policy Implications of ISO 9000/2000
  • National Science Foundation Research Grant: 1998-2000, Quality Management, Performance Measurement, and Organizational Performance in Long Term Care Organizations
  • National Science Foundation Research Grant: 1996-1998, Quality Management of the New Product Development Process
  • 3M Research Grant, Engineering Systems & Technology: 1991-1999, Process Knowledge Bases for Continuous Improvement

Current Editorial Appointments

  • Editorial boards: Journal of Operations Management, Production Operations
  • anagement Journal, and Asian Pacific Journal of Quality Management

Scholarly Service and Honors

  • Carlson School Operations and Management Sciences Research Professorship, focusing on Quality and Process Leadership, 2002 - 2005
  • Best Paper Award, ASU Quality Management Research Conference, "The Impact of Maturity and Best Practices in New Product Development," 1998
  • Dennis Grawoig Distinguished Service Award from the Decision Sciences Institute, 1997
  • Recognized for University-Wide Leadership for Quality Improvement at the University of Minnesota, 1995.
  • Recognized in Business Week as one of the outstanding faculty in the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 1994.
  • Inducted as a Fellow, Decision Sciences Institute, November, 1993.
  • Dean's Award for Applied Research, Curtis L. Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 1981.
  • Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, College of Business Administration, University of Minnesota, 1975.
  • National American Institute of Decision Sciences Innovative Education Award, November, 1979.