 
EducationPhD, 1966, management science, Purdue University MS, 1963, Industrial Administration, Purdue University BS, 1962, Applied Physics, Michigan Technical University Carl Adams is professor of the Information and Decision Sciences Department. Research interests include the concept of IS/IT organizational capabilities and their relationship to IS/IT functional strategy, problem formulation as a critical skill, and the process of design as a general competence and specifically in the context of new process design and business development. Teaching interests are courses or parts of courses that relate to my research interests. Expertise
Strategy and structure of information systems/information technology (IS/IT) functional organizations Current Research
IS/IT functional strategy
IS/IT organizational structure
IS/IT planning processes Major Publications - "Measuring the Market impacts of Initial Public Offering" with J.H. Song and Y. Rhee, The Business Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4, (2009).
- "Centralizing IS Governance to Achieve Standardization and Integration" , with E. Larson and W. Xia, AMCIS Conference, Keystone, CO 2007.
- "A Morphological Approach to Generating Information Technology Product Ideas," C. Adams and J. Song, Information and Management (1994).
- "DSS Theory of Constructs and Relationships," C.Adams, M. Eierman, and F. Niederman, Journal of Decision Support System (1995).
- "Differentiation Through Customer Involvement in Production or Delivery," C. Adams and J. Song, Journal of Consumer Marketing (1993).
- "A Model Integrated Information Center," C. Adams, et al., Journal of the American Society for Information Science (1991).
Courses - Fall, 2009
- IDSC 4204W Managing Information Services Sec. 001
- ENTR 6041 New Product Design and Business Development Sec. 060
- ME 8221 New Product Design and Business Development I Sec. 001
- BMEN 8401 New Product Design and Business Development Sec. 001
- Spring, 2010
- ENTR 6041 New Product Design and Business Development Sec. 001
- ENTR 6041 New Product Design and Business Development Sec. 060
- ME 8222 New Product Design and Business Development II Sec. 001
- BMEN 8402 New Product Design and Business Development Sec. 001
Current Administrative Appointments - Member, All-University Honors Committee
- Director, Management Information Systems Research Center
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