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Hasan School of Business Colorado State University - Pueblo 2200 Bonforte Blvd., Pueblo, CO 81001 Office: 719.549.2880 Fax: 719.549.2909 email: peter.billington@colostate-pueblo.edu
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Breaking News: Prof. Billington named 2007 Outstanding Faculty in the Hasan School of Business!
Current Courses - most material now posted on Blackboard accounts.
On Campus Courses - Fall 2008 l MGMT 311 Operations Management - Day Sections - book adoption info is on the course web page. Check before buying on-line. New Edition of the textbook was used in the Spring 2008 semester. l MGMT 511 Operations Management - MBA - book adoption information on the course web page or in Blackboard. Check before buying on-line. If you need to get a head start on the readings for the first week of class, check the link above for MGMT 511 or check Blackboard announcements.
Independent Study Courses through CSU - Pueblo Continuing Education l MGMT 311 - Operations Management - Independent Study students click here Note that starting with Summer 2008 enrollments, all materials will be posted to Blackboard. See instructions on the syllabus or below to see how to logon. l MGMT 362 - Purchasing and Materials Management l MGMT 460 - Operations Strategy
Click here for instructions on how to logon to Blackboard
Click here to logon to Blackboard - must be enrolled
Upcoming: On Campus Courses - Spring 2009 l MGMT 311 Operations Management - Day Sections l MGMT 468 Quality Management - tentative - not scheduled yet
Previously Offered Course Links l MGMT 591 MBA elective - reading lists - Spring 2003 and Spring 2004 l MGMT 349 - Service Management - night - Spring 2005
l Getting Things Done, by David Allen. Great techniques to improve personal productivity. Wish I could get through this book! l The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz - set high goals. l Lifehacker by Gina Trapani - 88 tech tricks to turbocharge your day. Lots of clever things here. l
Recently completed: l Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos. (2008) l It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be by Paul Arden - ad exec classic book on innovation and motivation. (2007) l The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss - sounds good but can it really be done? (2007) l A Technique for Producing Ideas - James Webb Young - quick read on innovation (2007) l How to Make Millions in Real Estate … Starting with No Cash by Tyler Hicks. Trying to figure out how to reach The Number in real estate. (2007) l The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman - globalization due to information speed will reshape the world. (2007) l The Number by Lee Eisenberg - how much money needed to retire? That's the number, but it's probably a whole lot more than you thought. (2006) l Marley and Me by John Grogan - love and life with the world's worst dog! I was skeptical, but after reading this book, Marley may in fact be the world's worst dog. (2006) l Start Small, Profit Big in Real Estate – Jay P. DeCima - buying, renting, selling fixer-uppers. (2006) l A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink - our jobs are too left brain oriented; time to also use the creative right brain to remain competitive in your career. (2006) l Listened to Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen - hilarious murder mystery. (2006) l Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner - "rogue economist" explores economic events in unusual ways. (2005) l Listened to Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser - author claims fast food industry has changed society, but not for the better. He did some of his research in, and has many references to, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. (2005) l Listened to Faster: the Acceleration of Just About Everything by James Gleick - impact on society of speedup and time compression. (2005)
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Listened to summary of Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
accurate insights; buzz word: "thin-slicing" (2005) l The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida - the impact of the creative class, now over 30% of the workforce, on careers, communities and society. (2005) Recently studied - lean and 6 sigma books: l Six Sigma Work Book for Dummies by Craig Gygi et al - good examples. l Value Stream Management - 8 Steps to Planning, Mapping and Sustaining Lean Improvements by Don Tapping et al - great intro to lean l Mapping Work Processes by Dianne Galloway - Excellent intro to process mapping. l Andy & Me by Pascal Dennis - good intro to lean - fictional format similar to The Goal l Lean Six Sigma by Michael George - good intro to the combination of lean and 6 sigma
Recently attended: l Wicked on Broadway - funny musical back-story of how the wicked witch of the west and the good witch were friends in college! l Spamalot on Broadway - totally whacked out musical comedy adapted from Monty Python film In Search of the Holy Grail. l More l Ph.D., Operations Management, Cornell University l M.S., Cornell University l M.B.A., Northeastern University l B.S. Electrical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Awards, Honors l 2007 - ASQ C SSGB - American Society for Quality Certified Six Sigma Green Belt l 2007, 2004, 1999, 1996 - Hasan School of Business Outstanding Faculty Member l 1996 - The International Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi l 1991 - Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Colorado State University - Pueblo l 1990 to present - MarTec Professor of Management - CSU - Pueblo l 1989 - APICS - CPIM - Certified in Production and Inventory Management l 1983 - 1985 - Joseph G. Reisman Research Professor - Northeastern University l 1977 - Beta Gamma Sigma - Business Honor Society - Northeastern University l 1969 - Eta Kappa Nu - Electrical Engineering Honor Society - WPI l 1969 - Pi Mu Epsilon - Mathematics Honor Society - WPI
Interests - Scholarship l Six Sigma l Lean l Lean Six Sigma l Business School Mission Statements l On-Line Posting of Business School and University Mission Statements l Quality Management l Operations Management pedagogy, particularly games and activities l Production planning and inventory control Scholarly Activities - see full Vita for complete list Current Work in Progress: l "Analysis of the Benefits of Supplemental Quantitative Software in the Operations Management Course." Under review/ l “Learning to See Joe’s Garage: Advanced Lean Analysis and Management Concepts” with Michael Wakefield; paper in progress. Articles and books on operations management and quality topics. Recent work: l “Impact of Student Attendance on Course Grades.”
The Journal of American Academy of Business, Vol. 12, No.
2, March 2008. l "An Investigation of Business Schools's On-Line Mission Statement Accessibility," co-authored with Michael Wakefield, The Business Review, Cambridge, Vol. 6, No.1 (December, 2006), pp. 409-415. l Production Planning and Inventory Control, 2nd ed., with S. Narasimhan, 1995, Prentice Hall. l Lean 6 Sigma Accelerator, contributing author, 2004, Human Capital l “A Classroom Exercise to Illustrate Lean Manufacturing Pull Concepts,” Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education. Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2004. Pp 71-76. l “Six Sigma: Quality Performance” co-authored with Maryann Billington. Chief Learning Officer. Vol. 2, Issue 4 (July 2003), pp. 20-25. l "Holding Cost Reduction in the EOQ Model," The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, Vol. 3, No.1 (September, 2003), pp. 409-415. Presentations. Recent: l “Comparison of AACSB and ACBSP Business School On-Line Mission Statements," with Michael Wakefield,” presentation, Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting, Phoenix, November 2007. l “Teaching 6 Sigma Using a Catapult,” presentation, Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting, San Antonio, November 2006. l “Analysis of On-line Business School Mission Statements,” presentation, Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting, San Francisco, November 2005. l “Learning to See Joe’s Garage: Advanced Lean Analysis and Management Concepts” with Michael Wakefield; presentation, Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting, Boston, November 2004. email if you want to receive a copy of the PowerPoint presentation. l “Use of Mastery Software in the Undergraduate Operations Management Course,” presentation, Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2003. l “A Classroom Exercise to Illustrate Lean Manufacturing Pull Concepts,” presentation, Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting, San Diego. November 2002 l More l 2007: HSB Dean Search Committee - Chair l Personnel Review Committee - HSB l Scholarly Activity Board - CSU-Pueblo l More 2008 l Upcoming: China - Beijing, Guilin, Li River, YangShuo, Guangzhou, Hong Kong l Upcoming: Baltimore, DSI national meeting, presentations l NJ and NYC - wedding l Salt Lake City - son lives there
2007 l Salt Lake City - son lives there - watch ski competition at Snowbird l Grand Lake, CO - wedding l Maui - vacation l Phoenix - DSI national meeting, presentation l Germany and Poland - tour - traveling with our German friends the Giese's Picture links will be posted soon l Copenhagen - tour l Durango and Keystone, CO - leisure activities l Florida - nephew's wedding
2006 l Yinchuan and Beijing, China - present lectures at Ningxia University - link to pix l San Antonio - DSI national meeting, presentation l Salt Lake City - son Drew lives there l Cody, Wy - attended friends son's wedding l Pittsburg - Carnegie-Mellon University - son Alex was a student there l Portland, OR - short vacation l Seattle, WA - short vacation l Durango, CO - vacation l Telluride, CO - watch son Drew compete in Freeskiing competition l Keystone, CO - ski winter; summer vacation 2005 l San Francisco - DSI national meeting, presentation, chair sessions l Worcester, MA - WPI reunion l Salt Lake City - helped son Drew move there l Edinburgh and Scotland - carried Maryann's bags and tried to find Loch Ness monster (no such luck) See pictures at this link l Pittsburg and New York City - son Alex moving to NYC for summer internship l Amsterdam and The Hague - checked out windmills and tulips - see pictures l Tucson - conference, golf l Durango - second home 2004 l Phoenix - conference, golf l Boston - DSI national meeting, presentation l Pittsburg - Carnegie-Mellon University - son Alex is a student there l New York City - brother-in-law Joe's surprise birthday party l San Francisco - fun with our German friends the Giese's after son Alex's high school graduation |
