OCOB Ann Rep 07-08 - Orfalea College of Business - Cal Poly San ...

FACULTY NEWSFaculty and scholarship CONTINUEDauthored “Honestly, Who Else WouldFund This Research?” published in EconJournal Watch.Pat McQuaid (Management) authored“Adopt Your Local Professor: The Needfor Industry and Academia to WorkTogether,” published in March 2008, pp.6-8, in the journal, Testing Experience.Patricia McQuaid (Management) wonthe Best Paper award (“SoftwareProfessor McQuaid is elected presidentof the American Software Testing Qualifications BoardPatricia McQuaid (InformationSystems) has been elected presidentof the American Software TestingQualifications Board (ASTQB).America is one of approximately40 countries that recognizes theinternational software testing certification,part of the InternationalSoftware Testing QualificationsBoard (ISTQB).The idea is that ifsomeone haspassed the certificationin a countrythat is part of theISTQB, it is recognizedin all of thePatricia McQuaiddifferent countriesthat are part of the organization.This is particularly important inEurope and other continents wherepeople routinely work in neighboringcountries. McQuaid brought thescheme to America in 2004 and nowleads the nonprofit U.S. board.There are over 60,000 softwaretesters worldwide who currentlyhold ISTQB certifications. There aretwo levels of certification: The FoundationLevel and three separateAdvanced Level certificates. For bothlevels, international working partiesdevelop and maintain internationallyuniform curricula and exams.Disasters – What Have We Learned?”),presented on her trip to Bulgaria at theSouth East European Software TestingConference held July 2-4, 2008.Additionally, part of the award is areserved speaking slot at anotherconference – a major software qualityand testing conference in Europe.Congratulations to Tad Miller (Accounting),on receiving the UniversityDistinguished Teaching Award.Steven Mintz (Accounting) authored“Making Assessment Accessible for an“If America is to continuetoward excellence in softwaredevelopment, it must commit itselfto competently testing the softwareit develops in a systematic andconsistent matter,” says McQuaid.McQuaid was the associatedirector and program chair of the4th World Congress for SoftwareQuality (4WCSQ), held in Septemberin the Washington, D.C., area.She also served as program chairof the 2005 Conference for theAmericas (North, South andCentral) for the 3WCSQ in Germany,and for the 2WCSQ in 2000,held in Japan.The World Congress for SoftwareQuality (WCSQ) is a majorinternational gathering of softwarequality professionals that began in1995 in the United States. Thecongress has been a partnership ofthe Software Division of the AmericanSociety for Quality, the SoftwareGroup of the EuropeanOrganization for Quality, and theUnion of Japanese Scientists andEngineers. The conference locationrotates among the regions, nowevery three years, with the goals ofenhancing the quality, reliability,security and value of softwarebasedsystems.Over-Worked Faculty” and presentedit to the Western Decision SciencesInstitute in San Diego on March 19, 2008.Congratulations to Steven Mintz(Accounting) on being named the 2008Orin Ethics Symposium keynote speakerat the University of Missouri in March.This event was sponsored by the Schoolof Accountancy, Robert J. Truslake, Sr.College of Business.Steven Mintz (Accounting) authored“Designing Assignments for AccountingEthics Education” and presented it atthe American Accounting Association’sWestern Regional Meeting in SanFrancisco on May 1, 2008;authored “A Comparison of CorporateGovernance in India and China with theU.S.” and presented it at the AmericanAccounting Association’s WesternRegional Meeting in San Francisco onMay 3, 2008.Eric Olsen (Industrial Technology)presented “Lean Thinking on theCentral Coast” to the Santa MariaManufacturer’s Association, MelfordBorzall, Santa Maria, on March 25, 2008.William Pendergast (Management), A.Sunje and M. Pasic (2008) co-authored“The Internationalization of SMEs inBosnia and Herzegovina in Leo Dana,”ed., “Handbook of Research onEuropean Entrepreneurship,” London:Edward Elgar.Jim Sena (Management) authored“Knowledge Management andOrganizational Security Issues,”published in “Knowledge ManagementStrategies: A Handbook of AppliedTechnologies,” IGI Publishing, ChapterVII, pages 194-217.Jim Sena (Management) and MarkSena co-authored “A ComparativeExamination of (CIO vs CEO) ExecutiveStrategy for Outsourcing,” published inthe Journal of Issues in InformationSystems, November, 2007.Jim Sena (Management) and MarkSena co-authored “Social Networking atthe Corporate Level” (target journal:Journal of Issues in Information Systems).Jim Sena (Management) and Eric Olsen(IT) co-authored “Line vs. Management– Differences in Perceived Levels ofImplementation at an AerospaceCONTINUED8 ❚ ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08