Dr. Parag Kosalge

 

Seidman College of Business
429C DeVos, 401 W. Fulton St.
Grand Rapids, MI 49504-6431.

 

PRIMARY TEACHING/RESEARCH INTEREST

1. Management of IS
2. ERP
3. Electronic Commerce

 

SPECIFIC RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Object Oriented enterprise modeling
2. Management of IS
3. Organizational Impacts
4. eBusiness collaborations

 

SPECIFIC TEACHING INTERESTS

1. ERP (SAP – Project Systems, Sales & Distribution)
2. Object Oriented analysis and design (Rational Rose, UML)
3. Management of IS
4. B2B e-commerce
5. E-commerce Technologies - Web design and development

 

EDUCATION

       

SAP Certified Consultant (Module: Project Systems, Sales & Distribution, Finance)

Application consultant, SAP AG, Germany, 2003.

 

Masters, Doctorate in Management (Specialization: MIS),

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, March 2002.
Dissertation Title: Integrating causal patterns with business processes: An object-oriented approach.

Abstract

 

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering. Major: Microprocessors),
College of engineering Aurangabad, India, 1990 (Ranked 5th in University)

 

Other:

Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT- Level 4)

Embassy of Japan and Japan Foundation, 2002.

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE : Over 10 years

 

2000- 2003	B2B eCommerce and SCM consultant, HCL Technologies.
2000- 2001	BPR consultant to Avasarala Automation , India
1999- 2000	Technology consultant, Chauncey Group International, New Jersey.
1999- 2000	Adjunct faculty, IIM, Bangalore
1999	Visiting adjunct faculty, Kirloskar institute of advanced management studies, Bangalore
1999	Visiting adjunct faculty to firms: Praj, Elpro, Kirloskar oil engines, Mather and Platt (India), Roplas, Mojj Industries, United Breweries, Maini Industries, Pandit automotive and Kay Iron.
1997- 1999	BPR Consultant, Thermax Ltd , India.
1996	eCommerce consultant, Ballarpur Industries Ltd., India
1990-1995	Senior engineer, Electrical Design, Applications, Thermax Ltd, India.

 

COURSES TAUGHT

1. MGT 268: Management Information Systems
2. MGT 350: Principles of Electronic Commerce
3. MGT 331: Concepts of Management
4. MGT 699: Independent Study
5. IT-enabled BPR (Visiting/ Guest); BPR— practice and precautions (Visiting/ Guest) [More Details]

 

Courses designed for Chauncey’s ATS certification program: Enterprise Systems, Digital Media, Web, Database and Programming & Software Engineering.

 

SELECTED/ RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• “RFID Implementation: methodologies, issues, and challenges”, with Ashish Tewary and Jaideep Motwani, International Journal of Manufacturing Excellence, (Forthcoming).
• “Challenges in Piloting an RFID Implementation: A Case Study of an Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain”, with Ashish Tewary and Jaideep Motwani, International Journal of Electronic Business, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2009.
• “Using IP Analysis to Guide E-Business Decision-Making”, with Simha Magal and Nancy Levenburg, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 22, Issue 1-2, (2009).

• “Web 2.0 and commercial disputes: A case study of information sharing in e-arbitrations and e-mediations,” with Laura Leavitt and Star Swift, International Conference on Electronic Business, 2008.
• “Piloting RFID in an Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain,” with Ashish Tewary and Jaideep Motwani, Americas Conference on Information Systems 2008.
• “Towards a Stage Model for E-Business Adoption among SMEs: Preliminary Results for Manufacturing and Service Firms,” with Simha Magal and Nancy Levenburg, Americas Conference on Information Systems 2008.
• “An Examination of E-Business Adoption among SMEs Serving Consumer versus Industrial Markets,” with Simha Magal and Nancy Levenburg, Mid-west Association for Information Systems, 2008.
• “Towards a Stage Model for E-Business Adoption among SMEs: Preliminary Results,” with Simha Magal and Nancy Levenburg, ISDSI 2008: International Conference on Decision Sciences and Technology for Globalization, India.

• “Understanding the subcultures key to ERP implementation: an empirical investigation”, with Jaideep Motwani, International Journal of Business Excellence, Vol. 1, No.1/2  (2008) pp. 55–70.
• “Relationship between importance and performance of e-business motivations among SMEs,” with Simha Magal and Nancy Levenburg, Americas Conference on Information Systems 2007.
• “An exploratory investigation of organizational factors influencing e-business motivations among SMEs”, with Simha Magal and Nancy Levenburg, Electronic Markets, No. 1, Vol. 16 (2006).

 

SPECIAL AWARDS and HONORS

• University-wide 2009 Pew Teaching With Technology Award recipient.
• University-wide 2008 Pew Teaching Excellence Award recipient.
• Research: Decision Sciences Institute DSI Best paper award runner-up, 2008.
• Member of Alpha Iota Delta, International Honorary for Decision Sciences and Information Systems, 2008.
• Awarded Research Fellowship at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India from 1995 to 2000
• Letter of Recommendation from Managing Director of Thermax Ltd. for Business Process Reengineering of Thermax, Pune. 1998.
• Appreciation and Bonus from Chauncey Group International, New Jersey, for quality of work and response. 1999.
• 2nd Prize at Eureka International Business Plan Competition 2002.
• Semi-finalist $1000 prize at Lee Kuan Yew International business plan competition 2002, Singapore.
• 5th Rank in University in Electrical Engineering, 1990.
• 28th Rank in Japanese Language certification 2002.

Member of Editorial Board of Journal: Advances in Management (2008—to present)

Member of Editorial Review Board: Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA), Texas Tech University, Texas 1999-2001

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

Languages	C, Basic, AutoLisp, Java, Fortran, Assembly, Machine (8085, 8086)
Web	Java, XML
ERP	SAP modules: 'Project Systems'- SAP Certified Consultant. Also SAP certified in, 'Sales and Distribution' and 'Financial Accounting'.
Database	Oracle 7.0, SQL, Foxpro
Process mapping	ARIS
CASE tools	Rational +UML, Turbo Analyst
Simulation	Ithink
Expert system	V.P.Expert
Design and drafting	Autodesk – AutoCAD rel.10, 12, Autolisp
Data Analysis	SPSS, NUD*IST
Op. Research	Lindo

 

 

REFERENCES: On Request.

 

 

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