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<div align="center"><font size=3><b>Second posting:<br><br>
C. T. Bauer College of Business<br>
University of Houston <br>
Positions in Management Information Systems<br>
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Description:<br>
</b>The Department of Decision and Information Sciences (DISC) within the
C. T. Bauer College of Business is seeking qualified applicants for one
or more faculty positions in the Management Information Systems (MIS)
area with a start date of September 2013. Candidates must have a
Ph.D. in MIS or a closely related discipline, and a demonstrated
capability for research excellence and high quality teaching. The
search is open to rank, however, the preferred starting ranks are at the
Assistant and Associate Professor levels. Candidates with exceptional
credentials will be considered for an endowed position. The
selected candidate will be expected to (a) publish in top-tier and highly
respected journals, (b) contribute to the mentoring and development of
Ph.D. students and (c) teach graduate and undergraduate courses in MIS,
and in related areas such as Business Analytics and Intelligence.
The College offers generous research support and an attractive annual
teaching load.<br>
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<b>About the Department and the C.T. Bauer College of Business<br>
</b>The University of Houston is a major urban university, committed to
academic excellence, and located on a 550 acre campus three miles from
downtown Houston. With an enrollment of 36,000 students representing more
than 130 nations, the University of Houston is one of the most ethnically
diverse research universities in the country. The C. T. Bauer
College of Business is AACSB accredited with its 4600 undergraduate and
1200 graduate students pursuing BBA, MBA, Executive MBA, MS and
Ph.D. <i>Business Week</i> ranks the C.T. Bauer College of Business
among the top forty public business schools in the country. Owing
to an excellent job market for MIS majors in Houston, this new position
is to fill the over 300% increase in demand since 2008. The DISC
department is composed of information systems, operations/supply chain
management, statistics, and operations research faculty members with
doctorates from many of the country’s leading universities. Several DISC
faculty members hold endowed positions, senior editorial responsibilities
with leading research journals, and significant leadership positions in
professional societies. Editorial experience among our IS faculty
include a former Editor in Chief of MISQ and Data Base along with other
roles in MISQ, ISR, JAIS, EJIS, JIT and other journals.<br>
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About Houston:<br>
</b>According to leading business magazines like <i>Kiplinger’s</i>,
<i>Business Week</i>, and <i>Forbes</i>, Houston is the Best Place to
Live, Work and Play; the Best U.S. City to Earn a Living; the Best City
to Buy a Home, and the Best City for Recent College Graduates. The
low cost of living enables a high quality of life, where one can have
suburban living in the heart of a great metropolis. Houston is also The
Energy Capital of the World, second only to New York City in the number
of Fortune 500 company headquarters, a major healthcare center, and home
of the largest US port in total foreign trade and imports. Of the world’s
100 largest non-U.S. based corporations, more than half have operations
in Houston. The vibrant Houston business community provides Bauer College
of Business faculty members with exceptional opportunities for conducting
collaborative industry research. <br>
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Application Procedure:<br>
</b>To ensure full consideration, applicants should send a current
curriculum vita, contact information and at least three references to
<a href="mailto:discrecruit@bauer.uh.edu">discrecruit@bauer.uh.edu</a> by
December 1 2012. Letters of reference and copies of publications
are not desired at this time. Application review will begin on
October 1, 2012 and continue until the position is filled. Faculty
representative(s) will attend the Decision Sciences conference in San
Francisco in November and the International Conference on Information
Systems in Orlando, Florida, December 2012. <br>
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The University of Houston is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer and is committed to maintaining an intellectually and culturally
diverse faculty. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with
disabilities are encouraged to apply. <br><br>
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<b>Jaana Porra, Ph.D. MBA, M.Sc.<br>
</b>Associate Professor<br>
Department of Decision and Information Sciences<br>
C.T. Bauer College of Business<br>
University of Houston<br>
Houston TX 77204-6021<br>
jaana@uh.edu<br>
713-743-4583<br><br>
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