Professor William J. White

Department of Industrial Engineering& Management Sciences
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3119
 

Phone:	847.491.3680
Fax:	847.491.7928
Office:	Tech D231
Email:	white@iems.nwu.edu

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1. Education
2. Research and Teaching Interests
3. Publications and Books
4. Working Papers and Software
5. Courses

Education

• BS, Industrial Engineering, Northwestern University
• MBA, Harvard University

Research and Teaching Interests

• Behavior Based Leadership
• Industrial Psychology/Organizational Behavior
• Engineering Entrepreneurship

Publications and Books

Working Papers and Software

• Currently conducting a survey to identify behaviors of effective CEOs.The study is designed and executed by undergraduate students using theInternet to identify the actual behaviors of the top managers oflarge public companies. Statistical regression analysis of the resultswill be done to determine if there is a correlation between thebehaviors of the leaders of high performing companies and if thesebehaviors are different from those of the leaders of lesser performing organizations.




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Northwestern Courses

• 738-342    Organizational Behavior
• 738-325    Engineering Entrepreneurship
• 738-473    ManufacturingStrategy
• 738-324-1 (Winter 2000)   EngineeringManagement I
• 738-324-2 (Spring 2000)   EngineeringManagement II
• 738-419 (Spring 1998-99) Technical Entrepreneurship
• 738-497    The New GeneralManager

Short Courses

• Operations Strategy at the Universityof Virginia Darden School of Business

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30-Nov-01