KENNETH DALE RAMSING
Date of Birth: March 12, 1935
Height: 6' 0"
Physical Condition: Excellent
Wife's Name: Margaret Ann (Margo)
Military: U.S. Navy (Rate, Yeoman 3rd Class, Discharge: November 1961)
EDUCATION
Name of School Dates Degree Major Minor
_______________________________________________________________
Riverside City College 9-53 None Pre-Forestry General Science
Riverside, California 6-54
Oregon State University 9-54 None Forest Mgt. Business Admin.
Corvallis, Oregon 6-55
Oregon State University 9-57 B.S. Forest Mgt. Business Admin.
Corvallis, Oregon 12-59
Portland State College 1-60 None Business Admin. -
Portland, Oregon 3-60
University of Oregon 9-60 M.B.A. Business Admin. Regional Econ.
Eugene, Oregon 8-62 Forestry
University of Oregon 9-62 Ph.D. Business Admin. Regional Econ.
Eugene, Oregon 8-65 (Production) Forest Econ.
____________________________________________________________
-2-
POSITIONS
_________________________________________________________
Place Position Dates Inclusive
_______________________ __________________________________________
University of Oregon Lecturer 9-62 to 7-65
Business Administration
University of Oregon Assistant Professor 9-65 to 7-67
Management
University of Oregon Assistant Dean 12-65 to 9-68
College of Business Admin.
Purdue University Visiting Associate Professor 9-67 to 8-68
Industrial Management
Netherlands School of Exchange Professor (UO) 9-70 to 7-71
Business, Breukelen Associate Professor of
The Netherlan ds Management
University of Oregon Associate Professor of Mgt. 9-68 to 1982
Chairman, Dept. of Management 9-73 to 7-76
Associate Director, Forest 1976 to 1986
Industries Management Center
University of Oregon Coordinator, Resident 3-78 to 9-79
Executive Program
Ohio State University Visiting Professor 3-80 to 6-80
University of Oregon Professor of Management 1982 to present
University of Linz, Guest Professor, Department of 9-82 to 12-82
Austria Informatics and Organization
University of Oregon Director of Graduate Programs 9-83 to 9-84
College of Business Administration
University of Oregon Associate Dean, Graduate Programs 9-84 to 9-85
College of Business Administration
SANNO Institute, Japan Participant, Japan - U.S.Relations 6-85 to 8-85
University of Oregon Associate Dean for Administration 9-85 to 7-87
College of Business Administration
University of Oregon Dean, Graduate School, UO 7-87 to 8-90
-3-
POSITIONS, CONTINUED
-----------------------------------------------------------
NIDA-National Institute of Fulbright Scholar and 9-90 to 6-91
Development Administration JF Kennedy Visiting Professor
Bangkok, Thailand
Kasetsart University Visiting Professor of Business 3-93 to 6-9
Principle Investigator, USIA grant
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OFFICES HELD
____________________________________________ _______________________
The Institute of Management Science
(Vice Chairman Northwest Chapter 1970)
(Chairman Northwest Chapter 1973-74)
(National Long Range Planning Committee 1976-80)
The Academy of Management
(Chairman, P/OM Curriculum Committee, P/OM Division) (Program Chairman, National Meetings, 1979 P/OM Division)
(Chair, P/OM Division & Member Policy Committee, Academy of Mgt.
1980-81)
(P/OM Division Executive Committee, 1981-89)
Society of Amer ican Foresters (Education Committee)
Western Forest Economics Association
Decision Sciences Institute
American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
(Board of Directors, Southern Willamette Valley Chapter, 1981-85)
Danforth Associates - Pacific N.W. Liaison Officer 1978-90;
1985 Program Chairperson
American Production and Control Society
Amercian Society of Quality Control
Goldratt Institute, (Academic Jonah)
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
____________________________________________________________________
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (Executive Board of Directors - four years)
Oregon Art Museum Council (1982-89)
-4-
Kiwanis International (Amazon Chapte r) (President and Board of Directors, 1974-75)
Deacon and Elder, Central Presbyterian Church
Miscellaneous Community and School Committees
City of Eugene, Willowcreek Industrial Park Advisory Board
President of the Board, Oregon Employment Servic es Corporation (Nonprofit corporation for hiring and placing handicapped workers)
Rotary Club of Eugene
Chair, Rotary Foundation 1992 - 1994
Rotary Board of Direcors 1994 - Present
Friends of the UO Library Board of Directors, 1985- Present
Eugene Sister City Committee, 1988-Present
Oregon Museum Committee
Central Presbyterian Foundation Board, 1988 - 1994
MAJOR UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
____________________________________________________________ _____
Ad Hoc Committee dealing with the Use and Coordination of Data Processing Equipment at the University, Chairman, 1968
Computer Advisory Committee, 1968-1969-1970
Student/Management Information System Committee, 1971-1972 Professional Schools Personnel Committee, 1972-1973
Chairman, Foreign Studies Committee, 1974-1975; Member 1976-1979 Member, Long Range Planning Committee, College of Business Administration, 1978
University Graduate Student Union Grievance Committee, 1980-1981
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Task Force (Chair 1983) 1983-1985
University Senate, 1977-1979, 1981-1983, 1985-1986, 1986-1987, 1991-
President University Senate, 1985-1986, 1986-1987
-5-
South East Asian Studies Committee, 1991-
Center for Asian Pacific Studies Board of Directors, 1992 - Present
International Studies Program Executive Advisory Committee, 1994 - Present
International Studies Program Committee, 1994 - Present
Oregon Executive MBA, Executive Committee, 1991 - Present
OEMBA, Academic Director, 1991 - Present
Oregon State System of Higher Education Thailand Board of Directors 1992 - Present
Misc. College and University committees
SEMINARS CONDUCTED
__________________ _______________________________________________
Two Day Seminar: University of Oregon, Eugene, November 1966. Management Science for Managers (Conducted in total by me.)
Two Day Seminar: University of Washington, Seattle, October 1967. Network Analy sis for Forestry Scheduling (Conducted in total by me.)
Two Day Seminar: University of Washington, Seattle, March 1968. Network Analysis for Schedules (Conducted in total by me.)
Two Week Seminar: U.S. Government Managers, Forest Industries Management Center, Eugene, February 1970. Science and INDUSSIM
Four Day Seminar: Swedish Industrial Executives, Eugene, April 1970.
Three Day Seminar: Forecasting & Simulation, DeBach Ocean Shipping Institute, Holland, February 1971. (Conducted in total by me.)
One Day Seminar: Managing Time, Eugene Junior League, 1973.
One Day Seminars: Time Management, 1975-77 (16 seminars in Pacific Northwest.)
Coordinated and conducted Five Day Seminar: Senior Management Program, Champion Building Products , 1979, 1980, 1981.
Pathology Consultants, Eugene, Partner and Supervisor Organization Development, 1985.
Aster Publishing Company, Strategic Planning and Management Development, 1984-85.
NIDA, Bangkok, Thailand, Manufacturing Strategy, 1991.
< p> Kasetsart Strategic Management Program, Program Director and Coordinator, Kasetsart University Executive Program, Bangkok, Thailand, Seven-week program, 1994
-6-
CONSULTING
U.S. Steel Corporation Weyerhaeuser Company
Pittsburgh, California Tacoma, Washington
U.S. Plywood Corporation Champion Building Products
Oregon Division Stamford, Connecticut
Eugene, Oregon
Boise Cascade Corporation Chemie Linz, Aq.
Fort Bragg Region Linz, Austria
Fort Bragg, California
Miscellanious smaller companies
Voest Alpine Steel, Aq. in publishing, manufacturing,
Linz, Austria medical and service industries
SCHOLASTIC AWARDS
(and invited participation in scholastic programs)
_________________________________________________________________________
Snellstrom Scholarship, 1958-59
Weyerhaeuser Fellowship, 1960-61, 1961-62
Eliot Jones Graduate Competition Winner (Western Economic Association) 1962
Beta Gamma Sigma, 1965
Danforth Associate Program, 1972, N.W. Liaison Officer, 1978
University of Michigan/IBMSummer Computer Fellowship, 1970
University of Michigan/IBM Summer Simulation Fellowship, 1974
Carnegie-Mellon University/Summer Institute in Advanced Management Studies, 1976
Harvard University Production/Operations Management Case Workshop, 1977
Harry R. Jacobs Profession al Service Award, College of Business Administration, University of Oregon, 1979
Friars, University of Oregon, Leadership Honorary, 1981 - Present
Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award, College of Business Administration, University of Oregon, 1983
-7-
Harry R. Jacobs Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, University of Oregon, 1987
Fulbright-Hays Scholar to Thailand, 1990-1991
John F. Kennedy Visiting Professor Thailand, 1990-1991
Harold K. Strom, College Se rvice Award, 1993
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Journal of Operations Management, Associate Editor (1981-83, 1988) Advisory Board and Reviewer, (Current)
Management Science, The Institute of Management Science, Reviewer (Current)
Decision Science, The Decision Sciences Institute, Reviewer (Current)
Prentice-Hall Publishing, Inc., Editorial Review Board (Current)
Reviewer for Management Science and Production/Operations
Management for the following:
Wiley Inc.; McGraw-Hill, Inc.; West Publishing Co.; Business Publications, Inc.; Macmillan, Inc.; Addison Wesley.
PAPERS PRESENTED
(Includes Published Proceedings)
______ __________________________________________________________________
Organization Topic Date
________________________________________________________________________<> American Acoustical Association PERT - A Management Tool 196 7
National Meetings
San Francisco, California
Young Presidents Organization CPM/PERT as a Means of 1968
Planning
Northwest Regional Meeting and Scheduling in Small
Organizations
Society of American Foresters A Business Educati on for 1968
Regional Meeting Foresters
Forest Products Research Society INDUSSIM as a Means for 1968
East Lansing, Michigan Better Management Education
-8-
TAPPI National Meetings Management Gaming as an 1969
San Francisco, California Approach to Educating Managers,
Proceedings
Dutch Exporters Seminar The Challenge of 1970
Breukelen, Holland Management in the 70's
Western Forest Economics Meetings Management Education - A 1970
Portland Look at G ames
Phillips Telecommunicantse N.V. The Fluid Organization 1971
Holland
Operations Research Society of Acceptance of the Manager to 1973
America, National Meetings Operations Research Modeling
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Proceeding s
Operations Research Society of The Role of the Operations 1973
America, National Meetings Research Department in the
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Business Firm
Southwest Applied Institute of An Exploratory Use of Linear 1974
Decision Sciences Programming for Land Development
New Orleans, Louisiana Proceedings
Academy of Management Simulation: A Model for 1974
National Meetings Testing Sample Effectiveness
Seattle, Washington
The Institute of Management M.S. Education in University 1974
Science and Operations Research Programs
Society of America, Joint
National Meetings, Long Range
Planning Committee
Academy of Management, Western Academic Promotion: An 1975
Weste rn Division Exploratory Study using
San Francisco, California Regression Models
American Institute for Decision Exploratory Research Into the 1975
Sciences, Western Region Use of 0-1 Integer Programming
Las Vegas, Nevada with an Overlay Grid System
for Unique Selection of Land Use
ORSA/TIMS Computer Simulation of the 1975
National Meetings Compound Poisson in PERT
North American Simulation and The Learning Theory Jungle 1975
Gaming Association ofManagement Games (with Parsons)
National Meetings (Refereed Proceedings)
-9-
Academy of Management The Effect of a Capital 1976
National Meetings Investment on an Existing
Kansas City, Missouri Materials Management System:
A Case Study Using Simulation (Refereed Proceedings)
Academy of Management Panel. New Direction in 1977
National Meetings Production-Operations
Orlando, Florida Management Curriculum
American Institute for Decision Workshop Participant P/OM 1977
Scie nces, National Meetings
Chicago, Illinois
American Institute for Decision Errors Resulting from
1977
Sciences, Western Meetings Simulating the Beta
Phoenix, Arizona Distribution with GPSS
Academy of Management Panel Chairperson and 1978
Western Meetings Participant Curricular
Sacramento, California Concerns in P/OM
ORSA/TIMS The Prospects for 1978
National Meetings combining the Sociological and
Los Angeles, California technical Aspe cts of Work Redesign
Academy of Management Combining Socio-Technical 1979
Western Meetings Dimensions of Work
Portland Redesign
Academy of Management Systems Theory and 1979
Western Meetings Operations Management
Portland
1979 Sawmill & Plywood Clinic Access to Capital for Equipment 1979
Portland Replacement and Expansion
Academy of Management The Transformation of Opinion, 1979
National Meetings Beliefs and Heuristic Rules
Atlanta, Georgia into a Usable Scheduling
Simulation Model (Refereed Proceedings)
Academy of Management Production/Operations 1979
National Meetings Management Program Chair
University of Hamburg Capturing the Decision Process 1979
Germany in a Scheduling Simu lation
Model -- Invited Paper
University of Manchester Heuristics of Semi-Continuous 1979
Institute of Science and Processing Incorporated in a
Technology, England Simulation Model - Invited Paper
-10-
Academy of Management The Forces of Change and the 1980
National Meetings Opportunities for POM in the
Detroit, Michigan Eighties (with Dilts) (Refereed
Proceedings)
American Institute of A GPSS Simulation Model for 1980
Decision Sciences Scheduling Continuous Process
National Meetings Operations (with Dilts and Chou)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Oregon-California Weight The Analysis Behind 1980
Sample Conference Weyerhaeuser vs. Doyle
Redding, California
1981 Sawm ill & Plywood Weight Sample Scaling: 1981
Clinic Potential & Pitfalls,
Portland Proceedings
Forest Products Research Society The Impact of State and Local 1981
Portland Regulations on the Wood
Products Industry
Japan -United State Business The Easy Answer Isn't Here 1981
Conference, University of (Problems associated with
Nebraska soft technology transfer in
Lincoln, Nebraska Production/Operations
Management)
Academy of Management The Easy Answer Isn't Here -- 1982
National Meetings Can America Use Japanese
New York, New York Management Techniques?
(Refereed Proceedings)
International Management A View of Contrasts: The 1983
Division, Academy of American, Austrian, and
Management Japanese Industrial Systems
(with Manfred Pils, University of Linz)
Academy of Management Decision Support System 1983
Western Division Development for Production
Santa Barbara, California Scheduling
The Institute of Management Decision Support System 1984
Sciences, 26th International Development for
Semicontinuous
Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark Production Scheduling: A
Case Study
Academy of Management Enclaves in Production System s: 1985
National Meeting An Alternative for Employment
San Diego, California of the Severely Handicapped
-11-
American Institute of Manufacturing Enclaves: A Way 1985
Decision Sciences of Productively Employing the
Las Vegas , Nevada Developmentally Handicapped
Worker
Academy of Management Joint Lot Sizing and Scheduling 1986
National Meeting of Multiple Items with Sequence
Chicago, Illinois Dependent Setup Costs
The Association for Persons with An Economic Evaluation of 1986
Severe Handicaps, San Francisco Supported Employment with One
Manufacturing Co.
Academy of Management An Evaluation of the Just-In-Time 1987
National Meetings Techniques in a Multi-Stage,
New Orlea ns Production System (with C.
Ousawat)
(Refereed Proceedings)
Pan-Pacific Conference IV Robotics: The Technical-Labor 1987
Taipei, Taiwan Implications
The Republic of China
Fuzhou University Invited Professor Teaching the "Case Method" in the 1991
Series, Fuzhou U. Business Curriculum
Fujran Province, Peoples Republic
of China
Thammasat University Visiting Business in the Year 2000 1991
Lectureship, Bangkok, Thailand
Decision Sciences Institute Quality, Strategy, and Tactics: 1993
National Meetings Their Roles and Relationships in
Washington D. C. World Class Companies (with
Tim Bergquist)
C onference on Entrepreneurship The Environment for Entrepreneurs 1993
and Economic Transformation in (with Tim Bergquist and Gerald Fry)
Thailand and SE Asia, Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, Thailand
Northwest Consortium for Southeast An Eight-Factor Interdisciplinary 1994
Asian Studies, Seattle, Washington Model for Assessing Investment
Environments (with Gerald Fry and
Sunun Setboornsarng)
-12-
Theses:
Masters: Application of Linear Programming in a Plywood Firm to Determine Optimum Product Mix, University of Oregon, 1962.
Doctors: A linear Programming Model for the Optimal Allocation of Logs for Manufacture of Plywood, University of Oregon, 1965.
Monographs:
Mathematical Programming System (MPS) for the IBM 360/50. College of
Business Administ ration and University of Oregon Computer Center, University of Oregon, January 1972.
INDUSSIM - Forest Industries Management Simulator. Forest Industries Management Center, University of Oregon, 1970, 1978, Revised 1981.
Linear Programming; Concepts and Analysis. University of Oregon, 1975.
"Administrative Allocation Model for Funding Mental Retardation
Services" Transition From School to Work and Adult Life, Eds. Gould, M.S., and G. Thomas Bellamy, University of Oregon, U.S. Department of Education, Grant #G008430061 (with Chiradet Ousawat), 1985.
Evaluating Services and Decision Alternatives in Supported Employment: Introducing Decision Theory, University of Oregon, National Institute on Disabilities and Relabilitation Research, contract number G008720120 (with Yan, Xiaoyan, Rhodes, Larry, and Sandow, Dennis).
Articles:
"Forest Taxation," Western Economic Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1962.
Roll Shop Servi ces and Simulation Study Part I, U.S. Steel Corp., Pittsburg Works, Pittsburg, California, Co-author, Roger M. Emanuel, 1964.
"How the Critical Path Method Can Assist Road Construction--Part I," Forest Industries, 93-13, December, 1966.
"How the Critical Path Method Can Assist Road Construction--Part II, "Forest Industries, 94-1, January, 1967.
Linear Programming: Management Science in the Wood Products
Industry," Northwest Business Management, 5-1, Fall, 1967.
"PERT-- A Management Tool," Sound Ideas, 1104, July-August, 1967.
"Linear Programming for the Plywood Mix Problem," Forest Products Journal, 18-4, April 1968.
-13-
"The Use of the Compound Poisson in PERT," Management Science, 15-8, " April, 1969 (with W. Parks).
"Dynamic Forest Products Management Simulator," T.A.P.P.I. Proceedings, TAPPI Conference, San Francisco, 1969.
"Assembly Line Balancing with Variable Work Element Time," Industrial Engineering Journal, December, 1969.
"GOZINTO Algorithm," FORTRAN Applications in Business Administration. Vol. II, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1970, pp. 311-325.
"Motivation Model Perversion, and The Management Science Team," Interfaces, The Institute of Management Sciences, November, 1974.
"Resource Allocation for Company Sponsored Research," Idaho Bureau of Research, Co-author, George Johnson, January, 1975.
"Franchise Management: The Carrot or the Stick," Ramsing and Udell, Franchise Management, June, 1976.
"Relationship between Selected Firm Characteristics and I.R. & D. Programs," Quarterly Business Journal, Fall, 1978 (with G.A. Johnson).
Book Review: Manufacturing in the Corporate Strategy, by Wickham Skinner, The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, April, 1979.
"What do Library Users Want? Conjoint Measurement May Yield the Answer," Information Processing and Management. Accepted, with John Wish.
"Errors Resulting from the Use of the Beta Distribution in GPSS," Association of Computing Machinery, submitted.
"Access to Capital for Equipment Replacement and Expansion," Business Management for Sawmill Operators. Miller, Freeman, Publ., 1980.
"The Weighty Issue of Sample Scaling," The Log, February, 1980, pp. 1517.
"Cubic Volume: The Log Rule for the Future," The Log, March, 1980, pp. 710.
"Computer Simulation: A Method of Evaluating Log Scaling Procedures," Forest Products Journ al ,_February, 1981.
"An Easy Answer, It Isn't -- Why American's Competitive Edge is Slipping," Oregon Business Review, Vol. 40, No. 1, Winter, 1982.
"Quality Circles in P/OM: Concerns and Caveats," Journal of Operations Management, V ol. 4, No. 1, 1984 (with John Blair).
"Log Purchases -- By Weight or Cubic Feet," The Log, September, 1982, pp. 30-32.
-14-
Old Oregon. September, 1982. Interview by Stephen Power on "American vs. Japanese Management Practices."
"Beyond Japan: Lessons for Business," Old Oregon, September, 1985, University of Oregon.
"Economic Evaluation of Employment Services: A Review of
Applications," with Larry Rhodes and Mark Hill) Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Disabilities (JASH) Winter Quarter, 1987.
"Joint Lot Size and Scheduling of Multiple Items with Sequence
Dependent Setup Costs" submitted to Decision Sciences, with David Dilts Decision Sciences. Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 19 89.
"Assuring Quality in Supported Employment," Journal of Rehabilitation Administration; Feb. 1990, Vol. 1, No. 1 20-25 (with Rhodes, L; Mank, D; Lynch, W.)
"An Evaluation of the Just-In-Time Technique in a Multi-Stage, MultiProduct System" Submitted to Decision Sciences (with Chiradet Ousawat) 1991.
"A paradigm Shift: Quality Responsibilities for Vacational Rehabilitation Professions," Ramsing, Rhodes, Sandow and Mank, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, publication scheduled summer, 1993.
"Investment Environmnent in Thailand: A multidimensional Discipline Analysis:,
Co-authors G. Fry and S. Setboornsarng, American Asian Journal, Vol. 11,
#1, Spring, 1993, pp. 201-241.
Go Back
to Faculty Index
Cases:
Ramosa Wood Products Company - Case concerning the allocation of raw materials for the manufacture of plywood from the log through the integrated operations of a pacific Northwest firm(s). Intercollegiate Clearing House, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1972.
White River Plywood - A Case: Presentation of plywood manufacture using linear programming. Intercollegiate Clearing House, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1970.
White River Plywood - B Case: Allocation of logs to the manufacture
phase of the wood products operations. Intercollegiate Clearing House, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1970.
Kennedy Elementary School (A) and (B): Human resource allocation using linear programming. Intercollegiate Clearing House, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979.
Books:
Management Science: A Practical Approach to Decision Making, with Robert Dunn. Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1981.
"Decisio n Making in Operations Management," Chapter 11 for Don Hellriegel and John Slocum, Management: A Contingency Approach, Third Edition, 1982.
-15-
"The Easy Answer Isn't Here," Included in Management by Japanese Systems, Praeger Publications, New York, 1982.
"Operations and Production Control," Chapter 8 for R.M. Steers, G.R. Ungson, and R.T. Mowday, Managing Effective Organizations: An Introduction, Kent, Boston, 1985.
"Robotics: The Organizational Implications" Chapter in Encyclopedia of Robotics with Roger L. Anderson, Wiley-Interscience, New York 1987.
Supported Employment, A Community Implementation Guide, "Business Participation in Supported Employment." Brooks Publishing Company, Baltimore & London, 1987.
Improving Human Resource Potential: Methods and Applications of Quality Assurance for Persons Requiring Support. Under Contract with Brooks Publishing Co. (Rhodes, Sandow, Mank, and Ramsing).