Management
Diane Strong
Professor
Director, MIS Program
Department: Management
Professional Page
Office: Washburn Shops, 205
Phone: +1-508-831-5573
Fax: +1-508-831-5720
dstrong@wpi.edu
Educational Background
- B.S., University of South Dakota, 1974
- M.S., New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1978
- M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1983
- Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1988
Research & Teaching Interests
Business databases, Data quality, Information quality, Enterprise systems, Electronic health record systems
IQP Advising Interests
Information technology use in health care; information technology & organizational behaviors; impact of information technology; assessment of data and information quality; appropriate uses of information technologies; computers & education; introducing new teaching materials; education & technological literacy
Research
Her overall research interests are focused on advanced information technologies, such as enterprise systems and electronic health record systems, and their use and effects in organizations. Her research examines how such systems contribute to the structuring of work and the need for exception handling and work arounds as organizations seek to fit packaged systems to the needs of organizational tasks and processes. Her research interests also include MIS quality issues, with primary focus on data and information quality.
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