Nory B. Jones
209 Donald P. Corbett Business Building
(207) 581-1971
Web Page: http://mbs.maine.edu/~jones_nory/
Graduate:
Ph.D.: Information
Technology,
M.B.A.:
M.S. (Toxicology):
Undergraduate:
B.A. (Biology):
Interim Director, Graduate Business
Programs:
Responsible for
the MBA and MSA graduate programs in the
Associate Professor: Management Information Systems,
Assistant
Professor: Management Information Systems,
Teaching responsibilities:
Undergraduate: Electronic Commerce and Information Systems & Technology for
Business. Graduate: Electronic Commerce,
Knowledge Management & Decision Support Systems, and Creating &
Capturing Value in the Digital Economy (Marketing & MIS). Research Areas
include Knowledge Management, Collaborative Technologies, Knowledge Portals,
and Diffusion of Innovations. Distance education is also a major responsibility
with dual delivery of graduate courses via streaming Internet and live classes.
Outreach: community charity events including fund-raising for the Children’s
Miracle Network with participation by many student groups, U.S. Senator
Collins, U.S. Representative Michaud, Governor Baldacci,
Teaching
Assistant:
Instructional
responsibilities: Graduate-level Internet course “The Diffusion of Innovations”
and a traditional undergraduate course “Telecommunications via the
Internet”. Developmental
responsibilities: web-based “Technology Integration into Schools” project.
Adjunct Assistant Professor:
Instructional responsibilities: Retail Marketing, MBA
Team Case Course, MBA Team Consulting Project Course, Consumer Behavior,
Marketing Management, Strategy and Policy.
Assistant Professor:
Instructional responsibilities: Undergraduate and
graduate MIS, Marketing and Management courses. Administrative
responsibilities: departmental and
University committees.
President: Munchkin Outfitters, Inc.,
Founded and operated mail-order company
dealing in children's apparel and accessories. Responsible
for marketing, promotion, purchasing, budgeting, distribution, and operations.
Instructor:
Faculty member: Department of Marketing and
Management. Taught Principles of
Marketing, Marketing Management, Channels of Distribution, Salesmanship, Principles of Management, Organizational Behavior, Production
and Operations Management, Quantitative Methods. Departmental responsibilities
included student advising and course development.
Financial Analyst: Texas
Instruments, Inc. 1984-1986
Financial Planning & Forecasting, Capital
Budgeting, Latin American Division,
Cost Accounting, Credit &
Collections.
AACSB Project Coordinator:
Analysis and documentation to
reaccredit
Marketing Project Specialist: Friendly Ice
Cream Corporation (Hershey Foods, Inc.) 1983
Sales forecasting,
computer/statistical modeling for strategic growth, advertising effectiveness,
competitive analyses, market trend analyses and comparative pricing studies. Some involvement in new product planning and development, and
consumer behavior studies.
Study Director: Stauffer
Chemical Company,
Managed pre-market
product testing including sub-chronic and chronic mammalian studies for product
registration (agricultural and pharmaceutical compounds). Supervised up to 10 lab
technicians, coordinated functional group activities for efficient information
flow to support writing of final reports for EPA or FDA registration.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access), SPSS, BSCW,
Inspiration, End Note, HTML, Web page authoring
(Dreamweaver), PHP, MySQL, WebCT online course management software.
“Business-to-Business
Electronic Commerce”. Nory B.
Jones,
“Ontologies and models of Knowledge
Management and Organizational Learning”, Sicilia, M.,
Lytras, M., and Jones, N., submitted to the Annals of
Information Systems, KM & Organizational Learning, Bill King, Editor,
Submitted April, 2008.
“An Exploratory Study on Knowledge Sharing,
“Using Web-Based Technologies for
Transformative Hybrid Distance Education”, Jones, N. and Vollmers,
G., Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies: New Opportunities and
Challenges, Volume 1, pp. , 2007.
“Exploring the
Challenges of a Hybrid Distance Course”, Jones, N., Golann,
B, and Vollmers, G. Journal of Informatics Education
Research, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2006.
“Derive the Best Tax Treatment for Computers and
Software”,
“Using Web-Based Technologies
in a Graduate Class To Develop an Entrepreneurship
Knowledge Portal”, Jones, N., Golann, B. and Vollmers, G. International
Journal of Web-Based learning and Teaching Technologies, 1(2), 31-49,
2006.
“Developing a University Research
Web-Based Knowledge Portal”, Jones, N, Provost, D., and Pascale,
D. International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL), 2(1/2), 2006.
“Small Business
Transformation Through Knowledge Management,” Jones,
N. and Gupta, J. In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. Editor: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Information
Resources Management Association, 2005.
“Success Factors in the Implementation of a
Collaborative Technology and Resulting Productivity Improvements in a Small
Business: An Exploratory Study”, Jones, N. & Kochtanek,
T. In Advanced Topics in Organizational and End User Computing, Volume 4,
Editor: M. Adam Mahmood, Idea Group Publishing (IGP),
2005.
“Knowledge Management & Business
Intelligence: The Importance of Integration,” Herschel, R. and Jones, N. Journal
of Knowledge Management, 9 (4), 2005.
“Enhancing
“Success Factors in the Implementation of a
Collaborative Technology and Resulting Productivity Improvements in a Small
Business: An Exploratory Study”, Jones, N. & Kochtanek,
T., Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 16(1), 2004.
“Using Dynamic Web-Based Technologies to Support
Knowledge Management and Decision-Making in Small Businesses,” Jones, N. Decision
Sciences Institute 2004 Annual Meeting, November 2004,
“Transforming Small Businesses into Intelligent Enterprises Through
knowledge Management, Jones, N. & Gupta, J., Chapter XIII in
"Intelligent Enterprises of the 21st Century", Idea Group Publishing.,
“Using Knowledge Champions to
Facilitate Knowledge Management”, Jones, N., Herschel, R., & Moesel, D., Journal of Knowledge Management, 7(1), 2003.
“Consequences of Web-Based Technology Usage”, Jones, N. &
Kochtanek, T., Online Information Review, 26(4),
pp.256-264, 2002.
“How to Facilitate E-Collaboration and E-Learning in
Organizations”, Jones, N.B. & Laffey, J, in The
ASTD E-Learning Handbook: Best Practices, Strategies, and Case Studies for an
Emerging Field, Editor: Allison Rossett, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
“The Diffusion of Collaborative
Technologies into a College Classroom”, Jones, N. & J. Laffey,
Performance Improvement Quarterly, 13(4), pp 29-46, 2001.
“Can Web-Based Knowledge Sharing Tools Improve the
Learning Process in an MBA Consulting Class?, Jones, N.B. & M. Rice,
Technology Horizons in Education, April, 2000, Volume 27 (8), pp. 100-106 or
online at http://www.thejournal.com.
"Integrating TQM into Business Schools,"
Jones, N. B. & K. M. Gibler, Chronicle of Continuous
Quality Improvement, June 1995.
"Integrating
Total Quality Management into Business Schools", Jones, N.B. & K. M. Gibler, presented and published in the proceedings of the
International Forum on Quality in Higher Education,
"Putting TQM To Work For
You", Gibler, K. M. & N. B. Jones, Journal of
Property Management.
"Integrating Total Quality
Management into the Marketing Curriculum". Jones, NB & Gibler,
KM Presented at the Mid-South Marketing Educators Conference,
"Winn-Dixie:
Responsiveness to Change: Case Study"; Jones, NB & Hanks, GW,
Retailing Management, Barton Weitz, Irwin, 1992.
Journal of Electronic
Commerce Research
International Journal of Technology Enhanced
Learning (IJTEL): Inderscience
Publishers
International Journal of Social and Humanistic
Computing (IJSHC): Inderscience
Publishers
Nicolas Salgo Summer
Research Grant, 2007
“Murphy Scholar”
award for academic year 2004-2005: This was awarded to several professors in
the
Nicolas Salgo Summer
Research Grant, 2002