Michael Lawson

Dean Lawson’s current research focuses on the development of research-based business cases for graduate and executive programs. He continues to develop material for additional cases that explore the firm’s ability to deal with changing economic and global competitive pressures. He has made academic presentations at numerous conferences throughout this country and in Asia. Presentations have been made at, for example, the Western Economic Association Annual Meetings, the Federal Trade Commission, the Annual Health Systems Resource Symposium at the Naval Postgraduate School, the Office of Naval Research, the Health Economics Workshop at Harvard University, The Executive Office of Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Graduate School of Business in Zurich, and the Huzaong Institute of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. He is currently working on a text on the strategic use of information systems and technology for public organizations.

Teaching:

Dean Lawson has extensive teaching experience. He has taught courses at every level at the University and in a wide range of subject areas. He served as the faculty director of the undergraduate program to help shape the redesign of the School’s curriculum and serve on the MBA program development committee to develop and implement curriculum reform. He has developed numerous executive education programs at the school for both domestic and international clients. He has written cases and developed additional education materials aimed at integrating subjects in a number of courses. He has created and was the director of a masters-level information systems degree program and was a member of the faculty committee that developed and launched the school’s Executive MBA Program. He has delivered numerous lectures and courses for corporations and governments. A partial list of clients includes New England Telephone, Digital Equipment Corporation, Raytheon, the Financial Analysts Federation, ITT, Honeywell, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The US Department of Transportation, MIT, Korean Banking Association and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (Japan).

Education

• PhD, The University of Iowa, College of Business Administration, 1974
• MA, California State University at Long Beach, 1971
• BA, California State University at Long Beach, 1970