Michael Zack

Profile

Education

DBA in Management Information Systems, Harvard University
MBA in Finance, Business Policy, and MIS, Northwestern University-Kellogg
BS in Management Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Research & Teaching Interests

Professor Zack''s research and teaching focuses on the use of information and knowledge to improve organizational performance, and the link between intellectual resources and competitive strategy.

Industry & Academic Experience

Professor Zack has served as CEO of a leasing company and as a management consultant with an international public accounting firm. He consults to a number of organizations in the areas of strategic information and knowledge management, collaborative technologies, and information product design.

Services to the Profession

Professor Zack is Associate Editor for the ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality and for the International Journal of Intellectual Capital and Learning. He served as an editorial board member for MIS Quarterly Executive. He serves as an ad hoc reviewer for many journals. He has served on the advisory board of the International Conference for Organizational Learning Knowledge and Capabilities.

Awards & Recognition

The Effective/Innovative Use of Technology in Teaching award, Northeastern University (2004 and 2006).

Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Chair, Center for Knowledge-Based Enterprise, Queen''s Business School, Queen''s University, Kingston, Ontario. (September 2004- April 2005).

Research Fellow, IBM Institute for Knowledge Management. (1998-2002).

Publications

Selected Publications

Zack, M. (2013). The Online MBA at D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University (pp. 114 - 126). The Online University: Building Viable Learning Experiences for Higher Education, Richard M. Kesner (ed.); Common Ground Publishing.

Kesner, R., Dias, M., Zack, M., Russell, B. (2013). Constructing an Integrated Learning Framework for Online Course Delivery – An Information Management Course Example (pp. 330-341). Common Ground Publishing.

Kesner, R., Dias, M., Zack, M., Russell, B. (2013). An Integrative Framework for the Teaching of Information Management in a Business Context. Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 9(1), 1-28.

Presentations

Selected Presentations

Dias, Martin, Zack, Michael (Presenter Only), RISE 2013, "Crowdsourcing public safety - building community resilience by enhancing citizen situational awareness capability through information systems use", Northeastern University, Boston campus. (March 22, 2013).

Kesner, Richard (Author Only), Dias, Martin (Presenter & Author), Zack, Michael (Author Only), Russell, Bruce (Author Only), International Conference on Learning and Administration in Higher Education, "An Integrative Framework for the Teaching of Information Management in a Business Context", International Conference on Learning and Administration in Higher Education, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. (May 25, 2012).

Kesner, Richard (Author Only), Dias, Martin (Presenter & Author), Zack, Michael (Author Only), Russell, Bruce (Author Only), JOINT CONFERENCE: Academic Business World International Conference and International Conference on Learning and Administration in Higher Education, "An Integrative Framework for the Teaching of Information Management in a Business Context", International Conference on Learning and Administration in Higher Education, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. (May 25, 2012).