Sam M. Walton College of Business - University of Arkansas

• BS, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Computer Science, 1972
• MS, South Dakota State University, Economics, 1975
• DBA, Louisiana Tech University, IS/Management Science, 1979

• Data Base & Centralized Data Systems
• Management of Information Technology
• Data Management Systems
• CIS Colloquium
• Seminar in Computer
• Information Systems Research
• Special Problems
• Dissertation
   

• Computer
• Professional Ethics
• Performance Analysis & Effectiveness
• End-User Computing

Timothy Paul Cronan is Professor of Information Systems at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dr. Cronan received the D.B.A. from Louisiana Tech University and is currently Co-Director of the College of Business Administration Center for Teaching Effectiveness. From 1993-1995, he was Co-Director and Co-Founder of the University of Arkansas Teaching and Faculty Support Center. He serves as past president and executive committee member of the UA Teaching Academy. Dr. Cronan was recognized as the 1995 Computer Educator of the Year by the International Association for Computer Information Systems. He is interested in the use of teaching portfolios for the improvement of teaching and a current project is the development of a state-of-the-art multimedia development and distance learning center in the college. He teaches database systems, as well as graduate MIS and computer information systems research courses.

Dr. Cronan is an active member of the Decision Sciences Institute, the International Association for Computer Information Systems, and The Association for Computing Machinery. He has served as Regional Vice President and on the Board of Directors of the Decision Sciences Institute and as President of the Southwest Region of the Institute. In addition, he has served as Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly and is presently on the editorial board of The Journal of Computer Information Systems. His research interests include computer professional ethics, local area networks, downsizing, expert systems, performance analysis and effectiveness, and end-user computing. Publications have appeared in Decision Sciences, MIS Quarterly, OMEGA; The International Journal of Management Science, The Journal of Management Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, The Journal of Computer Information Systems, Journal of End User Computing, Database, Journal of Research on Computing in Education, Journal of Financial Research, as well as in other journals and Proceedings of various Conferences.

Recent Research Articles

• Evaluating the Impact of an ERP Simulation Game on Student Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
  
• ERP Simulation Game; Learning and Attitudes toward SAP Samples of Company 'First Time Hires'
  
• Illegal, Inappropriate, And Unethical Behavior In An Information Technology Context: A Study To Explain Influences
  
• What Influences IT Ethical Behavior Intentions - Planned Behavior, Reasoned Action, Perceived Importance, Individual Characteristics?
  

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