John L. Kmetz

Faculty Director, Advanced Project Management Certificate Program

Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration

OFFICE : 225 Alfred Lerner Hall                                  

PHONE : 302-831-1773

FAX:  302-831-4196                                                   

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• The Information Processing Theory of organization, and its application to international business
• The futility of business-school research.  Are you skeptical of what you read in the academic journals, like me?  You should be—read my Top 10 Reasons to be a Skeptic.  You can comment on this and other related issues on my weblog, Management Junk Science, and see why our research has  accomplished almost nothing in the past 50 years.
• Technology accession and technology transfer in organizations, including use of business incubators

TEACHING INTERESTS

• Business Consulting (BUAD 899)                        
• Senior seminar on organizational processes and workflows (BUAD 429)
• International business (BUAD 384), and graduate study-abroad programs in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
• Managerial and executive education, particularly project management and process improvement; transition training in Central and Eastern Europe
• Professional development in project management, workflow mapping and analysis, and problem-solving and decision-making through The University's Division of Professional and Continuing Studies

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), University of Maryland
• MBA, University of Maryland
• BS, Pennsylvania State University