University of Nebraska Kearney

UNK
UNK Academics
College of Business & Technology
Marketing, Supply Chain, & Management Information Systems


A. Ross Taylor

 Ross Taylor 2010 photo 

Associate Professor of Marketing 


Department: Marketing & Management Information Systems
Office: West Center 262W
Phone: (308) 865-8347
Email: taylorar1@unk.edu 
 

Education

  • Ph.D. in Information Systems, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2006 
  • M.B.A in General, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1998
  • B.S. in Accounting, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1992

Courses Taught

  • BMIS 302 Principles of Management Information Systems
  • BMIS 182 Business Computer Applications
  • BMIS 282 Decision Support Software, Decision Making and Databases
  • BMIS 350 Decision Support and Data Warehouse Systems
  • BMKT 336 Services Marketing, Independent Study
  • Business Problem Solving with Computers
  • MBA Program Partnering Project (MBA course, supervised three projects taught by Fred Davis)

Teaching Interest

  • Information Systems (including systems analysis and design)
  • E-business
  • IT-Strategy and Management

Business/Industry Experience

  • Alltel Communications, Inc., Analyst II -- Resale Accounts, Little Rock, AK.
  • Alltel Communications, Inc., Coordinator -- Indirect Distribution (Wal-Mart Program), Little Rock, AK
  • Alltel Communications, Inc., Staff Assistant -- Product and Distribution, Little Rock, AK

Research Interest

  • Decision Support Systems
  • Technology and Innovation
  • User Adoption 

Intellectual Contributions

Refereed Articles
  • Taylor, A. R. (2009). Perceived Effort Saved's Influence on Perceptions of Effort and Accuracy. AABRI Journal of Behavioral Studies in Business.
  • Taylor, A.R., Maughan, S. L., Obermier, T., & Harms, S. K. (2008). Technological Infrastructure Needs in Rural Nebraska. Economics & Business Journal: Inquiries & Perspectives, 1 (1), 56-65.
  • Aloysius, J. A., Davis, F. D., Wilson, D. D., Taylor, A. R., & Kottemann, J. E. (2006). User Acceptance of Multi-criteria Decision Support Systems: The Impact of Preference Elicitation Techniques. European Journal of Operational Research (169), 273-285.
Refereed Proceedings
Full Paper
  • Taylor, A. R., Maughan, S. L., Obermier, T., & Harms, S. K. (2008). Technological Infrastructure Needs in Rural Nebraska. Nebraksa Economics and Business Association Conference.
  • Hardgrave, B. C., Taylor, A. R., & Kidd, J. H. (2000). The Long Road to Software Process Improvement: A Chronology of One Company's Efforts. Sixth Americas Conference on Information Systems, 435-438.

Non-Refereed Proceedings
Abstract Only

  • Agrawal, V. K., Tengarang, F., Agrawal, V. K., & Taylor, A. R. (2009). Contemporary Perspectives on Demand for IT Professionals. Mid-West Decision Sciences Institute.
Presentation of Refereed Papers
National
  • Davis, F., Aloysius, J. A., & Taylor, A. R. (2003, October). Decisional Conflict and User Preferences for Computerized Decision Tools: Modeling the Underlying Psychological Mechanisms. Presented at INFORMS 2003 Conferece, Atlanta, Georgia.

Updated July 2009