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STEPHEN MORRIS (x6964)
Director of Technology Innovation
Term Assistant Professor
Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship

Assistant Professor Teaching Quantitative Business Analysis, Systems in Organizations, Information Systems; Telecommunication Technologies; Decision Modeling; Data Analysis; Business Statistics; Management Science/Management Systems; Operations Management

Current courses taught:
BA 204 - Quantitative Business Analysis
BA 308 - Systems in Organizations

Courses taught:
BA 303 - Information & Telecommunication Systems
BA 307 - Operations Management
BA 478 - Communication Technologies in Business
MBA 608 - Decision Modeling
MBA 616 - Systems in Organizations
MBA 650 - Information & Telecommunication Technologies
MBA 651 - Telecommunication Technologies and Management
MBA 652 - Telecommunications Systems Planning

EDUCATION
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA - M.B.A. Telecommunications - 1991
University of California, Berkeley, CA - B.A. Economics - 1977

Doctoral Program, School of Education - EdD expected May 2009
University of San Francisco

Doctoral Studies, School of Information Management & Systems 1995-2001
University of California, Berkeley.

Primary areas of study include:
Technology in Education: Using various technologies to help students understand ideas and become better at critical thinking and analysis. Teaching students how to learn.
Management of information organizations and services: Internal and external management practices in information organizations and units in corporations, government, and non-profit organizations. Organizational information policy. Organizational aspects of information technology. Information for competitive advantage. Strategic uses of information. Information flows within organizations.
Information policy: National, international, state, and local policy issues. Analytical methods. Legislation and regulation concerning, e.g., intellectual property and telecommunications. First Amendment issues.

Paper Co-Authored and Presented at the 1999 Pacific Telecommunications Conference:
Comparative Analysis of Telecommunications Globalization

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT
Stephen Morris has consulted on a number of telecommunications and information systems. These projects included: producing studies of video conferencing costs, installation and implementation for small to medium-size companies; producing studies for distance learning applications, multimedia applications, authoring software, and inventory control and analysis; helping set up a telecommunications network for mid-sized companies which included 56 kb point-to-point communications, frame relay, switched 56 services, T-1 connections, routers, etc. He has also been editor of an electronic newsletter on Satellite Telecommunications;

MANAGEMENT/QUALITY CONSULTANT
Stephen Morris has been a Certified Quality Auditor and has done ISO 9000 consulting for both telecommunications and manufacturing companies; taught courses for ISO9000 certification, ISO9000 Internal Auditors, and Certified Quality Auditing preparation. He has taken courses in ISO 9000 Lead Auditor Training; ISO 9000 Internal Auditor Training; Benchmarking; and the Malcolm Baldrige Award Criteria.

AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Past President, University of San Francisco MBA Alumni Society
Previously: International Communications Association (ICA); Tele-Communications Association (TCA); American Society for Quality Control (ASQC); Education Chair and Board Member, Golden Gate Section ASQC.