Southeastern Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 2016 Programme

2016,

6th - 7th October

Southeastern Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 2016

Conference Programme

Wednesday, 5th October
Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00	Registration Venue Mezzanine West
Thursday, 6th October
Thursday 07:30 - 13:00	Registration Venue Mezzanine West
Thursday 07:30 - 08:00	Continental Breakfast Venue Mezzanine West
Thursday 07:30 - 13:00	Placement Venue Mezzanine West
Thursday 08:00 - 09:30	EP1 Innovations in Student Leanring Chaired By: Greg Shaff, Roanoke College Venue West A Room
08:00 Maximizing Asset Recovery: Establishing a Disposition Decision Tool » Kimberly Whitehead (Anderson University), Edmund Prater (University of Texas at Arlington) 08:30 ADVANCED USES OF FILM IN BUSINESS CLASSES: MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF VIDEO QUALITY AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS » Janice Black (Coasta), Leann Mischel (Coastal Carolina University), Jessica Doll (Coastal Carolina University), P R (Dick) Drass (Coastal Carolina University)
Thursday 08:00 - 10:00	FN1 Financial Investment Issues Chaired By: Ali Nazemi, Roanoke College Venue Arcadian 2 Room
08:00 What a Time-Series Model Implies about Trading Strategies » Joshua Brooks (Lander University), Lili Chen (Lander University), Michael Mlinar (Lander University) 08:30 AN OBSERVATION OF WARRANT BUFFITT'S INVESTMENT » aimao zhang (Georgia Southern University) 09:00 Aged-Base Solutions for Classification and Selection of Mutual Funds » Ali Nazemi (Roanoke College), Mike Smith (Roanoke College)
Thursday 08:00 - 09:30	GR1 Graduate Research Presentations Chaired By: Robin Russell, Virginia Tech Venue Arcadian 5 Room
08:00 A Way to Predict Staff Turnover in Quick Service Restaurants- A Pilot Study » Dennis V. Burke (Walden University), Michael Latta (Coastal Carolina University)
Thursday 08:00 - 10:00	HC1 Health Care Issues Chaired By: Peggy Johnson, Lander University Venue Arcadian 3 Room
08:00 MEDICAL BATTERY: WHEN PATIENT RIGHTS CONFLICT WITH QUALITY OF CARE » Claire La Roche (Longwood University), Ripon La Roche (Inter American University School of Optometry) 08:30 An Application of Social Network Analysis to Heart Failure Records and Comorbidities in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample » Caleb Bradberry (Radford University, Radford, Va.) 09:00 Tax Policies that Encourage Tenant Medical Office Building Green Utility Retrofits » Billie Brotman (Kennesaw State University) 09:30 Curriculum Revision to Address a Changing Healthcare Enviornment » Peggy Johnson (Lander University), Sam Tolbert (Lander University)
Thursday 08:00 - 09:30	IE1 Bringing Best Practices Chaired By: Suzie Smith, Presbyterian College Venue West B Room
08:30 Organizational Commitment and Emotional Intelligence in a Service Learning Setting » Kurt schimmel (Slippery Rock University) 09:00 AN OVERVIEW OF JEFF SELINGO'S THERE IS LIFE AFTER COLLEGE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS FACULTY » Suzie Smith (Presbyterian College)
Thursday 08:00 - 09:30	P1 Panel Discussion I Chaired By: Michael Latta, Coastal Carolina University Venue West C Room
Thursday 08:00 - 09:30	WS1 WORKSHOP I Chaired By: Robert Andrews, Virginia Commonwealth University Venue Arcadian 1
Thursday 09:30 - 09:45	Coffee Break Venue Mezzanine West
Thursday 09:45 - 11:15	AEI Accounting Education I Chaired By: Joseph Krupka, Lander University Venue Arcadian 5 Room
09:45 Inventory Planning Requires Collaboration between Operations and Accounting to Satisfy Marketing Demands » Richard Crandall (Appalachian State University), William Crandall (UNC Pembroke) 10:15 Advancing the Ethical Tax Profession » Joseph Krupka (Lander University) 10:45 Including Activity-Based Costing Constructs in a Survey of Accounting Course - A Basic Analysis » Bill Pollard (Appalachian State University)
Thursday 09:45 - 11:15	CI1 Classroom Innovation Chaired By: Lydia Gan, University North Caroline at Pembroke Venue Arcadian 2 Room
09:45 Using the SAMR Model to Create a Transformational Learning Initiative at the University Level » Jerry Neal (University of Central Missouri) 10:15 Too Flipped: To Flip or Not to Flip the Classroom » Rick Weible (Marshall University)
Thursday 09:45 - 11:15	PS1 Public Sector, Social, and Ethical Issues Chaired By: Cheryl Aasheim, Georgia Southern University Venue Arcadian 3 Room
09:45 The lead contamination crisis in Flint , Michigan: An initial look at public sector and health care time line decision making and crisis handling » Cynthia Snyder (Penn State University), Robin Snyder (Robin Snyder) 10:15 The importance of public trust for Georgia DOT's Work Program at Open Houses » Marcel Maghiar (Georgia Southern University), Jennifer Kowalewski (Georgia Southern University), Cheryl Aasheim (Georgia Southern University), Gustavo Maldonado (Georgia Southern University)
Thursday 09:45 - 11:15	QT1 Quantitative Theory and Methods I Chaired By: Buddy Bilbrey, Lander University Venue West B Room
10:15 Solving Hard Generalized Assignment Problems with Solution Value Contingent Cuts » Robert Nauss (University of Missouri-St. Louis), Jeremy North (Murrary State University) 10:45 Analyzing Service Levels in Location Problems with Disproportionate Assignment Costs » Jeremy North (Murrary State University), Robert Nauss (University of Missouri-St. Louis)
Thursday 09:45 - 11:15	S1 Sustainability Chaired By: Reza Kheirandish, Clayton State University Venue West A Room
09:45 Irony in Sustainability, Accountability, and Reporting: The Case of British Petroleum » elizabeth capener (San Jose State University), Maria Bullen (San Jose State University), Greg Kordecki (Clayton State University College of Business) 10:15 Small Town Sustainability for Millennials and Baby Boomers » Keely Clay (Kennsaw State University) 10:45 Heuristics in Business and Economics » Reza Kheirandish (Clayton State University)
Thursday 09:45 - 11:15	UR1 Undergraduate Research Presentations Chaired By: Nikki Finlay, Clayton State University Venue West C Room
Thursday 09:45 - 11:15	WS2 Workshop II Chaired By: Annie Willis, Virginia Commonwealth University Venue Arcadian 1 Room
Thursday 11:15 - 11:30	Coffee Break Venue Mezzanine West
Thursday 11:30 - 13:00	P2 Panel Discussion II Chaired By: Avinandan Mukherjea, Clayton State University Venue West A Room
Thursday 11:30 - 14:30	P3 Panel Discussion III Chaired By: Janice Black, Coastal Carolina Venue Arcadian 3 Room
Thursday 11:30 - 13:00	T1 Technology Innovations Chaired By: Barry Wray, University of North Carolina at Wilmington Venue West B Room
11:30 Monitoring Technology In Your Life: A Work in Progress » Pamela Galluch (Roanoke College), Marta Miller-Serrano (Roanoke College), Chris Lassiter (Roanoke College) 12:00 Telemedicine: Distributed Decision Support with Partial Compatibility Evidence » Bel Raggad (Pace University), sofienne mansouri (Higher Inst of Medical Technology, Tunis)
Thursday 11:30 - 13:00	WS-3 WORKSHOP III Chaired By: Wilma & Robert Andrews, Virginia Commonwealth University Venue Arcadian 4 Room
Thursday 14:00 - 15:00	SEDSI Business Meeting Venue Ballroom West
Thursday 15:00 - 16:30	SEINFORMS Officer's Meeting Venue Ballroom West
Thursday 16:30 - 18:00	SEINFORMS General Meeting Venue Ballroom West
Thursday 18:00 - 19:30	President's Reception Venue Beachcomber's
Friday, 7th October
Friday 07:30 - 11:30	Registration Venue Mezzanine West
Friday 07:30 - 08:00	Continental Breakfast Venue Mezzanine West
Friday 07:30 - 13:00	Placement Venue Mezzanine West
Friday 08:00 - 09:30	AC2 Accounting Education II Chaired By: Gail Moore, Lander University Venue Arcadian 4 Room
08:00 Teaching Cost Accounting: A Focus on Bad Debts and Purchases Discounts in the Cash Budget » Bill Pollard (Appalachian State University) 08:30 WHICH IS THE BETTER EXCEPTION FOR A HIGH-INCOME TAXPAYER TO AVOID THE SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS LOSSES? » Brad Johnson (Francis Marion University), Kay Poston (Francis Marion University)
Friday 08:00 - 09:30	BA1 Business Analytics Chaired By: Michael Latta, Coastal Carolina University Venue Arcadian 5 Room
08:00 Determining Baselines for Evaluating a Horse Racing Prediction Process » Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University), Andrew Bristow (Virginia Commonwealth University), Shane Olson (Virginia Commonwealth University) 08:30 Visualizing Simpson's Statistical Paradox » Robin Snyder (Robin Snyder) 09:00 No – Business Intelligence Is Not An Oxymoron Or A Big Data Technique » Michael Latta (Coastal Carolina University)
Friday 08:00 - 09:30	IE2 Business Theory and Development Chaired By: Mike Brizek, Lander University Venue Arcadian 3 Room
08:00 A Greedy Algorithm Assignment of Capstone Course Students to Teams and Projects Using Skill Heuristics » Robert D. Plumley (Pace University), charles tappert (Pace University) 08:30 The British Industrial Revolution - A Travel Study Course to England to study: Developing Student Perspective on Business Theory through Distance in Space and Time » Edward Showalter (Randolph-Macon College) 09:00 Evaluating the Complexity of Strategy Formulation within an Organization: A Phenomenological Perspective » Mike Brizek (Lander University)
Friday 08:00 - 09:30	OM1 Supply Chain Management Chaired By: Daesung Ha, Marshall University Venue West C Room
08:00 The Role of Technology, Infrastructure and Culture (TIC) in the Use of Autonomous Vehicles in Supply Chains » William Crandall (UNC Pembroke), Richard Crandall (Appalachian State University) 08:20 Knowledge sharing, an imperative for successful supply chain collaboration: an empirical analysis » Anu Mathews (Anderson University) 08:40 A GENERALIZATION OF THE GENERALIZED QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM » Alan McKendall (West Virginia University)
Friday 08:00 - 09:30	P4 Panel Discussion IV Chaired By: Douglas Ziegenfuss, Old Dominion University Venue Arcadian 2 Room
Friday 08:00 - 09:30	QT2 Quantitative Theory and Methods II Chaired By: Joshua Brooks, Lander University Venue Arcadian 1 Room
08:00 Business Intelligence, Analytics and ERP training » belinda shipps (North Carolina A&T State University) 08:30 Guidelines for Evaluating the Validity of a Statistical Study in a General Education Statistics Course » Aniekan Ebiefung (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) 09:00 Research Methods, Second Time Around » Meredith Uttley (Lander University)
Friday 09:30 - 09:45	Coffee Break Venue Mezzanine West
Friday 09:45 - 11:15	EP3 Economic Growth and Marketing Chaired By: Melissa Clark, Coastal Carolina University Venue Arcadian 1 Room
10:15 A Look at Tourist Rail Options for the Grand Strand » Mark Mitchell (Coastal Carolina University), Henry Lowenstein (Coastal Carolina University), Dennis Rauch (Coastal Carolina University)
Friday 09:45 - 11:15	EP5 Excel, Career Path, and GPAs Chaired By: Matthew Peters, Lander University Venue Arcadian 5 Room
10:15 Your Accounting Career Path: What's the Right Choice » Dustin Grant (Clayton State University College of Business)
Friday 09:45 - 11:15	FI2 Markets and Anuities Chaired By: Alan Treeter, Lander University Venue West C Room
10:15 Challenges to J. M. Keynes Assumed Stability of Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC) » Nozar Hashemzadeh (Radford University, Radford, Va.), Daniel Farhat (Radford University)
Friday 09:45 - 11:15	IT2 Software Development Exploration Chaired By: Cheryl Aasheim, Georgia State University Venue Arcadian 3 Room
10:15 Essentials of Ransomware for Business and Management » Harry Katzan (Institute for Cybersecurity Research) 10:45 EXPLORING WEB AND MOBILE DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: A CONSENSUS-BASED PILE SORT METHODOLOGY » Sam Wainford (Georgia Southern University), Adrian Gardiner (Georgia Southern University), Cheryl Aasheim (Georgia Southern University), Paige Rutner (Texas Tech University)
Friday 09:45 - 11:45	SM1 Social Media Chaired By: Jennifer Barhorst, Lander University Venue Arcadian 4 Room
09:45 An Exploration of Using Twitter Data to Predict the Results of the U.S. Primary Elections » Jeff Kaleta (Georgia Southern University), Hayden Wimmer (Georgia Southern University) 10:15 TURNOVER AND TURNAWAY OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS/TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS DURING A NATIONAL CRISIS AND ACROSS AGE GROUPS » Carlo Bellini (University of North Carolina Greensboro), Valter Moreno (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Alexandre Graeml (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná), Prashant Palvia (University of North Carolina Greensboro), Tim Jacks (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Friday 09:45 - 11:15	WS4 WORKSHOP IV Chaired By: Linda Christie, Marymount University Venue West A Room
Friday 11:15 - 11:30	Coffee Break Venue Mezzanine West
Friday 11:30 - 13:00	EP2 Economic Growth and Employment Chaired By: Sharon Gibbs, Roanoke College Venue West C Room
12:00 A DICHOTOMY: WHAT THE STATE OF TEXAS STATES IT IS DOING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL » Louis Mancuso (Louisiana State University of Alexandria), Robert Jones (Louisiana State University of Alexandria), mario krenn (Southeastern Louisiana University) 12:30 The Effect of Geographic Location and the National Unemployment Rate on State-level Unemployment Rates » William Levernier (Georgia Southern University), Mark Yanochik (Georgia Southern University) 12:30 Discount rate changes and their effects on market returns during recent U.S. recessions » Lili Chen (Lander University)
Friday 11:30 - 13:00	EP4 Assessing Student Needs Chaired By: Michelle Hagadorn, Roanoke College Venue Arcadian 1 Room
11:30 PROVIDING WHAT STUDENTS NEED; NOT WHAT IS EASIEST FOR FACULTY: IN-DEPTH STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF THE STRATEGY COURSE » Janice Black (Coastal Carolina University), J. Kay Keels (Coastal Carolina University), Nicholas Rhew (Coastal Carolina University) 12:00 Academic Support Services for Undergraduate Business Majors » kathleen Whitcomb (Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina) 12:30 The Role of Colleges and Universities in Students' Financial Well-Being » Michelle Hagadorn (Roanoke College)
Friday 11:30 - 13:00	IE3 Innovations for Education Chaired By: Stan Vinson, Lander University Venue West B Room
11:30 Scaffolding rubrics to improve student writing » Linda Carson (Lander) 11:50 A CRITICAL THINKING ASPECT OF SYSTEMS THINKING VERSUS ANALYTICAL THINKING » Nicholas Twigg (Coastal Carolina University), Janice Black (Coastal Carolina University) 12:10 An Ethnographical Case Study; NOBODY IS AS SMART AS EVERYBODY" - A Japanese Proverb; The Story of a High-Performing Work Team » Stan Vinson (Lander University Greenwood South Carolina) 12:30 Challenges with Contextualization: Practical Applications of Business Law Using Bloom's Taxonomy » Jamie Parson (Appalachian State University), Jo Anne Brandenburg (Appalachian State University)
Friday 11:30 - 13:00	IT1 Cybersecurity Chaired By: Donna Schaeffer, Marymount University Venue Arcadian 2 Room
11:30 Fundamentals of Applied Cybersecurity for Business and Management » Harry Katzan (Institute for Cybersecurity Research) 12:00 Contemporary Issues in Cybersecurity Research for Business and Management » Harry Katzan (Institute for Cybersecurity Research)
Friday 11:30 - 13:00	WS5 WORKSHOP V Chaired By: Marilyn Smith, Winthrop Univeristy Venue Arcadian 4 Room
Friday 13:00 - 14:30	President's Luncheon Venue Dunes Ballroom

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