Office Management Department Home 20100 Pond Road School of Business Administration Frenchtown

Belva J. Jones

Office Management Department Home 20100 Pond Road School of Business Administration Frenchtown, MT 59834

University of Montana (406) 626-5756

Missoula, MT 59812

(406) 243-5155

Teaching Information Systems, Microcomputer Applications, Statistics,

Interests Quality Improvement, and Decision Sciences

Research Statistical strategies for computer simulation experiments, Microcomputer

Interests applications, software quality, quality improvement

Education Ph.D. in Business (May, 1976) Oklahoma State University

Major, Management Science; Minors, Statistics/Economics

Dissertation: "Sample Size Determination for Digital Simulation Experiments"

MBA (August, 1970) Texas Tech University

Bachelor of Science (May, 1969) McNeese State University

Majors: Management, Math

Certification Certified Quality Engineer (1997)

Honors/ Appointed Jeff and Martha Hamilton Faculty Fellow (2002-2004)

Awards

Former Student awarded the Virginia Tech College of Business a $15,000

scholarship endowment. Award was made in my honor with five other Virginia Tech faculty members. (1983)

Certificate of Teaching Excellence: Virginia Tech (1979)

Doctoral Dissertation Competition Award, Honorable Mention: American Institute for Decision Sciences (November, 1976)

Appoint- Associate Professor (1999 – present)

ments Chairperson (September 2001 – present)

University of Montana

Associate Professor (September, 1987 - 1999)

Acting Chairperson (May, 1995 - May, 1996), Chairperson (May, 1996-July, 1998)

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809

Professor/Assoc. Professor (September, 1981 - May, 1987)

University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812

Assistant Professor (July, 1977 - June, 1981)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,

Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Assistant Professor (August, 1975 - July, 1977)

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska 68101

Part-Time Instructor (August, 1972 - May, 1975)

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Instructor (September, 1970 to May, 1972)

Steven F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

Grants Course Development Grant from Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education (IPSE) in the amount of $11,429.68 to develop a web-based delivery for SDS 486: Standards and Documentation for Quality (1999)

Principal Investigator for a software grant valued at $76,000 from Microsoft (1996-97). Renewed for 1997-98.

Received $9,000 grant from Provost Richard Wells (ISU) to partially support the upgrade of a 20 station private lab.

Helped develop funding for numerous scholarships in MIS and quality.

Research/ “An Experiential Approach to Integrating ANOVA Concepts”, Journal of Statistics

Articles Education, vol. 10, no. 1 (March, 2002). With LeRoy A. Franklin

“Comparing the Importance of Variation and Mean of a Distribution: An Industrial Case

Study”, Quality Progress, (October 1999), pp. 90-94. With LeRoy A. Franklin and Gary Elrod.

"A Messy, But Instructive, Case Study in Design of Experiments", Quality Engineering,

(November 1999), pp. 211-216. With LeRoy A. Franklin and Gary Elrod.

"Instructional Computer Literacy for Business School Faculty: A Framework for Implementation." Interface, vol. 7, no. 4 (Winter, 198586), pp. 4249. With Patrick W. Shannon.

"Overcoming Managerial Fears of Computers Through Planned Training." Personnel Administrator, vol. 29, no. 10 (October, 1984), pp. 2532. With Robert W. Hollmann.

Above also selected for Personnel Administrator Reprint Series, Human Resource Information Systems.

"On An Alternative Variance Reduction Strategy for RSM Simulation Studies." Decision Sciences, vol. 14, no. 1 (January, 1983), pp. 134137. With Ernest C. Houck.

"Internal Accounting Control Systems: A Simulation Program for Assessing Their Reliabilities." Simulation and Games, vol. 13, no. 2 (June, 1982), pp. 211232. With John W. Cooley.

"A Variance Reduction Strategy for RSM Simulation Studies." Decision Sciences, vol. 13, no. 2 (April, 1982), pp. 303321. With Ernest C. Houck.

"Data Analysis for Simulation Experiments: Application of a DistributionFree Multiple Comparisons Procedure." Decision Sciences, vol. 11, no. 3 (July, 1980), pp. 482492. With John W. Cooley.

"Documenting Simulation Studies for Management." Simuletter, vol. 10, no. 3 (Spring, 1979), pp. 2427.

Books Study Guide and Problem Solutions to accompany Business Statistics: A DecisionMaking Approach (2nd and 3rd Editions). Authors of text: David F. Groebner and Patrick W. Shannon. (Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1989, 1985).

Instructor's Manual for Business Statistics: A DecisionMaking Approach (2nd and 3rd Editions). With Patrick W. Shannon and David F. Groebner, (Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1989, 1985).

Study Guide and Problem Solutions to Accompany Essentials of Business Statistics. Authors of text: David F. Groebner and Patrick W. Shannon. (Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing, 1987)

Instructor's Manual for Essentials of Business Statistics. With Patrick W. Shannon and David F. Groebner. (Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1987).

Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Region of the American Institute of Decision Sciences. (March, 1986). Edited with Joseph A. Weber.

Papers/ “Implementing Quality Tools in a Customer Service Environment”, Proceedings, Annual Presentations Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (November, 2001). With LeRoy A. Franklin.

“Improving Course Design: A Quality Function Deployment Approach”, Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (November 2000). With Gerald E. Evans

and Lee Tangedahl.

“Improving Quality Through the Use of Binary Logistic Regression”, Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (November, 2000). With LeRoy A. Franklin.

“Decision Support For A University Food Service Provider”, Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (November, 1999), pp. 475-477. With James R.

Buffington and LaDonna Spragg.

“MINITAB vs. Excel: A Comparison of Linear Regression Capabilitites and Results”, Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (November, 1999), p. 989. With LeRoy A. Franklin.

“Process Capability Studies: Alternative Measures of Dispersion”, Proceedings,

Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (November, 1998). With LeRoy A. Franklin.

“Precontrol and Type I Error”, Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Decision Sciences Institute (November, 1996).

“SP Expert: An Evaluation of Statistical Process Control Shareware”, Proceedings, Annual Conference, Decision Sciences Institute (November, 1994). (Presented by Dr. LeRoy Franklin. I was unable to attend meeting because of family emergency.)

"Using Lotus 1-2-3 to Illustrate Basic Control Chart Properties Through Simulation", Proceedings, Annual Conference, Decision Sciences Institute (November, 1993). With LeRoy Franklin.

"Process Indices (Cp, Cpk, and Cpm): A Lotus 1-2-3 Program To Calculate and Illustrate Their Properties", Proceedings, Annual Conference of Decision Sciences Institute (November, 1991). With LeRoy A. Franklin

"Teaching Response Surface Methodology in the Undergraduate Simulation Course." Southwest Region of Decision Sciences Institute (March, 1990).

"A Microcomputer Approach to Solving RSM Problems." National Meeting of Decision Sciences Institute (November, 1989).

"Instructional Computer Literacy for Business School Faculty: A Framework for Implementation." National Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (November, 1984). With Patrick W. Shannon.

"The Linear Discriminant Model as a Probability Assessor: Evaluation Using the Brier Score." National Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (November, 1984). With Patrick W. Shannon.

"Experimental Strategies for the Estimation of Optimum Operating Conditions in Simulation Studies." Invited Paper. Winter Simulation Conference (December, 1983). With Ernest C. Houck.

"Equipping the Business School Computer Laboratory: A Simulation Experiment." National Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (November, 1983). With Patrick W. Shannon.

"An Introduction to Computer Modeling." Montana Power Company Executive Development Seminar (April, 1983). With Patrick W. Shannon.

"SecondOrder Designs for RSM Simulation Studies." National Meeting of the American Institute for Decisions Sciences (November, 1981). With Ernest C. Houck.

"Risk/Return Analysis for Total Asset Planning: Optimization Using Dual Response RSM." National Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (November, 1981). With Dana J. Johnson and John G. Thatcher.

"An Integrated Model of Optimal Working Capital Management and Capital Investment Decisions Under Uncertainty." National Meeting of Financial Management Association (November, 1980). With Dana J. Johnson and John G. Thatcher.

"The Use of Variance Reduction Techniques in RSM Simulation Studies." Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (November, 1980), pp. 187189. With Ernest C. Houck.

"The Application of RSM to an Investment Simulation." Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (November, 1979), pp. 176178. With Edward R. Clayton and Ernest C. Houck.

"Simulation Applications: An Overview." Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of

the Southwest Region of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (March, 1979), p. 105.

"Assembly Line Balancing with Variable Work Element Times: A Simulation Approach." Joint National Meeting of ORSA/TIMS (November, 1978). With John W. Cooley and Billy M. Bagwell.

"Sample Size Determination for Computer Simulation Experiments: A Comparison." Tenth Annual Conference of the Southwest Region of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (March, 1978). With James T. Hughes and Donald R. Williams.

"Documenting Simulation Studies for Management Use." Proceedings of the 1977 Winter Simulation Conference (December, 1977), pp. 742746.

"Steady State Determination: A Comparative Analysis." Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (October, 1977), pp. 241243. With Donna S. Koperski and Lloyd Rice.

"Expenditure Consequences of Institutional Rules: A CrossSectional Study of Local Governments." Convention of the Southern Economics Association (November, 1977). With Dale Bails and John W. Cooley.

"A Linear Program to Maximize Advertising Budget Effectiveness." Joint National Meeting of ORSA/TIMS (October, 1977). With Bruce Cramer and Duane Feldman.

"An Application of the Bonferonni Procedure to Simulation Experiments." Ninth Annual Conference of the Southwest Region of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (March, 1977). With John W. Cooley.

"Using the GoodmanKruskal Statistic for Analyzing the Autocorrelation in Simulation Experiments." Sixth Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Conference of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (March, 1977). With John W. Cooley.

"Determining Sample Size Requirements for Digital Simulation: An Application to Geometric Data." Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Southwest Region of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (March, 1976), pp. 132135. With Donald R. Williams.

Sample Size Determination for Digital Simulation: A Comparative Study." National Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (November, 1976). With Donald R. Williams.

"Sample Size Estimation for Exponential Data: An Algorithmic Approach." National Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (November, 1976). With Donald R. Williams.

"Sample Size Determination for Digital Simulation: A Method for Exponential Data." Joint National Meeting of ORSA/TIMS (October, 1976). With Donald R. Williams.

Professional Chair / Member, Alpha Iota Delta Liaison Committee, Decision Sciences Institute (1999- Service 2001

Member, Nominating Committee, Decision Sciences Institute (1998)

Judge for the Innovative Instruction Competition held at the Annual Meeting of Decision

Sciences Institute (November, 1996 and 1997)

Co-Coordinator, New Faculty Development Consortium, Decision Sciences Institute

(Annual Meeting, November, 1995)

Regional Vice-President, Alpha Iota Delta, Decision Sciences Honorary (1994-96)

Vice President At-Large and member of Board of Directors for Decision Sciences Institute (1992-1994)

President, Southwest Decision Sciences Institute (formerly SWAIDS) (198788)

President, Montana Chapter of American Statistical Association (198485)

Vice President for Programs, Southwest Region of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (198586)

VicePresident and PresidentElect, Montana Chapter of American Statistical Association (198384)

VicePresident for Membership, Southwest Region of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (198384, 198485)

Secretary/Treasurer, Montana Chapter of American Statistical Association (198283)

Elected to National Council for American Institute for Decision Sciences (198182)

Board of Directors, Southwest Federation of Administrative Disciplines (1986-88)

Elected to Council for the Southwest Region of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (197980)

Chairperson, Microcomputer Applications Track, Decision Sciences Institute (1992)

Panel Member, Doctoral Consortium, Decision Sciences Institute (1992)

Chair, Program Committee, Decision Sciences Institute (1991-92)

Member, Liasion Committee for Alpha Iota Delta (1994-98)

Member, Doctoral Student Affairs Committee (1991-92)

Member, Program Committee, Decision Sciences Institute (1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91)

Member, Nominating Committee, Decision Sciences Institute (1988-89, 1989-90, 1998-99)

Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Lifetime Achievement and Retired Member Status, Decision Sciences Institute (1990-91)

Member, Doctoral Student Affairs Committee, Decision Sciences Institute (1990-91)

Member, Regional Affairs Committee, Decision Sciences Institute (198688)

Chair, Nominating Committee, Southwest Decision Sciences Institute (1988-89)

Track coordinator for the Southwest Region of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (1982, Statistics; 1979, Simulation and MIS)

Referee for Management Science, Operations Research, Decision Sciences and AIIE Transactions

Reviewer for Richard D. Irwin, Inc., Allyn and Bacon, Inc., and Prindle, Weber and Schmidt

University Member, Communication and Information Planning Cluster, University of Montana (2002)

Service

Chair/Member, Search Committee for IS Faculty Member, University of Montana (1999-present)

Member, Collective Bargaining Council, University of Montana (2000-02)

Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, University of Montana (2002 to present)

Chairperson, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, University of Montana (2000-01)

Member, Research Committee, University of Montana (1999-2000)

Sponsor, MISA (Montana Information Systems Association), University of Montana (1999-present)

Ad Hoc Committee to revise University Handbook language for Promotions and Tenure

Material, Indiana State University (Fall 1998)

Search Committee for Director of Technology Services Center in the School of Technology, Indiana State University (1998)

Chairperson, University Task Force on Promotion and Tenure Procedures, Indiana State University (1997-98)

DegreeLink Committee to develop articulation agreements with Indiana Vocational Technical Colleges, Indiana State University (1997-98)

Search Committee for Associate Director, School of Business Undergraduate Student Services, Indiana State University (1998)

Search Committee for faculty position in Operations Management, Indiana State University (1998-99)

Member, School of Business Faculty Affairs Committee, Indiana State University (1998-99)

Committee to revise General Education requirements, Indiana State University (1997)

Member, School of Business Graduate Committee, Indiana State University (1996-97)

Member, Search Committee, ACNS Systems Analyst, Indiana State University (1996)

Member, General Education Review Task Force, Indiana State University (1995, 1997-98)

Member, Search Committee for Administrative Fellow in Academic Affairs, Indiana State University (1995)

Co-Chair, Core Curriculum Review Task Force, Indiana State University (1995-96)

Vice Chair, School of Business Faculty, Indiana State University (1995-96)

Member, University Software Advisory Committee, Indiana State University (1995-96)