Duane P. Truex III
Associate Professor
Computer Information Systems
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Room: 913, RCB Building
Phone: 404-413-7380
E-Mail: dtruex@gsu.edu
Personal Web Page: http://cis.gsu.edu/~dtruex/

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton
M.B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton
B.F.A.-Music, Ithaca College
SPECIALIZATIONS:
Information Systems Development
Information Technology Infrastructures
Telecom and Networks
International System Development
e-Commerce BtoB and Electronic Data Interchange
Labor Unions and System Development and Implementation
Truex's work experience includes 14 years as a chief executive of various nonprofit arts agencies (symphony orchestras, art councils and museums in Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana and New York) before completing a Ph.D. with the intention of building expert systems for the management of nonprofit organizations.

Prior to his present position, he was on the faculty of the School of Management at Binghamton University and served as the director of the graduate MBA/Arts Administration program. His present research interests include the interaction of organizational change and organizational culture on the information systems development process in emergent organizational settings, and on the changing skill sets required of the IS professional and their home organizations. He has published in IEEE Transactions and IFIP Transactions.

Truex's professional affiliations include Leverhulme Fellow, United Kingdom affiliation with Salford University, Visiting Full Research Professor in Aalborg University, Denmark, Association of Information Systems, and Association for Xcomputing Machinery.

PUBLICATIONS:
  • Truex, D. and Baskerville, R. "Deep Structure or Emergence Theory: Contrasting Theoretical Foundations for Information Systems Development," Information Systems Journal (8:2 April), 1998, pp. 99-118.
  • Truex, D., Baskerville, R. and Klein, H. "Growing Systems in Emergent Organizations," Communications of the ACM (42:8), 1999, pp. 117-123.
  • Truex, D.P., Caldow, J. and Shank, M. "Reshaping the IS Culture: Understanding Organizational Culture in High-Performance Information Systems Organizations," Working Group Report Society for Information Management and IBM Working Group on Reshaping IS Cul
  • Truex, D.P. and Ngwenyama, O.K. "Unpacking the Ideology of Postindustrial Team-Based Management: Self-governing Teams as Structures of Control of IT Workers," Proceedings of the Work, Difference and Social Change: Two Decades after' Bravermans's Labor and
  • Lee, J. and Truex, D. "Exploring the Impact of Training in ISD Methods on the Cognitive Structure of Novice Information Systems Developers," Information Systems Journal (in press), 2000.