Second Annual International Conference on Applied Management and Decision Sciences: Building a Research Agenda for the 21st Century

 

Sponsored by the School of Management at Walden University

 

Welcome to the Web site of The Second Annual International Conference on Applied Management and Decision Sciences: Building a Research Agenda for the 21st Century. The AMDS 2006 conference will be held at Adams Mark Hotel, Dallas, Texas, January 20, 2006, as part of Walden University's Winter Session and commencement.

 

The goal of the conference is to build a research agenda in applied management for the 21st century by addressing a range of critically important applied management and decision sciences areas and by investigating interdisciplinary approaches to the study of management.

 

Keynote Speaker

 

Dr. Cesar Morales is the institutional rector of the Universidad del Valle de Mexico and president emeritus of the Mexico City Metropolitan Zone of Monterrey Tech.

 

He holds three degrees from New Mexico State University (NMSU) at Las Cruces, NM: B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1964; M.S. in Civil Engineering, 1965, and Sc.D. in Environmental Engineering, 1968. Dr. Morales has received three recognitions from his alma mater: One of 100 Outstanding Living Alumni at the NMSU Centennial Celebration, 1988; Distinguished International Alumnus Award, 1993; and Centennial Distinguished Alumnus from the College of Engineering, 1996.

 

Dr. Morales started his professional career at Monterrey Tech. He held different positions at the university: faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering, 1968–1976; campus director for the State of Mexico Branch Campus, 1976–1979; vice president for branch campuses, 1979–1985; and president for the Mexico City Metropolitan Zone, 1985–2002.

 

In January 2003, upon his retirement from Monterrey Tech, Dr. Morales joined the Universidad del Valle de Mexico, where he held the position of Chief Academic Officer. He remains at the university as institutional rector.

Luncheon Speaker

 

Dr. Javier Fadul is a business management professional with broad knowledge and expertise in the areas of strategic planning, business development, finance, product management, marketing, and field operations. In his more than 24 years of experience, Dr. Fadul has worked in several countries in Latin America, mostly in the oil and gas industry. In the past 9 years, he has worked in several management positions for a Fortune 500 corporation in the energy industry based in Houston. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Javeriana-Bogota, a MBA from Le Tourneau University, and a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences from Walden University.

 

Dr. Fadul’s research agenda is focused on corporate social responsibility and corporate valuation. His dissertation, based on these topics, was recently honored with the Frank Dilley Award for meeting the highest university standards of academic excellence. He has published scholarly articles on knowledge management and service quality for APQC (2004) and the Latin America Quality Council (2003). He also published an article on corporate social responsibility and firm value in the oil and gas industry in the 2004 Annual Symposium of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. 

 

Dr. Fadul is part-time professor of management at Walden University. He is also professor of business management, finance, and marketing in other institutions of higher education in the United States.