Wayne State University School of Business Administration

Timothy W. Butler

Associate Professor of Information Systems Management; Director, Ph.D. Program

timothy.butler@wayne.edu
(313) 577-9810

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1989
  • MBA, University of Memphis, 1983
  • BBA, University of Memphis, 1978

Teaching Interests

  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Quality Management in Healthcare

Research Interests

  • Development of Analytical Tools for Healthcare Management
  • Multiple Objective Decision Models
  • Operations Strategy

Publications & Presentations

  • "Evaluations of Operating Room Efficiency in Veterans Administration Hospitals using Data Envelopment Analysis" (with M. Basson) Scientific Session Presented at 2006 Association of VA Surgeons, Cincinnati.
  • "Predicting Patient Non-Appearance for Surgery as a Scheduling Strategy to Optimize Operating Room (OR) Utilization", (with M. Basson and H. Verma), Poster Session presented at 2006 Association of VA Surgeons, Cincinnati.
  • "Predicting Patient Non-Appearance for Surgery as a Scheduling Strategy to Optimize Operating Room Utilization in a Veterans Administration Hospital", (with M. Basson and H. Verma), 2006, Anesthesiology.
  • "Forecasting Outpatient Surgery No-Shows" (with M. Basson and H. Verma) Presented at the 2005 National Informs, San Francisco.
  • "The Utility of Returns to Scale in DEA Programming: An Analysis of Michigan Rural Hospital", (with L.X. Li), 2005, European Journal of Operational Research.
  • "The Influence of Management Action on Hospital Efficiency" (with L.X. Li), 2005, International Journal of Operations and Operational Research.
  • "The Utility of Returns to Scale in DEA Programming: An Analysis of Michigan Hospitals", (with Li) presented at 2002 National INFORMS, San Jose.
  • "The Influence of Location, Strategy, and Operations Technology on Hospital Performance" (with Meyer, Ward, and Leong) 2002, Journal of Operations Management.
  • "The Influence of Management Decision on Hospital Efficiency" (with Li and Leong) 2001, Proceedings of National DSI, San Francisco.
  • "The Impact of Operations Competitive Priorities on Hospital Performance," (with Leong) 2000, Healthcare Management Science.
  • "Data Envelopment Analysis in Health Care: Past, Present, and Future Opportunities" (with Brunet), 2000, Proceedings of National DSI, Orlando.

Professional Memberships

  • Decision Sciences Institute
  • Institute for Supply Management
  • INFORMS - The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences INFORMS - Health Applications Technical Section (Council Member 2001-2003)
  • Detroit Economic Club