Wayne State University School of Business Administration

Celia Livermore Romm

Professor of Information Systems Management

ak1667@wayne.edu
(313)577-2243

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of Toronto
  • B.A., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 1976

Teaching Interests

  • Management of Information Systems
  • Electronic Commerce

Research Interests

  • Organizational and cross cultural aspects of ERP systems
  • E-education Women and minorities in IT

Publications & Presentations

  • "Justifying ERP Adoption ," ( with Oliver), 2002, Journal of Information Technology.
  • "E-education ? Is it truly a Global Phenomenon? Should It Be ? an Editorial Preface," 2002, Journal of Global Information Technology Management.
  • "ERP Systems in Universities: Rationale Advanced for Their Adoption" (with Oliver), 2002, Enterprise Resource planning: Global Opportunities and Challenges.
  • "The Role of SME's in Promoting Electronic Commerce in Communities", (with Taylor), 2002. Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challenges and Solutions.
  • "ERP Systems' Selection and Implementation ? A Cross-Cultural Approach", (with Ragowsky), 2002, In Proceedings of the Eighth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Dallas, Texas.
  • "Who Do We Need to Motivate? Toward an Integrative Model of E-Education ", (with Ragowsky), 2001, In Proceedings of the IAIM conference.
  • "Searching for a Killer Application for On-line Teaching: Or are we?" (with Ragowsky), 2001, In proceedings of the AMCIS conference in Boston.
  • "How can we use Case Studies to promote "Soft Skills" in IS Education?", (with Pliskin and Wong), forthcoming, Journal of Informatics Education and Research, 2000.
  • "The Role of Charismatic Leadership in Diffusion and Implementation of E-mail", (with Pliskin), 1999, The Journal of Management Development, (Special Issue on The Effects of Leadership and Information Technology on the Organization in the Global Context).
  • Virtual Politicking, 1999, Hampton Press, USA (soft and hard cover edition).
  • "Doing Business on the Internet - Opportunities and Pitfalls," (with Sudweeks), 2000, Springer international, 2001, as soon as it is translated to Chinese.
  • "Electronic Commerce: A Global Perspective", (with Sudweeks), 1998, Springer, London (first and second edition).

Professional Memberships

  • Global Information Technology Management Association, Vice President, Program co-chair and Track chair, Dallas, 2001
  • International Association of Information Management, Member of the Board and Program Chair for the IAIM 2000 conference in Brisbane