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Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Director of Executive MBA
Executive Education
Dean's Office
Office Location: LOW-A313
Office Phone: 585-475-6798
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Staff Assistant Phone: 585-475-6042
Fax: 585-475-7450
Wednesday
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
After Class and Other
Times By Appointment.
Donald Wilson is the Director of the Executive MBA program in the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology and the former Director of Graduate Business Programs at RIT. Dr. Wilson was previously the Director of Technology Management programs in the College of Business and the Team Leader for the Management Department. He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University; a MS degree in Systems, and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. Dr. Wilson completed his Ph.D. in Management in 1988 from the University of California.
As a lieutenant colonel, U. S. Air Forces Reserves, Dr. Wilson worked as an electrical engineer on several high priority Defense Department programs for the U.S. Air Force Space Systems Division. He served as an advisor and consultant on implementing an Air Force strategic management and planning system. Dr. Wilson was involved in logistics planning in support of the Strategic Defense Initiative and served as a consultant on implementing Total Quality Management within the Air Force.
His current research interests include strategic management, organizational design issues, and methods of changing communication patterns among scientists and engineers in order to enhance innovation and creativity. He has done extensive research into problems related to organizational management for the U.S. Navy. He is currently under contract with the Navy to evaluate engineering fleet support activities -- including job performance of engineers working on high-tech weapons systems.
