Detailed Information for Don Knox

PUBLICATIONS

Instructor Supplement Manual and portions of student CD-ROM “Operations Management – Strategy and Analysis” 2006 - 8^th edition by Krajewski, Ritzman and Malhorta. 2006 Prentice Hall.

Instructor Supplement Manual for "Statistics, Data Analysis, and Decision Modeling" by Evans and Olson (3rd edition) 2006 - Prentice-Hall.

Development Editor – “Introduction to Operations Management”  - 1^st edition– Bozarth and Handfield. Prentice Hall.  Developed the Instructor's Solutions Manual.

Accuracy checker for “Operations Management – Strategy and Analysis” 2004 - 7^th edition by Krajewski and Ritzman (text and instructor’s manual). Prentice Hall.

Knox, D., (2005) Effect of employee leadership training on manufacturing productivity. American Society for Training and Development 2005 Research-to-Practice Conference Proceedings, 97-105.

Knox, D., Jr., & Walker, M. (2003) Effects of leadership training on the manufacturing productivity of informal leaders. Workforce Education Forum, 30, 38-51.

Walker, M., Knox, D., Jr., & Beyerlein, M. (2001). How tapping informal leaders can improve organizational performance. Workforce Education Forum, 28, 1-11.

Knox, D., Jr., (2000). The effect of leadership training on manufacturing productivity of informal leaders. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Texas, Denton.

Knox, D. Jr., (1998). The importance of informal leaders in organizations. Center for the Study of Work Teams, University of North Texas. Available: http://www.workteams.unt.edu/reports/knox.html

PRESENTATIONS

Knox D., (2005, June). Effect of employee leadership training on manufacturing productivity. Presented at the Research-to-Practice Poster Session: More real-world reports and resources. American Society for Training and Development 2005 International Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL.

Bradley, T. and Knox D., (2003, February). An investigation of confirmatory factor analysis. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

Walker, M., Harris, E., & Knox, D., Jr., (2000, December). What we know about the use of ESL and Montessori techniques in training: Implications for marketing education. Presented at the 2000 Association for Career and Technical Education, San Diego, CA.

Knox, D., Jr., (1998, December). Leadership in teams. Presented at the Effective Work Teams workshop, Fall 1998 semester project (Dr. M. Beyerlein), University of North Texas, Denton.

OTHER

Worked with the University of North Texas on grant with the Graham Workforce Education Center to align high school curriculum with freshman level courses with Vernon College.

MEMBERSHIPS

Phi Alpha Theta – International Honor Society for History (Tau Gamma Chapter).

Member, Texas State Historical Association

Children’s Aid Society of West Texas, 2007 –

Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Council 2007 -11 term (President 2008)

CERTIFICATIONS

CMII Certification, Institute of Configuration Management, 3 Weeks, May 1993 (Affiliated with Arizona State University, University of Leeds and University of Tennessee)

Level II Startup Engineer - ASME 1992