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Jean-Pierre (J.P.) Amor is Associate Professor of Decision Sciences in the School of Business Administration at the University of San Diego (USD). He received his Ph.D. in Management from the Anderson School at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). During his prior career with the U.S. Air Force, Colonel Amor was commander/director of a high technology laboratory, which managed research and development projects associated with the Strategic Defense Initiative. While in the Air Force, Dr. Amor also planned and analyzed military operations while stationed at the Pentagon, at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and in Vietnam. At USD, he teaches courses in Management Science and in Operations Management. His current research interests include project management, work in the 21st century, and complexity issues in organizations.
| Degrees
Earned: |
| 1973 |
Ph.D.,
University of California at Los Angeles (Specialization fields in operations
research, economics, applied mathematics) |
| 1967 |
M.S.
in Business Administration, University of California at Los Angeles (Emphasis
in management science) |
| 1962 |
B.A.,
University of California at Los Angeles (Major in mathematics) |
| Recent
Publications: |
| 2002 |
J.P.
Amor, "Scheduling programs with repetitive projects using composite learning
curve approximations," Project Management Journal (Vol.33, No.2),
pp. 16-29. |
| 1998 |
J.P.
Amor and C.J. Teplitz, "An efficient approximation for project composite
learning curves," Project Management Journal (Vol.29, No.3), pp.
28-42. |
| Recent
Conference Proceedings: |
| 2000 |
J.P.
Amor, "Scheduling sequences of similar projects using composite learning
curve approximations," Proceedings of the 2000 Southwest Decision Sciences
Institute (San Antonio), pp. 200-202. |
| 1998 |
J.P.
Amor, "Scheduling programs with repetitive projects: An efficient approximation
procedure," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (Las Vegas),
p. 1556. |
| 1997 |
J.P.
Amor and C.J. Teplitz, "On the relative impacts of learning and overlap
on the scheduling of programs with repetitive projects," Proceedings
of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute (Waikoloa, Hawaii), pp. 729-732. |
| Recent
Honors and Recognition: |
| 1999 |
Citation
of Excellence by ANBAR Electronic Commerce for 1998 article in Project
Management Journal (with C.J. Teplitz) |
| 1997 |
Best
Paper Award, Production & Operations Management Track, Western Decision
Sciences Institute (with C.J. Teplitz) |
| Employment
History: |
| 1997-present |
Associate
Professor of Decision Sciences, School of Business Administration, USD |
| 1991-1997 |
Assistant
Professor of Management Science, School of Business Administration, USD |
| 1989-1990
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Senior
Scientist, Science Applications International Corporation |
| 1986-1988 |
Commander,
Air Force Weapons Laboratory, U.S. Air Force (USAF) |
| 1985-1986 |
Chief
of Staff, Human Systems Division, USAF |
| 1984-1985 |
Commander,
Air Force Drug Testing Laboratory, USAF |
| 1983-1984 |
Vice
Commander, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL), USAF |
| 1982-1983 |
Chief,
Manpower and Personnel Research Division, AFHRL, USAF |
| 1980-1982
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Chief,
Personnel Analysis Division, Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center, USAF |
| 1977-1980 |
Operations
Research Analyst, Plans and Policy Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied
Powers Europe, NATO (Representing USAF) |
| 1976-1977 |
Assistant
to the Science Advisor, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, NATO
(Representing USAF) |
| 1972-1976 |
Operations
Research Scientist, Headquarters USAF, The Pentagon |
| 1969-1972 |
Student,
Graduate School of Management, UCLA (Sponsored by USAF) |
| 1968-1969 |
Operations
Research Analyst, Headquarters 7th Air Force, Vietnam |
| 1967-1968 |
Operations
Research Scientist, Special Air Warfare Center, USAF |
| 1966-1967 |
Student,
Graduate School of Business Administration, UCLA (Sponsored by USAF) |
| 1965-1966
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Project
Director, Learner-Centered Instruction, Lowry Technical Training Center,
USAF |
| 1962-1965 |
Student,
Instructor and Supervisor, Officer Avionics Training Program, Lowry Technical
Training Center, USAF |
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