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Adenekan (Nick) DedekeAdenekan (Nick) Dedeke
Education
Dr. Rer. Pol. Wirtschaftsingeniurwesen, Technishe Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Diplom Wirtschaftsingeniurwesen: B.Sc. & M.Sc. Combined degree in Management and Industrial Engineering, Technishe Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Research and Teaching Interests
Professor Dedeke’s teaching interests include: management information systems, operations management, innovation in IT, and statistics. He has research interests in the areas of inventory management in retailing; application of operations management to services industries; information, process, and service quality issues; and adaptation of technology and process improvement approaches in service industries.
Awards and Honors
Finalist Case Competition Critical Management Studies (CMS), affiliated with Academy of Management (2008)
Nominee Teacher of the year award, ISOM Department, Suffolk University (2005).
Nominee for the Excellence in Research Award, Lee University (2000).
Nominee for the Use of Technology in Teaching Award, Lee University (2000).
Dedeke, A., Calkins, M. (2010). Mattel Inc.: Lead-tainted Toys. Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield, UK.
Dedeke, A., Hung, K. (2010). Simulating the Impact of Parcel Size and Bar Code Quality on the Productivity of Parcel Sorting Machines. To appear in International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Dedeke, A. (2009). Retail Execution: Linens ‘N Things. Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario.
Dedeke, A. Politics Hindered Open Standards in the Public Sector: The Massachusetts Open Document Format Decision (1st ed., vol. 11, pp. 64-82). Journal of Cases on Information Technology.
Dedeke, A. and Hung, K. (2008). “A Simulation Study for Automating Parcel Sorting in Postal Industry,” International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 3(5), 515-529.
Dedeke, A. (2007). “Process Management Using Capability Maturity Model Approach,” In Hass, B., Oetinger, R., Ritter, A., Thul, M. (Editors), Nachhaltige Unternehmensfuhrung – Excellence durch Verknupfung Wirtschaftlicher, Sozialer und Gesellschaftlicher Forderungen, (Carl Hanser Verlag, Munchen).
Dedeke, A. and Lieberman, B. (2006). “Qualifying Use-Case Diagram Associations,” IEEE Computer, June, 23-29.
Dedeke, A. (2005). “Building Quality into Information Supply Chains: Robust Information Supply Chains (RISC),” Information Quality, In Wang, R.; Pierce, E.; Madnick, S.; Fisher, C. (Editors),Information Quality - Advances in Management Information Systems Monograph, (M.E. Sharpe, Inc. Publishers, Armonk NY. (ISBN 0-7656-1133-3).
Dedeke, A. (2003). “Dimensions of Service Quality: An Interactions-centered Approach,”International Journal Managing Service Quality, Vol. 13, No. 4.
Dedeke, A. (2002). What Makes Six Sigma Work? Virtual Bookworm.com Publishing Inc., College Station: TX. (ISBN 1-58939-274-4).
Selected Presentations
Dedeke, A., Calkins, M., 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August. 8-13, "Mattel Inc.: Lead-tainted Toys," Academy of Management, Anaheim, California.
Dedeke, A. (2007). “Capability Maturity Model Integrated Approach: Investigating Success Factors”, 2007 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Dedeke, A. (2003). “Information technology adoption: Case studies on the Impact of Pre- and Post-Adoption Activities on User Perceptions,” 2003 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Providence, RI.
Dedeke, A. (2003). “Adoption of Technology in Services Sector: Impact of Pre- and Post-Adoption Activities on the HRM function,” HRM TECH II Conference, CERAM, European School of Management, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Dedeke, A. and Kahn B. (2001). “Assessing the Quality of Online Classified Websites: Empirical Study of the 100 Largest U.S. Newspapers,” 6th International Conference on Information Quality, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA.
Dedeke, A. (2001). “Ford versus Bridgestone/Firestone: The Tire Tread Separation Crisis,” Annual North American Case Research Conference, Memphis, TN.
Industry and Academic Experience
Prior to joining Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration, Professor Dedeke was Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the College of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in management information systems and operations management. He was also Assistant Professor at Suffolk University’s School of Management and Visiting Assistant Professor at Tennessee State University’s College of Business.
Professor Dedeke has an extensive background in consulting. His list of clients includes the Governor of Ogun State of Nigeria; Ogun State, Office of Technology, Nigeria; and Heil GmbH, Steinwenden, Germany.
Professional Services
Professor Dedeke is a member of several professional organizations, including Decision Sciences Institute, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Association for Computing Machinery, North American Case Research Association and IEEE Computer Society.
Mailing Address
Adenekan (Nick) Dedeke
219 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000