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Robert (Bob) Bostrom

  • Professor Emeritus, Department of Management Information Systems

Biography

Dr. Bob Bostrom is President of Bostrom & Associates, an Athens-based training and consulting company focusing on facilitation and the effective integration of people and technology. For 22 years he taught and contributed significant research at the University of Georgia where he held the chaired position of the L. Edmund Rast Professor of Business. He designed and taught numerous classes in Management Information Systems (MIS), Management and Leadership for undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D students. Dr. Bostrom holds a B.A. in Chemistry and M.B.A. from Michigan State University, an M.S. in Computer Science from SUNY at Albany, and a Ph.D. in MIS from the University of Minnesota. Besides abundant publications in leading academic and practitioner journals, he has extensive consulting and training experience. His current research and consulting interests are focused on Business Process Management (BPM), high-performing individuals, facilitation, technology-supported learning, and effective design of organizations via integrating human and technological dimensions. He now holds the title of Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia and continues to teach advance BPM courses and mentor students and colleagues.