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Dr. John Girard

Locations:	Remote - - Virtual
Office Hours:	During the Spring 2024 semester I will be participating in the Fulbright program so I will have virtual office hours (by appointment).
Biography:	Dr. Girard holds the Peyton Anderson Endowed Chair at Middle Georgia State University’s School of Computing. His current research interests include how technology, leadership, and culture enable knowledge management, innovation, and globalization. While at Minot State University, Dr. Girard gained valuable insights about university leadership as a dean, program director, and faculty advisor to the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education. John is very proud of his service in the Canadian Forces; he retired at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 2004 after 24 years in uniform.
Courses:	Spring 2024 ITEC 3155 Systems Analysis & Design (Online) ITEC 4750 Senior Capstone (Online)
Education:	PhD in Business Administration (Touro University International, a branch campus of Touro University, New York) • Dissertation was in the domain of knowledge management, entitled: Toward an understanding of Enterprise Dementia: An empirical examination of Information Anxiety amongst public service middle managers. Master of Business Administration (Touro University International, a branch campus of Touro College, New York) • MBA: Military Management / Information Technology Management Graduate courses in Engineering Management (University of Ottawa, Ontario) • Completed graduate Engineering Management and Management of Information Systems courses Bachelor of Science (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba) • Major: Computer Science Minor: Business Administration Command and Staff Course (Canadian Forces College, Toronto, Canada) • The aim of this yearlong course is to develop selected senior officers for command and staff appointments. Technical Staff College (Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, United Kingdom) • The aim of this yearlong course is to develop the professional knowledge and understanding of selected officers. The course involves the systematic study of technology and its applications to defence matters.
Awards and Honors:	• Award for Outstanding Full-time Teaching – Middle Georgia State University (2021) • Award for Outstanding Scholarship – Middle Georgia State University (2016) • Dean's Award, Excellence in Teaching - School of IT, Middle Georgia State University (2016) • Dean's Award, Excellence in Teaching - School of IT, Middle Georgia State University (2015) • Dean's Award, Outstanding Scholarly Activities - School of IT, Middle Georgia State University (2015) • Dean's Award, Outstanding Scholarly Activities - School of IT, Middle Georgia State College (2014) • Fellow and Distinguished Scholar Award – International Institute of Applied Knowledge Management (2013) • College of Business Professor of the Year – Minot State University Student Government Association (2013) • Exemplary Online Class Award – Minot State University for BIT 566 Knowledge Management (2011) • Exemplary Online Class Award – Minot State University for BADM 489 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation (2011) • Best Academic Paper - McMaster University 7th World Congress on Intellectual Capital and Innovation, Doctoral Consortium (Jan 2004) • Finalist, Best Academic Paper - McMaster University 6th World Congress on Intellectual Capital and Innovation, Doctoral Consortium (Jan 2003). • Chartered Manager – Canadian Institute of Management (May 2003) • City and Guild Insignia Award in Technology – City and Guilds of London Institute (1990). Subsequently appointed as Member of the City and Guild Institute (MCGI).
Publications:	Books • Girard, J., Klein, D., & Berg, K. (Eds.) (2015). Strategic data-based wisdom in the big data era. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. • Gordon, Cindy, Weir, Andrew, & Girard, John P. (2014). Social Roots: Why Social Innovations are Creating the Influence Economy. New York: Business Expert Press. • Girard, John & Girard, JoAnn (2014). Sage Sayings: Inspiring Native American Passages for Leaders. Minot, ND: Sagology. • Girard, John P., Gordon, Cindy, & Girard, JoAnn L. (2011). Business Goes Virtual: Realizing the Value of Collaboration, Social and Virtual Strategies. New York: Business Expert Press. • Girard, John P. & Girard, JoAnn L. (Eds.)(2011). Social Knowledge: Using Social Media to Know What You Know. Hersey, PA: IGI Global. • Girard, John P. & Girard, JoAnn L. (2009). A Leader’s Guide to Knowledge Management: Drawing on the Past to Enhance Future Performance. New York: Business Expert Press. • Girard, John P. (Ed.)(2009). Building Organizational Memories: Will you Know what you Knew? Hersey, PA: Information Science Reference. Selected Peer Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters • Girard, J., Floyd, K., & Yerby, J. (2016). A comparison of knowledge retention in online and face-to-face capstone experiences. Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal. • Kwak, M. & Girard, J. (2016). Electronic Health Record Usage in Southern US States. Issues in Information Systems. 17(1), 1-8. • Girard, J., & Ribière, V. (2016). Mapping the Future of KM through Earl's KM Taxonomy Lens. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management. 4(1), 180-191. • Girard, J., Ashford, A., & Colon, P. (2015). Measuring learners’ subject specific knowledge. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society. 11(3), 183-191. • St. Clair, N., & Girard, J. (2015). Do online and face-to-face students exhibit the same information analysis skills? Issues in Information Systems. 16(2), 74-80. • Girard, J.P., & Girard, J.L. (2015). Defining knowledge management: Toward an applied compendium. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management. 3(1), 1-20. • Weidner, D. & Girard, J. (2015). Moneyball for knowledge management. In Girard, J., Klein, D., & Berg, K. (Eds.), Strategic data-based wisdom in the big data era. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. • Girard, J., Brizzi, G., Drake, D., Graham, M., Kosmider, C., & Lloyd, R (2014). Does Leadership Style Differ by Country? A Media Context Analysis, Academy of Business Research Journal. Vol II, 13-19. • Girard, J.P., Gordon, C., & Girard, J.L. (2011). Knowledge Management as an Enabler of Virtual Business. Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management. 9(3), 181-187. • Bertsch, A., & Girard, J. (2011). Cross-Cultural Differences In Social Knowledge Creation And Exchange: An examination of GLOBE's Dimensions of Societal Culture. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business. 3(4), 15-26. • Girard, J., & Bertsch, A. (2011). Exploring Cross-Cultural Differences in Social Knowledge Creation and Exchange: A Preliminary Examination. International Journal of Management & Information Systems. 15(1), 97-104. • Girard, John P., & McIntyre, S. (2010). Knowledge Management Modeling in Public Sector Organizations: A Case Study. International Journal of Public Sector Management. 23(1), 71-77 • Girard, John P. (2009). Knowledge Management in DND in Craig Stone (Ed.). The Public Management of Defence in Canada (pp. 194-212). Toronto: Breakout Educational Network. • Girard, John P., & Allison, M. (2008). Information Anxiety: Fact, Fiction, or Fallacy? Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, 6(2), 125-140. • Girard, John P., & Bowersox, N. (2008). Leading knowledge: What do middle managers think? in Alex Koohang (2008). Knowledge Management: Research & Applications (pp. 131-146). Santa Rosa, California: Informing Science Press. • Girard, John P., Willoughby, L., & Berg, K. (2007). Video, Voice, and Virtual Collaboration: The 3V's of Asynchronous Education in Nicole A. Buzzetto-More (Ed.), Principles of Effective Online Teaching (pp. 39-55). Santa Rosa, California: Informing Science Press. • Girard, John P., Berg, K, & Willoughby, L. (2007). Enhancing Interaction in Asynchronous Online Information Systems Education. Issues in Information Systems, 8(1), 37-43. • Girard, John P., & Lambert, S. (2007) The Story of Knowledge: Writing Stories that Guide Organizations into the Future. Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, 5(2), 161-172. • Berg, K, Willoughby, L, & Girard, John P. (2006) Computer-supported cooperative work: A collaborative view, Issues in Information Systems, 7(2), 101-104. • Girard, John P. (2006). Where is the Knowledge we have lost in Managers? Journal of Knowledge Management, 10(6), 22-38. • Girard, John P. (2005). Combating Information Anxiety: A Management Responsibility. Organizaciju Vadyba: sisteminiai tyrimai (Management of Organizations: Systematic Research Journal), 35(1), 65-79. • Girard, John P. (2005). Taming Enterprise dementia in Public Service Organizations, International Journal of Public Sector Management, 18(6), 534-545. • Girard, John P. (2004). Defence Knowledge Management – A Passing Fad? Canadian Military Journal, 5(2), pp. 17-28.

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