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Bill Parr is a Professor of Decision Sciences at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). At CEIBS, Bill teaches in the MBA and EMBA program, as well as maintaining involvement in Executive Development programs.
Bill has extensive practical experience working as a consultant to industry, and
in previous full-time employment as Senior Scientist in charge of Statistical
Development at the Harris Corporation, Semiconductor Sector. At the Harris
Corporation, he managed an organization of statisticians and support staff
providing consulting and training to an organization of roughly 12,000
employees. Bill was closely involved with efforts at Harris Corporation to
implement the philosophy of statistical management, which led to the
Semiconductor Sector receiving the 1984 Institute for Productivity Through
Quality Achievement Award. In addition, he consulted with senior management on
the management and cultural implications of statistical tools and the philosophy
of continuous improvement. He has published over 50 papers, and does research in
the areas of management, statistical management, and systems analysis.
Bill currently consults with a number of Fortune 500 corporations and government
organizations in the semiconductor and other industries. At the University of
Tennessee, he was a member of the Core Faculty of the internationally recognized
MBA program the content of which is founded on the managerial leadership concept
and the Customer Value Based Strategic Management Process Model and the pedagogy
of which is founded on active, experience based learning. He taught there in the
Professional MBA (weekend) program, and was a member of curriculum design team
which completed a major revision of the MBA program. He received his
Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University in 1978.
William C. Parr
Email: bill@billparr.org
If you want to know more, here's my resume (long version): Parr's Resume
This site was last updated 7 June 2008
