Larry Mallak

Larry Mallak

Professor

Office: 

(269) 276-3369

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Location: 

E-228 Floyd Hall, Mail Stop 5336

Mailing address: 

Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5336 USA

Education: 

• Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1993.
• M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1986.
• B.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984.

Teaching interests: 

• Culture Analysis and change in engineering, technical and healthcare organizations.
• Empathic design in R and D.
• Organizational management systems .
• Individual and organizational resilience.

Bio: 

drmallak.com

Research projects

• Development of a Web-based Cost-Benefit Tool to Support Evidence-Based Design in California Safety Net Clinics.
• Empathic Design training for R and D engineers and marketing staff in the medical device market.
• Diagnosing culture to guide strategic change in healthcare and manufacturing organizations.
• Developing, testing, and applying an instrument to measure individual and organizational resilience - the ability to perform positive adaptive behaviors in the face of uncertain environments.

Awards

• Listed in Harvard Business School Press' International Directory of Business and Management Scholars and Research.
• Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Western Michigan University Research Development Award.
• Fellow, American Society for Engineering Management.

Professional memberships

• Associate editor, Engineering Management Journal.
• Associate editor, Managing Service Quality.
• Institute of Industrial Engineers, senior member (IIE).
• IIE Society for Engineering and Management Systems.
• American Society for Engineering Management.
• Academy of Management.