Presentations and Publications

Presentations

Improving Organizational Leadership and Decision-Making Through Systems Thinking
Invited presentation to the Academic Leadership Academy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2009.

Understanding Organizations as Systems: Practical Applications of Organizational Systems Theory
Guest lectures, Nonprofit Leadership Program, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2006-2009.

Flying Solo: Applying Behavioral Systems Analysis to a Small Consulting Firm and Its Clients
Invited colloquium. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, October 2009.

Strategic Planning for Busy Organizations
Invited encore presentation. 2008 Day Conference, Kalamazoo Human Resource Management Assocation (KHRMA), Kalamazoo, MI, May 2008.

Strategic Planning for Busy Organizations
Annual conference of the Michigan Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (MISHRM), Kalamazoo, MI, September 2007.

A strategic planning model for county departments
With D. Nitz. Annual conference of the Michigan Association of Counties, Harbor Springs, MI, 2002.

Consulting interns: A cost-effective approach to continuous quality improvement (CQI)
With R. D. Terronez. Annual conference of the Michigan Association of Counties, Gaylord, MI, 2001.

Systems thinking: What is it and how can I do it?
With D. M. Brethower. Annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL, 1999. Conference presentation (pdf)

Systems thinking (and systems doing)
With D. M. Brethower. Annual conference of the International Society for Performance Improvement, Long Beach, CA, 1999.

Analyzing the defect probability effect: Implications for quality control inspection training research
With J. Ellis. Invited paper presented at the winter meeting of the FABA/OBM, Daytona Beach, FL, 1997.

The effect of defect probability during training on inspection accuracy in a quality inspection simulation
Annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, CA, 1996.

Students teaching behavior analysis or: What's in it for me?
Annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Washington, D.C., 1995.

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Publications

Kick-starting systems change: The Best-Worst exercise
Invited manuscript. OBM Network Newsletter. Under review.

The relevance of motivation for human performance technology practitioners
Performance Improvement Quarterly. Accepted for publication pending revision.

Book review: Performance-based instruction: Linking training to business results by Dale M. Brethower and Karolyn A. Smalley
Performance Improvement Journal, 38(9), 42-46. (1999)

Systems thinking (and systems doing)
Performance Improvement Journal, 38(1), 37-52. With D. M. Brethower, first author (1999).

The ABA program book: A process analysis
ABA Newsletter, 21(3), 2-3. (1998)

Providing effective interventions may not be enough: The importance of cost analyses in the behavioral health system
Behavior and Social Issues, 7(2), 141-152. (1998)

Computers and architecture
Texas Architect, 40, 72-75. (1990)

Keeping drawing data up-to-date
Cadence Magazine, 5, 106. (1990)

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