Welcome to the home page for Julie E. Kendall. I am an associate professor of MIS in the School of Business, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, USA. I research and teach in the areas of systems analysis and design and the human aspects of management information systems. One of the key time periods in my development as a researcher was the time I spent on sabbatical in 1991 as a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, UK, at the Judge Institute of Management Studies.
Current Research Interests
Over the past several years I have been actively involved in research in management information systems (MIS). There are three research streams I have emphasized in my work: 1) exploration of metaphors, organizational subcultures, and the language and humor of information system users and developers; 2) creating innovative tools for systems analysts; and 3) research into the pedagogy of systems analysis and design. The products of this research have been disseminated through publications in scholarly refereed journal articles including MIS Quarterly, Decision Sciences, Information & Management, the European Journal of Information Systems and many others. I recently co-edited (with Jane Webster) a special issue of the journal The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, Spring 1997, on "Computers and Playfulness: Humorous, Cognitive, and Social Playfulness in Real and Virtual Workplaces." One of my articles called, "Examining the Relationship Between Computer Cartoons and Factors in Information Systems Use, Success, and Failure: Visual Evidence of Met and Unmet Expectations," also appears in that issue. My research has also been published in edited books and a mainstream textbook, Systems Analysis and Design (now in its fourth edition), and I have given many national and international research presentations.
Books
I have co-authored a mainstream textbook, Systems Analysis and Design, with Kenneth E. Kendall, published by Prentice Hall, which is now in its fourth edition. It is innovative in its extensive coverage of analysis techniques and its complete chapter-by-chapter integration of CASE (computer aided software engineering) tools and it includes an entire chapter devoted to object oriented systems analysis and design. Additionally, it features an interactive computer case called HyperCase. The first edition of our book was translated into Spanish, Analysis Y Diseno De Sistemas, translated by Hector Lopez Hernadez in 1991.
I have also co-edited a research volume, Human, Organizational, and Social Dimensions of Information Systems Development, with D. E. Avison and J. I. DeGross, published by North-Holland, 1993.
Positions on Editorial Boards
Editorial work is extremely important to me. I am active on several editorial boards for many academic journals. In 1994, I was appointed as an Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly and served a three-year term. Since 1992, I have also served as Associate Editor for the Journal of End User Computing. For the past few years I have been serving as Functional Editor for MIS for Interfaces. I also serve as Editor for the International Journal of Computer and Engineering Management, which is published in Thailand. Since 1992 I have served as an Editorial Board Member for the Malaysian Journal of Management Science. I have worked as a member of the editorial review boards of both the Journal of Database Management and the Journal of Management Systems since 1989. Recently I was appointed to the newly-formed electronic research journal of the AIS, called JAIS.
Teaching Interests
I currently teach undergraduate and graduate systems analysis and design as well as management information systems, in the School of Business-Camden, Rutgers University. I serve on the Teaching Excellence Center Advisory Board at Rutgers-Camden.
In order to improve methods of teaching systems analysis and design at both the graduate and undergraduate levels I have co-developed HyperCase which is an interactive, microcomputer case grounded in hypertext concepts. HyperCase provides students with a means to become immediately immersed in organizational life by interviewing people, observing their office environments, analyzing prototypes, and reviewing documentation of their existing systems.
Professional Societies
Many of the best times I have had, and many of the most enduring relationships I have built with colleagues and mentors, have been brought about through membership in professional societies. If you have not yet joined a professional group, I urge you to consider some of the following. Happily, current membership fees for students are extremely low. My key memberships (in alphabetical order) include: Academy of Management, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Association for Information Systems (AIS), where I served as director of the MIS Camp in 1997 and 1998; Association of Management; Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), in which I have held several committee positions; Information Resources Management Association (IRMA); Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), and International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) WG 8.2, for which I am serving as Secretary. I am also active in ICIS.I am the Vice President for Communications for NEDSI, the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute.
Personal Interests
As you can see from the foregoing, I spend lots of time on work and lots of time at the computer. When I finally relax, I like to spend time with my spouse listening to or attending opera; traveling around the world; and writing for fun. Some of the most fun we ever had writing together is when we entered (and won) the contest to write new lyrics for the Camden verses to the Rutgers alma mater, "On the Banks." Now our lyrics are sung at every Rutgers-Camden graduation!
What should you do next? Listen!
On the Big Island, Hawaii.
Visiting the Pyramids of Egypt with my husband, Ken.
If you want to contact me please use kendallj@crab.rutgers.edu