Ronald J. Ebert co-authored Business Essentials, 2/e with Ricky W. Griffin.

Ronald J. Ebert is Professor of Management at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Ohio State University, his M.B.A. from the University of Dayton, and his D.B.A. from Indiana University, where he was a U.S. Steel Fellow. A member of and active participant in the Academy of Management, the Institute of Management Sciences, the American Production and Inventory Control Society, and the Operations Management Association, Dr. Ebert has also served as the editor of the Journal of Operations Management and as Chair of the Production and Operations Management Division of the Academy of Management. In addition to Business, he is the co-author of three books: Organizational Decision Processes, Production and Operations Management (published in English, Spanish, and Chinese), and Management.

Dr. Ebert has held engineering and supervisory positions in quality management with the Frigidaire Division of General Motors Corporation. He has also done TQM and operations strategy consulting for the National Science Foundation, the United States Savings and Loan League, Kraft Foods, Oscar Mayer, Sola Optical USA, Inc., the City of Columbia, and the American Public Power Association. His research interests include manufacturing policy and strategy, engineering design processes in product development, statistical quality control, and subjective managerial judgments in strategy formulation.

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