Field(s) of Expertise/Research Area(s)

Organization Behavior and Technology Management

Courses

• 210 Methods, Standards and Work Design
• 340 Field Project Methods
• 390 Systems Management
• 392 Systems Management Project
• 411 Field Research in Organization Theory
• 432 Systems Engineering
• 433 Theory and Practice of Evaluation
• 434 Systems Methodology
• 436 Engineering Project Management
• Didactic

Biography

Professor Thompson is concerned primarily with the methodology for solving complex interdisciplinary problems. To this area he brings more than 17 years of experience in engineering management in both government and industry. His current research concentrates on theories and methods for solving unstructured problems in the organization of management and technology, with a particular interest in administrative experimentation to improve the usefulness and credibility of both research and practice.

Research

Charles W.N. Thompson, 1991, Systems (Analysis, Engineering, and Management) Program at Northwestern University, International Journal of General Systems, 19(1),25-30

Charles W.N. Thompson, 1987, Prolegomena to a Multidimensional Framework for Describing the Variety of Systems Methodology and Design, Proceedings of the 1987 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, ,443-449

Charles W.N. Thompson, 1985, The Shared a Priori Model as a Framework in Examining Interdisciplinary Processes, Managing High Technology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, ,

Charles W.N. Thompson, 1974, Administrative Experiments: The Experience of Fifty-Eight Engineers and Engineering Managers, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, EM-21(2),42-50

Charles W.N. Thompson, G. Rath, 1973, Planning Solutions Aided by Management and Systems Technology, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 405,151-162

Honors and Awards