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Erik Larson

Professor of Project Management, PhD & PMP
Department: Management
Office: Bx 404
Phone: 541-737-6056
Email: Erik.Larson@bus.oregonstate.edu
Erik Larson

Vita Table of Contents

Project Management Resources
Project Management Fundraising
Books
Publications
Case Studies
Monographs/Technical Reports
Education
Professional Membership/Service
International Experience

Project Management Resources:

 

 Resources for Students,

 Instructors, and Professionals

 
 

Project Management:

The Managerial Process

4th Edition

 

 

 Project Management: The Managerial Process, 4/e
   
 

Project Management:

The Managerial Process

3rd Edition

 

 

 
 Project Management: The Managerial Process, 3/e

STUDENTS

INSTRUCTORS

PROFESSIONALS

     
  Publisher Student Website (4/e)    Publisher Instructor Website (4/e)   Publisher Website (4/e)
     

  Publisher Student Website (3/e)

 

  Publisher Instructor Website (3/e)

 

  Publisher Website (3/e)

 
  MS Project 2007 Video Tutorials   MS Project 2007 Video Tutorials   MS Project 2007 Video Tutorials
     

  MS Project 2002 Video Tutorials

 

  MS Project 2002 Video Tutorials

 

  MS Project 2002 Video Tutorials

 
 Problem Exercises Video  Problem Exercises Video  Problem Exercises Video
     

  Earned Value Review Sheet

 

  Earned Value Review Sheet

 

  Earned Value Review Sheet

 

  Updates (4/e)   Updates (4/e)   Updates (4/e)
     

  Updates (3/e)

 

  Updates (3/e)

 

  Updates (3/e)

 

Support

Material

Support

Material

Support

Material

     

  Recommended  Books

 

  Recommended  Books

 

  Recommended  Books

 

  Project Management Cinema

 

  Project Management Cinema

 

  Project Management Cinema

 

 Useful PM Websites  Useful PM Websites  Useful PM Websites
     
  Feedback (4/e)    Feedback (4/e)    Feedback (4/e) 
     

  Feedback (3/e)

 

  Feedback (3/e)

 

  Feedback (3/e)

 

 TRANSLATIONS
 Chinese
 Russian
 French
 Indonesian
 Chinese, 2/e  Russian, 3/e  French, 3/e  Indonesian, 3/e


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Project Management Fundraising:


Project Management Fundraising Summary Page

BA 462 Winter 2008 PMF Project Webpages

BA 462 Fall 2007 PMF Project Webpages

BA 462 Spring 2007 PMF Project Webpages

BA 462 Fall 2006 PMF Project Webpages

MBA Spring 2008 PMF Project Presentations (Grenada) 

BA 462 Fall 2008 PMF Webpages



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Books:

Gray, C. F. and E. W. Larson, Project Management: The Managerial Process, Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2008, Fourth Edition.

Translated into Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and Indonesian

Gray, C. F. and E. W. Larson, Project Management: The Managerial Process, Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2006, Third Edition.

Translated into Chinese, French, Russian, and Indonesian.

Gray, C. F. and E. W. Larson, Project Management: The Managerial Process, Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2003, Second Edition.

Translated into Chinese and Russian.

Gray, C. F. and E. W. Larson, Project Management: The Complete Guide for Every Manager, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Gray, C. F. and E. W. Larson, Project Management: The Managerial Process, Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2000.


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Publications:

Larson, E. & J. Drexler, "Project Management in Real Time: A Service-Learning Project", Journal of Management Education, in press.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

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Neubaum, D., M. Pagell, F. McKee-Ryan, J. Drexler, & E. Larson, "Business Education and Its Relationship to Student Personal Moral Philosophies and Attitudes Toward Profits: An Empirical Response to Critics", Academy of Management Learning and Education, Vol. 8, 1, March 2009, pp. 9-24.

Larson, E. W. "Project Management Structures." in The Wiley Guide to Managing Projects, P. Morris and J. Pinto (Edt.s) (New York: Wiley), 2004.

Drexler, J. A. & E. W. Larson. "Partnering: Why Project Owner-contractor Relationships Change." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 126 (4), July/August 2000, 293-397.

Coakley, J. R., J. A. Drexler, A. E. Kircher, & E. W. Larson. "Using a Computer Based Version of the Beer Game." Journal of Management Education, 22 (3), June 1998, 416-424.

Larson, E. W. "Partnering on Construction Projects: A Study of the Relationship between Partnering Activities and Project Success." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Manage­ment, v44 (2), May, 1997, 188-195.

Larson, E. W. & J. A. Drexler. "Barriers to Project Partnering: Report from the Firing Line." Journal of Project Management, 28 (1) March 1997, 46-52.

Larson, E. W. "A Guide for Conducting Business Case Research in Poland." Krakow Academy of Economics monograph series. Vol. 22 (3) 1996.

Larson, E. W. & J. King. "Systemic Distortion of Information: An On-going Management Challenge." Organizational Dynamics, 24 (3) Winter 1996, 49-62.

Larson, E. W. "Project Partnering: Results of a Study of 280 Construction Projects." Journal of Management in Engineering, 11 (2), March/April 1995, 30-35.

Larson, E. W. & C. F. Gray. "Project Partnering: Status Report." National Productivity Review, 14 (1), Winter 1994/95, 15-24.

Dowling, T., E. W. Larson, & L. Piecuch. "Out of Africa: A Business Case Study." In Jan Targalski (Ed) Case Studies on Polish Businesses. Krakow Academy of Economics Press, Krakow, Poland, 56-73, 1993.

Cowan, C., C. F. Gray, & E. W. Larson. "Project Partnering." Journal of Project Management, 23 (4), December, 1992, 5-11.

Larson, E. W., D. H. Gobeli, & C. F. Gray. "Application of Project Management by Small Businesses to Develop New Products and Services." Journal of Small Business, 1991, 29, 30-41.

Larson, E. W. "Project Management Alternatives in Pharmaceutical R & D." Product and Process Innovation, 1991, 2, 20-27.

Gobeli, D. H. & E. W. Larson. "Project Management Problems." Engineering Management Journal, 1990, 2, 31-36.

Gray, C. F., S. Dworatschek, D. H. Gobeli, H. Knoepfel, & E. W. Larson. "Internatio­nal Comparison of Project Management Structures: Use and Effectiveness." International Journal of Project Management, 1990, 8, 26-32.

Larson, E. W. & D. H. Gobeli. "Significance of Project Management Structure on Development Success." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Manage­ment, 1989, 2, 119-125.

Larson, E. W. & D. H. Gobeli. "Organizing for Product Development Projects." Journal of Product Innovation Management, 1988, 5, 180-190.

An abridged version of the above article was reprinted in IEEE Spectrum, 1989, 26, 22.

Larson, E. W. & D. H. Gobeli. "Matrix Management: Contradictions and Insights." California Management Review, 1987, 29, 126-138.

Gobeli, D. H. & E. W. Larson. "The Relative Effectiveness of Different Project Management Structures." Project Management Journal, 1987, 18, 81-85.

An abridged version of the above article appears in the Journal of Product Innovation Management, 1987, 4, 111-112.

Gobeli, D. H. & E. W. Larson. "Matrix Management: More than a Fad." Engineering Management International, 1986, 4, 71-76.

Drexler, J. A. & E. W. Larson. "Survey Research Project: A Highly Interdependent Group Task." Organizational Behavior Teaching Journal, 1986, 10, 39-47.

Larson, E. W. & D. H. Gobeli. "Project Management Structures: Is There a Common Language?" Project Management Journal, 1985, 16, 40‑44.

Larson, E. W. & C. V. Fukami. "Employee Absenteeism: The Role of Perceived Ease of Movement." Academy of Management Journal, 1985, 28, 464‑471.

Fukami, C. V. & E. W. Larson. "Commitment to the Organization and Union: Parallel Models." Journal of Applied Psychology, 1984, 69, 267‑371.

Larson, E. W. "Employee Commitment to an Organization and the Effects of Perceived Ease of Movement." Doctoral Dissertation, School of Management, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1982.






















































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Case Studies:

Larson, E. W. & T. Dowling. "URKI, a case study in Entrepreneurship." (A - B) & Teaching Notes. 1995. Polish and English versions available from Free Enterprise Transition Center, Krakow, Poland.

Larson, E. W. & T. Dowling. "Out of Africa: A business case study." (A -B) & Teaching Notes. 1995. Polish and English versions available from Free Enterprise Transition Center, Krakow, Poland.

Larson, E. W. & J. Targalski. "KPIS-Cracovia." (A-D) & Teaching Notes, 1995. Polish and English versions available from Free Enterprise Transition Center, Krakow, Poland.


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Monographs/Technical Reports:

Larson, E. W. "A Guide for Conducting Business Case Research in Poland." Krakow Academy of Economics Monograph Series. Vol. 22 (3) 1996.


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Education:

Ph.D.  1982

Management: State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Management, Department of Organizations

Major:  Organizational Behavior

Minor:  Social Psychology and Applied Statistics

B.A.  1974

Psychology: Claremont Mens College, Departmental Honors


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Professional Membership/Service:

Academy of Management

Project Management Institute - PMP

Certified Scrum Master


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International Experience:

Countries visited include: India, People's Republic of China, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Canada, England, Wales, Croatia, France, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Germany, Grenada, St. Vincent, Guyana, Ecuador, Argentina, and Austria.

Visiting Professor in Business at St. George's University in Grenada. Taught a two-week MBA short course on project management. Spring 2008.

Coordinate virtual collaboration projects between O.S.U. MBA students and graduate students at the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore), Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore), and PSG Institute of Management (Coimbatore). Winter 2007 & Winter 2008.

Visiting Professor in the Business and Business Accounting program at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Winter 2005.

Participated in a sixteen day field trip of the Pearl River Delta region in People's Republic of China sponsored by the University of Colorado at Denver's Center for International Business and Research (CIBER). Trip included visits to Hong Kong and Shanghai. January 2004

Negotiated an international business student exchange agreement with University of Lund, Sweden. October 2002.

Co-delivered a two day workshop on teaching and writing business cases at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand. January 1998.

Worked at the Krakow Academy of Economics (KAE) as a Fulbright Teaching Scholar during the Spring 1995 semester.Activities included teaching 2 sections of "Polish Business Case Studies" in the English track Economy in Transition program at the KAE. Classes consisted of Polish, French, and British students.Created and taught a 7 session training program on project management for faculty at KAE and Jagellonian University.Engaged in a variety of activities directed at modernizing Polish business education. Wrote a paper on conducting and writing business cases in Poland that was translated and published by KAE.Co-wrote 3 business cases that were translated and published in Poland.

Worked one week at the Krakow Academy of Economics on follow up case research and one week at Bielsko Academy of Business conducting a management seminar. Wrote 1 business case that was translated and published in Poland. June 1993.

Worked five weeks at the Krakow Academy of Economics in Poland as part of a USID business development grant.Activities included training junior faculty to teach courses on Total Quality Management andEntrepreneurship, curriculum development, and case research on new Polish ventures. Co-wrote 3business cases that have been translated into Polish. June 1992.

Participated in a five day "expert seminar" on project management sponsored by INTERNET in Zurich, Switzerland, April 1987.


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