El-Shaieb, Abdel M.
Date Updated
1-7-2020
Department
Organization & Management, College of Business
Academic Rank
Professor
Year Retired from SJSU
2006
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Educational Background
University of California, Berkeley, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; Minors in Business, Economics and Statistics, 1968, Ph.D
University of California, Berkeley, Operations Research, 1964, M.S.
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Production Engineering, 1960, B.S.
Teaching Experience
Full-Time Positions
1968 – 1969 and 1971 - 1972: Assistant Professor, School of Business, San Jose State College
1972 – 1977: Associate Professor, School of Business, San Jose State University
1977 –2009 Present: Professor, College of Business, San Jose State University.
Visiting Positions
1969 - 1971: College of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo Egypt
1970 - 1971: The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Part-Time Positions
1966 – 1968: College of Business, San Jose State College
Summer Teaching
1979, 1981 – 1986 and 1988: College of Business, University of Hawaii, Manoa
1963 – 1968, Research Assistant, Operations Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, California and the School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
1964 – 1965, Graduate Assistant, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley (Gerard Debru)
1965 – 1966, Graduate Assistant, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley (Gerard Debru)
1966 – 1967, Graduate Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley
Courses Taught
Cases in Operations Management,
Industrial Organization,
Introduction to Manufacturing Management,
Introduction to Operations Management,
Management Simulation Competition,
Plant Layout and Design,
Production and Operations Management,
Productivity Management,
Quality Management, Seminar in Business Policy,
Seminar in Decision Theory,
Seminar in Operations Management,
Statistics, Strategic Management,
Transportation Management.
Administrative and Professional Experience
SJSU
1979 -1984: Chair, Department of Organization and Management , SJSU
2000-2001 Acting Chair, Department of Organization and Management, SJSU
2002- 2007 -:Chair, Department of Organization and Management, SJSU
2008-2010- Associate Dean, College of Business, SJSU.
Business Experience
1969 -1970. Consultant; Arab Research and Administration Center; Cairo, Egypt.
1970 – 1971. Planning Advisor; Rural Electrification Program, Egypt. This included planning the transportation network and the electrical transmission networks.
Developing business plans for opening a number of companies (in the construction and import- export business) in the Middle East.
Developing PERT/CPM analysis and plans (including resource leveling) for a large construction project in Saudi Arabia. This included the adaptation of a PERT/CPM computer program for the project.
Developing PERT/CPM analysis and plans (including resource leveling) for the installation of a network of Television transmission stations in Saudi Arabia.
One Semester Internship at NUMMI (United Motor Manufacturing Inc.) on DIP Leave.
Observed the introduction of the new Toyota Corolla, August – December 1997.
Service
SPECIAL ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENT
Advising the SJSU College of Business Undergraduate and MBA teams in the ICBSC (International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition) for the past 9 years. During the past Six years, our teams won the following awards:
Spring 1999
MBA On-Campus team #1 won the Grand Prize Award in their world. The team consisted of 7 students.
MBA On-Campus team #2 won the Best Reports award (Business Plan and Annual report) and the Runner-up Prize Award in their world. The team consisted of 4 students.
Spring 2000
MBA On-Campus team won the Second Runner-up Award in their world. The team consisted of 5 students.
Spring 2001
MBA On-Campus team won the Runner-up Award in their world. The team consisted of 6 students.
Spring 2002
MBA On-Campus team won the Best Reports award (Business Plan and Annual report) and the Runner-up Award in their world. The team consisted of 6 students.
Undergraduate team won the Best Reports award (Business Plan and Annual report) and the First Runner-up Award in their world. The team consisted of 5 students.
Spring 2003
MBA Off-Campus team won the Best Reports award (Business Plan and Annual report) and the Grand Prize Award in their world. The team consisted of 7 students.
MBA On-Campus team won the First Runner-up Award in their world. The team consisted of 4 students.
Spring 2004:
MBA on campus team won the Best Reports award (Business Plan and Annual report) and the first Runner-up Award in their world. The team consisted of 6 students.
REVIEWER
Journals
Journal of Management Science
IEEE- Transactions on Engineering Management
Conference Proceedings
WDSI Confederacies, 1999, 2000, 2001
CSU-POM (California State University – Production & Operations Management) Conferences, 1999, 2000
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
El-Shaieb, A. M., "A New Algorithm for Locating Sources Among Destinations." Management Science, Vol. 20, No 2, Oct. 1973.
El-Shaieb, A. M., "A Bayesian Approach to the Selection of the Classical Type of Layout." Industrial Management, Vol. 18, No. 4, July-August 1976.
El-Shaieb, A. M., "An Application of the Weber Location Model in the Canning Industry." Industrial Management, Vol. 19, No. 3, May-June 1977.
El-Shaieb, A. M., "The Single Source Weber Problem: Survey and Extensions." The Journal of the Operational Research Society." Vol. 29, No. 5, May 1978.
El-Shaieb, A. M., Wolf Reitsburger, and Shirley Daniel, "QUALITY IS FREE, Philosophies in the U.S. and Japan: Implications for Purchasing," Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring 1990. 20
Refereed Conference Proceedings
El-Shaieb, A. M. and Wolf Reitsburger, "Comparative high technology manufacturing strategies between the Far East, the Silicon Valley, and Europe", Presented at the International Pan-Pacific Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 1989.
El-Shaieb, A.M., "Quality: A new weapon for International Manufacturing Competitiveness." Presented at the Third International Engineering Conference, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, December 27-30, 1991.
El-Shaieb, A.M. "Design for Manufacturability and the Engineering/Business Curricula", Proceedings of the Fifth Annual CSU-PO/M Conference, Sonoma, CA, February, 1993
El-Shaieb, A.M., Burton Dean, Taeho Park, and Roger Salstrom, "The Organization of the Manufacturing Management Advisory Board at San Jose State University," Western Decision Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA, March-April 1993. This paper won the Best Paper in the Production and Operations Management Track.
El-Shaieb, A.M.; "ISO 9000, A New Weapon for International Competitiveness," Invited paper, Presented at the Fourth International Engineering Conference, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, December 18-22, 1993
Papers in Conference Proceedings
El-Shaieb, A.M, “Simulation Games using Micro-Computers,” The Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL) Conference, Honolulu, HI, Jan. 1984
El-Shaieb, A.M, “The Hawaii Sailboat Company: An Operations Management Case Study”, National DIS (Decision Sciences Institute) National Conference, Honolulu, HI, Nov 1986.
El-Shaieb, A.M. and Nabil Ibrahim; "Design for Manufacturability and the Engineering Curricula", Proceedings of the Second International Al-Azhar Engineering Conference, December 21-24, 1991, Cairo, Egypt.
El-Shaieb, A.M. "Developing a Quality Audit Process to Meet ISO 9000 Requirements, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual CSU-PO/M Conference, CalPOly-SLO, CA, February, 1994
El-Shaieb, A.M. and Curtis Cook, "Industry Decision Collaboration in Curriculum Innovation: The Process of Using Advisory Boards to Develop Specialized MBA Programs," Proceedings, Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI), March 29-April, 1994, Maui, Hawaii.
El-Shaieb, A.M., "Industry experience with the application of ISO 9000 Standards," Presented at the WDSI Institute, Kona, Hawaii, April 1996.
El-Shaieb, A.M., "Evaluating Supplier Performance during the Introduction of a New Passenger Vehicle at NUMMI" Proceedings, Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI), April 2000, Maui, Hawaii.
El-Shaieb, A.M, Discussant, Session on "Internet Domain Names Management," March 2001, SAM International Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada
El-Shaieb, A.M., “Reflections on the Introductions of new model Passenger cars at NUMMI,” Proceedings, Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI), April 2003, Kauai, Hawaii.
Invited Conference Presentations
El-Shaieb, A.M., "Characteristics of Future International Manufacturing." Invited Keynote paper at the Seventh International Engineering Conference, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, December 27-30, 1991.
El-Shaieb, A.M. and Strudevent, Dryl (Manager, NUMMI) "Reflections on the Introduction of two new Passenger Cars at NUMMI," Invited Paper at the WDSI Institute, March 1998, Reno, Nevada.
El-Shaieb, A.M. and Strudevent, Dryl (Manager, NUMMI) "Issues of Supply Chain Applications when introducing two new Passenger Cars at NUMMI, Invited Paper at the WDSI Institute, April 1999, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Books or Manuals
El-Shaieb, A. M; (Co-Author), PLANNING FOR AIRPORT ACCESS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, NASA Conference Publication 2044, May 1978
El-Shaieb, A. M. (Editor), IF YOU MEAN BUSINESS: 1984 Manual for Southeast Asian Refugees, Published by CSEARR (Center for Southeast Asian Refugee Resettlement, Published in 1985.
El-Shaieb, A. M., OPSIM – An Operations Management Simulation Game, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Second Edition, 1986.
El-Shaieb, A. M., PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: Models, Information, and Decisions, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Second Edition, 1988.
Files
Personal Commentary
SPECIAL AWARDS
Awarded San Jose State University Mini-Grants in 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978
Awarded a 1977 NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Summer Fellowship in Engineering System Design. The Purpose of the fellowship was to study airport access in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Awarded San Jose State University EMSA (Exceptional Merit Service Award). May 1984.
Awarded San Jose State University MPP. May 1987.
Awarded a School of Business research grants, Summer 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995.
SPECIAL HONORS
Faculty Excellence Award, College of Business, San Jose State University, 2003
SPECIAL CONFERENCE ASSIGNMENT
Local Arrangements Chair, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Jose, Ca, Nov 17-20, 2002
SPECIAL ACTIVITY
Formed the SJSU MAB (Manufacturing Advisory Board) in 1990. The MAB consisted mainly of Manufacturing Vice Presidents and Plant Managers of Silicon Valley Companies. Many of the companies in Silicon Valley such as Intel, AMD, Varian, NUMMI, Cirrus Logic, IBM, LMSC, MTC, Advanced Linear Devices, Amdahl, HP, RamTek, Varian, Solectron, FEI Microwave, Applied Materials, Raychem, ESL, MIPS Computers, ALD, CRX Corporation, VLSI Technology, CADENCE, SynOptics, Sun Microsystems, Electroglas, and Systems Industries were represented on the board. The MAB members provided excellent feedback to the department on curriculum and other issues.
DIP (DIFFERENCE-IN-PAY) LEAVE, NUMMI, FALL SEMESTER, 1997
Spent the 1997 Fall Semester at NUMMI (New United Manufacturing Motor), Inc. on DIP leave. I was the first professor to be allowed to spend a semester at NUMMI. NUMMI is a joint venture of GM and Toyota managed by Toyota, Inc. This was an excellent opportunity to observe the TPS (Toyota Production System) in practice. The TPS with its emphasis on Kaizen (Continuous Improvement), JIT (Just-In-Time) delivery and manager-worker cooperation is being imitated in many industries and services (including hospitals).
During my DIP Leave at NUMMI, two new car models (the Toyota Corolla and the Chevrolet Prism) were introduced. I had the opportunity to closely observe the problems associated with the introduction of these two new cars. Some of these problems included:
The "Market Basket Meeting" was held at 10:30 A.M daily. This was an excellent opportunity to closely observe the problems associated with introduction of new products and how NUMMI management was dealing with it. The "Quality Meetings" were held at 3:30 P.M. daily (after the morning shift was over). It was an excellent opportunity to observe how NUMMI management and employees track quality problems, diagnose them, take corrective action and monitor the results. For a company that won many quality awards, a best plant in the U.S. award and is the most productive unionized auto plant in North America, this was an excellent opportunity to observe how management track and improve quality. During my DIP Leave at NUMMI, I authored three reports:
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (Past and Present)
The American Institute of Decision Sciences (DSI), Charter Member.
The Operations Research Society of America (ORSA).
The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS).
The American Institute of Industrial Engineers (AIIE).
Association of Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL).
INFORMS
CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS
NSF Chautauqua – Short Courses – Statistics and Experimental Design in the Social Sciences – Stanford University; Part I, Nov 16-17, 1972 and Part II, March 12 – 13, 1973
Fourth National Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula, The Claremont Colleges, California, June 18-20, 1973
NSF Chautauqua – Short Courses – Mathematical Modeling and Computing – Stanford University; Part I, Nov 5 -6, 1973 and Part II, Feb 21 – 22, 1974
American Institute for Decision Sciences (AIDS), Western Conference, San Francisco, CA, Oct 17-18, 1974
California State University and Colleges Conference on PLATO IV Language, San Francisco, CA, Oct 17-18, 1974
NSF Chautauqua – Short Courses – Operations Research and the Systems Theory, Stanford University, Oct 28-29, 1974.
Control Data Corporation Computer Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 1975
American Institute for Decision Sciences (AIDS), National Conference, San Francisco, CA, Nov 1976.
Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI) Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2002.
WAM (Western Academy of Management) Conference, March 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, Session on Assessment.