Michele Burch
Senior Lecturer Operations & Information Management
Office: Isenberg 320A
Tel: 413.577.7084
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Academic Background
Education
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008
MBA, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996
BSME, University of Notre Dame, 1992
Academic Appointments
Lecturer of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts, 9/2007-Present
Adjunct Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 9/2000-Present
Visiting Instructor of Industrial Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 9/2003-6/2004
Research Interests
- Idea Systems
- Employee Involvement
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Kaizen Events
- Lean Systems
- Continuous Improvement
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate
- Operations Management
- High Performance Organizations
- Principles of Management
- Quality Management
- Management Science
- Human Resource Management
Masters
- Operations Management
- Lean Process Design
- Analyzing and Designing Operations to Create Value
- Supply Chain Analysis and Design
- Creating Processes in Technological Organizations
Professional Background
Professional Experience
Consultant, Sales Engineer, Product Engineer, Springfield Wire, Inc