Robert J. Parden, Ph.D.
BiographyRobert J. Parden is a Professor of Engineering Management and Leadership in the School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California. His degrees in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering are from the University of Iowa. Dr. Parden was an army lieutenant, an industrial engineer with the La Crosse Rubber Mills, La Crosse, Wisconsin, and an Associate Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago. He served as Dean of Engineering, at Santa Clara, for 27 years. He is a registered engineer in Iowa and California, and holds a California General Contractor's license. Current Research InterestsThe Productivity of Technical Professionals; COACTION: Collaborative Action Leadership; Action Learning Facilitation. Recent Publications"The Engineering Management Productivity Challenge", Proceedings of the 23rd Annual American Society for Engineering Management, October 2, 2002, Tampa, Fl. "Technical Professional Productivity", Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, Portland, OR, July 24, 2003. "Competitive COACTION Leadership", PICMET, Seoul, Korea, August 1, 2004. (Not present). "The Engineering Management Opportunity", 25th Annual Conference, American Society of for Engineering Management, October 20, 2004, Alexandria, VA. AwardsNamed to the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame, 1993.Courses TaughtEMGT 257 The Business Environment | |||||||||||||||||
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