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Burke Robinson

 
Title:Consulting Professor
Department(s):Management Science and Engineering
Location:Palo Alto, CA
Mail Code:94306-1237
Phone:650.857.1064       
E-mail: burkerob@stanford.edu
URL: http://www.burkerobinson.com/
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/MSandE/cgi-bin/people/teaching/robinson/pdfs/cv_for_burke_robinsonJUL09.pdf

Research Statement

Burke Robinson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on decision making in organizations, decision analysis applications, and decision analysis projects – all with a pragmatic focus on how to improve the quality of both decision process and content. Example strategy and policy applications, case studies of real decisions, interactive demonstrations, and “war stories” are drawn from more than 30 years of his consulting career. Guest lectures are provided by experienced management consultants.

In an experiential learning environment, students in these courses develop their skills using state-of-the art methods and techniques for framing, structuring, modeling, assessing, analyzing, and implementing some of the actual decisions being made in a variety of different organizations – from the private sector to the public sector, from businesses to non-profits, from educational to healthcare institutions, and from community groups to non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Prof. Robinson also has a long-standing interest in crisis decision making, a subject that appears increasingly relevant as unintended consequences occur more frequently in a rapidly changing world. His dissertation on Crisis Decision Analysis identified concepts, processes, and tools that still have relevance today for crisis leadership preparedness strategies and crisis management response tactics.

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD Management Science & Engineering 1979 Stanford University
MS Management Science & Engineering 1976 Stanford University
MA Technology and Human Affairs 1973 Washington University, St. Louis
BA Psychology 1971 Stanford University
Course NumberCourse TitleLink
MS&E 101 Undergraduate Directed Study
MS&E 408 Directed Reading and Research
MS&E 52 Decision Making in Organizations http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/CourseSearch/search?page=0&catalog=&q=MS%26E&filter-c
MS&E 452 Decision Analysis Projects http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/CourseSearch/search?view=catalog&page=0&catalog=&q=MS
MS&E 453 Decision Analysis Applications http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/CourseSearch/search?view=catalog&page=0&catalog=&q=MS
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