Marvin Manheim
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Marvin Manheim was co-founder of the Black Forest Group
and instrumental in the formation of the Workflow Management Coalition
. He was professor at Northwestern University
where he has appointments in the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and the General Motors Strategy Research Center.
The Marvin L. Manheim Award For Significant Contributions in the Field of Workflow
was named in his honor.
from 1983 until his death in August 2000. Prof. Manheim was also associated with Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Transportation Center, Steel Resource Center, Institute for Learning Studies, and Center for the Study of United States/Japan Relations, and taught executive management programs at Kellogg's James L. Allen Center. Prior to joining the Kellogg School
, he held faculty positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
. Prof. Manheim's major area of interest was information technology and its uses strategically, competitively, and organizationally. It included strategy formulation and implementation processes; the management of globally competing organizations; and international transportation and logistics. He was also interested in computer assistance to human problem solving and decision making, including decision support systems (DSS) and artificial intelligence.
Black Forest Group
Black Forest Group is a global information technology consortium for standards and usage. Voting members are users from the business, academic and research realms; vendors can join but they cannot vote...
and instrumental in the formation of the Workflow Management Coalition
Workflow Management Coalition
Workflow Management Coalition is a consortium, formed to define standards for the interoperability of workflow management systems. It was founded in May 1993 as an offshoot of the Black Forest Group with original members including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, ICL, Staffware and approximately 300...
. He was professor at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
where he has appointments in the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and the General Motors Strategy Research Center.
The Marvin L. Manheim Award For Significant Contributions in the Field of Workflow
Marvin L. Manheim Award For Significant Contributions in the Field of Workflow
The Marvin L. Manheim Award For Significant Contributions in the Field of Workflow is an industry recognition created by the Workflow Management Coalition in honor of the late Professor Marvin L. Manheim. Professor Manheim was a co-founder of both the Black Forest Group and the Workflow Management...
was named in his honor.
Biography
Marvin L. Manheim was the William A. Patterson Distinguished Professor of Transportation at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
from 1983 until his death in August 2000. Prof. Manheim was also associated with Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Transportation Center, Steel Resource Center, Institute for Learning Studies, and Center for the Study of United States/Japan Relations, and taught executive management programs at Kellogg's James L. Allen Center. Prior to joining the Kellogg School
Kellogg School
Kellogg School may refer to:* Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University* Kellogg School of Science and Technology at The Scripps Research Institute* Kellogg College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University...
, he held faculty positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. Prof. Manheim's major area of interest was information technology and its uses strategically, competitively, and organizationally. It included strategy formulation and implementation processes; the management of globally competing organizations; and international transportation and logistics. He was also interested in computer assistance to human problem solving and decision making, including decision support systems (DSS) and artificial intelligence.