University of Pittsburgh

Faculty

Brian S. Butler

Associate Professor of Business Administration

Office: 226 Mervis Hall
Phone: 412-648-1614
E-mail: bbutler@katz.pitt.edu
Web page: www.pitt.edu/~bbutler

Degrees

PhD in Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University
MS in Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University
BS in Mathematics/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

MBA Courses Recently Taught

Current Topics in MIS:The Business of Blogs, Online Communities, and Social Networking (MBA/MS-MIS)                                                                          Current Topics in MIS: Business Continuity Management (MBA/MS-MIS)
Current Topics in MIS: Open Source Technologies (MBA/MS-MIS)
Communication: Structure, Behavior, Meaning, and Technology (PhD)

Interest Group

Management Information Systems

Profile

Brian S. Butler's research interests include business continuity management, mindfulness and IT, the dynamics of electronic communities and other technology-supported groups, the politics of technology implementation in organizations, and the impact of electronic commerce on inter-organizational relationships.

Selected Publications

Kim, Y.-G., Koh, J., & Butler, B. S. (2007). Virtual Community Stimulation: Linking Virtual Community Drivers to Virtual Community Activities. Communications of the ACM.

Butler, B.S. and Gray, P. Reliability, Mindfulness, and Information Systems. (2006) MIS Quarterly.

Avital, M. Lyytinen, K. Boland, R.J., Butler, B., Dougherty, D., Fineout, M., Jansen, W., Levina, N., Rifkin, W., and Venable, J. (2006) Design with a Positive Lens: An Affirmative Approach to Designing Information and Organizations, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 18(25), pp. 519-545.

Jasperson, Jon; Carte, Traci; Saunders, Carol; Butler, Brian S.; Zheng, Weijun; and Price, Michael. (2002). Power and Information Technology in Organizations: A Metatriangulation Review. MIS Quarterly, Vol. 26, Issue 4, pp. 397–460.

Saunders, Carol; Carte, Traci; Jasperson, Jon J.; and Butler, Brian S. "Lessons Learned from the Trenches of Metatriangulation Research." Communications of the AIS, Vol. 11, Issue 14, February 2003.

Cummings, Jonathan; Butler, Brian S.; and Kraut, Robert E. "The Quality of Social Ties Online." Communications of the ACM. July 2002, Vol. 45, Issue 7, pp. 103–109.

Butler, Brian S. (2001). "Membership Size, Communication Activity, and Sustainability: The Internal Dynamics of Networked Social Structures." Information Systems Research, Vol. 12(4), pp. 346–362.

Awards and Honors

MIS Quarterly Best Paper, 2002
Microsoft University Outreach Grant, 2003 and 2004

External Service and Assignments

Editorial Board member for Information and Organization (2003present)

Associate Editor for Information Systems Research (2004-2006)

Co-Track Chair for Knowledge Management, ICIS 2006

Personal Interests

Brian, his wife, Michelle, and their four children (Paul, Sam, Kate, and Mark), spend their free time working on their 110-year-old house and running the library for Allegheny Center Alliance Church.