University of Pittsburgh

Faculty

Laurie J. Kirsch

Professor of Business Administration

Office: 361 Mervis Hall
Phone: 412-648-7672
Email: lkirsch@katz.pitt.edu

Degrees

PhD, University of Minnesota
MA, University of Iowa
BS, Ohio State University

Courses Recently Taught

Project Management (MBA)

The Deployment of Global IT Solutions (MBA)
Foundations of IS Research (PhD)
IS Implementation and Organizational Change (PhD)

Interest Group

Information Systems

Profile

Laurie J. Kirsch, professor of business administration, joined the faculty of the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh in 1993 after completing her PhD in business administration at the University of Minnesota.

Her research explores the exercise of control and the transfer of knowledge in the IS context, examining how stakeholders can better manage IS initiatives and improve software processes. Her research has appeared in leading academic journals such as Organization Science, MIS Quarterly, Management Science, Information Systems Research, and Accounting, Management and Information Technologies.

She currently serves as a senior editor for Information Systems Research and is on the editorial board of several other academic journals. She is active in the International Conference on Information Systems, the Academy of Management, and the Association for Information Systems.

Research Interest Areas

Information Systems

Recent Publications

Slaughter, Sandra A. and Laurie J. Kirsch.  “The Effectiveness of Knowledge Transfer Portfolios in Software Process Improvement:  A Field Study,” Information Systems Research (17:3), September 2006, pp. 301-320.

Ko, Dong-Gil, Laurie J. Kirsch, and William R. King. “Antecedents of Knowledge Transfer from Consultants to Clients in Enterprise System Implementations,” MIS Quarterly (29:1), March 2005, pp. 59-85.

Kirsch, Laurie J., “Deploying Common Systems Globally: The Dynamics of Control,” Information Systems Research (15:4), December 2004, pp. 374-395.

Kirsch, Laurie J., V. Sambamurthy, Dong-Gil Ko, and Russell L. Purvis. "Controlling Information Systems Development Projects: The View from the Client," Management Science (48:4), April 2002, pp. 484–498.

Kirsch, Laurie J. "Software Project Management: An Integrated Perspective for an Emerging Paradigm," in Framing the Domains of IT Management Research: Glimpsing the Future through the Past, R.W. Zmud (ed.), Pinnaflex Educational Resources Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, pp. 285–304, 2000.

Collins, Rosann Webb and Laurie J. Kirsch. Crossing Boundaries: The Deployment of Global IT Solutions, Pinnaflex Educational Resources Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999.

Awards and Honors

Magid Igbaria Distinguished Scholar, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, Calif., 2003.

Teaching Excellence Award, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 2001, 2002.

Best Published Article award, Organizational Communication and Information Systems division of the Academy of Management, for 1997 publication in Information Systems Research called "Portfolios of Control Modes and IS Project Management," 1998.

External Service and Assignments

Senior Editor, Information Systems Research, 2005–
Associate Editor, MIS Quarterly, 1999–2004
Associate Editor, Management Science, 1999–2006
Associate Editor, Information Systems Research, 2000–04
Editorial Board, Decision Sciences, 2004–
Editorial Board, Information and Organization, 2000–
Editorial Board, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 2000–
Editorial Board, MISQ Executive, 2001–2007
Program Cochair, International Conference on Information Systems, 2004
Division Chair, OCIS Division of the Academy of Management, 2004–05
Americas Representative to the Association of Information Systems, 2003–05