Joseph Rottman, Ph.D.

Joseph Rottman, PhD is the Director of the International Business Institute, Chair of the CoBA Strategic Planning & Innovation Committee, and Professor of Information Systems at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is also a past Research Fellow in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Center for International Studies. He earned his Doctor of Science in Information Management from Washington University in St. Louis. He has conducted research and spoken internationally on global sourcing, innovation diffusion and public-sector IT. He has conducted case studies in over 40 firms and has been engaged by Fortune 500 firms to analyze and improve their offshore strategies. He has published three books and over 25 articles and book chapters. His publications have appeared in Sloan Management Review, MIS Quarterly Executive, Information Systems Frontiers, Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, IEEE Computer, the Journal of Information Technology, the American Review of Public Administration and Information and Management and leading practitioner outlets such as CIO Insight and the Cutter Consortium. He was the 2006 recipient of the Anheuser-Busch Excellence in Teaching award, and is on the editorial board of MIS Quarterly Executive. 

Education

D.Sc. (Engineering and Policy), Washington University, 2002
M.S. (Management Information Systems), University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1995
B.S. (Business Administration), University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1992

Courses

INFSYS 1800 - Computers and Information Systems
INFSYS 2800 - Information Systems Concepts and Applications
INFSYS 3810 - Information Systems Analysis
INFSYS 4850 - Information Systems Design 
INFSYS 5800 - Management Information Systems 
INFSYS 6850 - Information Systems Design

Research

• Lacity, M., Rottman, J., and Carmel, E. (2014), “Impact Sourcing: Employing Prison Inmates to Perform Digitally-enabled Business Services,” Communications of the AIS, Vol. 34, forthcoming.
• Lacity, M., Carmel, E. and Rottman, J. (2011), “Rural Outsourcing: Delivering ITO and BPO Services from Remote Domestic Locations,” IEEE Computer, Vol. 44 pp. 55-62.
• Willcocks, L, Oshri, I, Kotlarsky, J, Rottman, J. (2011) “Outsourcing and Offshoring Engineering Projects: Understanding the Value, Sourcing Models and Coordination Practices, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2011 Vol. 58, pp. 706 – 716.
• Lacity, M., Rottman, J., and Khan, S. (2010), “Field of Dreams: Building IT Capabilities in Rural America,” Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, Vol. 3, 3. pp. 169-191.  This research has been featured in BusinessWeek and CNN Money.
• Oshri, I., Kotlarsky, J., Rottman J. and Willcocks, L. (2009), "A Review of Recent Trends in Global Sourcing of IT and Services", Information Technology and People, Vol. 22, 3.
• Lacity, M., and Rottman, J. (2009), Effects of Offshore Outsourcing of Information Technology Work on Client Project Management, Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, Vol. 2, 1, pp. 4-26.

BOOKS

• Lacity, M., Rottman, J., and Carmel, E. (2012), Emerging ITO and BPO Markets: Rural Sourcing and Impact Sourcing, IEEE Readynotes, IEEE Computer Society.

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Rottman, J., and Lacity, M. (2014), “The Role of Social Capital,” in Global Sourcing of Business Services, (eds. S. Palvia and P.  Palvia), Center for Global Outsourcing, REPRINT of “Offshore Outsourcing, Strategy and the Role of Social Capital,” The Practice of Outsourcing (2009), pp. 445-465, with permission from Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming.
• Lacity, M., and Rottman, J. (2014), “Offshoring: Tales From the Front Lines,” in Outsourcing: All You Need to Know, (Cullen, Lacity, and Willcocks), White Plume Publishing, Melbourne.
• Lacity, M., and Rottman, J. (2012), “The Changing Role of Client Project Management,” in Advanced Outsourcing Practice: Rethinking ITO, BPO, and Cloud Services (Lacity and Willcocks) Palgrave, London.  REPRINT of Lacity, M., and Rottman, J. (2009), “Effects of Offshore Outsourcing of Information Technology Work on Client Project Management,” Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, Vol. 2, 1, pp. 4-26.
• Lacity, M., and Rottman, J. (2012), “Rural Sourcing and Impact Sourcing,” in Advanced Outsourcing Practice: Rethinking ITO, BPO, and Cloud Services(Lacity and Willcocks) Palgrave, London.  REPRINT of Lacity, M., Rottman, J., and Khan, S. (2010), “Field of Dreams: Building IT Capabilities in Rural America,” Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, Vol. 3, 3. pp. 169-191.
• Lacity, M., Rottman, J., and Khan, S. (2012), “What About Rural Sourcing?” in The New IT Outsourcing Landscape, (Lacity and Willcocks) Palgrave, London.  REPRINT of Lacity, M., Rottman, J., and Khan, S. (2010), “Field of Dreams: Building IT Capabilities in Rural America,” Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, Vol. 3, 3. pp. 169-191.
• Rottman, J., and Lacity, M. (2009), Offshoring: Twenty practices for Offshore Sourcing,  in Strategic Information Management (edited by Robert Galliers and Dorothy Leidner), Routledge, Fourth Edition, pp. 520-540.
• Rottman, J., and Lacity, M. (2009), Proven Practices for Effectively Offshoring IT Work, Outsourcing Information Systems, Volume 3, Global Outsourcing Issues and Trends (editors Leslie Willcocks and Mary Lacity), pp. 79-90. Reprint of Rottman, J., and Lacity, M. (2006), Sloan Management Review, Vol. 47, 3, pp. 56-63.
• Lacity, M., Willcocks, L., and Rottman, J. (2009), Global Outsourcing of Back Office Services: Lessons, Trends and Enduring Challenges, Outsourcing Information Systems, Volume 3, Global Outsourcing Issues and Trends (editors Leslie Willcocks and Mary Lacity), pp. 306-326. Reprint of Lacity, M., Willcocks, L., and Rottman, J. (2008), Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, Vol. 1, 1, pp. 13-34.

RESEARCH REPORTS

• Lacity, M., and Rottman, J., (2012), “Delivering Innovation in Outsourcing: Findings from the 2012 Outsourcing World Summit”, Globalization Today, March, pp. 26, 31.
• Lacity, M., and Rottman, J. (2011), “Building a Better Outsourcing Community,” Globalization Today, March 2011, pp. 29-31.
• Lacity, M., and Rottman, J. (2010), “Can’t We All Get Along: What Does it Take to Get Advisors and Suppliers to Collaborate?” Globalization Today, March 2010, pp. 47-49.

GRANTS & FUNDED RESEARCH

• Research Fellowship, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 6/09.