Webinar Series
This webinar series is presented by the M.S. in Operations Management (MSOM) and M.S. in Engineering Management (MSEM) programs at the University of Arkansas. Whether you are a working professional who is interested in these topics, a current MSOM/MSEM student or alumni, or an undergraduate student trying to decide what to pursue next, these presentations are for you! We hope you can join us on your LUNCH break to LEARN skills and industry tips you can apply to your professional and personal life immediately.
Webinars are FREE, and are presented online at 12pm CST on the dates listed below, and registration
is required. Unavailable on the date listed below? No problem, all webinars are
recorded and videos are posted on this website as soon as they are available. Click
the webinar title in the archives below to view a recording of that webinar.
2021-2022 Lunch and Learn Webinar Schedule
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Webinar Title |
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August 18 |
Greg Hutto |
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September 15 |
Dr. Dave Peterson |
Why Sustainment is Critical to Technical Product Circular Supply Chains |
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October 20 |
Jerald Garner |
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December 15 |
Dr. Kerry Melton |
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January 26 |
Phil Jones |
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February 16 |
Kirk Michealson |
Advanced Decision Support Tools & Visualization for Operations Managers |
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March 16 |
Dr. Greg Parnell |
Operations Management & Engineering Management |
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April 13 |
Dr. Adam Morris |
Leadership Principles |
Archives
In addition to the links below, there is also a collection of archives in the UA Libraries System in ScholarWorks@UARK.
This archive includes all past presentations with copies of the PowerPoint presentations
and supplemental readings.
| Date | Presenter | Webinar Title |
| September 16th | Dr. Rich Ham | Resilience and Crisis Management |
| October 7th | Travis McNeal | Change Management: Increasing the Odds of Adoption |
| November 11th | Walt DeGrange | Sports Analytics: Putting the Fun Back Into Analytics |
| January 27th | Dr. Carrie Beam | Better, Faster, More Valuable: How to Leverage Award-Wining Operations Management Techniques |
| February 10th | Dr. Rocky Gay | Agile Project Management and Innovative Technology Development |
| March 10th | Phil Jones | Do Your Projects Support Your Strategy? Applying Benefits Realization Management |
| April 14th | Jeff Bean/Travis McNeal | Human Factors to Organizational Change |
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| April 2nd | Greg Hutto | Bootstrap Statistics |
| April 16th | Dr. Robin Burk | When Optimal Isn't Optimal |
| May 28th | Jim Burgin | Maintenance Isn't Just About Grease |
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| August 29th | Kirk Michealson | Presenting to Senior Decision Makers: Clear, Concise & Complete |
| September 25th | Travis McNeal | Leading Through Change |
| October 25th | Dr. Rich Ham | Stop "Droning" on about Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Do Something About It |
| November 27th | Dr. Art Chaovalitwongse | Introduction to Data Analytics and Emerging Real-World Use Cases |
| December 18th | Terry Bresnick | Group Facilitation |
| January 23rd | Dr. Chase Rainwater | The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Business Decision-Making |
| February 21st | Leonard Nethercutt | Project Selection: The $1 Trillion Decisions |
| March 27th | Dr. Ed Pohl | Supply Chain Risk |
| April 25th | Dr. Kerry Melton | An Engineered Approach to Site Selection: Determining Where Facilities Should be Located |
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| August 31st | Dr. Greg Parnell | Do Decision Traps and Cognitive Biases Affect Your Judgments? |
| September 28th | Dr. Carrie Beam | Analytics Everywhere: An Overview for Operations Managers |
| October 26th | Dr. Rich Ham | Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Why All Operations Managers Will Soon Have a "Drone" in Their Life |
| November 30th | Leonard Nethercutt | Connecting the Dots...PMI Talent Triangle and Project Management |
| December 14th | Terry Bresnick | The FOCCUSSED Decision Maker |
| January 18th | Jim Burgin | Usable Lean |
| February 22nd | Dr. Matthew Cilli | Introduction to Engineering Management |
| March 29th | Jim Sutton | ViRAL: More than a Personal Planner; A Fun, Visual and No-Regrets Way of Managing Your Life |
| April 19th | Dr. Kerry Melton | Improving the Truck Driver Job |
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| November 10th | Jim Burgin | Wells Fargo, Samsung, SpaceX - The Dos & Don'ts of Today's Quality Environment |
| December 8th | Travis McNeal | Making Organizational Change Management Work for You |
| January 12th | Randy Roy | What is Operations Management and Why is it Important? |
| February 9th | Dr. Rich Ham | You Are a Homeland Security Manager Whether You Know it or Not |
| March 9th | Leonard Nethercutt | Project Management Career Positioning……..Coursework, Experience, Certification |
| April 13th | Kirk Michealson | The Juggling Act - Time Management Skills for a Better Tomorrow |