William C. Parr is a Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Tennessee.
Bill has extensive practical experience working as a consultant to industry, and in previous full-time employment as Senior Scientist in charge of Statistical Development at the Harris Corporation, Semiconductor Sector. At the Harris Corporation, he managed an organization of statisticians and support staff providing consulting and training to an organization of roughly 12,000 employees. Bill was closely involved with efforts at Harris Corporation to implement the philosophy of statistical management, which led to presenting the Semiconductor Sector the 1984 Institute for Productivity Through Quality Achievement Award. In addition, he consulted with senior management on the management and cultural implications of statistical tools and the philosophy of continuous improvement. He has published over 30 papers, and does research in the areas of management, statistical management, and systems analysis.
Bill currently consults with a number of Fortune 500 corporations and government organizations. At the University of Tennessee, he is a member of the Core Faculty of the internationally recognized MBA program the content of which is founded on the managerial leadership concept and the Customer Value Based Strategic Management Process Model and the pedagogy of which is founded on active, experience based learning. He also teaches in the Professional MBA (weekend) program, and is a member of curriculum design teams looking at a major revision of the MBA program and creation of a Distance Education MBA program. He received his Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University in 1978.
William C. Parr
University of Tennessee
335 Stokely Management Center
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0532
Phone: 865 - 974 - 1631 Fax: 865 - 974 - 2490
Email: bill@billparr.org
My office is here (335 Stokely
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