Harvey Brightman biography

Harvey J. Brightman is Regents Professor Emeritus of Management and Decision Sciences at Georgia State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in Management Science in 1970. He has published over 60 articles in the fields of problem solving, computer-based model building, decision support systems, and teaching for critical thinking. He has consulted with Armco Steel, ARCO, The Institute for Management Studies, IBM, Georgia Power, Centers for Disease Control among others.

In 1984 the College of Business Administration (CBA) selected Dr. Brightman to receive its Alumni Distinguished Professor. He has also received the CBA award for teaching and for service. In 1992 Georgia State University selected Dr. Brightman as its Alumni Distinguished Professor. In 1994 he received the Dennis Grawoig Distinguished Service Award from the Decision Sciences Institute. In 1998 the University System of Georgia selected Dr. Brightman to receive the statewide Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award. He has served as teaching mentor for the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University from 1999 to the present time.

His first book entitled Problem Solving: A Logical and Creative Approach was the Macmillan Executive Book Selection in the summer of 1981. The American Association of Hospital Administrators also nominated it for its Book of the Year. It was translated into Japanese in 1983. Dr. Brightman’s second book is entitled Statistics in Plain English published in 1985 and is still in print. His third book entitled Group Problem Solving: An Improved Managerial Approach was translated into Japanese in 1991. Both of his problem solving books is still in print, making them among the longest-running university-press books in existence. His fourth book, Statistics for Business Problem Solving was published in 1992. In 1999 Dr. Brightman completed another statistics book entitled Data Analysis in Plain English with Excel.

Dr. Brightman is a Past President and Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute; an international organization dedicated to the improvement of decision making.

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