Neil Clifford Ramiller (born 1952) is an American academic, and Professor of Management at the Portland State University School of Business Administration, known for his work with

Swanson, E. Burton E. Burton Swanson (born 1939) is an American information scientist, and Professor Emeritus of Information Systems at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Biography Swanson received his BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 1962 from San ...

on the management of information-technology innovations, particularly on

organizing vision The organising vision (OV) is a term developed by E. Burton Swanson and Neil Ramiller that defines how a vision is formed, a vision of how to organize structures and processes in regards to an information systems innovation. Images and ideas about ...

Biography

After received his BA in Anthropology and Chemistry from

Sonoma State University Sonoma State University (SSU, Sonoma State, or Sonoma) is a public university in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County, California, US. It is one of the smallest members of the California State University (CSU) system. Sonoma State offers 92 Bachelor's d ...

, Ramiller has done graduate work in anthropology and linguistics in the 1970s. Later in 1996 he received his PhD from the

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under supervision of E. Burton Swanson, and his MBA from

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.Neil Ramiller: Professor of Management
Vita at pdx.edu, 2013. In the 1970s Ramiller had started his career in cultural resources management, doing both archaeological fieldwork and administration. In the 1980s he moved into the software industry, working in software development, documentation, administration and consultancy. In the 1990s he joined the

. In the new millennium he was appointed Professor of Management at the Portland State University School of Business Administration. Ramiller was part of the editorial board of the journals ''Information & Organization'', and ''

Information Technology & People Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random, ...

'', and was associate editor for MIS Quarterly. He has been member of the

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Working Group 8.2 (IFIP WG 8.2). Ramiller was awarded for best paper published in MIS Quarterly in 2004; best published paper award by the Academy of Management OCIS Division in 2009; and best paper award by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs in 2009.

Selected publications

Ramiller authored and co-authored many publications.E. Burton Swanson
Google scholar Profile Articles, a selection: *

, and Neil C. Ramiller. "Information systems research thematics: submissions to a new journal, 1987–1992." ''Information Systems Research'' 4.4 (1993): 299-330. * Ramiller, Neil C. "Perceived compatibility of information technology innovations among secondary adopters: Toward a reassessment." ''Journal of Engineering and Technology Management'' 11.1 (1994): 1-23. *

, and Neil C. Ramiller. "The organizing vision in information systems innovation." ''Organization science'' 8.5 (1997): 458-474. *

, and Neil C. Ramiller.
Innovating mindfully with information technology
" ''MIS Quarterly'' (2004): 553-583. * Wang, Ping, and Neil C. Ramiller. "Community learning in information technology innovation." ''MIS Quarterly'' 33.4 (2009): 709-734.

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Neil Ramiller
at Portland State University {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramiller, Neil C. 1952 births Living people American business theorists American computer scientists Sonoma State University alumni UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni UCLA Anderson School of Management faculty Portland State University faculty