Leonora FuxmanAssociate Professor of Management
Dr. Fuxman has earned her BS in Mathematics from Kiev State
University, Ukraine in 1987. She earned her MS in Decision Sciences
in 1991 and her Ph.D. in Operations Management in 1994 both from
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Fuxman's
research interests are in the area of production and operations
management, international business and entrepreneurship. She is
particularly interested in Flexible Manufacturing and Teamwork. She
worked with a major U.S. automotive manufacturer on a research
project involving developing team-based approach to assembly
production process. Dr. Fuxman is also interested in issues of
business ethics development in Ukraine and other newly independent
former Soviet Republics.
Her research work appeared in
Production and Operations
Management Journal, Journal of Applied Business Research,
International Journal of Commerce and Management, and
Journal of Business Ethics. Dr. Fuxman had presented a
number of research papers at National and International
conferences. She serves on the Editorial Review Board of the
Journal of Academy of Business Administration. She has also
served as a reviewer to a number of research journals and
conventions. Dr. Fuxman won a first prize at the National
competition for a case study "Cineplex Odeon — The Motion Picture
Theater Industry." She also won the Teacher of the Year Award in
1996 sponsored by the Student Government of St. John's University.
Dr. Fuxman is a member of the INFORMS - Institute for Operations
Research and the Management Sciences, DSI - Decision Sciences
Institute, APICS - the Educational Society for Resource Management.
Courses Taught| Subject | Number | Title |
| MGT | 111 | Operations Management |
| MGT | 3301 | Admin and Org Behavior |
| MGT | 3323 | Organizational Decision Making |
| MGT | 3325 | Production and Operations Mgt |
| MGT | 4320 | Service Quality Management |
E-mail:
fuxmanl@stjohns.edu