Michael Johnson
Senior Lecturer, Technology and Operations Management / Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Segal
Room: SGL 3615
Email: mjohn@sfu.ca
Credentials
B.Eng, M.A.Sc., PhDBiography
Michael Johnson is a Lecturer at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. He is passionate about teaching statistics, business analytics and operations management courses and is the recipient of the 2011 Canada Trust Excellence in Teaching Award. Michael spent 10 years teaching in the Operations Management program at BCIT prior to joining the Beedie School of Business. Prior to carrying out his PhD, Michael worked for several years as an engineer improving productivity and operational work flows in high-tech, automotive and process related industries. He has also worked as a consultant on a number of industry and research related projects related to operations research and management science.
Research Interests
Business Analytics, Operations Research, Infodemiology/Infoveillance, Extended Producer Responsibility
Selected Publications
articles and reports
Johnson, M. R., Naik, H., Chan, W. S., Greiner, J., Michaleski, M., Liu, D., Silvestre, B., & McCarthy, I. P. (2023). Forecasting ward-level bed requirements to aid pandemic resource planning: Lessons learned and future directions. Health Care Management Science. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-023-09639-2
Johnson, M. R., & McCarthy, I. P. (2022). Cultural similarity and impartiality on voting bias: The case of FIFA's World's Best Male Football Player Award. PLoS ONE, 17(7 July). http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270546
Greiner, J., Naik, H., Johnson, M. R., Liu, D., Silvestre, B., Ballouk, H., & McCarthy, I. P. (2021). Learning from the first wave: Lessons about managing patient flow and resource utilization on medical wards at providence health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare, 9(2). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100530
Naik, H., Johnson, M. D. D., & Johnson, M. R. (2021). Internet interest in colon cancer following the death of chadwick boseman: infoveillance study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(6). http://doi.org/10.2196/27052
McCarthy, I. P., Collard, M., & Johnson, M. (2017). Adaptive organizational resilience: an evolutionary perspective. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 28, 33-40. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.07.005
Treen, E., Atanasova, C., Pitt, L., & Johnson, M. (2016). Evidence From a Large Sample on the Effects of Group Size and Decision-Making Time on Performance in a Marketing Simulation Game. Journal of Marketing Education, 38(2), 130-137. http://doi.org/10.1177/0273475316653433
Johnson, M. R., & McCarthy, I. P. (2014). Product recovery decisions within the context of Extended Producer Responsibility. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M, 34, 9-28. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2013.11.002
Spicer, A. J., & Johnson, M. R. (2004). Third-party demanufacturing as a solution for extended producer responsibility. Journal of Cleaner Production, 12(1), 37-45. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-6526(02)00182-8
Johnson, M. R., & Wang, M. H. (2002). Evaluation policies and automotive recovery options according to the European Union Directive on end-of-life vehicles (ELV). Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 216(9), 723-739. http://doi.org/10.1243/09544070260340826
Huang, H. H., Wang, M. H., & Johnson, M. R. (2000). Disassembly sequence generation using a neural network approach. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 19(2), 73-82. http://doi.org/10.1016/s0278-6125(00)80001-1
Johnson, M. R., & Wang, M. H. (1998). Economical evaluation of disassembly operations for recycling, remanufacturing and reuse. International Journal of Production Research, 36(12), 3227-3252. http://doi.org/10.1080/002075498192049
Johnson, M. R., & Wang, M. H. (1995). Product disassembly analysis: A cost-benefit tradeoff approach. International Journal of Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing, 4(2), 19-28.
Wang, M. H., & Johnson, M. R. (1995). Planning product disassembly for material recovery opportunities. International Journal of Production Research, 33(11), 3119-3142. http://doi.org/10.1080/00207549508904864
books chapters and monographs
Johnson, M. R., & Wang, M. (2001). The economics of disassembly for material recovery opportunities. In Hundal, M. S. (Ed.), Mechanical life cycle handbook: Good environmental design and manufacturing. CRC Press.
Related Teaching Material
Chan, C., & Johnson, M. R. (2014). Business Statistics (4th Revision). BCIT.