Shubhobrata Palit

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Management

Saunders College of Business

spalit@saunders.rit.edu

585-475-7060

Office Location

LOW-3305

Shubhobrata Palit

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Management

Saunders College of Business

Bio

Shubhobrata Palit obtained his PhD in Operations Management from Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology. He has a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Tele-communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management.

He has worked as a software engineer in the Tech industry in India and the US. His research interests are economics of innovation in the context of buyer-supplier relationships, technological knowledge exchange between firms, and global supply networks. He utilizes analytics tools, on large-scale observational data, involving applied statistics, econometrics and causal inference in his research to reveal interesting business implications. He has presented his work at a number of prestigious conferences and research workshops such as INFORMS Annual Meeting, POMS Annual Conference, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Kellogg-Wharton OM Workshop, DSI Annual Conference and Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM) Virtual Research Forum. His work has also been selected as Finalists of the Operations and Supply Chain Management Division Best Student Paper Award and Chan Hahn Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management Annual Meetings. His PhD Dissertation has been recognized as the Runner-Up of the Lelio and Mario Raffa Doctoral Dissertation Award, and Finalists of the INFORMS TIMES Best Dissertation Award and the Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award. His research has been published at the Journal of Operations Management. He is a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Operations Management.

spalit@saunders.rit.edu

585-475-7060

Currently Teaching

BANA-255

Data Literacy, Analytics, and Decision Making

3 Credits

This course serves as an introduction to the uses (and potential misuses) of data in a wide variety of social settings, including the exploration of contemporary techniques to analyze such data. Data acquisition, cleansing, management, analysis, and visualization will be addressed through hands-on projects. Project work will include contemporary social problems addressed using a dynamic set of resources and technologies. An emphasis will be placed on how insights gleaned from data analysis can be used to guide individual and group decision-making scenarios.

DECS-310

Operations Management

3 Credits

A survey of operations and supply chain management that relates to both service- and goods- producing organizations. Topics include operations and supply chain strategies; ethical behavior; forecasting; product and service design, including innovation and sustainability; capacity and inventory management; lean operations; managing projects; quality assurance; global supply chains; and the impacts of technology.

DECS-350

Project Management

3 Credits

A study of the concepts and applications of project management. This course covers the organization and management of projects, including the role and responsibilities of the project manager, team responsibilities, tools and techniques for project planning, budgeting, and control, work breakdown, risk assessment, and project termination. The learning environment will include lectures and discussion, group exercises, case studies, and examinations.