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Lawrence Technological University - Business

Practitioner | Consultant | Educator
Architecture & Planning
Dr. Rick D.
Johnson
Greater Detroit Area
As a Doctor of Management (DM) and Professional Registered Scientist (RSci), Rick specializes in the architecture, engineering, construction, business and management, and social science professions. He has advanced subject matter expertise in various sub-disciplines as described below. As an inducted presidential member of the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), Rick has elevated his leadership skills to a recognized national level through the former Sigma Alpha Pi chapter of Lawrence Technological University and is a full member of the NSLS with commitment to leadership, service, and activity. Much of Rick's professional experience includes - architectural design and construction of healthcare, retail, industrial, automotive, residential, commercial, institutional, recreational and religious facilities. Specific areas of practice include architectural and engineering management, program and project management, construction administration, business management, construction document development and coordination, BIM, LEED, and management consulting. All of this aligns with his related credentials as a certified construction contract administrator and construction documents technologist. As a scholarly journal reviewer for the Academy of Management and an editor and reviewer for the Journal of Business and Management Sciences and the American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture among others, Rick is gaining expert insight on matters in industry and academia as viewed by practitioners, scholars, and scientists.

SPECIALTIES, LICENSES, AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Doctor of Management (DM)
Registered Scientist (RSci)
Registered Builder (RB)
Certified Senior Project Manager (CSPM)
Certified Construction Contract Administrator (CCCA)
Certified Construction Documents Technologist (CDT)
LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)
Certified Autodesk Instructor & Consultant
Program and Project Management Specialist
Architectural & Engineering Practitioner

Experience

  • New England College of Business

    Doctoral Dissertation Chair

    The National Graduate School of Quality Management is now a division within the New England College of Business. As a doctoral professor of this university, I serve as the chair of specific doctoral examinations and dissertation committees relative to doctorate candidates. My role is to guide graduate students who have become doctoral candidates for the subsequent conferral of a doctoral degree. I am responsible for advising, mentoring, shaping, refining, and directing the students' choice of sub-discipline in which they will be examined and developing their dissertation. This chair position forms the head of the dissertation committee generally made up of a panel of 3 to 5 academic doctors who are experts in the subject area of research proposed by the candidate. This role takes place at the point where the dissertation process has been approved to move forward and continues until successful completion of the candidates’ dissertation and final public defense. An inherent responsibility in all of this is to promote standards for professional knowledge and to support adherence to regulatory requirements, best practices, and ethical standards in the conduct of research.

  • Lawrence Technological University

    Adjunct Professor of Project Management

    As part of the business and management faculty (and AACSB participating faculty) in the College of Management, I primarily teach the MBA project management course. Additional graduate-level management courses in the MBA and MSIT programs such as operations, organization development, and other business courses are applicable and associated with the graduate business and management curriculums.

  • Lawrence Technological University

    Cabinet Member LTU College of Architecture & Design Alumni

    Rick worked at Lawrence Technological University as a Cabinet Member LTU College of Architecture & Design Alumni

  • University of Phoenix

    Doctoral Dissertation Chair & Associate Faculty

    As a doctoral and phenomenology professor of this university, I serve as the chair of specific doctoral examinations and dissertation committees relative to doctorate candidates. My role is to guide graduate students who have become doctoral candidates for the subsequent conferral of a doctoral degree. I am responsible for advising, mentoring, shaping, refining, and directing the students' choice of sub-discipline in which they will be examined and developing their dissertation. This chair position forms the head of the dissertation committee generally made up of a panel of 3 to 5 academic doctors who are experts in the subject area of research proposed by the candidate. This role takes place at the point where the dissertation process has been approved to move forward and continues until successful completion of the candidates’ dissertation and final public defense. An inherent responsibility in all of this is to promote standards for professional knowledge and to support adherence to regulatory requirements, best practices, and ethical standards in the conduct of research.

  • Johnson Professionals, Inc.

    Chairman of the Board

    As the parent corporation of a suite of consulting specialties, Johnson Professionals, Inc. provides professional management consulting and services primarily in the building industry, but also for general business organizations. Within firms, we manage and implement IPD services and BIM technology such as Revit Architecture, MEP, and Structures; AutoCAD; Navisworks; and other design tools. We offer specialized program and project management consulting and other direct services to building industry practitioners and other professional business entities. Our prime management specialties and disciplines are architecture, engineering, construction, program/project management, which includes, but is not limited to; project planning, design & drawing production, sustainable or green building design and administration, residential design & development, and design consulting for other building types such as automotive, educational, commercial, healthcare, retail, municipal, and religious facilities. We also provide certified construction contract administration, LEED administration, higher education course development and consultation for ground campus and distance education programs, training and teaching services, and academic and scientific research and writing consulting and services.

    As the cofounder of this consulting practice, Dr. Rick D. Johnson is an architectural practitioner and USGBC LEED accredited professional with a specialty in building design and construction. He is also a Construction Specifications Institute certified construction contract administrator, making the firm's practice a focused consultancy in the building professions. As a doctor of management, he is a subject-matter expert and scientist with emphasis on management leadership and applied practice. He consults on the theoretical and practical aspects of program and project management, and is a doctoral dissertation chair and professor for a number of national and international universities.

  • Claremont Lincoln University

    Professor of Human Development for Social Leadership (Teaching Faculty)

    Social change begins with the development and transformation of individuals. This class offers an in-depth understanding of the role of leadership in the social sector including models, strategies, and practices that the student can adopt and apply in their day-to-day practice of leading social impact work. The course addresses a shift in the paradigm of change leadership that recognizes that leaders are more effective when they stand within, not beyond, the system they are working to impact. Using this as a basis, the class explores theories and models of human development and their application to one’s own leadership style and ways of working with teams, organizations and communities.

    The Social Impact curriculum at CLU teaches you to envision and implement programs that generate positive and sustainable impact within your community—and beyond. If you are an emerging leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, the online social justice / social entrepreneurship / human rights master's degree at CLU will give you the perspectives you need to be the catalyst for new social endeavors in your community.

Education

  • Colorado Technical University

    B.S.B.A. Professional Project Management Degree | BSBA.PM


    This degree is a specialized professional business degree in project management. The degree itself is accredited by the Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education. This accrediting body is a member of the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA), which is the governing body for accredited professional and specialized degree programs at awarded universities around the country.

  • Colorado Technical University

    Executive Master of Business Administration | E.MBA


    This degree was focused on executive-level management and leadership. Professional Academic Certificates: 2007-2010 - Project Management Specialist - Project Planning & Programming - International Business & Practice

  • Colorado Technical University

    Doctor of Management | D.M.


    Colorado Technical University is a Doctoral/Research University as well as a Doctoral STEM dominant higher education institution per the Carnegie Classification and listed with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Dr. Johnson's dissertation research focused on executive, program, and project management in business, architecture, engineering, and construction. The added value was based on integrated project-based management, as well as environmental and social sustainability. Sustainability occurs when the formal and informal processes, systems, structures, and relationships actively support the capacity of current and future generations to create healthy working and livable communities. Sustainable businesses and living communities are equitable, diverse, connected, and democratic and provide a good quality of life. Management of this work requires attention on a global platform. Dr. Johnson's dissertation is based on applied research and practice in integrated management.

Publications

  • Integrated Project Delivery in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Practice

    ProQuest LLC

    This qualitative research design looks into the lived experiences of research participants using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The investigation takes place within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Exploration of the topic involves a contemporary delivery approach to building design and construction projects called Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). According to the American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Architects Minnesota, and University of Minnesota (2012), IPD is still relatively new to the building industry, but more practitioners are being influenced since its initial stages in 2005. Prior delivery approaches include design-build, design-bid-build, and the original master builder models of service (American Institute of Architects, 2013; Taylor, 2000). IPD includes major elements of each as the most current working approach. As an explorative inquiry, the researcher’s intent was to discover how practitioners’ view IPD as a service within practice and how management processes may be impacted due to integration complexities. The history of similar processes in prior decades is discussed within the literature leading up to the development of this progressive project-delivery system. The primary management theories included in this study are founded on the fundamentals of systems theory and corporate governance. Leadership theories like complexity theory and leader-member exchange theory are relevant on the basis of the inherent rigor in this approach as well as the sociological position. As such, management cybernetics is the main theory applicable, because technical management and technical design are concurrently present in IPD. Findings of this study suggest that IPD is a good addition to the profession overall.

  • Integrated Project Delivery in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Practice

    ProQuest LLC

    This qualitative research design looks into the lived experiences of research participants using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The investigation takes place within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Exploration of the topic involves a contemporary delivery approach to building design and construction projects called Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). According to the American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Architects Minnesota, and University of Minnesota (2012), IPD is still relatively new to the building industry, but more practitioners are being influenced since its initial stages in 2005. Prior delivery approaches include design-build, design-bid-build, and the original master builder models of service (American Institute of Architects, 2013; Taylor, 2000). IPD includes major elements of each as the most current working approach. As an explorative inquiry, the researcher’s intent was to discover how practitioners’ view IPD as a service within practice and how management processes may be impacted due to integration complexities. The history of similar processes in prior decades is discussed within the literature leading up to the development of this progressive project-delivery system. The primary management theories included in this study are founded on the fundamentals of systems theory and corporate governance. Leadership theories like complexity theory and leader-member exchange theory are relevant on the basis of the inherent rigor in this approach as well as the sociological position. As such, management cybernetics is the main theory applicable, because technical management and technical design are concurrently present in IPD. Findings of this study suggest that IPD is a good addition to the profession overall.

  • Succession Planning for Large and Small Organizations: A Practical Review of Professional Business Corporations

    Springer Nature / Palgrave MacMillan

    Succession planning is imperative for large and small organizations. Leaders in these organizations forecast company sustainability beyond their tenure. Value-added competencies, specialized knowledge, leadership capabilities, and performance-based success allows candidates to become viable successors for next level leadership. The authors discuss succession planning within themes emerged from document data. Organization theory with linkage to action research is shared as fundamental to the topic. The study’s purpose is to identify succession processes and strategies that assist candidates with future succession. A general exploratory qualitative design is the methodological premise. Document analysis is the method used post data collection. The authors provide a rationale for the limitation of this study, as well as recommendations for future research leading to more potentially diverse details in a separate study.

  • Integrated Project Delivery in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Practice

    ProQuest LLC

    This qualitative research design looks into the lived experiences of research participants using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The investigation takes place within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Exploration of the topic involves a contemporary delivery approach to building design and construction projects called Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). According to the American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Architects Minnesota, and University of Minnesota (2012), IPD is still relatively new to the building industry, but more practitioners are being influenced since its initial stages in 2005. Prior delivery approaches include design-build, design-bid-build, and the original master builder models of service (American Institute of Architects, 2013; Taylor, 2000). IPD includes major elements of each as the most current working approach. As an explorative inquiry, the researcher’s intent was to discover how practitioners’ view IPD as a service within practice and how management processes may be impacted due to integration complexities. The history of similar processes in prior decades is discussed within the literature leading up to the development of this progressive project-delivery system. The primary management theories included in this study are founded on the fundamentals of systems theory and corporate governance. Leadership theories like complexity theory and leader-member exchange theory are relevant on the basis of the inherent rigor in this approach as well as the sociological position. As such, management cybernetics is the main theory applicable, because technical management and technical design are concurrently present in IPD. Findings of this study suggest that IPD is a good addition to the profession overall.

  • Succession Planning for Large and Small Organizations: A Practical Review of Professional Business Corporations

    Springer Nature / Palgrave MacMillan

    Succession planning is imperative for large and small organizations. Leaders in these organizations forecast company sustainability beyond their tenure. Value-added competencies, specialized knowledge, leadership capabilities, and performance-based success allows candidates to become viable successors for next level leadership. The authors discuss succession planning within themes emerged from document data. Organization theory with linkage to action research is shared as fundamental to the topic. The study’s purpose is to identify succession processes and strategies that assist candidates with future succession. A general exploratory qualitative design is the methodological premise. Document analysis is the method used post data collection. The authors provide a rationale for the limitation of this study, as well as recommendations for future research leading to more potentially diverse details in a separate study.

  • Organization Development in the Building Industry: The Ramifications of Change Resistance

    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH STUDIES Conference Proceedings

    This is the abstract that Dr. Johnson authored for the 2015 academic conference at The George Washington University.

  • Integrated Project Delivery in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Practice

    ProQuest LLC

    This qualitative research design looks into the lived experiences of research participants using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The investigation takes place within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Exploration of the topic involves a contemporary delivery approach to building design and construction projects called Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). According to the American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Architects Minnesota, and University of Minnesota (2012), IPD is still relatively new to the building industry, but more practitioners are being influenced since its initial stages in 2005. Prior delivery approaches include design-build, design-bid-build, and the original master builder models of service (American Institute of Architects, 2013; Taylor, 2000). IPD includes major elements of each as the most current working approach. As an explorative inquiry, the researcher’s intent was to discover how practitioners’ view IPD as a service within practice and how management processes may be impacted due to integration complexities. The history of similar processes in prior decades is discussed within the literature leading up to the development of this progressive project-delivery system. The primary management theories included in this study are founded on the fundamentals of systems theory and corporate governance. Leadership theories like complexity theory and leader-member exchange theory are relevant on the basis of the inherent rigor in this approach as well as the sociological position. As such, management cybernetics is the main theory applicable, because technical management and technical design are concurrently present in IPD. Findings of this study suggest that IPD is a good addition to the profession overall.

  • Succession Planning for Large and Small Organizations: A Practical Review of Professional Business Corporations

    Springer Nature / Palgrave MacMillan

    Succession planning is imperative for large and small organizations. Leaders in these organizations forecast company sustainability beyond their tenure. Value-added competencies, specialized knowledge, leadership capabilities, and performance-based success allows candidates to become viable successors for next level leadership. The authors discuss succession planning within themes emerged from document data. Organization theory with linkage to action research is shared as fundamental to the topic. The study’s purpose is to identify succession processes and strategies that assist candidates with future succession. A general exploratory qualitative design is the methodological premise. Document analysis is the method used post data collection. The authors provide a rationale for the limitation of this study, as well as recommendations for future research leading to more potentially diverse details in a separate study.

  • Organization Development in the Building Industry: The Ramifications of Change Resistance

    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH STUDIES Conference Proceedings

    This is the abstract that Dr. Johnson authored for the 2015 academic conference at The George Washington University.

  • Project-Based Organizational Maturity in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction: A Theoretical Premise for Practical Purposes

    IGI Global

    “Theory and practice” seems to be a common phrase in project-based organizations these days due to the academic nature of the work involved in business. This chapter describes the authors' vision for how project-based firms, such as architecture, engineering, and construction organizations, can reach organizational maturity in their respective practices. The chapter articulates the utility of project management maturity models as a necessary means for maturity measurement and growth. Likert-type scales are mentioned as a tool used by consultants to assess organization parameters, as a way of quantifying certain data that can assist with necessary changes. The authors share recommendations in the technology arena, as well as theory research constructs that may help project-based practitioners and companies better understand and apply maturity strategies. These are some of the prime elements in use in these types of organizations because they create value as well as survival enhancements.

  • Integrated Project Delivery in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Practice

    ProQuest LLC

    This qualitative research design looks into the lived experiences of research participants using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The investigation takes place within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Exploration of the topic involves a contemporary delivery approach to building design and construction projects called Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). According to the American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Architects Minnesota, and University of Minnesota (2012), IPD is still relatively new to the building industry, but more practitioners are being influenced since its initial stages in 2005. Prior delivery approaches include design-build, design-bid-build, and the original master builder models of service (American Institute of Architects, 2013; Taylor, 2000). IPD includes major elements of each as the most current working approach. As an explorative inquiry, the researcher’s intent was to discover how practitioners’ view IPD as a service within practice and how management processes may be impacted due to integration complexities. The history of similar processes in prior decades is discussed within the literature leading up to the development of this progressive project-delivery system. The primary management theories included in this study are founded on the fundamentals of systems theory and corporate governance. Leadership theories like complexity theory and leader-member exchange theory are relevant on the basis of the inherent rigor in this approach as well as the sociological position. As such, management cybernetics is the main theory applicable, because technical management and technical design are concurrently present in IPD. Findings of this study suggest that IPD is a good addition to the profession overall.

  • Succession Planning for Large and Small Organizations: A Practical Review of Professional Business Corporations

    Springer Nature / Palgrave MacMillan

    Succession planning is imperative for large and small organizations. Leaders in these organizations forecast company sustainability beyond their tenure. Value-added competencies, specialized knowledge, leadership capabilities, and performance-based success allows candidates to become viable successors for next level leadership. The authors discuss succession planning within themes emerged from document data. Organization theory with linkage to action research is shared as fundamental to the topic. The study’s purpose is to identify succession processes and strategies that assist candidates with future succession. A general exploratory qualitative design is the methodological premise. Document analysis is the method used post data collection. The authors provide a rationale for the limitation of this study, as well as recommendations for future research leading to more potentially diverse details in a separate study.

  • Organization Development in the Building Industry: The Ramifications of Change Resistance

    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH STUDIES Conference Proceedings

    This is the abstract that Dr. Johnson authored for the 2015 academic conference at The George Washington University.

  • Project-Based Organizational Maturity in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction: A Theoretical Premise for Practical Purposes

    IGI Global

    “Theory and practice” seems to be a common phrase in project-based organizations these days due to the academic nature of the work involved in business. This chapter describes the authors' vision for how project-based firms, such as architecture, engineering, and construction organizations, can reach organizational maturity in their respective practices. The chapter articulates the utility of project management maturity models as a necessary means for maturity measurement and growth. Likert-type scales are mentioned as a tool used by consultants to assess organization parameters, as a way of quantifying certain data that can assist with necessary changes. The authors share recommendations in the technology arena, as well as theory research constructs that may help project-based practitioners and companies better understand and apply maturity strategies. These are some of the prime elements in use in these types of organizations because they create value as well as survival enhancements.

  • Career Spotlight with Dr. Rick Johnson

    Bellevue University

    Interview with Dr. Rick D. Johnson by Dr. Emad Rahim, Endowed Chair at Bellevue University's Project Management Center of Excellence

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