Dr. Ir. Didik Purwadi, M.Ec. was born in Surakarta
on the 11th May 1964. He
graduaded his bachelor in AgroIndustrial Technology from Bogor Agricultural
University in 1987. He got his Master of
Economic from The University of Wakayama – Japan in 1995. Then He obtained his Ph.D. from Graduate
School of Business, Osaka City University – Japan in 1998. He was invited by Kansai University – Japan
as a visiting researcher for Japanese style of management, especially in
small-medium scale enterprises in 1999. He
was selected by Jakarta Public Policy Institute as a finalist of Public Policy
Award in 2003. He published more than 30
scientific papers in his specialization which is industrial management such as
product development, business organization, human resource planning, business
plan and case of Japanese style of management..
His current research projects are dealing with the development of
industrial management for small scale enterprises, and human resource
management. Now he is an Associate
Professor in Industrial Management in The
Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas
Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Contact e-mail: didik@ugm.ac.id