Department of Business Administration
New Happenings
Esra Memili has been invited to serve on the Editorial Review Board (ERB) of the Family Business Review journal for 2012.
Lowe invited to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management
Dr. Kevin Lowe, Professor and Department Head in Business Administration, recently joined the editorial board of the Journal of Management, an elite journal in the organizational sciences. Dr. Lowe continues to serve on the editorial boards of a number of top journals including the Journal of Organizational Behavior and The Leadership Quarterly where he is an Associate Editor.
Kevin Lowe gave three talks at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, CA. One was to undergraduates interested in leadership at CMC; one was to Ph.D. students at Claremont Graduate University; and one was to faculty from the seven schools known collectively as the Claremount Colleges (see http://www.claremont.edu/). All the talks were labeled:
The State of Leadership Research circa 2011: A review of the most recent decade and directions for future research
Ron Riggio, Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology and Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College, and Kevin Lowe.
Kevin Lowe, Ron Riggio, and Tom Mayes, Director of the Center for Leadership in the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton.
Welsh wins national award for entrepreneurship practices
Media Coverage in the Business Journal from UNCG event
- Bank of Oak Ridge honors UNCG students
Eloise Hassell has been named an honorary member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. Golden Key is a worldwide collegiate honor society recognizing outstanding academic achievement.
Welsh to Discuss Entrepreneurship at United Nations Conference
Dr. Dianne H.B. Welsh, the Charles A. Hayes Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Bryan School of Business and Economics, will speak on university entrepreneurship when she addresses an international conference of the United Nation's Economic Commission for Europe Nov. 9 in Kiev, Ukraine.
"I'm talking about the importance of cross disciplinary entrepreneurship," Welsh said. "Spread entrepreneurship throughout the curriculum so that you spread innovation and commercialization. You can't just start a center and expect that's how it works. You have to put the foundation there first." Full Article
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is convening a panel of experts to help validate the parameters of a physician electronic health record (EHR) adoption forecasting model. Eric Ford has been invited to be part of the group, given his expertise in this area. The panel will be convened in Washington, D.C. and will start on Monday, November 8th at noon and will end on Tuesday, November 9th. The intent of the conference is to help ONC further understand and model issues related to EHR use and adoption.
Nir Kshetri has received the Emerald Literati Network 2010 Award for Excellence for the article, "The evolution of the Chinese online gaming industry," published in the Journal of Technology Management in China. Congratulations to Nir!
Kevin Lowe's submission to the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association entitled, "The Effects of Crisis, Cynicism about Change, and Value Congruence on Perceptions of Leadership in the 2008 Presidential Election: The Role of Authentic Leadership and Attributed Charisma in the National Vote," received one of the highest ratings by conference reviewers and subsequently was selected as Best Paper in the Organizational Behavior Track.
Kevin Lowe has been chosen to serve on the Advisory Board for the Johnson A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute (JAELI). The purpose of the JAELI Advisory Board is to promote closer collaborations beween the community and the eucation programs of the School of Business Administration at the University of Miami.
Welcome (or Welcome Back) our new faculty members:
Marilynn Baker - Marilynn is returning to UNCG after having left in 2005 to pursue her Ph.D. at Regent University. Her dissertation topic is on Ethical Leadership and she hopes to complete her degree in August 2011. She will teach MKT 320 - Principles of Marketing.
Jason Bohrer - Jason joins UNCG in a new position, Professor of Practice. This designation is given to recognize extensive business experience being brought to the classroom. John received his MBA from the University of Virginia and will teach Creating & Sustaining Comp Advantage in the MBA Program.
John Ceneviva - John comes to UNCG with a variety of business experience with Piazza Investment Holdings and Sara Lee Branded Apparel. John has also taught at High Point University and Wake Forest University. John has an MBA UNC-Chapel Hill and will teach BUS/ENT 300 - Feasibility Analysis, as well as MGT 309 - Business Communications.
Kris Downing - Kris is also returning to UNCG after many years. She is Group Director, Strategy, Planning & Information, at the Center for Creative Leadership. Kris received her MBA from Wake Forest University. She will teach MGT 491 - Business Policy & Strategy.
Gary Fly - Gary is CEO, COO, and Chief Strategy Officer for C-Level Executive Talents. He holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University and will teach in the area of Entrepreneurship.
Ronnie Grabon - Ronnie is also a Professor of Practice; she is an Executive Coach at the Center for Creative Leadership. She received her MBA from Rutgers University and will teach MBA 704 - Leadership Assessment and Career Enhancement.
Noah Reynolds - Noah received his MBA from Wake Forest University. He is one of the great grandchildren of the Founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, NC and currently manages a Family Office for his immediate family and is also involved in the charitable and cultural organizations created by his extended family as well as the local community. He will teach BUS/ENT 337 - Family Business.
Hema Yarragunta - Hema is Assistant Director of the UNCG Speaking Center. She received her B.S. in Business Administration and M.S. in Communication Studies from UNCG. She will teach MGT 309 - Business Communications.
Lew Brown was presented the Alumni Teaching Excellence Award at the Chancellor’s Opening Convocation on August 17, 2010. Lew has been at UNCG since 1986.
Eric Ford’s paper, “Computerized Provider Order Entry’s Impact on Hospital’s Total Factor Productivity,” received the Best Paper Award. The paper was submitted to The Southern Management Association’s Hospitality Management Track. He and his coauthors will be recognized at the October 2010 SMA Meeting in St. Petersburg Beach, FL.
Kevin Lowe has been elected Treasurer for the Southern Management Association. He will assume his duties at this year’s meeting in St. Petersburg Beach, FL.