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Department of Business Administration
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Business Courses
Management Courses
Faculty
Professors
Riad A. Ajami, Ph.D.
International business.
E. Holly Buttner, Ph.D.
Female entrepreneurship, the capital acquisition process in entrepreneurship, stress management, women in management.
Stephen R. Lucas, Ph.D.
Marketing, small business, retailing (Head of Department).
Benton E. Miles, Ph.D.
Small business, marketing, promotion management, selling and sales management.
Paul M. Muchinsky, Ph.D.
Assessment, personnel selection, and job/person fit.
William L. Tullar, Ph.D.
Interview behavior and employee selection, Russian and Eastern European management and entrepreneurial activity.
Associate Professors
Lew G. Brown, Ph.D.
Convenience in marketing, field-research-based marketing strategy cases, public/non-profit marketing, customer satisfaction.
Kevin B. Lowe, Ph.D.
Leadership, international human resource management, strategic human resource management, work teams.
Harper A. Roehm, Jr., Ph.D.
Consumers’ responses to information technology and how interactive marketing communications affect information processing, memory, attitudes, and behavior.
Nicholas C. Williamson, Ph.D.
Research in indirect export channels of distribution.
Assistant Professors
Moses Acquaah, Ph.D.
Organizational economics, global strategic alliances, competitive strategy in emerging economies, human factor in corporate strategy, performance in emerging economies.
Nir Kshetri, Ph.D.
Globalization of modern information technologies, marketing of high-tech products.
Arlise P. McKinney, Ph.D.
Work motivation and job performance, psychometric properties of associated measures, relationship with academic job performance.
James A. Woodley, Ph.D.
International strategic alliances and international banking.
Overview
No graduate degree programs offered. See Master of Business Administration.
BUS Business Courses
| 589 | Experimental Course |
| This number reserved for experimental courses. Refer to the Course Schedule for current offerings. | |
| 611 | Analysis of Research (3:3) |
| Intensive study, analysis, and evaluation of research in business and related fields. | |
| 612 | Field Study (1-3) |
| Individual investigation conducted in absentia with periodic conferences and reports. Students are encouraged to study their individual problems with approved research technique. | |
| 613 | Independent Study in Business and/or Marketing Education (1-3) |
| Pr. demonstrated capacity for independent work and permission of instructor Intensive study on some phase of business and marketing education. Regular conferences with instructor. | |
| 699 | Thesis (1-3) |
| 711 | Experimental Course |
| This number reserved for experimental courses. Refer to Course Schedule for current offerings. | |
| 801 | Thesis Extension (1-3) |
MGT Management Courses
| 589 | Experimental Course |
| This number reserved for experimental courses. Refer to the Course Schedule for current offerings. | |
| 613 | Directed Studies (3) |
| Pr. 12 semester hours of M.B.A. course work and permission of Director of M.B.A. program and instructor who will supervise study Individual study of problems in the field of management. Regular conferences with instructor required. | |
| 670 | Entrepreneurial Management (3:3) |
| Pr. MBA 604, MBA 620 How entrepreneurial managers discover and take advantage of innovative opportunities. The entrepreneurial process, starting new ventures, and developing entrepreneurship in large corporations. |