Management Department Faculty

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Kathy M. Adams
Assistant Professor - Organizational Behavior
Degrees:
PhD Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, University of Michigan, 1997.
MSC Operations Research and Information Systems, Eastern Michigan University, 1985.
BA Political Science, The University of Michigan, 1979.
Positions Held:
  • Lecturer in organizational behavior, University of Michigan, 1995.
  • Executive Assistant to Director of Information Systems and Senior Systems Analyst, Chrysler Corporation, 1988-90.
  • Project Leader and Systems Analyst, Unisys Corporation, 1984-88.
Recent Publications: "Employees at Risk: Contingent work and the psychological experience of contingent workers," (co-author), Trends in Organizational Behavior, Vol. 2, May 1995.
Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches organizational behavior courses in principles of organizational behavior. Research focuses on peer work relationships, contingent work and organizational entry.

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Judy A. Barille
Senior Instructor of Management
Director of Graduate Programs
Degrees:
MBA Miami University, 1981
MS Miami University, 1980
BS Miami University, 1975
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1981; Director of SBA Graduate Programs, 1989-present.
Recent Publications:
  • "Student Resource Manual" for Business World, 1986.
  • "Student Resource Manual" for Strategic Managing of Human Resources, 1985.
Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Entrepreneurship: New Ventures, and Strategic Management. Research interests include entrepreneurship; innovation; and, strategic management and policy.

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Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD The University of Kansas, 1984
MBA Arizona State University, 1977
BBA University of Notre Dame, 1975
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1988. Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, 1984-88.
Recent Publications: Cowan, D, "Rhythms of Learning: Patterns that Integrate Individuals and Organizations," Journal of Management Inquiry, June 1995.  
Teaching and Research Areas: Leadership and Learning; Spirituality and Organizing; Multi-cultural perspectives on Organizing; Strategic Themes in Business; Multiple Intelligences; Nonlinear Paths of Learning; Wisdom.
Honors/Awards: SBA Teaching Award, 1996. SBA Faculty Fellowship, 1994-96. Hampton International Initiative, 1996. Committee for Improvement of Instruction Grant, 1995. SBA Course-design grant, 1993. Assigned Research Appointment, Spring 1993. Miami University Summer Research Grant, 1992. Dolibois Grant, 1991. Management Department Summer Research Grant, 1990.

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crain.gif (14127 bytes) Charles R. Crain
Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD University of Missouri-Columbia, 1971
MS University of Missouri-Columbia, 1968
BS Iowa State University, 1965
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1971. Chair, Management Department, 1989-1996.
Recent Publications: Crain, C.R., "Using SPC Techniques to Interpret the Input Data Stream to an Adaptive Agent, Discrete Event Simulation Element" Proceedings of the 2000 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference, Washington D.C., April 16-20, 2000.

Crain, C.R., "The Design of Experiments In Discrete-Event Models Containing Agent-Based Adaptive Elements," Proceedings of the 1999 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference, San Diego, CA, April 11-15, 1999.

Crain, C.R., "Dynamic Models for the Analysis of Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings of the 1998 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference, Boston, MA, April 6, 1998.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in operations management, purchasing and materials management, advanced topics in purchasing/materials management, and strategic management. Research interests include purchasing and materials management; production and operations planning and control; computer modeling of production systems; and, strategic management.

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Thomas F. Gattiker
Assistant Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD                   
MS
BA
Positions Held:
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Anne Lawton
Assistant Professor of Management
Degrees:
JD University of Michigan, 1986
MBA University of Michigan, 1986
AB University of Michigan, 1982
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1995. Law Clerk for the Honorable James Gregg, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, 1993-95. Visiting Professor, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, May 1993. Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Business, 1990-93. Corporate Associate, Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Boston, 1988-89. Law Clerk for the Honorable James Brickley, Michigan Supreme Court, 1986-88.
Recent Publications: Lawton, Anne. (1999) "The Emperor's New Clothes: How the Academy Deals with Sexual Harassment," Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, Vol. 11, 75-154 .

Lawton, Anne. (1998-99) "The Frankenstein Controversy: The Constitutionality of a Federal Ban on Cloning," Kentucky Law Journal, Vol 87, 277-356 .

Lawton, Anne. (1997) "Using a Management Driven Model to Teach Business Law,"    Journal of Legal Studies Education, Vol 15,  211-235 (Summer 1997).

Lawton, Anne.(1997) Regulating Genetic Destiny: A Comparative Study of Legal Constraints in Europe and the United States, Emory International Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, 365-418 .

Lawton, Anne.(1997) "Disposition of Fertilized Ova Upon Death or Divorce of Gamete Donors," Referred Proceedings of the 1997 Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Vol. 45.

Lawton, Anne.(1995) "Teaching the Doctrine of Precedent through Simulations," (co-author), Journal of Legal Studies Education, Vol. 13, Winter/Spring 1995.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Law and the Legal Process; The Legal Environment of Business; and, Business Associations and Commercial Law. Research focuses on the legal implications of research on the human genome and use of case studies in teaching business law.
Honors/Awards: AB with honors and with distinction, 1982. JD, cum laude, 1986. Book Award, ABA Section on Urban, State and Local Government, 1986. Miami University Summer Research Grant, 1996. Outstanding Paper Award for The Frankenstein Debate: The Constitutionality of a Federal Ban on Cloning, awarded by the Tri-State Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 1997.

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Assistant Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD University of Arkansas, 1983
MBA Drury College, 1980
MS MS Kansas State College Pittsburgh, 1971
BSBA Missouri Southern State College, 1970. 
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1983.
Recent Publications: "Linear Programming Utilization at Reliable Battery," in J.C. Latona & J. Nathan, Cases & Readings in Production and Operations Management, (co-author), Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994.

"The Power Supplies Division," in A.C. Gross, P. M. Banting, L. N. Meredith, & D. Ford, Business Marketing,(co-author), Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in International Business and Strategic Management. Research areas include strategic management, case studies, Japan, China, and international business.

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Richard L. Luebbe
Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1985
MA University of Texas-Austin, 1970
BS Concordia College, 1964
Positions Held: Triton College (Illinois) 1973-78. Concordia College (Nebraska) 1978-84.
Recent Publications: Operations Management: Competing in a Changing Environment, (co-author), The Dryden Press, Fort Worth, 1995.

Instructor's and Solutions Manual for Operations Management: Competing in a Changing Environment, (co-author), The Dryden Press, Fort Worth, 1995.

"The Impact of Learning Rate and Constraints on Production Line Performance," (co-author), International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 33, No. 3, 1995.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Operations Management. Research focuses on quality and teams.
Honors/Awards: National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1967.

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luzadis.gif (16509 bytes) Rebecca Luzadis
Associate Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD Cornell University, 1986
MS Cornell University, 1983
BS State University of New York at Binghamton, 1979
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1989
Recent Publications: "The Effect of Job Mobility on Pension Wealth," (co-author), The Gerontologist, 1994. "Child Care Benefits: A Study of Cincinnati Area Employers," Proceedings of the Midwest Business Administration Association, March 1992.

"Does Shift Work Cause Higher Medical Expenses?" (co-author), Journal of Compensation and Benefits, 1992.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Human Resource Management, Managing Diversity in the Workplace, and Employee Benefits. Research areas of interest include compensation, employee benefits, retirement policy, government regulation of the labor market, industrial relations, human resource management and managing diversity in the workplace.


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Instructor of Management
Degrees:
MPA University of Cincinnati, 1974
AB Miami University, 1961
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1987. Director, Planning & Operations, Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration, 1994-present. Chair, Pre-FYI Program.
Academic Service: Faculty Representative, Student Activities Council, 1996-99. Member, General Business Task Force, 1995. Chair, Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration, School Dedication Committee, 1992. University Disciplinary Board, 1990-92. SBA Assessment Project Team. Advisor, Business Student Advisory Council. Advisor, Black Business Students Support & Nurturing System. Advisor, First Miami Credit Union.
Teaching and Research Areas: Courses taught include Introduction to Business, Human Resource Management, and Organizational Behavior & Theory. Research interests and expertise include non-profit board of trustees effectiveness; strategic planning; board development; and, board officers and staff relations.
Honors/Awards: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Faculty of the Year Award, 1993. Nominee, Effective Educator Award, 1993. Delta Sigma Pi Professor of the Year, 1991. Associated Student Government Outstanding Teaching Award, 1990. Nominee, Associated Student Government Outstanding Teaching Award, 1990, 1992.

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  John P. Malone (Jack)
Visiting Instructor of Management
Degrees:
MBA University of California Berkeley, 1965
BBA University of Cincinnati, 1964
Positions Held: Retired in 1997 from the Procter & Gamble Company after 32 years.   Worked in Production management, New Business Startup, New Business Development, Supply Chain Management, Acquisition Integration, Sales & Operations Planning.
Teaching  Area: Introduction to Business

 

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Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD The University of Iowa, 1987
MBA Bowling Green State University, 1981
BS-BA BA Bowling Green State University, 1980
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1987.
Recent Publications: "An Empirical Exploration of the Relationship Between Manufacturing Strategy and Environmental Management: Two complementary Models," (co-author), International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 16, No. 4, forthcoming.

Newman, W., Mark D. Hanna. “An Empirical Exploration of the Relationship between Manufacturing Strategy and Environmental Management: Two Complementary Models", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 16, No. 4, 1996, pg. 69-87.

Newman, W., M.J. Maffei, “Managing Complexity: A Simulation of the Interactive Effects of Flexibility, Order Release Mechanisms, and Dispatching Rules”, Integrated Systems Management, Vol. 10, no. 5, 1999, pg. 276-285.

Pagell, M, Newman, W., Hanna, M., and D. Krause, “Uncertainty, Flexibility, and Buffers: Three Case Studies”, Production and Inventory Management Journal in Vol.41 no. 2, 2000, pg. 35-43. 

Hanna, M., Newman, W, and P. Johnson, “Linking Operational and Environmental Improvement through Employee Involvement”, International Journal of Operations and Production Management., Vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pg. 148-165.
Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in operations management, integrated production/operations management topics, production planning and control systems, production. Research areas of interest include computer-integrated environmental manufacturing; manufacturing facility design; manufacturing and purchasing strategy issues; and computer-integration in the classroom.

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  Suzanne J. Peterson
Assistant Professor of Management
Degrees:

 

PhD University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2001
MBA University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1997
BS-BA University of Southern California, 1995
Positions Held: At Miami University since 2001.
Recent Publications: Stajkovic, A. D., Luthans, F., & Peterson, S. J. (forthcoming).  Personnel Psychology.

Luthans, F., & Peterson, S. J. (in press).  Employee engagement and manager self-efficacy. Journal of Management Development. 

Lee, S. M., & Peterson, S. J. (2000).  Culture, entrepreneurial orientation, and global competitiveness.  Journal of World Business, 35,  401-416. 

Luthans, F., Peterson, S. J., & Ibrayeva, E.  (1998).  The potential for the “dark side” of leadership in post-communist countries.  Journal of World Business, 33, 185-201.

Hellige, J., Taylor, K. B., Lesmes, L., & Peterson, S. J.  (1997).  Relationship between brain morphology and behavioral measures of hemispheric asymmetry and interhemisphericinteraction. Brain and Cognition, 71, 510-515.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches the introductory organizational behavior and theory class and has previously taught human resource management and international management.

Research interests are social cognitive theory, positive psychology, impression management, and performance management systems in both U.S. and international settings.

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Chair of Management Department
Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD Cornell University, 1986
MS Cornell University, 1983
BS State University of New York at Binghamton, 1979
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1988. Assistant Professor, Industrial Relations, Center University of Minnesota, 1985-88.
Recent Publications: "State Common Law Wrongful Discharge Doctrines: Up-Date, Refinement and Rationales," (co-author), American Business Law Journal, 33, Summer 1996.

"Hospital Regulation and Nurse Staffing," (co-author), Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 17, Winter 1995.

"Employee Orientation: What Employers Should Know," (co-author), Journal of Contemporary Business Issues, 3,Fall 1995.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in negotiation and conflict management; human resource management; legal environment of personnel and labor relations; management-union relations; foundations of human resource management; and, legal context of human resource management. Research interests include human resource management; labor-management relations; labor and employment law; and, labor economics and negotiations conflict management.

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billsnav.jpg (6228 bytes) William B. Snavely
Associate Professor of Management
Chair
Degrees:
PhD University of Nebraska, 1977
MA West Virginia University, 1974
BS Illinois State University, 1973
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1977; Assistant Chair of Management Department (1998 - 2000); Chair of Management Department (2000 - Present)
Recent Publications: "Human Communication in Organizations," Virtual Organizational Behavior, 2nd Edition (F. Luthaus, Ed.), 2000; 

"Cross-Cultural Peculiarities of the Russian Entrepreneur: Adapting to the New Russians," Business Horizons, 1998, volume 41, number 2, 8-14 (w/Serguei Miassoedov and Kevin McNeilly)

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Organization Behavior, Leadership, Managerial Development,  Business in Russia and Western Europe. Research areas: Russian Business, Leadership, Social Style 
Honors/Awards: Who’s Who in America; -in the Midwest; - in American Education; - in Finance & Industry; - of Emerging Leaders in America. Miami University Alumni Association Teaching Recognition (1988, 1990, 1994). CELT Teaching Effectiveness Award (1999), ASG Teaching Award (1987). Beta Gamma Sigma Distinguished Faculty Award (1986). Best Research Paper Award -–Academy of Management OCIS Division (1990).

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snavelyk.gif (15057 bytes) B. Kay Snavely
Associate Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD University of Cincinnati, 1987
MBA Miami University, 1979
BSE Henderson State College, 1973
Positions Held: SBA Director of Diversity (2000-present)
At Miami University since 1984
Recent Publications: "Making effective team decisions with consensus building tools,"  Industrial Management, September/October 1997, 1-7.
"Managing Conflict Over the Perceived Progress of Working Women," Business Horizons, 1993. 
Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in organizational behavior and theory, change management, teamwork, leadership, motivation, and gender issues in business.  Research focuses on teamwork, diversity, organizational communication, organizational culture and organizational control.
Honors/Awards: SBA Teaching Award, 1997; Beta Gamma Sigma Distinguished Faculty Award, 1995; Alumni Enrichment Award (first group of inductees chosen by Alumni), June 1991; Associated Student Government's Outstanding Teacher Award, 1987.

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Patrick C. Stubblebine
Visiting Assistant Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD The Pennsylvania State University, 1993
MS The Pennsylvania State University, 1990
BA Arizona State University, 1981
Positions Held: At Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne (1992-1997) At Miami since 1997
Recent Publications: "Supervisor-subordinate differences in user acceptance of peer evaluation," Proceedings of the Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management Conference (1994).
Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Work Motivation and Satisfaction, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Statistics. Research focuses on the use of personality variables in employees’ selection, peer evaluation processes, the influence of emotion in organizations, goal setting, threat, and feedback.
Honors/Awards: Two Research Project Initiation Expense Grants, Indiana University, 1996. Summer Faculty Research Grants, Indiana-Purdue University, 1995, 1996. Best Paper Award, Human Resources Division, Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management Conference, 1994.

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Jeffery A. Thompson
Assistant Professor of Management

Degrees:
PhD University of Minnesota, 1999
MBA Brigham Young University, 1995
BA Brigham Young University, 1992
Positions Held: At Miami since 1999

Organization Development Analyst at Payless ShoeSource Corporate Headquarters 1993-1994

GMAT Preparation Instructor at Kaplan Education Center, 1992-1993

Language Instructor/Skills Evaluator at LDS Missionary Training Center, 1991-1992.

Recent Publications: Thompson, J. A. & Van de Ven, A. H. 2002. Commitment shift during organizational change: Physician transitions from private practitioner to employee. In press, Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Thompson, J. A. & Bunderson, J. S. 2001. Work/nonwork conflict and the phenomenology of time: Beyond the balance metaphor. Work and Occupations, 28: 17-39

Thompson, J. A. & Van de Ven, A. H. 2000. Physician transition journeys: Developing dual commitment on the road from private practitioner to employee. Advances in Health Care Management, 1:183-216.

Thompson, J. A. & Van de Ven, A. H. 2000. Physician transition journeys: Developing dual commitment on the road from private practitioner to employee. Forthcoming.

Thompson, J. A. 1997. Ethical dissonance in trans-cultural management: That's not how we play the game here! Academy of Management Proceedings, 199-203.

DeTienne, K.B. & Thompson, J.A., "Database marketing and organizational learning theory: Toward a research agenda." Journal of Consumer Marketing, 1996, vol 13, pp. 12-34.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Organizational Behavior and Motivation. Research interests include interpersonal and organizational ethics, work and family, work values and the meaning of work.

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Associate Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD Cornell University, 1991
MS Cornell University, 1987
MSW SUNY at Stonybrook, 1980
BA SUNY at Stonybrook, 1978
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1991
Recent Publications: "Never in a Class By Themselves: An Examination of Behaviors Affecting the Student-Professor Relationship," (co-author), Journal of Excellence In College Teaching, forthcoming.

On Different Planes: An Organizational Analysis of Cooperation and Conflict among Airline Unions (ILR Press: Ithaca, NY) 1994.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Human Resource Management; Legal Environment of Personnel; Management-Union Relations, Organization Theory; and Law, Labor, and Employee Relations. Research areas of interest include labor-management relations; airline industrial relations; organizational theory; inter-organizational relations; social networks; power and conflict; and employment law.

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Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD University of Illinois, 1970
MS University of Illinois, 1967
BS University of California, Berkeley, 1966
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1974
Recent Publications: "Service Ethics," Executive Excellence, September 1994. "Due Process," Executive Excellence, February 1994.
Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Business Policay and Strategy, and Management Skills. Research areas of interest include business policy, organization behavior, management development, technology and management, safety management, moral philosophy in the context of business.

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Mark A. Wesolowski
Associate Professor of Management
Degrees:
PhD Auburn University, 1991
MS University of Wisconsin, 1985
BS University of Wisconsin, 1981
Positions Held: At Miami University since 1990
Recent Publications: "Relationships between bases of power and work reactions: The mediational role of procedural justice," (co-author), Journal of Management, 1998.

"Relational Demography in Supervisor-Subordinate Dyads: IMpact on Subordinate Job Satisfaction, Burnout, and Perceived Procedural Justice," (co-author), Journal of Organizational Behavior, 18, 1997.

"Employee Orientation: What Employers Should Know," (co-author), Journal of Contemporary Business Issues, 3, 1995.  

"Recruiting and Selecting Qualified Employees," J.S. Hornsby, Human Resource Management: A Practical Approach, West Publishing, 1995.

Teaching and Research Areas: Teaches courses in Organizational Behavior and Theory; Human Resource Management; Contemporary Staffing Issues; foundations of Human Resource Management; Staffing; and Selection Training and Development. Research areas of interest include human resource management, selection, assessment center technology, training and development, performance appraisal, supervisor/subordinate work relationships, workplace justice, diversity, survey development and organizational behavior.
Honors/Awards: Anbar Abstracts Research Quality Award, 1998.

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