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Department News
Dallas Campus Full-time Appointment
Partnering to Enhance the Student Experience
Raymond E. Miles Distinguished Scholar
Murphy Enterprise Center Activities
New Venture Creation Contest Announced
Shirley Murphy Business Plan Winners
Chair's Update -- Dr. Lynn Johnson
Greetings!
The 2004/05 academic year was a rich and full year for our Department.
Students continue to enroll in our Department at record levels. Our
graduation rates follow those record enrollments by sending students
into the work place prepared to build careers. While our central
mission remains to provide quality management education leading to
baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees, our faculty, degree
programs, methods of delivering instruction, and students change often.
We welcomed Dr. Michael Stodnick to our Faculty to support our Operations and Supply Chain Management program. Michael received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Our students will receive exceptional instruction and mentoring as they interact with Dr. Stodnick. Our web-based, online MBA program in Strategic Management made its first appearance during the year. Part of our effort in redesigning the MBA in Strategic Management was to select a new name. After assessing our market and interviewing employers, the Faculty selected Strategic Management (the prior name was Administrative Management). While we will continue to offer the Strategic Management degree with traditional face-to-face delivery, we are excited about the opportunities web-based delivery offers as we deliver our redesigned program from our Entrepreneurship and Strategy faculty. Our Faculty is also joining with the Department of Public Health at UNT’s Health Science Center to offer a coordinated MBA in Health Services Management. I will be sharing more information with you about this new approach in our Fall newsletter. As you can see, we have experienced several very positive changes this year.
I wrote in our last newsletter about the Department welcoming “one of our own” as our new dean for the College of Business Administration. I know you have read that Dr. Mary Thibodeaux, Professor of Management, has been selected to serve as the Interim Dean of the College. Dean Thibodeaux asked another one of our Professors, Dr. Derrick D’Souza, to serve as the College's new Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. We expect great things from Deans Thibodeaux and D’Souza.
I hope you enjoy reading our newsletter this spring. Please drop us a note, come by the office or just give us a call as you read about us---we would enjoy ‘catching-up’ with each of you.
Please use the menu links to the left to navigate through articles in the newsletter.
| Full Professors: Mark Davis – Health Services Admin. Derrick D’Souza – ESMG Vicki Goodwin – OBHR Lynn Johnson – OBHR Don Powell – ESMG Lew Taylor – OBHR Mary Thibodeaux – ESMG Warren Watson – OBHR Dick White –OSCM |
Associate Professors: Anat BarNir – ESMG Nancy Boyd Lillie – OBHR Bob Insley – OBHR Ching-Chung Kuo – OSCM Donna Ledgerwood – OBHR Grant Miles – ESMG Lou Ponthieu – ESMG |
| Assistant Professors: Matt Bowler – OBHR |
Visiting Assistant Professors: Barbara Altman – ESMG Michael Stodnick – OSCM |
| Modified Service Professors: Frank Rachel – OBHR Fred Williams – OSCM |
Dallas Campus Full-time Appointment
Dr. Barbara Altman,
Assistant Professor, is the Department’s first full-time faculty
appointment to UNT’s Dallas Campus. Dr. Altman teaches Business Ethics
and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, International
Management, and Organizational Design and Change. She teaches in both
the undergraduate and MBA programs. In addition to her teaching
responsibilities, Dr. Altman also helps coordinate and recruit students
for the management programs on the Dallas Campus. For more information
about Dr. Altman, visit the COBA web site.
Congratulations to Dr. Anat BarNir upon her promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure by the action of the University's
Board of Regents on May 20, 2004. We are very proud of the work that Anat does for our Department and College.
Also, congratulations to Dr. Derrick D'Souza (right) upon his promotion to the rank of Professor by the action of the University's Board of Regents on May 20, 2004.
We are proud of the work that Dr. D'Souza does for the Department.
Dr. Dick White (left) received the President's Council Teaching Award for 2004.
We know of Dr. White's work with our students and this award is an important recognition of his commitment to teaching.
Dr. Dick White is also the recipient of the 2004-2005 Outstanding Teaching Award from the UNT Council of Business Students.
We all appreciate the recognition that Dr. White's teaching role brings to our Department.
The 2004 recipients of the Department of
Management's Educator of the Year Award were Dr. Vicki Goodwin (right) and
Dr. Warren Watson (left).
Dr. Lewis A. Taylor, III (left) is the recipient of the 2002-2004 Outstanding Educator Award.
Please join us in congratulating the following department members for their outstanding efforts as a part of our "Kudos Corner":
- Murphy Enterprise Center Director Eileen Resnik and Executive Officer Joan Ackerson
upon the completion of the Green Mountain Dallas Leadership Luncheon on
Friday, November 12, 2004. Eileen and Joan's planning, work, and
organizing produced a great event for the Murphy Enterprise Center and
Department. Ebby Halliday was a super choice to receive the 2004 Murphy
Award. George Foreman was entertaining and interesting. The
introduction of the Bowlin Interns, Business Plan Student awards, and
Murphy scholarships communicated to all the value we place on students
in our programs. We appreciate the recognition that this luncheon and
all the Murphy Enterprise programming brings to our Department.
- Murphy Enterprise Center Director Eileen Resnik and Executive Officer Joan Ackerson
upon the award of a Kauffman Foundation grant. The Murphy Enterprise
Center will receive its third Kauffman Foundation grant this year. The
grant will be used in support of the MEC's Kauffman Entrepreneur
Internship Program. We appreciate the recognition that comes to our
Department from all of the good work completed by Joan and Eileen.
- Dr. Barbara Altman
upon receiving a faculty development scholarship from the Consortium of
Entrepreneurship Education, one of the agencies supported by the
Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, and the Coleman Foundation. Dr.
Altman will use this scholarship as support in her work with the Annual
Entrepreneurship Education Forum in San Antonio in November. We
appreciate the work that Dr. Altman is initiating in her new role as
our Department's first faculty member assigned full time to UNT-Dallas
Campus.
- Dr. Ching-Chung Kuo
upon the acceptance of his research paper entitled, "Some Observations
on the Probabilistic Bottleneck Assignment Problem," by the Decision
Sciences Institute for its national meeting in Boston this November. We
appreciate the recognition that Dr. Kuo's research work brings to our
Department.
- Dr. Warren Watson and Dr. Matt Bowler
upon the acceptance of their research article, "Type-A personality
Characteristics and the Effect of Individual and Team Academic
Performance," for publication in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Their co-author is Professor Tracey Minzenmayer in the Department of
Psychology. We appreciate the recognition that Drs. Watson and Bowler's
research brings to the Department.
- Dr. Donna Ledgerwood
upon her successful presentation as the key note speaker for the
Educational Session at the 2004 Human Resource Southwest Conference.
Dr. Ledgerwood's work at this conference resulted in a 50% increase in
the funding of the Jim Wilkins Excellence in Education Scholarship
Fund! As observed over the years, our OBHR students have competed
frequently and successfully for the Wilkins Excellence Scholarship. Dr.
Ledgerwood, we appreciate the work that you do in helping all of our
student receive recognition for their achievements.
- Dr. Vicki Goodwin, Dr. Lew Taylor, and Professor Banu Goktan
upon the acceptance of their research paper, "Achievement Goal
Orientation in Complex Decision Tasks," for the national meeting of DSI
2004 in Boston. The paper is also selected for publication in the Proceedings. We appreciate the recognition that Drs. Goodwin and Taylor and Professor Goktan's research work brings to our Department.
- Dr. Michael Stodnick
upon the successful defense of his dissertation. Dr. Stodnick has
completed his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University in Operations in March
2005. His dissertation focused on the complexities of satisfaction and
delivery within the vendor supply chain of major retail organizations
such as Sears, Wal-Mart, the GAP and others. We are delighted to have
Dr. Stodnick in our Department and look forward to working with him.
- Tommy Nichols
upon the acceptance by the Southern Management Association of his
research paper entitled, "Identifying False Leaders: Unmasking the
Masked." We are proud of the work Tommy is completing in our Ph.D.
program.
- All of the members of our Student Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
upon learning that their Chapter has received its 10th consecutive
Student Chapter Superior Merit Award. Receiving a Superior Merit Award
is a mark of distinction for each member and their faculty sponsors, Dr. Donna Ledgerwood, Dr. Matt Bowler, and Ms. April Kuykendall.
In addition, our Chapter was also selected as a Top Ten Student Chapter
for 2003-04. Other Universities' chapters receiving this national honor
of a Top Ten recognition include NC State U., Utah State U., and U. of
Colorado. We appreciate the work of our Chapter's sponsors, leaders,
and members in bringing recognition to our Department and program.
- Professor Bill McDowell
upon the acceptance of two of his research papers by the Decision
Sciences Institute for its national meeting in Boston this November.
The titles of Professor McDowell's pieces are: "Information, Resources
and Transaction Cost Economics: The Effects of Informal Network
Centrality on Teams and Team Performance," and "Implications of the
Impostor Phenomenon in Top Management: Toward a Reactor Organizational
Form." Professor McDowell is the sole author on both of these research
papers. We are proud of the growth these acceptances show in Professor
McDowell's research work.
- Dr. Derrick D'Souza and Professor Arun Madapusi
upon the acceptance of their research paper entitled, "Aligning the ERP
System with the International Strategy of the Large MNE" in Information Systems Management Journal.
Arun is first author for this publication. We appreciate the
recognition that the Department receives from research and publications
of faculty and our Ph.D. students.
- Dr. Ching-Chung Kuo, Dr. Richard (Dick) White, and Professor Pam Rogers on the acceptance of their research entitled, "Online Reverse Auctions: An Overview," by the Journal of International Technology and Information Management
for publication. This piece of research has roots in the relationship
established between our Operations & Supply Chain Management
faculty and Lockheed-Martin in Fort Worth. For sometime, this
relationship has provided internship and employment opportunities for
our students and now it has provided a starting point for a significant
piece of research. We appreciate the recognition that Drs. Kuo and
White and Professor Rogers' research brings to our Department as well
as the opportunities it provides to our students.
- Professor Bill McDowell, Dr. Matt Bowler, and Dr. Nancy Boyd-Lillie
upon the acceptance of their research paper entitled, "Over Reward and
the Imposter Phenomenon," for presentation at the Southern Management
Association Conference held in San Antonio, November 2004. We
appreciate the recognition received by our Department with this
research project.
- Dr. Vicki Goodwin, Dr. Lew Taylor, and Professor Banu Goktan
for winning the "Distinguished Paper Award" for the 35th Annual Meeting
of the Decision Sciences Institute held in Boston, November 23, 2004.
Their paper entitled, "Achievement Goal Orientation in Complex Decision
Tasks" was judged to be the best Organizational Behavior/Organizational
Theory paper. We appreciate the research credit that this award brings
to our Department as well as the collaboration between faculty and
Ph.D. students it represents. Keep up the good work!
- Dr. Nancy Boyd-Lillie upon the acceptance of her research manuscript, "Paradox and Theorizing within the Resource-Based View," by the Academy of Management Review. Dr. Boyd-Lillie's co-authors are: Drs. Augustine Lado, Peter Wright, and Mark Kroll.We appreciate the recognition that Dr. Boyd-Lillie's research brings to the Department.
Dr. Vicki Goodwin
is a Professor in the Department of Management and currently serves as
the Program Director for the undergraduate program in Organizational
Behavior and Human Resources Management. She previously served as both
the Vice Chair in the department and the Doctoral Program Coordinator
for five years.
Dr. Goodwin received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the University of Texas at Arlington. She received two B.A. degrees in education and psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio, and her MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Prior to pursuit of her graduate degrees, Dr. Goodwin taught elementary school, worked as an account executive in an advertising firm, and was the production manager for Practitioners Publishing Company (now a part of Thompson International) in Fort Worth.
Dr. Goodwin's research interests are primarily in the areas of leadership, decision making, fear of failure, and goal orientation. She has previously won the award for best paper published in the Leadership Quarterly in 1994, and the Distinguished Research Award for the Organizational Behavior Division at the 2004 Decision Sciences Conference in Boston. Dr. Goodwin has authored/co-authored over 27 journal articles and papers presented at academic conferences. She has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Management Inquiry, and Personality and Individual Differences.
Since Dr. Goodwin came to UNT in 1991, she has taught undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level classes in the areas of organizational behavior, leadership, and research methods. She has been on numerous departmental, college, and university committees. Dr. Goodwin is married to Jerry Goodwin, a CPA, and has 2 daughters, Lisa (31) and Julie (26), 1 son-in-law, Robert (33), and 3 granddaughters, Andi (11), Rylie (7), and Cameron (4). Lisa and Robert live in Waco with their daughters. Julie lives in Austin. During her spare time, she plays golf, travels, and helps care for her parents (Jim and Penny Dublin) who live in Fort Worth.
Dr. Donna E. Ledgerwood
is the recipient of the 2004 HR Professional of the Year as awarded by
the professional chapter of the North Texas Society for Human Resource
Management (SHRM). Dr. Ledgerwood is one of few UNT professors to have
won the Minnie Stevens Piper Award for being one of Top 10 Professors
in Texas and is the only professor to have twice won the UNT College of
Business Administration's Outstanding Teaching Award (given by the
Council of Business Administration Students at the University of North
Texas - 2003 & 1994) and to have twice won the President's Council
Teaching Award (1999 & 1991). In 2004-4005, Dr. Ledgerwood served
as Faculty Advisor or co-advisor for SHRM, Beta Gamma Sigma, Golden Key
Honor Society, the Association of Women in Communications, Delta Sigma
Pi and the Professional Leadership Program.
Dr. Ledgerwood is a past president of the Southwest Academy of Management and the Southern Management Association. She is an annual speaker at HR Southwest and is the Director of UNT’s PHR/SPHR certification program. She is a global consultant and has published in the Labor Law Journal, the Monthly Labor Review, HR Magazine, the Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of European Management. Dr. Ledgerwood also authored all sections involving Health, Safety & Environmental Risk Management for the Blackwell Dictionary of Human Resource Management, the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management and published a case in Cases and Exercises in Human Resources Management.
Dr. Don Powell,
a Professor of Management, joined the department in 1977, coming from
the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He graduated from UNT (the North
Texas State University) in 1962 with a B.B.A. in Personnel Management.
Following a seven-year stint in the Air Force, during which he
completed his M.B.A. from Ohio State University, Dr. Powell returned to
Texas to work for EDS in Dallas. A teaching opportunity at East Texas
State University led to doctoral work at Louisiana State University.
Since coming to UNT, Dr. Powell has been very active in conducting management and personal development training seminars through the Professional Development Institute. He has developed programs in Time Management, Delegation, Leadership, Negotiation, Employee Problems, Career Development, Creativity, Management Best Sellers, Work Force Issues, and others. In addition, he initiated the graduate entrepreneurship course and served as Small Business Institute Director.
Dr. Powell has supervised 16 doctoral candidates and was for several years the Ph.D. Coordinator for the department. Dr. Powell has coauthored an Introduction to Business textbook and has co-edited several readings books. He has written articles for such publications as The Journal of Management, Michigan Business Review, Personnel Administrator, and The Journal of Small Business Management.
Dr. Powell's leisure pursuits include travel, pursuit of all forms of trivia, movies, reading, and exercise. He and his wife, Rita, have one son, Jason, and a grandson born in March 1998.
Dr. Frank Rachel completed five years of modified service Spring 2005. Dr. Rachel was also with the Department of Management for 38 years prior to performing modified service. Dr. John Baum, Executive Lecturer, served the Department of Management in several capacities from January 1997 through Spring 2005. Dr. Baum has accepted a position with SMU, but will continue to serve on the Department’s Advisory Board. Justin Estes has served as the webmaster for the Department of Management for the past two years. Justin will graduate with an MBA in Administrative Management in Spring 2005. Melanie Dutton has served as the Department of Management student advisor this past year. Melanie will also graduate in Spring 2005 with an MBA in Administrative Management.
Please click the picture for a full view of the scholarship recipients. Following is the list of the 2005 winners.
Department of Management Scholarship
John Harmond
Shawn Bhagat Scholarship
Matthew Taylor
ISM-Dallas Leonard Ingram Memorial Scholarship
Becky Gamboa
Khuzaima Haider
Pamela Rogers
D. John F. and Mrs. Eunice D. Curry Scholarship
Lisa Turner
Sundance Whitaker
Steven King Scholarship
Erin Moss
Frank and Elaine Wright Memorial Scholarship
Tatyana Gladilina
Pinnacle Graphics Entrepreneur Development Scholarship
Aaron Washburn
Maureen F. Moore Scholarship
Christopher Nini
Southwest Securities Scholarship
Allison Mouser
C.L. Littlefield Business Management Scholarship
Jason Levi
Alicia Merkel
William McDowell
Elvis and Joyce Stephens Scholarship
Kristy Hanks
William D. and Marilyn V. Oates Scholarship
Tsuey-Ling Lee
Megan Rigsby
Soonyeong Wong
Morris D. and Evelyn B. Misso Scholarship
Kimberly Kendall
Ken and Shirley Murphy Scholarship in Entrepreneurship
Juan Arenas
Please
click the picture for a full view of the Outstanding Students of 2005.
Following is the list of students awarded this honor.
Entrepreneurship
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Erin Moss
Entrepreneurial Achievement
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Jason Davis
Administrative Management
Outstanding Graduate Student
Christina Kitchens
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Carla Curtis
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Outstanding Graduate Student
Ryan Glanz
Organizational Behavior / Human Resource Management
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Dianne Kiattinat
Organizational Behavior / Human Resource Management
Outstanding Graduate Student
Beatrice Kuria
Health Services Management
Outstanding Graduate Student
Samuel Civello
Partnering to Enhance the Student Experience
Management Department professors teaching the capstone Business Policy course work to enhance the student experience through the Integrated Case Competition. The competition puts students in the role of consultants advising a real company on appropriate actions to take to improve performance. Enterprise Rent-A-Car serves as the sponsor of the case competition, having given more than $40,000 over the past three years to provide prize money and awards to the students.
The company under study for the Fall 2004 competition was eInstruction, a Denton-based organization that makes technology products for education. Over the past 5 years, eInstruction has grown from less than $3 million in revenue to more than $25 million and is facing the pleasant problem of dealing with such rapid growth. More than 20 faculty members from the College of Business served as judges for the preliminary round of the competition. For the finals, judges included Dr. Darrell Ward, founder and CEO of eInstruction, Mr. John Laplante, a UNT alum now working as Director of IT Development for Accor North America, Dr. Mary Thibodeaux, Interim Dean of COBA, and Dr. Lynn Johnson, Chair of the Department of Management.
Members
of the winning team for the Fall 2004 are pictured. Front row, left to
right are: Tracy Haischer and Emily Blair. Back row: Amanda Gardner,
Samantha Slaydon, Robin Fritzler, and James Stoffels. Please click here for the other student teams and judges for Fall 2004.
In the Spring 2005 competition, the students got a surprise when the competition case focused on us – the College of Business Administration at UNT! With COBA currently in the midst of strategic planning, it was a good time to seek input from over 200 students directly effected by what the college does. Over 20 faculty members served as judges for the classroom presentations and they and a number of other faculty and staff who sat in and watched heard a number of intriguing ideas regarding what the college might do to reach its full potential. For the final round of the competition, Interim Dean Mary Thibodeaux and Associate Dean Cengiz Capan represented the college. Also serving as judges were Norval Pohl, President of UNT, Joe Roy, a member of the Management Department's Advisory Board, and Scott Jameson of Ze-Net Technology, a former COBA student. While the judges all agreed that this was the toughest case that the students have faced, they praised the hard work of the students and acknowledged the variety of creative ideas that the students offered.
Members
of the winning team for the Spring 2005 competition included Kelsey
Gleason, Temirra Johnson, Darcie Flatt, Yung-Ping Lo, Laura Bates,
Rehmatullah Budhwani. Please click here for the other student teams and judges for Spring 2005
APICS/NAPM Student Chapter: The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) - Dallas Chapter has worked with the Department of Management to sponsor and support a UNT Student Chapter of ISM (new name starting 2004 - 2005). The student chapter was first established in the 2001 - 2002 year. Each year the student organization has grown in membership and this past academic year (2003-2004) membership reached the level of 36 student members. The ISM – Dallas Chapter sponsors student membership fees and provides any additional needed support as requested by the student organization. During the 2003 - 2004 academic year, ISM - Dallas Chapter provided speakers for the meetings, funded 3 X $1,000 scholarships, sponsored student membership fees, provided mentors for each student member, and sponsored an ISM – Dallas Chapter student night (meals at a dinner meeting).
Membership is open to all students interested in topics associated with the supply management area. Student members represented by major for the 2003 - 2004 academic year include the following majors: Operations Management Science, Engineering Technology, Entrepreneurship, General Business, Logistics and Decision Sciences. The officers for the next academic year are Michael Milosevich – President, Delena Thomas – Vice President of Marketing, Allison Frerich – Vice President of Membership, and Michael Gallia – Vice President of Development. Drs. Kuo and White are the Management faculty advisors for the student organization. The student organization invites all interested individuals to visit the following website, attend the monthly meetings, and get involved: http://www.coba.unt.edu/mgmt/apics_napm/index.htm.
YET – Young Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow is an organization for students interested in entrepreneurship. YET was founded in Spring 2003 through the sponsorship of the Department of Management and the Murphy Enterprise Center. YET focuses on events and activities that highlight the different facets of entrepreneurship by inviting entrepreneurs to share their personal stories with YET members, inviting experts that present different issues of interest to entrepreneurs, visiting local businesses, and engaging in various community-oriented activities.
Among the entrepreneurs who shared their stories with YET members are Jane Boyle of Candy Haven, Lloyd Banks of Club Reign, Jim Fite of Century 21 Judge Fite Co, Pat Cobb of Mannatech Inc., and Alan Chamberlain, of Denton Trinity Roofing. Others who shared their professional expertise by speaking at YET events include Cynthia Miller of the Ft. Worth Chamber of Commerce, Rob Mosley of Acclivus, Tom Burgett of Trinity River Capital Ventures, Virginia Hammerle of Hammerle Finley Law Firm, Neil Resnik of Creative Financial Professionals, Petey Parker, of Petey Parker & Associates, and Levi McMellian and Brian Furlong of BKR Cornwell Jackson.
YET members also participated in community oriented events such as Boo Bash, a UNT sponsored Halloween event for Denton children; the Great American Cleanup, sponsored by Keep Denton Beautiful, and Camp Enterprise, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Dallas.
Membership in YET is open to UNT students of all majors who are interested in entrepreneurship. To learn more about YET please visit the YET website (http://www.coba.unt.edu/mgmt/yet/index.htm).
YET is always interested in speakers to come and share their stories and expertise. If you are interested in serving as a guest speaker, please e-mail YET faculty advisor Dr. Anat BarNir (barnira@unt.edu).
The Association for Women in Communications (AWC) is a professional organization that champions the advancement of women across all communication disciplines by recognizing excellence, promoting leadership and positioning its members at the forefront of the evolving communications era. Chapter members come from diverse backgrounds, different courses of studies and career goals. However, all members share a common bond: an interest in the business of communications.
The UNT Chapter of AWC has been rejuvenated by its current chapter President Tezlyn Turner. Our chapter is a very active and recognized student chapter of AWC. Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month in Matthews Hall from 5:00-6:00pm.
Beta Gamma Sigma is the academic honor society for business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in this global organization is the highest recognition a business student can receive in an undergraduate or master’s program at an AACSB accredited school. This spring the UNT chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma extended invitations to 207 students. These students represent the top 7% of juniors, top 10% of seniors and the top 20% of graduate students in the College of Business Administration. Beta Gamma Sigma President Kim Kendall, Ft Worth, senior, has been instrumental in organizing the rejuvenation of UNT’s BGS chapter and has been instrumental in helping to plan the 2005 induction ceremony. To date, 40 students have accepted this honor and were inducted on May 4th, at 3:30p.m. in Room 176 of the College of Business Administration.
Society for Human Resource Management:
UNT Places Third and Fourth at 2005 HR Games Competition - On March
3-4, 2005, seven North Texas students competed in the 2nd Annual Texas
HR Games Competition. Among UNT’s competitors were 16 other
universities in the region who have curricula in Human resource
amangement. After making it to the grueling semi-finals, UNT’s 
two
teams fell to respectable third and fourth place. In 2004, UNT placed
second in the area HR Games and third in the Regional HR Games. In the
team picture, from left to right front is: Darcie Flatt, Whitney
Graham, Gerson Gutierriez, Marisa Ondrusek, Tamela Robinson. Left to
right back: Lisa Jeske, Tim Payne, Professor Kuykendall.
UNT's
student SHRM Chapter has been a perennial powerhouse with recognition
in 2004 as being in the Top 10 Chapters in the U.S. In 2005 we are
striving to be the number one chapter in the United States. UNT’s SHRM
is an organization of aspiring professionals in HR. For more
information, please see the UNT SHRM web site at http://orgs.unt.edu/shrm.
The Department of Management offers a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (OB/HR), Organizational Theory and Strategy (OT/S) and Operations Management (OM). Currently the program consists of ten outstanding students in the three areas of study. Students come from various parts of the world including the United States, India, Korea, and Turkey. Some students come to our program with as much as 25 years work experience, while others have decided to pursue a Ph.D. almost immediately following their masters work. These students are all making good progress through the different stages in the Ph.D. program. This year we have three first year students: Tip Robertson, Dwight Hite, and Troy Voelker, and two second year students: Jeff K.H. Niu, and Patti Collette. These students are all completing the class work portion of their programs. Two students, Bill McDowell and Tommy Nichols, are in the process of completing their comprehensive exams. The comprehensive exam process involves a battery of written and oral examinations that ensure that students are ready to move from their class work to starting on their dissertations.
Three Ph.D. Candidates are currently working on their dissertations. Two are developing their research studies and preparing to defend their dissertation proposals. Pam Rogers and Arun Madapusi are both being advised by Professor White and are working on dissertations in the area of Operations Management. Banu Goktan is preparing to defend her dissertation and is being advised by Professor Miles.
All of the Ph.D. students are doing a good job teaching in our undergraduate programs. Their teaching helps fund their education while providing them with the classroom experience necessary to be successful as future faculty members at other universities. Several of the students have also presented their research at various conferences hosted by the Academy of Management, Decision Sciences, Southern Management Association, Southwest Academy of Management, and others. The Management Department’s Ph.D. program is flourishing and we look for great things out of our students in the future.
Dr. John F. Baum |
President and Chief Learning Officer |
Mr. Jeff Bearrows |
VP of Human Resources |
Ms. Jane Boyle |
Owner |
Mr. Joe Brouillette |
CEO |
Mr. Tony R. Clark |
President and CEO |
Dr. Wiley Cunagin |
Principal |
Mr. Jerry D. Goodwin |
CPA |
Mr. Lars Halverson |
PNW Area Technical Sales Manager |
Mr. Bob D. Hawley, Jr. |
Investor/Partial Owner |
Mr. Clyde Higgs |
Executive Director |
Mr. Chris Hill |
President |
Mr. William O. Hunt |
President and CEO |
Mr. Bill Knight |
Owner |
Mr. Harald Mallwitz, CPM, APP |
Scholarship Chair |
Mr. Abraham Mathew, CP |
Director, Budget Office |
Mr. Jim McDonald |
Agent |
Mr. Jack Merbler |
Financial Operations Principal |
Mr. Harris W. Miers, Jr. |
Managing Partner |
Dr. Raymond Miles |
Trefethen Professor Emeritus |
Mr. Thomas J. Montgomery, MHA, MBA |
President and CEO |
Mr. Alger Moore, III |
VP / HR Administration |
Ms. Maureen F. Moore, JD |
Attorney at Law |
Mr. Kenneth W. Murphy |
President |
Ms. Cecilia Norwood |
Principal |
Mr. Joseph O. Roy |
President |
Ms. Bennie Smith |
CEO |
Dr. Elvis Stephens |
Professor Emeritus |
Ms. Allison Sumrow, SPHR |
VP of Human Resources |
Mr. Marc A. Surer |
Business Unit Distribution Director |
Mr. Darryl G. Thornton |
VP of Human Resources |
Mr. Scott Yager |
Director of Human Resources |
Please click the image for a larger view.
- Joan Ackerson, MEC Executive Officer (not shown)
- Virginia Jones, Administrative Services Officer
- Sheila McWilliams, Administrative Assistant II
- Liz Adebanjo, Secretarial Assistant II
- Melanie Dutton, Student Advisor
- Justin Estes, Webmaster (not shown)
- Vanessa Garcia, Office Assistant (not shown)
- Damion Lewallen, Office Assistant
- Janet Morgan, Office Assistant
- Dr. Robert Insley, Editor
- Dr. Lynn Johnson
- Virginia Jones
- Sheila McWilliams
- Justin Estes, Webmaster
Raymond E. Miles Distinguished Scholar
Dr. W.C. Benton,
Dean’s Distinguished Research Professor of Operations and Systems
Management from Ohio State University is the 2005 Raymond E. Miles
Distinguished Scholar.
Professor Benton, a leading purchasing expert, is the author of two books, Purchasing and Materials Management and Statistics for Surgical Quality Control. His research has been published in the European Journal of Operational Research, The Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Production Research, Naval Research Logistics, Decision Sciences, Annals of Thoracic Surgery and other publications.
A study of 237 production and operations management departments in the nation ranked Dr. Benton first out of 723 professors for productivity. In recognition of his high level of research productivity, the college awarded Professor Benton the Pace Setters’ Research Award in 1997. His professional presentations have taken him to Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Taiwan and Japan. He served as a visiting faculty member at the Chinese Hong Kong University.
Dr. Benton sits on the boards of directors for The Sleep Medicine Foundation, Tibbs Information, Inc. and Allen Enterprises. In addition, he has served as a consultant for IBM, Gelzer Systems, DiamlerChrysler, Digital, Battelle, Bitronics, the U.S. Air Force, South Carolina State University, Grant Hospital, the Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Transportation and many others.
Darryl G. Thornton,
is the Department of Management's 2005 Distinguished Alumnus. A
graduate of the University of North Texas, BS Criminal Justice (1985),
Darryl G. Thornton is currently the Vice President of Human Resources
for The Dallas Morning News. His professional leadership experience
includes senior management positions with various companies including
the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, the Associates First Capital
Corporation, Frito-Lay Inc., and Special Agent with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
Darryl has held leadership positions on various Boards in the DFW community including the Lakewest YMCA, the Plano Economic Development Board, Dallas Urban League, United Negro College Fund of Dallas and Big Brothers and Sisters of Dallas County.
Mr. Thornton continues to be involved at his alma mater having served on the Access and Equity Committee, currently serving on the Department of Management’s Advisory Board, the Human Resource Partnership board and as an Honorary Co-chair for the 50th Anniversary of Desegregation. Thornton was recognized by former Governor Ann Richards for his civic and community leadership and has received a number of awards including the Dallas Urban League Guild's 21st Century's Most Promising Leader.
Mike Bowlin was named as the Murphy Enterprise Executive in Residence for 2004-2005.
Mike has been in the Murphy Center one day a month to help in counseling student entrepreneurs and working with entrepreneurial teams. While in the office, Mike had a chance to work with our entrepreneurial students, giving them insight into a successful entrepreneur.
Mike is a UNT alumnus, a former CEO of ARCO, and a wonderful guy.
Darryl
G. Thornton is currently the Vice President of Human Resources for The
Dallas Morning News. His professional leadership experience includes
senior management positions with various companies including the
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, the Associates First Capital
Corporation, Frito-Lay Inc., and Special Agent with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
Mr. Thornton has held leadership positions on various Boards in the DFW community including the YMCA, the Plano Economic Development Board, Dallas Urban League, United Negro College Fund of Dallas, Big Brothers and Sisters of Dallas County, life member of the alumni association of Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and a life member and former National Board Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He currently serves on the boards of the Lakewest YMCA of Dallas and the CMBC Learning Center.
A graduate of the University of North Texas, Darryl Thornton continues to be involved at his alma mater having served on the Access and Equity Committee, currently serving on the Human Resources advisory board for the COBA and as an Honorary Co-chair for the 50th Anniversary of Desegregation. He was recognized by former Governor Ann Richards for his civic and community leadership and has received a number of awards including the Dallas Urban League Guild's 21st Century's Most Promising Leader. He has served as President of the Minority Human Resources Association, and is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management. His professional affiliations also include the Leadership Dallas Alumni Association, American Association for Airport Executives, Dallas Human Resources Management Association and the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources.
Darryl Thornton is actively involved with youth of the community as he coaches with the Dallas Elite and Team Texas Basketball Organizations, and has coached the Desoto Roadrunners Track Club.
Living a quality lifestyle, Mr. Thornton’s personal mission is to be the best Christian, husband, father, manager and role model possible. He has chosen to make a difference and demonstrated his leadership ability through his organizational affiliations and his dedicated involvement in the Dallas community.
He and his wife Yvonne have three sons, Frederick, 18, Joshua, 13, and Micah, 10.
Question: What do you see as the greatest challenge facing a college graduate….
Answer: Corporate America is looking for the best and the brightest; graduates will face serious competition for the desirable positions available in the marketplace. The greatest challenge will be from competition local, regional or national, but international. I recommend college students obtain the highest GPA they can as it will help separate them from the competition. Additionally, participation in internships in the field they wish to be employed. Lastly, I highly recommend participation in student organizations and professional societies.
Question: Most important skills…Answer: To climb the ladder of corporate success, you will need interpersonal skills, self-awareness, being politically savvy in the corporate arena, have a willingness to learn, demonstrate a positive attitude and acquire a senior level mentor.
Question: Most challenging experience…Answer: Getting to the point where I recognized I did not have all the answers. That is where my learning began. The more I learned, the more I realized I didn’t know. Continuous learning is the key to success.
Damion Lewallen, a student employee in the Department of Management, was one of only 10 UNT students who received UNT's Outstanding Student Employee Spring 2005 Award. Congratulations Damion!
New Venture Creation Contest Announced
The Murphy Enterprise Center is proud to present the new and improved opportunity for students to launch new businesses. The contest format has changed significantly from the previous business plan contest and for the first time is open ONLY to UNT students. $30,000 in prize money is available.
If you know a student who is launching a business and would like to win seed capital and mentorship assistance, or if you know a student who has started a business and would like to grow it to the next level, please direct them to our website for further information: www.MurphyCenter.unt.edu
2nd Annual Mean Green May Job Fair
The second annual Mean Green May Job Fair is scheduled for Friday, May 20 at the Crowne Plaza Suites Dallas Park Central located at 7800 Alpha Road . If you're looking for well-educated recent graduates, the Job Fair is a great way to interview prospective employees. We know that UNT alumni know the value of a UNT degree so we're providing a way for YOU to hire the very best! For more information visit www.MurphyCenter.unt.edu
Matching Gift Provides for Database and Funds Wright Intern Program
Last May, Murphy Enterprise Center Advisory Council member, Bill Winspear , agreed to match donations of up to $30,000 for the development of a new database for the Center. Thanks to Ken Murphy , Met Life , GFG Financial, Jim McDonald and a $250,000 anonymous donor, this match was not only met, but surpassed. The new database was installed in the Center during the Fall semester and will be used to assist with fund-raising efforts and to track entrepreneurial students as they begin their business careers.
Funds above the $30,000 match will be used to establish the Wright Entrepreneur Intern program which will provide selected students with experience in working directly with an entrepreneur. Students are employed by successful entrepreneurs on real projects—writing business plans, rolling out new products, market research—which helps them prepare for their own entrepreneurial career. The program was established with a grant from the Kauffman Foundation in 2002 and the new gift from the friends and family of Frank C. Wright will allow for the sustainability of a program much in demand by students of entrepreneurship. If you are interested in having an entrepreneur intern work for you, please contact Eileen Resnik at 940-565-3163.
On April 14, 2005 , a “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” overview was held at TECH Fort Worth. The program is scheduled for 9:30-11:30. Facilitated by Connie Hurn, the program will provide participants with a taste of ways to improve their productivity and enrich their lives. The cost is $55 per person or $45 if more than one attends from a company. To register, e-mail MurphyCenter@unt.edu
State Farm Foundation Grant Received
A $10,000 grant was recently awarded by the State Farm Foundation. The grant will help the Murphy Enterprise Center to provide teacher training for Dallas ISD teachers in the career and technology programs. The grant will provide materials for the teachers as well as a small stipend for use of the entrepreneurship curriculum in their classrooms. Some of the funds will also be used to track the success of this training and the career path of Camp Enterprise participants.
The Green Mountain Dallas Leadership Luncheon was held on November 12, 2004. Keynote speaker, George Foreman,
delivered quite a punch as he gave a speech on “no excuses.” From a
mugger and street brawler at age 15, to Professional Heavyweight
Champion of the World in 1973, George Foreman has made his mark on
society. Not content with just an athletic career, George built
the George Foreman Youth and Community Center - a safe haven for
children.
The luncheon raised $80,000 for programs through the Murphy Enterprise Center.
The 2005 luncheon with title sponsor The Jerry Durant Family of Dealerships will be held on Friday, November 4, 2005, at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas. Sponsorships and table reservations are coming in. Call now to reserve your place! 940-565-2848.
One of the few people in the Dallas area who is known simply by her first name, Ebby Halliday Acers, began her real estate career in 1945. Since that time, Ebby Halliday Realtors has become one of the largest and best-known privately owned residential real estate firms in the country, assisting approximately 17,583 families into home ownership in 2001 alone. She has received every honor her fellow realtors can bestow. Some of her honors include the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Realtors and the International Real Estate Federation, membership in the Texas Business Hall of Fame, Distinguished Leader for '99 by the Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce, first inductee into the Hall of Leaders by the Real Estate Brokerage Managers Council of the National Association of Realtors, and the first recipient of Executive Women International's Executive Excellence Award - an award which is named for her. The award was presented to Mrs. Acers at the Green Mountain Dallas Leadership Luncheon.
2004 Shirley Murphy Business Plan Winners
The Shirley Murphy Business Plan Contest was held on November 11, 2004, with winners announced at the Leadership Luncheon on November 12. The contest gives students a way to earn the seed money to start their businesses. Winning teams were as follows:
First Place — UShip, Inc.
First place winner was a team from the University of Texas at Austin. UShip is a company that connects those who need to ship furniture and other large items to drivers who will be passing through their locations. UShip allows drivers and customers to agree on a price, taking a small percentage of the agreed-upon price as a transaction fee. First place received $15,000 and was sponsored by Wells Fargo.
Second Place - CSNW.com
Winning second in the contest was a team from the University of North Texas, CSWN.com (CollegeStudentNeedsWork.com). The team was comprised of UNT students junior Jason Davis, junior Tamsi New and senior Adam Reese. The concept was developed to connect students seeking odd jobs with residents of their college towns who need their services in anything from babysitting to moving furniture, or from cleaning and mowing lawns. Community residents can search the site free of charge to select a student to contact for help, locating a student through a zip code search or by keyword. Second place received $10,000 and was sponsored by Vincera, Inc.
Third Place — LoDrag, Inc.
Winner of third place in the contest was LoDrag, Inc, a team comprised of students from University of Texas at Austin. LoDrag, which is being patented by UT's Office of Technology Commercialization, is material that is applied to submerged surfaces, such as ship hulls, to reduce drag in waterways. LoDrag is environmentally friendly and does not add foreign substances to waterways. Computer simulations show that it can reduce drag on ships up to 30 percent. Third place received $5,000 and was sponsored by the Murphy Enterprise Center.