General Management Faculty

Yezdi H. Godiwalla: Faculty Member since 1977

Teaching and research interests: corporate strategy, international management, business ethics and social responsibility, organizational theory and behavior, organizational design.

Full time practicing/industry background: HQ marketing management, general management, regional marketing management, distribution center management, training and development, marketing research, product management.

Jerry Gosen:  Advisory Committee Coordinator;  Society for the Advancement of Management Advisor; Faculty Member since 1980

Teaching:  Organizational Behavior, Strategy, Organizational Design, Ethics and Social Responsibility, International Management.

Research Interests: Learning and learning assessment, Cross-cultural values, Skill transfer for mciro-entrepreneurs,  Individual values and ethics related decisions

http://facstaff.uww.edu/gosenpuj

Will Drago:  General Management Organization Advisor;  SIE honorary fraternity advisor; Faculty Member since 1990

Teaching: Strategic Management, Management of Technology, Building Effective Organizations, Administrative Policy, Strategic Decision-Making (all in traditional and online formats).

Research interests: Teaching effectiveness, levels of learning and learning styles, strategic management and management of technology

James Bronson:  Departmental Chair; General Management Organization Advisor: Faculty Member since 1998:

Teaching: online and largely limited to entrepreneurship and strategic management at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Research: factors affecting the performance of small and medium sized enterprises and online versus traditional pedagogy

K.Praveen Parboteeah: Advisory Committee Coordinator;  Society for the Advancement of Management Advisor; SIE honorary fraternity advisor; Faculty Member since 1999

http://facstaff.uww.edu/parbotek

Louise Tourigny:  Faculty Member since 2001

Teaching areas: Organizational Behavior, Leadership in Management, International Management, Cross-cultural Management, Organization Theory and Design, Strategic Management, Decision Theory, Human Relations and Communication, Group Effectiveness, and Research Methods.

Research interests: Stress, Burnout, Depression, Coping, Absence, Turnover, Leadership, Ethics, Stakeholder Theory, Job Attitudes, Emotions, and Work Values.

William Dougan:  Faculty Member since 2001

Teaching:  Entrepreneurship, Management of Technology, Organizational Theory and Business Strategy 

Research:  Early venture development,  technology choices and strategy by new ventures, highly reliable operations of organizations and mathematical models of social structures and processes.

Helena Addae: Faculty Member since 2003

Teaching : Organizational Behavior, Business ethics and social responsibility, and Organizational theory.

Research interests: Cross-cultural research in employee/employer relationships with emphasis on absenteeism, organizational commitment, and workplace diversity

Jeff Vanevenhoven:  Faculty Member since 2007

Teaching interests:  corporate strategy, international management, business ethics and social responsibility, strategic management

Full time practicing/industry background: Information technology management, general management, small business owner

Research Interests: Executive Scanning, Environmental Uncertainty, business ethics and social responsibility, strategic management and Cross-cultural cognition comparison