Engaged Management ReView

 

EMR is the official outlet of the Executive DBA Council (EDBAC). EMR serves the engaged management scholarship community by encouraging and publishing high quality research on meaningful, salient problems as experienced by organizational actors. The journal seeks to strengthen the quality and quantity of engaged management scholarship—especially research conducted by or with practitioner-scholars—by offering a venue to disseminate research that is driven by and grounded in organizational experience. The journal recognizes the importance of theory. Articles to be grounded on theory and make related contributions. The journal values the impact of rigorous evidence on managerial action and promotes work which is grounded on solid social science research methods. Read about EMR’s most recent publications and how to submit to EMR.

EMR’s most recent publications include:

Author: Michael F. Corbett

Genre: Topic Paper

Affiliation: University of Maryland Global Campus

Title: Does engaging commercial customers in a shared social mission improve impact source service provider (ISSP) success: A critically appraised topic

 

Author: Danyelle L. Berger

Genre: Topic Paper

Affiliation: University of Maryland Global Campus

Title: Does work-life boundary management improve work-life balance for remote workers: A critically appraised topic

Published EMR papers can be viewed here.

Learn more about submitting to EMR.

Building Industry Partnerships for DBA Research and Prospective Student Recruitment

 

By Philip A. Cola, PhD, Associate Director, Academic Affairs, DM Programs   

Over the past 6 months and as I have hit the ground running as President of the Executive Doctor of Business Administration Council (EDBAC) there has been much discourse on student enrollment in DBA Programs.  The EDBAC established, as a community of collaborators, is an entity where DBA programs can learn best practices from one another.  We do not set out to compete with one another or worry about some type of artificial DBA ranking from outside entities based on criteria that may not be applicable to all programs. 
 
However, post-pandemic many programs are facing various difficulties with enrollment levels.  Some have speculated that this is a residual of less than optimal economic conditions; others say this is a trend in management graduate education in general including MBA programs and other specialty master’s programs, but others believe that this might be a sign of market saturation for this population of students. 
 
Therefore, at Case Western Reserve University, the longest running and often recognized as the most rigorous program, has been constructing ideas both within and outside the EDBAC to address this issue.  The information below is a proposal that outlines ideas around collaborating with external organizations, both for profit and not-for-profit, as a strategic way for DBA programs to both continue to conduct relevant research and to build a pipeline for enrollment into such programs. 
 
These ideas attempt to begin to outline a systematic approach on how DBA programs can establish and ultimately sustain such collaborations:
 
1. Identify Potential Business Management Partners - the action to the proposal begins by identifying organizations that align with your DBA program’s research interests, objectives and capabilities.  Engage each sector and discipline for opportunities in both for-profit companies, non-profit organizations, government agencies, industry associations and research institutions.
 
2. Create and Articulate a Strong Value Proposition – this entails clearly defining what the DBA program can offer to potential partners.  This might include access to faculty expertise, student talent (a network of experienced business professionals\consultants), research resources (i.e., library access, student support, etc.).  It is important to highlight how these benefits can help the partner achieve their goals and desired outcomes (Osterwalder, Pigneur, Bernarda, & Smith, 2015). 
 
3. Develop a Shared Vision within a Context of a Strategic Plan – Create a comprehensive plan that outlines your goals, objectives, and a roadmap for engagement with all external organizational collaborators.  Clearly define what you aim to achieve through these partnerships and how to achieve mutual benefits for both the DBA program and the external partner organization.  Creating “win-win” opportunities for academia, business and society (Follett, 1918).
 
4. Professional Networking and Relationship Building – establishing relationships with key individuals in potential partner organizations.  Participating in and attending industry events, conferences, and networking sessions to make and sustain connections.  Building relational capacity with deep and meaningful bi-directional relationships (Cola & Wang, 2022) is critical for successful long-term collaborations.
 
5. Pursue Collaborative Research Projects and Funding – Identify specific research topics of mutual interest.  Collaborate with partners to develop research proposals and secure funding as necessary.  These research projects must address real world contemporary business management problems and they must be actionable and manageable toward solutions (i.e., practitioner scholarship and engaged management, evidence based management) (Salipante & Aram, 2003, Van de Ven, 2009, Rousseau, 2006).
 
6. Student Involvement – Engage DBA students in the design and development of the research projects along with the external partners.  Encourage the students to bring their real world lived experiences into these external contexts and leverage the work for their research project deliverables in the DBA program
 
7. Leverage Faculty Expertise – Utilize the expertise of experienced faculty members to guide the research project rigor, ensure relevance both theoretically, and practically while they mentor students and provide access to external partners.
 
8. Celebrate and Market Success – highlight the learning and business outcomes of these partnerships within the practitioner scholar communities and within the organizations and their related sectors.  Disseminate results at conferences, trade shows, in publications and reports that demonstrate the value of the partnerships to both the academic and business communities (Kruss, 2006).
 
9. Create and Sustain a Pipeline for Program Enrollment – Leverage the partnership to attract potential DBA candidates from the partner organizations by promoting the program to employees and associates of the partner organizations.  Offer discounts to those employees and associates who want to further their own education within the context of their work roles.
 
By attempting to establish and sustain these types of relationships, the DBA\PhD program can conduct true research that matters.  This occurs by mixing rigor and relevance of today’s most pressing business management questions while gaining recognition, building reputations, and creating a steady pipeline for Program enrollments and helping the external organizations reach their goals and objectives.
 
We would very much appreciate ideas and feedback on these suggestions in general for both DBA programs and collaborating organizations.  We also think that our students and alumni are in the best position to help us think through these challenges and proposed solutions.
 
References:
 
Cola, P. A., & Wang, Y. (2022). Discovering factors that influence physician scientist success in academic medical centers. Qualitative Health Research, 32(10), 1433-1446.
 
Follett, M. P. (1918).  The New State.  London, Longmans, Green.
 
Kruss, G. (2006). Working partnerships: The challenge of creating mutual benefit for academics and industry. Perspectives in Education, 24(3), 1-13.
 
Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y., Bernarda, G., & Smith, A. (2015). Value proposition design: How to create products and services customers want (Vol. 2). John Wiley & Sons.
 
Rousseau, D. M. (2006). Is there such a thing as “evidence-based management”? Academy of Management Review, 31(2), 256-269.
 
Salipante, P., & Aram, J. D. (2003). Managers as knowledge generators: The nature of practitioner‐scholar research in the non-profit sector. Non-profit Management and Leadership, 14(2), 129-150.
 
Van de Ven, A. H. (2007). Engaged scholarship: A guide for organizational and social research. Oxford University Press, USA.

Faculty Accolades Fall 2023

David Aron, Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management. David wrote a paper where he made the case that Precision Medicine (PM) is neither precise nor medicine in Precision Medicine and the Challenges of Human Complexity.

Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished University Professor; H. Clark Ford Professor; and professor of organizational behavior, Angela Passarelli (GRS '14, organizational behavior), associate professor of management at the College of Charleston and Anthony “Tony” Jack, the Elmer G. Beamer – Hubert H. Schneider Chair in Ethics and an associate professor in philosophy at Case Western Reserve, published an article in Crain's Cleveland Business on a recent brain-imaging study where they examined the neural processes that determine whether people set out on a path of learning and personal development, or shut down and become defensive.

Boyatzis, Han Liu (PhD student), Amy Smith, Joanne Quinn (GRS '13, management), and Kira Zwygart published an article on Competencies of Coaches that Predict Client Behavior Change in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.

Boyatzis was recognized as a Thinkers50 Coaching Legend. The Thinkers50 Coaching Legends, in partnership with 100 Coaches and BetterUp, honors executive coaches that have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of coaching. Read his full bio here.

Phil Cola PhD (GRS ’15, management), Winkle Healthcare Management Professorship; professor, Department of Design & Innovation and Organizational Behavior; associate professor of Medicine; and director of Healthcare Management Programs, the newly appointed "Chris Winkle Designated Professor in Healthcare Management" at Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Cola is a renowned scholar in the field, with over 25 years of experience in research's fiscal, legal, scientific, and ethical reviews.

Cola, Rachel Goff-Albritton (Florida State University), and collaborators were honored with the Rod Rose Award for the most outstanding contribution in the past year to the Journal of Research Administration by the Society of Research Administration International (SRAI). The award was given for their article: Faculty Views on the Barriers and Facilitators to Grant Activities in the USA: A Systematic Literature Review. Read the full article here.  

Timothy Fogarty, Andrew D. Braden Professorship in Accounting and Auditing; and professor of accountancy, noted in The Wall Street Journal that the IRS needs more resources to close the $450 billion tax gap, the difference “between what taxpayers should legally pay but don’t.”

Fogarty said the economic consequences of current trade disputes are well-anticipated by the markets and therefore have already been priced into the share price levels. Read here: Corporate tax rate report.

Michael Goulder, Faculty Director Master of Supply Chain Management Weatherhead School of Management, assistant professor Department of Operations Weatherhead School of Management, weighed in on what a pending UPS strike would mean for Northeast Ohio on cleveland.com. “It will be a big deal,” he said. “And it will be a big deal that will be felt in days, not weeks … If all that UPS capacity goes offline, a whole lot of stuff is just not going to move.”  

Goulder commented on trucking company Yellow Corp.’s closing of its terminals in Brooklyn, Richfield and Copley as part of a national shutdown. cleveland.com (subscription required)

Tom King, E. Mandell de Windt Professorship in Leadership and Enterprise Development Department Chair and Professor, Department of Accountancy (MGT '16) discussed why insurance specialists will raise prices on home insurance if more frequent weather disasters of higher magnitude, such as Hurricane Idalia, continue to happen. Read the full article here.

Kalle Lyytinen, the Iris S. Wolstein Professor of Management Design; chair and professor, design and innovation; and faculty director, Doctor of Management program, has been selected to receive the International Excellence Fellowship of KIT. This is a highly respected position in Karlsruhe Institute or Technology (KIT, the MIT of Germany) - one of the top 3 technical universities In Germany (among TUM, RWTH Aachen). The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association.” The roots of the academic education institution extend all the way back to 1825. It is one of the largest science institutions in Europe.

Kalle said that while advancing automation can curb or decrease union activity, collaboration between a company’s workforce and management is necessary for it to work. “It requires certain levels of cooperation,” he said. “It’s as important to invest in ... the social, organizational and human skills in managing and coordinating and leveraging these new types of technologies.” Read the full article here.

Satish Nambisan, The Nancy and Joseph Keithley Professorship of Technology Management; and professor, Department of Design & Innovation,  honored with reviewer awards from academic journals. Satish, recently received the 2023 Best Developmental Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Review and the 2023 Best Reviewer Award from the Journal of International Business Studies. “Both the Academy of Management Review and the Journal of International Business Studies are top-tier academic business journals and I am truly privileged to review manuscripts for them,” Nambisan said. Read more about the awards.

Jagdip Singh, AT&T Professor of Marketing; professor, Department of Design & Innovation; and co-director of the Master of Business Analytics and Intelligence program, discussed customer service issues with banks—and the headaches that follow with CBS News. "Customers don't want you to spend some time on it," Singh said. "They just want you to solve my problem, get me to where I need to go."

Peter Whitehouse, professor of Neurology, with secondary positions as Professor of Psychiatry, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Organizational Behavior, weighed in on factors that can result in decreasing brain volume. He said more could be gleaned from insight into people’s social habits over the course of a lifetime. “A person who’s been isolated their whole life may have a different brain volume than someone who only became isolated in old age.” 

Youngjin Yoo, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty; Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professorship in Entrepreneurship; and professor, Department of Design & Innovation. A whitepaper by two Case Western Reserve University faculty members and their collaborator outlined how a national learning and employment record (LER) system could be created. The authors were:

• Youngjin Yoo, professor of design and innovation at Weatherhead School of Management;
• Erman Ayday, associate professor of computer and data sciences at Case School of Engineering;
• Theoretical anthropologist Natalie Smolenski.

Their report, titled “Designing a Responsible Universal Learning and Employment Record Ecosystem,” demonstrated how the LER ecosystem can enhance hiring processes, increase access to opportunities, and reduce inequality through use case scenarios. Read the report.

Yoo is one of the leading global scholars in digital innovation and has made significant intellectual contributions to the role of technology in organizations. Yoo joined Case Western Reserve University as a faculty member in 1997 and taught for 10 years before leaving for Temple University in 2006. He returned to Case Western Reserve in 2016 and, not long after, became the founding faculty director of xLab at Weatherhead School of Management. Read more about his work.  

Presentations and Publications Fall 2023

Michael Grieves, DBA (MGT ’00), published a paper titled Digital Twin Certified: Employing Virtual Testing of Digital Twins in Manufacturing to Ensure Quality Products. 

Grieves, DBA (MGT '00), is joined by Wyatt Newman, a Case Western Reserve University Professor Emeritus from the School of Engineering on The Feudal Future Podcast to discuss how technology is affecting the middle class in the manufacturing space. 

Daniel Cohen, PhD (MGT ’03), (GRS '16, management), Dan K Hsu, and Rachel Shinnar published an article in the Journal of Small Business Management Beyond Educating Students about Business Failure: The Role of Optimism Training and Hope. It is an experiment on learned optimism and how it helps nascent entrepreneurs cope with failure and build resilience. 

Joe Mandato, DBA (MGT '04), published his latest, action-packed entrepreneurship and investing story, "Pivot. Pivot. Pivot. Exit!--Driving toward investment returns." You can read it here.

Kathy Overbeke, DBA (MGT '09), Stacy Feiner, Rachel Wallis Andreasson and Jack Harris launched a book in November The Sixth Level, a powerful model for leaders and a collection of inspiring narratives.

Joann Farrell Quinn, PhD (GRS '13, management), Nikita Khalid, Glenn Albright published an article on the Validity of a medical professional-patient communication scale in the Frontiers Journal.

Adrian Wolfberg, PhD (GRS ’14, management), published four original, peer-reviewed research studies in the past two years continuing with the national security population used since graduation:

• Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning in the Intelligence Community: A Systematic Review of the Literature
• In the Face of Ambiguity: How Intelligence Analysts Experience Threats to Rigor
• Rethinking Time: Adopting a Mindset for Interpreting Threats and Imagining Opportunities
• Helping Intelligence Analysts Gain Insight

Wolfberg has also expanded into new territory by using qualitative, phenomenological methods into sports science, primarily soccer and rugby, co-authoring an editorial, Reflecting on the Past to Improve the Future: Introducing ‘Action After Reviews’ into Sport, and an original, peer-reviewed research study, A Qualitative Study of 11 World-Class Team-Sport Athletes’ Experience Answering Subjective Questionnaires: A Key Ingredient for ‘Visible’ Health and Performance Monitoring?

His current work includes submitting a qualitative study using the national security population as samples for a peer-reviewed publication called “Confronting Ambiguity: The Choices and Dilemmas Intelligence Analysts Face,” and co-authoring three in-progress original studies destined for peer-reviewed journals using professional sports scientists, players, and coaches as samples, (1) how players react to pressure on the field, (2) how sports scientists gain insight while supporting elite sport athletes, and (3) how professional sport coaches consume and triage information they receive from various sources.

Suad Dukhaykh, PhD (GRS ‘19, management), recently published a paper in psychological research and behavior management journal. The results of this study showed that work-family conflict, family-work conflict have an adverse impact on emotional exhaustion and eventually reduce employees job embeddedness. Here’s the link to the paper.

Donna Iucolano, PhD (GRS '19, management), recently presented three (3) papers at a session on Business Education: Capstone/Experiential Education at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Northeast Business & Economic Association (NBEA), held on October 26-28, 2023 in Lafayette Hill, PA. Once the conference proceedings have been published, the links and papers will be available on her Malloy University faculty profile and research page.  

• Rebounding After Loss: A Nonprofit Organization’s Recovery After the Untimely Death of Its Founder (Fall 2022 undergraduate Capstone)
• Expanding Respite Care Services to Meet Demand and Increase Organizational Competitiveness (Spring 2023 undergraduate Capstone)
• Building Nonprofit Capabilities to Continue Growing After Starting with COVID-Driven Demand (Spring 2023 MBA Capstone)

Angel Lopez Mutuberria, DM (MGT '20), published his qualitative study How People Maneuver Through Work, Life, and the Self to Find Spaces for Life Meaning (Chapter 12) in Consciousness-Based Leadership and Management, Volume 2.

Lopez Mutuberria participated in the International Conference on Consciousness-Based Leadership and Management in which he presented his qualitative research on life meaning in professionals. 

Larry Clay Jr., PhD (GRS '21, management), published a chapter titled Sustainable Flourishing in Cities and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Developing a Path Through Appreciative Inquiry and SOAR Framework for Increasing Innovative Capacity and Resilience in Consciousness-Based Leadership and Management, Volume 2. This book presents organizational perspectives of conscious-based leadership, examining topics related to flow, work-life balance, and sustainability.

Ezekiel Bonillas, DM (MGT '22),  Rosanna Garcia and Kristin Burton published Re-Conceptualizing Underrepresented Racial Minority Entrepreneurs in Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship.

Michael C. Bellissimo, PhD (GRS '23, management), has a book publishing deal in the works with De Gruyter (Berlin, Boston) to bring his dissertation to life. It is  tentatively titled: "Extreme Leadership: Lessons Learned From Global Crises.”

Ivory J. Simms, PhD (GRS '23, management),  presented a paper on "Produce for Sale: Examining The Effects of Hunger-Relief on Low-Income Consumer Purchase Behavior" at the 52nd Association For Research On Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) 2023 Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 2023.

Mekobe Ajebe, (PhD Student), study titled 'Statistical Forecasts on Africa’s Energy Consumption, Population with Access, and GHG Emissions,' was published in 'The International Journal of Strategic Energy & Environmental Planning.' 

Ajebe also published his second study titled Elusive trade-off: The Solution to energy poverty and GHG emissions in Africa in the Science Direct Journal.

Jane Day, (PhD Student), shared invaluable insights from her latest research on the Utah Sustainable Business Coalition (USBC) webinar. Her research focuses on strategies to promote well-being and wholehearted engagement when employees and leadership are well-informed about the purpose and impact of  sustainability endeavors, and invited into the co-creation and execution of these initiatives.

Reid Tileston, (DBA student), Reid’s submission in the Emerging Research track has been accepted for presentation at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 2024 and he has been invited to present his work at the USASBE 2024: Forging the Future Together conference in Birmingham, Alabama.

Tileston will be teaching the January Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition for Executives (ETA) class being taught through Executive Education at Case Western Reserve University.  

Faculty Spotlight Corinne Coen, Ph.D.

 

Corinne Coen, PhD, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, thinks about why people cooperate in teams and how managers can get them to work well together more often. She investigates cooperative dynamics within teams, between teams, and how to design teams to elicit productive interdependence. She is an expert in the study of complex systems and emergence. Corinne teaches Qualitative Inquiry II in the DBA program and has been a research advisor to many of our students.
   
What is your background?

Getting to the place I am now has been a long journey. After a decade and a half in corporate and consulting jobs, driven by a hunger for more intellectually challenging work, I made my way to a doctoral program. Since then, as a university professor I have found great fulfillment in teaching and in research. I am also proud of achieving what I have in environments that have not always been very welcoming to women.

Application of Management principles to practice is more important than ever in today’s fast-paced work environments – Please tell us about how you help experienced managers change their thinking and approach through empirical research.

While I like to share practical applications derived from evidence with practicing managers, I find experiential learning generates the most powerful change because people learn how to apply ideas in their own workplace building on what they already know. This leads to deep learning.

My specialty is teamwork. I love helping people discover the power of intimacy and connection in driving high performance. Task work will rarely be great unless a team builds mutual respect and caring.

From your perspective, what is the importance or practical application of DBA training?

I can see so many applications of DBA training!  First, I think the discovery of so much existing research on key managerial issues and the ways to access that knowledge provide permanent capacities to contribute to practice.  Next, learning to do research inductively and deductively by doing challenging work on topics of their own choosing empowers our DBAs.  Finally, for most of us, the joy of building skills and using our intellectual gifts is like living in a candy store. Mm-mm.

What would you recommend to help DBA students through their transformative journey?

Mostly, I would encourage students to have faith in their gifts and their labor. They will grow powerfully, in ways of their own choosing, throughout the program, even if the process seems mysterious at first.

What do you enjoy most about teaching in the DBA program?

I treasure the lifelong relationships I have made with DBA students. Participating in their growth, supporting their movement from novice to expert, pushing them intellectually, participating in their powerful connection of practice and scholarship has been deeply fulfilling for me.

Greetings from the Director

By Kalle Lyytinen

Dear all,

It’s a pleasure to welcome everybody to the 28th year of our programs. We are approaching middle age and maturity! Being part of this wonderful scholarly journey for the last 15 years of the program is a testimony of the power of engaging professional managers and knowledge workers to the wonders of scholarly inquiry and evidence-based management. Doing this is never easy and there are ups and downs in the journey. We are always challenged how we execute in the best possible manner the journey and how students learn to move forward in their own scholarly journeys. But like any exploration it is always exciting, interesting, and full of surprises. As I say, “you need to get lost in order to be found!” It is highly rewarding as a travel companion as one can continually note the intellectual growth of the students and see their growing curiosity as they move ahead. Likewise, one can repeatedly see the excitement and joy of the faculty when they learn something new and pose new questions with the students and experience how students continue to bring new insights to the topics. The wonder of discovery and the shared experience of constantly pushing boundaries is the most rewarding part of the program. It makes one feel really privileged to be part of the community and contribute to it.

This raises the question: how can each of us pay back and help the community to continue to flourish? One element of the payback is contributing to the program and alumni events such as those planned for our 30-year anniversary in 2025. Another is to financially support the program activities, especially those that contribute to student experience and help minorities and unprivileged students to attend the program. The third one is just spreading the word and sharing the experiences of the program to your colleagues, friends, and professionals in your social networks. Tell your own stories and experiences of the program or share information about the program achievements in your networks. This helps us reach more potential candidates to the program and helps the program to grow and flourish. My estimate is that 20-30 % of the students in the program come through direct mouth-to-mouth marketing by our alumni and/or faculty. So, if you can do one good deed for the program this coming year, think of 2-3 people in your social network, who might be interested and capable of attending this program (you know the drill) make them aware of the program benefits or direct them to contact us. It would mean a world to us and for the community at large.

I wish you all the best for the coming holiday season and happy new year in 2024!

Kalle Lyytinen
Director of Academic Affairs

 

Bravo and Congratulations Fall 2023

Aparna Katre, (GRS '13, management), recently received the Community-Engaged Scholar Award from the University of Minnesota. The award announcement is here. A short video about the work is here.

Eric Lutzo, DM (MGT ’13), was featured as an alumni spotlight in Weatherheadlines. Learn how he pushes the boundaries in coaching to help his clients rise to a new level of leadership.  Read the full article here. 

Joann Farrell Quinn, (GRS '13, management), has been selected as a Leadership Excellence in Educating for Professionalism (LEEP) Fellow of the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care. 

Ted Ladd, (GRS ’16, management), In addition to continuing teaching at Harvard and Hult, Ted joined Ethical Compass Advisors, a small firm that helps technology companies embed their ethical values into their governance structures. Clients include Meta (Facebook Oversight Board), Anthropic AI (Foundation), a gene splicing company (formal board seat given to ’nature’), TikTok, eBay, and others.

Arron M. Fraser, (GRS '18, management), co-authored with Brian Goodridge Jacksonville University, won the Best Paper Award at the Engaged Management Scholarship Conference 2023 hosted by Haskayne Business School at the University of Calgary September 7-9, 2023. The conference was attended by practitioner scholars from North America, Europe, Asia and the LATAM regions. The title of the paper was: Disciples in Subsidiaries: The Combined role of Legitimacy and Embeddedness.

Jennifer Nash, (GRS '18, management), Jennifer’s book Be Human, Lead Human recently won a 2023 Book Fest finalist award. Here’s the press release.

Yolonda Freeman-Hildreth, (GRS '19, management), was awarded the 2023 Michigan Academy of Physician Associates (MAPA) PA Educator of the Year award. The Michigan Academy of Physician Associates is the essential resource for the PA profession in Michigan and the primary advocate for PAs In the state.

Carl Greppin, (GRS '20, management), was in Kyrgyzstan in October where he was working to set up a medical school in the capital city of Bishkek.

Jennifer Bishop, PhD (GRS '22 management), was honored to be included in the 8th Edition of Who's Who Black in Charlotte. This publication celebrates the achievements of African Americans across diverse fields like business, politics, technology, sports, and entertainment.

Michael C. Bellissimo, PhD (GRS '23, management), has joined the faculty of Leadership and Management at the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT where his focus is on Organizational Behavior, Business Law and a new Social Justice Senior Capstone being launched with the Fowler Center at CWRU. 

Michael R. Cauley, PhD (GRS '23, management), received an invitation to join the Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Science at Vanderbilt as a faculty member.

Aldine Bell, (PhD Student), won best paper award at the 2023 Academy of Management Conference. The title of her paper is How Emotional Reactions to Change Efforts Influence Perceptions of Project Outcomes.

Pamela Robinson, (PhD Student), won the Poster competition in Case Western Reserve University’s Innovation Week 2023, a celebration of the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of the university community. It included a series of presentations, workshops, tours and pitch competitions. 

Derrick Espadas, (DBA student), has recently  been appointed by the Mayor of Tucson Regina Romero to be a Commissioner on the Commission on Disability Issues.

Omar Morales, (DBA student), started a new position as Sr. Director of Organization Development for Microsoft. View the announcement he posted on LinkedIn here. 

Rob Rankin, (DBA student), received the 2023 Alumni Professional Award as the Industrial Engineer of the Year from the University of Louisville. Rob brings over 30 years of experience in plant and facilities management.

Reid Tileston, (DBA student), is mentioned as being the first doctorate student in the U.S. to concentrate on ETA seller behaviors and motivation by Scot Lowry, Richard L. Osborne Professor of Entrepreneurship at Weatherhead School of Management article 5 things to know about…navigating the journey from employee to business owner using ETA.

Ben Wixson, (DBA student), was promoted to Group Manager of the Detroit Region at  Automation Solutions of America.