The College of Business: Management

The study of Management prepares students for leadership in business environments that are characterized by continuous change in technology, increasing globalization, growing cultural, gender and racial diversity.

The ability to successfully organize and coordinate resources in such an environment poses complex challenges to managers in modern organizations. The Management program at Bryant is dedicated to preparing students to meet this challenge.

Bryant's small class sizes and personal attention from faculty provide opportunities for students to assist faculty with research. Some recent faculty research projects from the Department of Management include:

• Percepetions of Age Discrimination among Younger Workers and their Effects in Organizations by Professor Eileen Kwesiga


• Globalization and the Theater of Work: Towards an emic understanding of everday life identity transitions in Indian international call centers by Professor Diya Das

For more information about the Management program, contact Associate Professor Sam Beldona, Department Chair, at sbeldona@bryant.edu.

Concentration in Management

The Management program examines the intellectual foundations underlying contemporary management practice, strives to develop the skills required to translate theory into practice, and explores the requirements for the effective management of change.

Students develop skills that include:

• conflict management
• management of diversity
• project management
• leadership skills that include employee motivation
• employee training and development
• communication skills that include negotiation and collective bargaining
• team orientation skills that include working in teams, group dynamics and delegation

Students also have the option of focusing on General Management, Human Resource Management/International Management, Operations Management and Entrepreneurship.

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Minor in Management

Students who minor in Management gain an understanding of the complex managerial issues that corporations face today.

Faculty

The Management faculty are leaders and innovators in all fields of management.

Roger L. Anderson, Professor
Ph.D., Management, University of Oregon
M.B.A., University of Wyoming
M.A., History, Providence College
B.A.,  Augustana College

Academic Interests: Organization theory and management; employment and labor law; strategic management in higher education

Madan Annavarjula, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., International Business, Temple University
M.B.A., Marketing, Karnatak University, India
B.S., Chemistry, Gulbarga University, India

M.S., International Business, Temple University

M.B.A., General Management, Karnatak University, Dharwar

B.S., Physics, Karnatak University, Dharwar

Areas of interest: CEO compensation, International Corporate Governance, and Competitive Resurgence of Troubled Firms

Michael G. Bougon, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Organization Theory, Cornell Graduate Business School
M.A., Organization Theory, Cornell Graduate Business School
M.B.A., University of Illinois, Champaign
M.S., National Diplome d'Ingenieur, Arts & Metiers, France
Second Baccalaureat, University of Paris, France
First Baccalaureat, University of Paris, France

Academic Interests: Strategy applied to business and entrepreneurs; strategy mapping; cognitive mapping; cognitive organization theory

Lori A. Coakley, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Organizational Studies/Human Resource Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.B.A., Organizational Behavior, University of Lowell
B.A., American Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Academic Interests: Organizational studies; international relations/human resource management; comparative Russian/American issues; international relations; work/family conflict

Eileen Kwesiga, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, University of Texas at Arlington
M.B.A., Cleveland State University
B.B.A., Accounting, Cleveland State University

Harsh K. Luthar, Professor
Ph.D., Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.B.A., University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
B.A., Philosophy, Beloit College

Academic Interests: Human resource management; business ethics; organizational behavior; labor relations

Margaret A. Noble, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Operations Management, Indiana University
M.B.A., Western Illinois University
B.A., Mathematics, University of Wyoming

Academic Interests: Manufacturing strategy and competitive priorities; international operations management; maquiladoras in Mexico

Christopher Roethlein, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Business Administration/Operations Management, University of Rhode Island
M.B.A., Operations Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Western New England College

Academic Interests: Supply chain management; definitions and measurements of quality; quality management practices; manufacturing strategy

Michael Roberto, Associate Professor
D.B.A., M.B.A., A.B., Harvard University

James Segovis, Executive in Residence

Lynda S. St. Clair, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, University of Michigan
M.P.A., Consulting and Accounting Information Systems, University of Texas at Austin
B.S., Business Management, Louisiana Tech University

Academic Interests: Employment relationships; corporate citizenship and social responsibility; organizational commitment; balancing work and non-work activities

John Visich, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Operations Management, University of Houston
M.B.A., Goldey-Beacom College
B.S., Business Administration, Widener University

Academic Interests: Mixed-model U-shaped assembly line balancing; forecasting; international business

Angela Wicks, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Operations Management, University of Houston
M.S., Operations Management, University of Houston
B.B.A., Operations Management and Marketing, University of Houston

Academic Interests: Customer satisfaction and impact of technology; supply chain management; quality assurance and control; forecasting; search heuristics

Shirley A. Wilson, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
M.S., University of Akron
B.S., Syracuse University

Academic Interests: Minorities in the workforce; employee training and mentoring