Department of Business Administration
Date Promoted to Professor: August 17, 1993.
Education:
Ph.D. in Business Administration - University of Georgia 1986
Major Area: Strategic Management
Minor Area: Technology Management
M.S.I.E. - University of Oklahoma 1970
Major Area: Ergonomics
Minor Area: Organization Theory
B.S. - U.S. Naval Academy 1960
Major Area: Engineering
Professional Schools:
U.S. Air Force Electronics Officers Course 1964
U.S. Air Force Allied Academic Instructors Course 1972
U.S. Air Force Electronic Staff Officers Course 1976
U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff School 1976
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
PUBLICATIONS
INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
BOOK:
Employing Robotics in Small Manufacturing Firms: Strategic Implications, Krieger Publishing Company, Melbourne, FL, 1988, ISBN 0-89464-222-7.
REFEREED ARTICLES:
“Developing and Conducting a Course in Applied Business Ethics,” JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS RESEARCH, accepted for publication in Fall 2003.
“Enhancing Competitive Advantage Using Productivity Improvement Tax Credits,” THE ENTREPRENEURIAL EXECUTIVE, Spring 2001.
"Contingency Planning Should be Operationalized," INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT, March/April 1995, pp 5-9.
"Computer and Information System Warranties: Caveat Emptor," (with A.B. Strauch) ADVANCES IN ACQUISITION AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, JAI Press, Inc., 1995.
"Are You Taking Advantage of the Productivity Incentives in the Tax Reform Act of 1986?," with B.P. Woodside and M.F. Hartley, INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT, March/April 1993, pp. 22-25.
"Small Business Financial Planning: A Computerized Approach for a Non Computerized Environment," with J.J. Chrisman, WISCONSIN
SMALL BUSINESS FORUM, (now titled the Small Business Forum) Spring 1985, pp. 25-40.
"The People Mix," AIR UNIVERSITY REVIEW, May-June
1976. This paper won a Best Article Award and was republished in an Alaskan
Air Command
training manual for senior non-commissioned officers.
PAPERS PRESENTED AND PUBLISHED (Refereed):
“Ethics Views of Contemporary Students,” with Mark Bebensee and Steve Silver, Advancing Entrepreneurship and Small Business, International Council for Small Business 48th World Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 13-18, 2003.
“Developing and Conducting a Course in Applied Business Ethics,” (Best Paper Award) Proceedings of the European Applied Business Research Conference, Rothenburg, Germany, June 15-21, 2002. NOTE: This paper became the article by same title above.
“The Next Step in Entrepreneurship Education: Conducting an In House, Multi-Discipline Business Planning Competition,” Proceedings of the EURO-PME International Conference on Entrepreneurship: Building for the Future, Rennes & St. Malo, France, September 30-October 2, 1999.
“The Impact of Planning in Family Owned Businesses in South Carolina, USA,” Proceedings of the World Conference of the International Council for Small Business, Naples, Italy, June 17-23, 1999.
“A Twenty-first Century Challenge: The Corporate University: Can Higher Education Provide for SMEs what the Corporate University Provides for Corporations?,” Proceedings of the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January, 1999.
"A Pedagogical Program for Increasing the Competitive Advantage of Small and Medium Enterprises," PROCEEDINGS, EURO PME Conference on Higher Education and SMEs, March 15-19, 1998, Rennes, France .
"The South Carolina Enterprise Zone Act of 1996: A Model for Economic Development," PROCEEDINGS, International Council for Small Business (ICSB),
42nd World Conference, June 17 - 20, 1997, San Francisco. (Best paper award nominee)
"A Comparison of Sources of Assistance to Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Competitive Advantage: Japan, Korea, and the United States,"
PROCEEDINGS, International Council for Small Business (ICSB) 41st World Conference, June 15- 18, 1996, Stockholm.
"Designing for the Japanese Market," with M. Hartley and G.B. Turner, PROCEEDINGS, Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting, SE Decision Sciences Institute,
February 21-23, 1996, Charleston, SC.
"The Role of Purchasing in Strategy Formulation," with W. Ferguson and M. Hartley, PROCEEDINGS, Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting, SE Decision Sciences
Institute, February 21-23, 1996, Charleston, SC.
"Contingency Planning Should Be More Than Disaster Control," Proceedings of the Silver Anniversary Meeting, Southeast Region,
Decision Sciences Institute, February 13-15, 1995, Wilmington, NC, pp. 164-167.
"Ethics Outlook of Contemporary Students," with M. Bebensee and R. Costner, Proceedings: Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting, SEDSI, March 1994, at
Williamsburg, VA, p. 335.
"Potential Impacts of the North American Free Trade Act," Proceedings of the 1993 Annual Meeting of the U.S. Association
for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Baltimore, MD, October 13-16, 1993.
"Electronic Data Interchange: A Cutting Edge Business Tool," Southwest Academy of Management Proceedings 1993, March 3-6,1993,
New Orleans, LA.
"Using Contingency Planning to Enhance Competitiveness," Proceedings, Seventh annual National Conference, U.S. Association
for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. October 8-10, 1992, Chicago.
"Quality Function Deployment: An Essential Element in Successful Manufacturing Strategies," Stamps, David W. (Robert Bosch Corp.) and J.Michael
Alford, The Decision Sciences Institute, Southeast Region Proceedings, February 19-21, 1992, Savannah, GA.
"Launching the Next Innovation: Some Sources of Assistance for the Small Firm in Developing Competitive Advantage," Entrepreneurship in
Ongoing Organizations, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Conference Proceedings, October 7-9, 1991, pp. 69-77.
NOTE: This paper was selected in final three papers for outstanding paper award.
"Small Firm Strategic Advantage in the 1986 Tax Reform Law," Proceedings of the 1988 Annual Meeting, U.S. Association for
Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Monterey, CA, October 9-12, 1988. NOTE: Paper was accepted for presentation in poster division,
but not published in the proceedings. Only 30 percent of the accepted papers were published in the proceedings.
"Strategies for Dealing with Takeover," Fourteenth Annual Convention Program, Eastern Economic Association, March 10-12, 1988, Boston, MA
#194. NOTE: The paper was submitted and reviewed, however, EEA does not publish the papers in a proceedings conference. Authors provide copies
of papers to participants desiring them.
"Potential Impacts of the Technology Competitiveness Act of 1987," The Decision Sciences Institute, Southeast Region Proceedings,
February 24-26, 1988, Winston Salem, NC.
"User Strategies for Dealing with Vendor Warranties," with B. Strauch and K. Strauch, Abstract, Program Guide, National Symposium on
Health/Disability Information Referral Technology and Academic Systems Support, April 26-29, 1987, p. 29, Myrtle Beach, SC.
NOTE: Full paper was submitted and reviewed for acceptance, however, only abstracts were published.
"A Model for International Trade," with J.H. Wittschen and P. Wotjkowski, Thirteenth Annual Convention Program, Eastern Economic
Association, March 5, 1987, # 028, Washington, DC. NOTE: As in the EEA program mentioned above, papers were not published.
"Some Strategic Implications of Employing Robotics," Southern Management Association Proceedings, November 1986.
"Management Implications of Employing Robotics," AM 86 (Automated Manufacturing) Conference Proceedings, November 1986, Greenville,
SC
"Technology Management: Some Management Implications of Employing Robotics," South Carolina Academy of Science Bulletin: 1986 Meeting Edition,
Clemson University, April, 1986.
"A Users Integrative Decision Model for Adopting Robotics Technology," Southern Management Association Proceedings, 1984,
November 1984.
"Strategic Decision Making by the Entrepreneur," Southern Management Association Proceedings, 1983, November 1983.
CASES IN BOOKS:
With W.R. Boulton, "Toyo Kogyo Company, Ltd.," in W.R. Boulton, Business Policy: The Art of Strategic Management, MacMillan
Publishing Company, New York, 1984.
_______"The Japanese Steel Industry," in W.R. Boulton, 1984.
_______"Japanese Trading Companies," in W.R. Boulton,
1984, Instructors Manual.
CITES IN OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
The book Employing Robotics in Small Manufacturing Firms: Strategic Implications was reviewed in the October 24, 1989 issue
of The Australian, p. 48.
The Foreword of the book Employing Robotics in Small Manufacturing
Firms: Strategic Implications was the editorial
feature in the March-April 1989 issue of Robotics World.
PAPERS ACCEPTED:
.”Small Business Can Use the Research and Experimental Tax Credit As a Competitive Weapon,” to be presented and published in the proceedings, Small Business Institute 2004 National Conference in Clearwater Beach Florida, February 12-14, 2004.
WORK IN PROGRESS:
Review and update of research on tax law change implications for small and medium enterprises for submission for publication. Anticipate completion in 2004.
Book proposal for a text tentatively titled, Ethics in Decision Making: Bridging the Gap, to be submitted to two publishers who have expressed an interest in the proposal.
PRESENTATIONS AT ACADEMIC AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
Including Program Chair, Session Chair, Symposium Leader, and Discussant activities.
WORKSHOP CONDUCTED
"Innovations in Classroom Instruction: The Business Disc:
An Interactive Multimedia Business Planning Program," International Conference
on
Entrepreneurship Education, June 21 - 23, 1997, Seaside, CA. This workshop
was one hour in duration. After I demonstrated the program, the participants
assumed the role of students and interacted with the program. Representatives
from ten foreign countries requested further information on the program at
the conclusion of the workshop. The requests were honored.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
NOTE: The entries on this page do not include presentations of refereed papers mentioned above. Most of these
presentations were based on refereed papers presented at other meetings.
"Sources of Financial and Technical Assistance for Increasing Competitive Advantage," Presentation for the Mount Pleasant Rotary Club on October 16, 1991.
"CIB-Computer Integrated Business: The Management Perspective," Automated Manufacturing Conference and Exhibition (AM 90), Greenville, SC,
April 3-5, 1990, with Craig Stanley.
"Deciding to Adopt Advanced Manufacturing Technology," AM 90, Greenville, SC April 3-5, 1990, by invitation, page 13 of program. I was invited to present an updated version of a presentation made at an earlier conference. The invitation was based on positive audience comments at the previous conference.
"Strategic Implications of Employing Robotics in Small Manufacturing Firms," AM 88, Greenville, SC, April 11-14, 1988.
"Automated Manufacturing: Legislative and Legal Considerations of the Technology Competitiveness Act, Automated Manufacturing Contracts and Warranties," AM 88, Greenville, SC, April 11-14, 1988.
"A Roadmap for Improving American Productivity: The Technology Competitiveness Acts of 1987," Presented to the Charleston, SC Chapter, American Production & Inventory Control Society, October 15, 1987.
"Implications of Employing Robotics in Small Manufacturing Firms," Southeastern Annual Productivity Conference, Statesboro, GA, March 6, 1987.
PROGRAM CHAIR, SESSION CHAIR, AND PANEL MEMBER ACTIVITIES:
NOTE: I typically participate in such activities at all meetings I attend, either by schedule or fill in for an absentee. Not all are listed.
Session Chair, USASBE 1999, San Diego, CA; ICSB 1999, Naples, Italy;
Session Chair, USASBE 1997 Conference, San Francisco
Session Chair (2 sessions), SEDSI 1997 Annual Meeting, Marietta, GA.
Session Chair, SEDSI 1996 Annual Meeting, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Sessiion Chair, SEDSI 1995 Annual Meeting, Wilmington, NC.
Session Chair 1994 Southeast Decision Sciences Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, Feb 1994.
Session Chair and Discussant, 1993 National Meeting of USASBE, Baltimore, MD, November 1993.
Participated in board meetings of USASBE at the November 1993 meeting.
Introduced Keynote speaker at USASBE meeting in November 1993 Program Chair, Corporate Entrepreneurship Division, USASBE, 1990 National Meeting.
Session Chair: Session POM-7, "Current Topics in POM," SEDSI, Feb 21, 1992.
Workshop Panel Member: "Developing New Research Directions for Corporate Entrepreneuring," Corporate Entrepreneurship Division Workshop, USASBE 1991, San Diego, CA, October 7, 1991.
Session Chair: "Entrepreneurship Education and Micro Business Development as Part of A Community Revitalization Program," USASBE, October 11, 1989.
NOTE: Did not attend the meeting because of Hurricane Hugo.
Symposium Leader: "Potential Impacts of the Technology Competitiveness Act of 1987," SEDSI, February 28, 1988, Winston-Salem, NC. Symposium panel members were from academia, government and industry.
Session Chair: "Small Business Management Information Systems," USASBE, October 9-12, 1988.
Session Chair: "POM Issues in the Service Industries," Southern Management Association Meeting, November 1987, New Orleans, LA.
PAPER DISCUSSANT:
NOTE: I typically participate as a discussant at all meetings I attend, not all are listed.
USASBE, 1998, Jan 1998.
USASBE, 1997, Jan 1997.
SEDSI, 1997, Feb 1997.
SEDSI, 1996, Feb, 1996.
SEDSI, 1995, Feb, 1995.
SEDSI 1994, Feb 1994.
SEDSI 1993, Feb 1993.
SEDSI 1992, Feb 19-21,1992, Discussant for two papers.
Southern Management Association Meeting, November 5, 1988.
Discussant for two papers.
U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, October
9-12, 1988. Discussant for two papers.
NOTE: I have been a discussant for other papers at academic
conferences, but misplaced some of my records during recent
office moves and do not have verification.
OTHER SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
REVIEWER ACTIVITIES
Case Study Editorial Review Board, Entrepreneurship: Theory &
Practice, term began in 1995.
Competitive Paper Review Activities:
Committee to select outstanding field cases in 2002, U.S. Small Business Directors Institute.
Ad Hoc Article Reviewer Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 1987-1991.
Text manuscript: The Management of Operations by Jack R. Meredith, 4th Edition, 1990, first four chapters.
Test manuscript: Management & Organizational Behavior by Burt Scanlon and Bernard Keys, John Wiley & Sons, 1983.
Case Reviewer, Decision Sciences Institute, 1994.
Paper Reviewer, Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, 1994.
Southeast Decision Sciences Institute (SESDI) 1992
U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
(USASBE) 1991
SEDSI 1990
National Meeting, Decision Sciences Institute 1989
USASBE 1989
Western Decision Sciences Institute 1989
1989 World Conference of the International Council for Small Business
SEDSI 1989
Southern Management Association 1989
USASBE 1988
1988 World Conference of the International Council for Small Business
Offices held and membership in professional organizations:
National Office:
Immediate Past Vice President, Corporate Entrepreneurship Division of the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship(USASBE) 2001 and 1995.
Vice President, Corporate Entrepreneurship Division of the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship(USASBE) 1999, 2000, 1994.
Vice President Elect for the Corporate Entrepreneurship Division, USASBE.
Program Chair, Corporate Entrepreneurship Division, USASBE, 1988.
NOTE: The above positions all required active involvement and included selecting best articles, cases, speaker panels, conducting symposia, conducting elections, etc.
Charleston Chapter, American Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS):
-Board of Directors, Member 1986-95.
-College Liaison Officer (1986 - 1995).
-President Charleston Chapter, 1989-90.
-President Elect and VP for Awards, 1988-89.
Memberships (past and present): Southeastern Decision Sciences Institute; International Council for Small Business, Small Business Directors Institute,
Southwesstern Small Business Institute Association; Southwestern Academy of Management: Member
OTHER
Selected to work with the VP, Corporate Entrepreneurship Division of USASBE to establish nomination and election procedures for division officers in 1988.
Assisted in local arrangements for the SESDI 1989 meeting was held in Charleston in February 1989.
Represented The Citadel at the First Annual Entrepreneurship/Small Business Educators Conference, April 20-21, 1989, Spartanburg, SC.
Invited by Senator Ernest F. Hollings to provide comments on legislation eventually passed by the U.S. Congress as the Technology and Competitiveness Act of 1987.
Invited by the South Carolina Research Authority to participate as a team member in a bid for a project for General Motors in February of 1989.
Submitted "Talking Paper" comments to the President of the College in an area related to my discipline for his use in a meeting with other college and university presidents in South Carolina, 1989.
GRANTS
Grants were received for faculty development or research presentation for each of the papers presented that were mentioned above and for attendance at pedagogical and professional development workshops from 1980 to the present..
Sabbatical: 1990-1991 Citadel Development Foundation Research Grant for field research in Europe in the Fall of 1990 on
the employment of robotics in small manufacturing firms. Visited with the British Robotics Association(BRA) and
French Robotics Association(FRA) as well as manufacturers in England and France.
1987-88 CDF Research grant for field research on automated manufacturing in the Southeastern U.S. Visited five plants and collected
data which was utilized in presentations at the Automated Manufacturing Conferences in Greenville, SC in 1988 and 1990 as well as in a paper
submitted to International Journal of Operations and Production Management.
1985-86 CDF Research grant for technology employment research in Japan. Results included in papers presented and published since then.
SERVICE
Service to the College
COLLEGE WIDE COMMITTEES
President’s Ad Hoc Committee on Leadership and Ethics, 2002-2003.
Inernal Relations Committee 1997-2002
Faculty Council 1997-99 and 1991-93
Faculty Development Committee 1986-1996
Freshman Admissions Committee 1988-1990
Faculty Athletic Advisory Committee 1987-1988
College Library Committee 1996-99, 1987-1988
DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES
Current: Undergraduate Program Assessment Committee, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Center for Leadership & Development
1998-present: Promotion & Tenure Committee,
1993-1998: Various AACSB Committees
1991-1993: Departmental AACSB Committee:
Chair of the Subcommittee on Faculty Evaluation
Chair of the Subcommittee on Professional Development/
Practitioner Interaction
Member: Subcommittee on Advisory Boards
1986-1993: Graduate Committee
1990 Search Committee for the Alvah H. Chapman Chair of Business
1988-1989 Faculty Development and Travel: Chairman
1986-1991 Faculty Recruitment Committee
1988-1990 Curriculum Committee
1985-1987 Library Committee
OTHER DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
1985-1990 Evaluated incoming transcripts for transfer of
credits to The Citadel in the area of Business Administration.During the Summer of 1988 I took the responsibility for
ensuring that MBA applicant folders were processed by appropriate
faculty.
OTHER COLLEGE SERVICE
Coordinator for The Citadel New Venture Competition 2003. $25,000 in scholarships will be awarded.
Faculty Coordinator for the Krause Foundation Business Plan Competition, 1999 through 2002. This competition involved up to 25 cadet teams with an advisor for each team from the faculty and the Charleston area business community. Each year $32,000 in scholarship funds was awarded to the winning teams.
1988 - 1995: Arranged for the Charleston Chapter of APICS to contribute an Honorarium in amount of $200 to $250 for a graduating Business Administration major who was entering the career field of Production/Operations Management.
1987 - Established Student Night at the Charleston Chapter APICS. Ten to 15 senior Business Administration majors are invited to a dinner program and have an opportunity to interact with local business people.
1987 - Proposed that the Charleston Chapter of APICS sponsor a membership for the Daniel Library. This proposal was accepted and APICS publications are forwarded to the library annually.
Service to the Students
Academic Advisor for 30 Business Administration majors.
1991 – present: Faculty sponsor for a team of cadets participating in the annual Conference on Ethics in Decision Making, Hilton Head Island. Approximately 125
college students participate in this conference.
Advisor to the Citadel Young Republicans: 1991- present
Faculty Company Academic Advisor for M Company: 1986- 1990.
Service to the Community
Pro Bono Consulting is provided to two community service organizations. Their activities generate several million dollars for the Charleston area each year. I consult in the areas of program management, legal form of organization, and relationships with local, state, and national agencies.
Pro Bono consulting: Charleston County Council – approximately 100 hours per year 1995 - 1998.
Paid Consulting:
Activities with the Center for Regional and Development: 2002-2003 – Assisted in the development of a seminar on Leadership for a major South Carolina company. 1999-2000. Assisted in development and presentation of four, one day seminars on Professional Ethics for Professional Engineers and Registered Land Surveyors in South Carolina.
School of Business Administration: 2002 -
I have served on the Coastal Carolina Fair Corporate Sponsorship Committee. This committee develops the Corporate advertising programs. The Charleston Exchange Club, owners and operators of the fair, provides over $400,000.00 annually to Charleston area schools and charitable organizations. This includes an annual scholarship for The Citadel.
Served as a charter member of the Berkeley Charleston Dorchester County of Governments Strategic Area Assessment Committee Defense
Task Force Committee. This group is composed of 15 business
people, educators, local government officials, and citizen
volunteers. The mission is to study the impact of Defense
related activities on the future of the tri-county area and make
recommendations for future actions.
Served as a member of the Business Development Council of the
Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce,1991-92.
I have attended (at my own expense) three seminars dealing with
international trade activities which were conducted by the
Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce and the Charleston
International Trade Center. Besides the community involvement
aspect, information was obtained which was used in teaching my
courses in Strategic Management and Production/Operations
Management.