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Strategic Management and OrganizationFaculty


Faculty in the Strategic Management and Organization department are interested in strategic management, organizational studies, entrepreneurship, ethics, and international management. Their research orientation is the development of theory that is driven by applied managerial and organizational problems. Faculty research and teaching interests range from competitive strategy, new business creation, inter-firm networks and innovation, to ethics, team dynamics, negotiation and the management of global businesses.


Tenured andTenure-Track Faculty
Stuart Albert

Stuart Albert
Associate Professor
612-624-5739
alber002@umn.edu

Norman Bowie

Norman Bowie
Elmer Andersen Chair in Corporate Responsibility
612-625-6807
nbowie@umn.edu

Alison Davis-Blake

Alison Davis-Blake
Investors in Leadership Distinguished Chair in Organizational Behavior, Dean
612-624-7876
davi1273@umn.edu

Daniel Forbes Daniel Forbes
Assistant Professor
612-625-2989
forbe010@umn.edu
Sophie Leroy Sophie Leroy
Assistant Professor
612-625-5937
sleroy@umn.edu
Arik Lifschitz Arik Lifschitz
Assistant Professor
612-626-7964
lifsc002@umn.edu
Ian Maitland Ian Maitland
Professor
612-624-2091
imaitlan@umn.edu
Alfred Marcus

Alfred Marcus
Edson Spencer Endowed Chair in Strategy and Technological Leadership
612-625-2873
amarcus@umn.edu

Harry Sapienza

Harry Sapienza
Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies
612-625-2442
sapie001@umn.edu

Pri P. Shah

Pri P. Shah
Associate Professor, SMO Dept. MBA coordinator
612-624-9863
shahx007@umn.edu

Gurneeta Singh

Gurneeta Vasudeva Singh
Assistant Professor

612-625-5940
gurneeta@umn.edu

J. Myles Shaver

J. Myles Shaver
Pond Family Chair in the Teaching and Advancement of Free Enterprise Principles, Department Chair
612-625-1824
mshaver@umn.edu

P.K. Toh P.K. Toh
Assistant Professor
612-625-5941
tohxx003@umn.edu
Paul Vaaler

Paul Vaaler
Associate Professor
612-625-4951
vaal0001@umn.edu

Andrew Van de Ven

Andrew Van de Ven
Vernon H. Heath Chair of Organizational Innovation and Change
612-624-1864
avandeve@umn.edu

Aks Zaheer

Aks Zaheer
Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Strategic Management, SMO Dept. PhD coordinator
612-626-8389
zahee002@umn.edu

Srilata Zaheer

Srilata Zaheer
Elmer L. Andersen Chair in Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Associate Dean of Faculty and Research
612-624-5590
zahee001@umn.edu

Shaker A. Zahra

Shaker A. Zahra
Robert E. Buuck Chair of Entrepreneurship
612-626-6623
zahra004@umn.edu

Mary Zellmer-Bruhn

Mary Zellmer-Bruhn
Associate Professor
612-625-2342
zellm002@umn.edu



FacultyEmeritus
John Mauriel

John Mauriel
Emeritus Professor
Founding Director of Executive Development Center
952-920-8933
mauri001@umn.edu

Tom Murtha

Tom Murtha
Emeritus Professor
612-963-7749
murth004@umn.edu

Stefanie Lenway

Stefanie Lenway
Emeritus Professor
612-803-3795
slenway@uic.edu

Ray Willis Ray Willis
Emeritus Professor
651-646-0375
rwillis@umn.edu

Full-Time Instructional Faculty
Lori Abrams Lori Abrams
Senior Lecturer
612-626-9953
lja@umn.edu


Alan Fine Alan Fine
Senior Lecturer
612-626-5194
finex003@umn.edu

Issac Fox Isaac Fox
Senior Lecturer
612-624-6558
foxxx040@umn.edu

Min Li Min Li
Senior Lecturer
612-625-6595
min@umn.edu
Holly Littlefield Holly Littlefield
Senior Lecturer
612-624-3387
littl009@umn.edu
Svjetlana Madzar Svjetlana Madzar
Senior Lecturer
612-625-5946
smadzar@umn.edu
Dileep Rao Dileep Rao
Senior Lecturer
763-588-6067
raoxx013@umn.edu
Sandra Smith Sandra Smith
Senior Lecturer
612-624-9358
smith336@umn.edu
SteveSpruth

Steve Spruth
Senior Lecturer
612-626-1047
sprut003@umn.edu

JoAnn Syverson JoAnn Syverson
Senior Lecturer
612-624-3373
syver004@umn.edu

Part-Time Instructional Faculty

 

Fall 2008


Abel Adekola
David Bartlett
Joseph Bork
Stephanie Farsht
Joseph Goldman
Dan Grigsby 
Evon Haarklau
Yelena Hydrie
Ron James
Philip Miller
Toby Nord
Raoul Schander
William Seeley
Ashraf Seifeldin
John Stavig
Isil Yavuz