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Since 2005, I have been teaching in the Department of Economics and Management at Hood College in Frederick, MD. I'm currently a full time member of the faculty, with the rank of Assistant Professor of Management.
I teach six courses, three at the undergraduate level and three for our MBA program. Take a look below for some more detail on these classes, including sample syllabi and assignments. Follow the links for past classes to see my course evaluations.
I have also served as faculty advisor for seven undergraduate internships and numerous independent studies. If you are a student interested in an internship or independent study, please send me an email.
Graduate Courses Taught
Management of Information Systems (MGMT 566, an MBA core course)
This course provides an overview of the management of information systems. The course covers decision-making framework, types of information systems, needs assessment, selection and evaluation, implementation, social and policy issues. Computer applications and exercises, cases and readings are emphasized. Sample Syllabus
Example Assignment: Triage of an IT project
I wrote this assignment to provide students with a socio-technical view
towards a technical project. It requires students to leverage multiple
employee perspectives (in this case, from a set fictitious emails) to construct a view of a business project that is in need of remedy. After assessing the current situation, the students are tasked with developing a strategy for bringing the project back on a path of success.
This project requires the students to look beyond the technical
failures (the symptoms of the problem) to determine the root causes that have led to the project's current state. In the past
I have had the student's read Yourdon's book "Death March" prior to undertaking the assignment.
Taught: Fall 2008 / 2009 / 2011, Spring 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011, Summer 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 (links are to course evaluations)
Social and Ethical Issues of Management (MGMT 567, an MBA core course)
This course introduces principles of ethical thinking and applies these principles in models for business decision making. In the course students explore and analyze business ethics issues relating to the interaction between the organization and society. Provides a conceptual and systematic study of business ethics to develop consistent criteria for business ethics decision making. Sample Syllabus
Example Assignment: The Smoking Gun
This assignment allows students a chance to explore a fringe case of employee rights. I normally give this assignment at the beginning of the semester to illustrate the complexities that come from the intermingling of government regulation, corporate policy, and personal agendas.
Taught: Fall 2006 / 2007 / 2009, Spring 2008 (links are to course evaluations), Summer 2009 as independent study for 3 students, Summer 2011
Management Theory (MGMT 551, an MBA foundation course)
This course introduces students to the structures and processes of organizations, major organizational subsystems and environments with an emphasis on organizational design and the management of change processes. Includes the study of the organization as a bureaucratic, political, cultural, social and decision-making system.
Taught: Summer 2011
Undergraduate Courses Taught
Analytical Methods for Management (MGMT 312, a core undergraduate program course)
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of the analytical methodology useful in the managerial decision-making process. The course begins with a basic review of math, linear algebra and calculus as they are used in business. Following this, the course will cover decision theory, forecasting of future levels of business activity, and using linear programming approach to make the most effective use of an organization's resources. Sample Syllabus
Taught: Fall 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2010 / 2011, Spring 2009 / 2010 / 2011, Summer 2006 / 2009 (links are to course evaluations)
Management of Information Systems (ITMG 388, a core undergraduate program course)
Study of the management decision-making framework, needs assessment, types of management information systems, selection, evaluation and implementation of systems. Social and policy issues are also considered. Sample Syllabus
Example Assignment: IT Staffing
This assignment is handed out with a CD of resumes pulled from the net. The students are asked to complete the assignment in a small group using these resumes. This assignment is given during a discussion of Managing the IT Function. After having looked through approximately 60 resumes, I find the students have a better grasp of the roles that exist in a technical setting, the qualifications for these roles, and the progression that IT workers make through their career in assuming new roles.
Taught: Fall 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011, Spring 2006 / 2007, 2007 (two sections) / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 (links are to course evaluations)
Principles of Management (MGMT 205, a core undergraduate program course)
The study of the characteristics of different types of organizations distinguished by purpose or structure. The implications of organizational differences for management and administration will be examined. Students focus their study on the theoretical and empirical aspects of organizations.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Guest Lecturer to Software Engineering Classes on the topic, "Ethical issues in the Software Industry"
Fall 2007, Spring 2008
Guest Lecturer to Online Communities Classes on the topic, "Developing platforms to support community formation"
Spring 2009
Hood College
Guest Lecturer to Artificial Intelligence Classes on the topic, "Speech recognition algorithms and techniques"
Spring 2005, Fall 2006