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Faculty Research Interests

Dr. Michael Beyerlein, Department Head

• Collaboration and Innovation
• Virtual Teaming
• Team based organizations
• Knowledge work in face-to-face and virtual teams
• Organizational design and change
• Creativity and innovation
• Knowledge management and the learning organization
• Science education

Prof. Al Crispo

• Appreciative Inquiry and Action Learning to facilitate organizational change.
• Impact of technological advances on human behavior and the leadership of change.

Dr. Lisa Ncube

• Global Leadership Issues
• Program evaluation

Dr. Scott Homan

• Instructional systems design, training development, and job task analysis.
• Virtual collaboration systems implementation.
• Project management
• Executive leadership development

Dr. Linda L. Naimi

• Global, legal, technological and ethical challenges of organizational leadership
• Unintended consequences of technology

Prof. Rodney C. Vandeveer

• Discovery of emerging leadership strategies allowing organizations to compete in the global environment
• Application of human and organizational behavior skill in the development of a more effective workforce
• Researching and writing case studies for the classroom and training use
• Researching the development of greater participative management culture leading to a transformational organization

Dr. Mara H. Wasburn

• Team mentoring and career advancement; women in technology-rich disciplines

Dr. Andrew Hurt

• Organizational and Human Resource Development
• Paradigmatic Inquiry
• Virtual Training and Learning

Dr. Jenny Daugherty

• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)professional development
• Professionalization
• Instructional design
• Program evaluation

Prof. William Krug

• Leadership of teams
• Virtual teaming and collaboration

Dr. Darrel Sandall (Anderson site)

• Technology innovations applied to management, collaboration, learning and leadership
• Technology applications to revolutionize staffing, training, personnel, and education and management in organizations.

Dr. Thomas K. Capozzoli (Kokomo site)

• The causes of workplace and school violence and how to reduce or prevent such incidents from happening
• The application of team concept as integrated with lean manufacturing in the workplace
• The application of conflict management to ensure the success of workplace teams

Prof. Michelle Summers (Lafayette site)

• Workforce development focusing on adult education

Prof. Beverly J. Davis (Lafayette site)

• Human Behavior and Technology Related Research
• Technoism; Individual and Organizational
• Workplace Development: Technology, Psychological Contracts, and Leadership

Prof. Nathan W. Harter, J.D. (Greensburg site)

• Philosophical perspectives on leadership
• An integral, systems approach to leadership
• Moral development and ethics education in technology
• Rural leadership and community building

Dr. Fred Ziolkowski (Southbend site)

• Leadership – global issues and ethical perspectives

Prof. Julie Phillips (Columbus site)

• Organizational Behavior
• Leadership of teams
• Quality and Productivity
• Systems Thinking

Prof. Jodel Steuver (Greensburg site)

• Vitural learning
• Service learning