Division of Business 2002-03
Harriette Bettis-Outland
Publications:
Book chapter: "Electronic Customer Relationship Management (eCRM) in a Business-to-Business Marketing Setting," (with Wes Johnston), included in Information Technology-Enabled Global Customer Service, Tapio Reponen, ed.
Abstract: "The Impact of Information Distortion on Customer Relationship Management," in Proceedings of Frontline Initiative Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
Attended:
Frontline Initiative Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
Presenter: "The Impact of Information Distortion on Customer Relationship Management"
SHC faculty development workshops
Reviewer for articles submitted to Atlantic Marketing Association 2003 Conference, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
Provided marketing assistance to Mobile Theater Guild: Students in MBA class BUS 570 Marketing Management developed a strategic marketing plan for the organization and presented it to the Board of Directors
New course preparations: BUS 570 Marketing Management, MKT 311 Marketing Principles, MKT 450 Marketing Management, and MKT 355 Personal Selling; all classes included direct student involvement in addition to lectures
Works in progress:
Completing final two chapters of dissertation
Robert Bracken
Attended:
"Small Business Valuations," presented by Regina L. McKellar, CPA, CVA, at a meeting of the Mobile chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants
SHC faculty development workshop: Dr. Charles Bonwell's Active Learning Seminar
SHC faculty development workshop: Dr. Robert Leamnson, "Aligning Pedagogy with Learning Objectives"
SHC technology workshop: ERes for New Users
Member:
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
American Accounting Association (AAA)
Remained current in field by reading four academic journals and weekly online updates received from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants
New course preparations: ACC 530 Management Cost Analysis and ACC 331 Management Cost Analysis
Revised BUS 503 Accounting Foundation, ACC 302 Intermediate Accounting, and ACC 201 Principles of Accounting I: new textbook, new syllabus, new assignments
Increased use of active learning techniques following participation in Dr. Charles Bonwell's active learning seminar
Incorporated ethical issues in all courses
Used ERes to post syllabi, assignments, and notifications in all courses
Andre Honoree
Attended:
Globalization as Seen From the Developing World Conference, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
"The Challenge to Change," University of New Orleans Business Lecture Series
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference semi-annual meetings: SHC faculty athletic representative
SHC Justice presentation: Ernesto Cortes, "Building a Just Society through Ethical Leadership"
SHC faculty development workshop: OMR Scanner
Member:
National Academy of Management
Southern Management Association
New course preparation: BUS 520 Organizational Behavior -- Achieved student participation by using textbook with experiential exercises and assigning numerous articles for students to read and present each week
Incorporated justice-themed material and active learning strategies in all courses
Subscribe to four national academic journal publications in related disciplines
Works in progress:
Revising "Self Presentation and Personality: Development and Validation of a Self-Presentation Questionnaire using the Five Factor Model," for submission to another journal (following rejection from Management Communication Quarterly)
Have collected and coded all data for the merit pay in academia study; will begin writing papers utilizing this data set in summer 2003
In the process of coding over 1,200 federal reverse discrimination cases; in summer 2003, will begin analyzing data to investigate the relationships between various factors/variables and the resultant judgments of the various federal courts
"The Relative Importance of External, Internal, Individual, and Procedural Equity to Pay Satisfaction," submitted to the Academy of Management national meeting; will submit to an academic journal in summer 2003
Lectures/workshops/presentations given:
Mobile Register: Interview with reporter Adam Weber for article about the relationship between poor economic conditions ("downsizing") and the increase in claims of employment discrimination
Attended:
SHC Summer Seminar for Core Curriculum Development
Presentation on the Business Division's perspectives on the core development effort and the core curriculum itself
SHC faculty development workshop: "Active Learning"
SHC faculty development workshop: "Critical Thinking Using Active Learning"
SHC fall and spring technology workshops: "ERes"
SHC fall and spring technology workshops: "Coming Attractions" in computer capabilities and library resources
Member:
Industrial Relations Research Association
Society of Human Resource Management
Completed reviews of new Annual Editions publications for Human Resource Management and for Production and Operations Management
New course preparation: BUS 595 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution -- used readings, class discussions, questionnaires, graded exercises, case analyses, and maintenance of a personal diary to engage students more actively in the class
Significant course revision: BUS 599 Business Strategy and Policy -- new textbook; new, more recent cases; and an updated simulation
Incorporated "justice and the common good" issues into several classes: MGT 421 Human Resource Management, MGT 423 Labor Relations, and BUS 599 Business Strategy and Policy
Used ERes in all classes: posted student information, PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets, study and review questions, and other information
Attended:
Southern Economic Association annual conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
SHC faculty development workshop: Dr. Charles Bonwell
Member:
National Association of Economic Educators
Southern Economic Association
New course preparation: ECO 453 Economic Development
Modified FIN 401 Advanced Financial Analysis to better prepare students for the BUS 499 Business Strategy and Policy simulation
Works in progress:
Submitting two additional papers to the Social Science Journal
Working with a coauthor on a paper on economic teaching pedagogy to be submitted to a refereed journal
Charmane May
Attended:
SHC faculty development workshops
Member:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Special Interest Group on Collaborative Editing (SIGCE)
Taught CIS 221 Problem Solving I -- Programs and Algorithms using a mix of lecture, PowerPoint, small groups, large groups, and presentations to help students learn
Worked with Dr. Cort Schlichting and Dr. Virginia Ori to revise the CIS curriculum
Virginia Ori
Attended:
SHC fall and spring faculty development workshops
Worked with instructors from Remington College to improve my skills in Visual Basic and its interface with Access
Used ideas from the spring faculty development workshop in my classes
Revised CIS 381 Information Systems: Replaced lectures with worksheet questions the students answered and then explained to the class
Glenda Partridge
Attended:
Accounting and Auditing Update: FASB and SAS Review
2003 Tax Update
Mobile Chapter of Alabama Society of CPAs annual meeting
Member:
Mobile Chapter of Alabama Society of CPAs: Scholarship competition contact person for University of South Alabama and University of Mobile
Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
American Accounting Association
Applied and accepted to the Doctor of Business Administration program at Anderson University (start date is May 19, 2003)
New course preparation: ACC 201 Principles of Accounting I: used overhead transparencies, board, handouts, homework notebook, and internet searches
Incorporated consideration of ethical issues into most classes
Ralph Sandler
Publications:
Collaborated with Lee Davidson, staff reporter for the Mobile Register, on an article about the economic impact of a recent personnel decision by the Army Corps of Engineers
Awarded:
Teagle Summer Curriculum Development Grant to attend a faculty seminar on international finance at the University of South Carolina
Scholarship from the University of South Carolina that reduced the cost of the seminar
Attended:
Southern Economic Association Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
Discussant on forensic economics paper
Faculty seminar on international finance, University of South Carolina
"Idea Center Workshop" on faculty evaluation, Savannah, Georgia (for work on the Ad Hoc Committee to Revise Student Evaluation of Teaching Forms)
SHC faculty development workshop on active learning
SHC technology workshops on ERes
Member:
Financial Education Association
Reviewed two papers for the Journal of Financial Education: "European Monetary Union -- Impact on Corporate Treasury Practice" and "Using Football to Teach Finance"
Significant course revisions: BUS 560 Management of Financial Resources and FIN 316 Investments
Incorporated more institutional, cultural, and ethical issues into my two MBA courses: BUS 550 Managerial Economics and BUS 560 Management of Financial Resources
Worked with Dr. Alex Landi and others on a Core Development Grant to assess the social sciences in SHC's current core curriculum
Volunteered for:
WHIL radio station fund-raising drive
Leukemia Society (Alabama Chapter) fund-raising activities
Spring Hill Avenue Temple's Christmas morning "pinch hitter" program
Works in progress:
Continuing to work with Dr. Andy Sharp on a paper on corporate valuation
Paper for presentation at next year's Financial Education Association meeting
Attended:
Small College Computing Conference
Conference on World Affairs
Consulting work:
TEC Engineering: Completed a major two-year project of developing an ACCESS application that completely computerizes this engineering sales firm, its three satellite offices, and the home office
Hagan Fence, Mobile Memorial Gardens, and SynFab Inc.: Involved the development or redevelopment of database applications
Helped several off-campus businesses find CIS student interns
Awarded the 2003 Dawson Research Award
Publications:
“Taxing Free Travel Awards: A Potential Problem for the Airlines,” TSU Business and Economic Review, Summer 2002 (refereed)
"Some Energy Cost-Savings and Conservation Thoughts," Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly, June 2002 (refereed)
"Accounting History: Relevant to the Present?" Journal of Accountancy, May 2003 (refereed)
"Measuring and Improving Jet Fuel Efficiency," Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly, March 2003 (refereed)
"Pitfalls in Small Business Engagements," National Public Accountant, February/March 2003 (refereed)
"Bartering in Coffeeville: Accounts Receivable Records for an Early Twentieth Century Physician," TSU Business and Economic Review, Winter 2003 (refereed)
"Investigating the Jet Fuel Surcharge," Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly, December 2002 (refereed)
"The Marriage Tax: Current Effects and Future Changes," The CPA Journal, September 2002 (refereed)
"New and Improved Bartering," Accounting Historians Notebook, April 2003 (edited)
"Are Business Travel Awards Taxable?" Aero - The Newsletter of the Mobile Airport Authority, March 2003 (edited)
"Accounting Principles Not Intended to be a Straitjacket," Mobile Register, September 1, 2002 (edited)
"Accounting: When and Where Did It All Begin?" Alabama Society of CPAs Website, www.ascpa.org, Spring 2003 (edited)
"A Boat-Load of Deductions," National Society of Accountants MemberLink, June 2002 (edited)
"Accountants' Weather: Eye of a Financial Hurricane," The Alabama CPA Newsletter, July 2003 (edited)
"Living Large: Gas Guzzler Tax Deductions," Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly, June 2003 (refereed)
"Investigating the Impact of Property Taxation on the Architecture of Antebellum Homes in Natchez, Vicksburg, and Mobile," Gulf South Historical Review, Fall 2003 (refereed)
"Two Views from the Top of the Hill: East and West," Spring Hill Alumni Magazine, Spring 2003 (edited)
Attended:
Academy of Accounting Historians' Annual Research Conference, San Antonio, Texas
Presenter: "Accounting for Personal Property on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad" (double blind reviewed)
“Accounting and Auditing Update: FASB and SAS Review,” Alabama Society of CPAs
“Accountancy Weekend,” Patterson School of Accountancy, University of Mississippi
"Special Topics in Small Business Engagements," Alabama Society of CPAs
SHC technology workshop: OMR Scanner
Member:
American Accounting Association
Institute of Management Accountants
American Institute of CPAs
Alabama Society of CPAs
Academy of Accounting Historians
Mobile Chapter of Alabama Society of CPAs
North Carolina Association of CPAs
Friends of SHC Library
Researched the gasoline and diesel fuel tax liability from 1991 - 1996 for a Washington, DC, enterprise
Provided tax services for members of the clergy (pro bono)
Incorporated ethics discussions into many classes
Incorporated material from research studies, continuing education workshops, and other external sources into classes to update and supplement the textbooks
Used ERes in most classes
Volunteer work for the Jesuit Advancement Administrators 2003 Recognition Awards Program: Special events planning and judge
Judge for Lebanese-American Club scholarship competition
Volunteer for Mobile Botanical Gardens: worked at various events, served on Executive Director Search Committee
Created faculty website
Works in progress:
Working with Gary Previts of Case Western Reserve University, Dale Flesher of the University of Mississippi, and Bill Samson of the University of Alabama on accounting history archival research regarding the railroads of the Civil War period
Several other works and papers