TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2007- Current: Director, M.S. in Organization Management & Knowledge Management program
George Mason University (since August 2008).

Professor of Organization Development & Knowledge Management
School of Public Policy           

1999- 2007: Associate Professor of Organizational Development, the School of Public Policy, George Mason University. Taught graduate courses in Change Management, Organizational Learning, Group Dynamics & Team Learning, Learning Communities, and Culture, Organization, & Technology for MBA, Executive MBA, Masters in Public Policy, International Commerce and Policy, and Organizational Development and Knowledge Management (ODKM) programs.

1997- 1999: Associate Professor of Organizational Learning, George Mason University. Taught graduate courses in Change Management, Organizational Learning, Group Dynamics & Team Learning, and Learning Communities for MBA, Executive MBA, and Masters in New Professional Studies.

1993 – 1997: Assistant Professor of Organizational Learning, George Mason University. Founded the Organizational Learning Masters program and taught graduate courses in organizational learning and change management. Received tenure in 1997.

1987- 1993: Doctoral student in Organizational Behavior and Instructor at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Sample courses taught at the MBA level:

  • Organizational Theory and Analysis 
  • Organizational Behavior 
  • Managerial Assessment and Development
  • Management of Self

1983- 1987: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. India. 

Sample courses taught at the MBA level:

  • Human Resource Planning & Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Personnel Management & Industrial Relations
  • Industrial Psychology

1982-1983: Research Associate, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi (FMS is the one of the premier business schools in India). Initiated research on creativity and public sector management in India.

International Teaching Experience

Visiting Professor, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland.

Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management, Adelaide University, South Australia.

Academic-Administrative Experience

1995- 2001: Director, Masters in New Professional Studies Program (university-wide), George Mason University.

In addition to the oversight of the program, helped the following sponsoring units develop their proposals and facilitated their approved by the Graduate Council:

School of Education, MNPS: Teaching, Spring, Spring 1996

College of Arts and Sciences: Organizational Learning, Spring 1996

School of Management, MNPS: Technology Management, Spring 1997

School of Nursing, MNPS: Health Systems Administration, Spring 1997

School of Computational Science, MNPS: Bioinformatics, Fall 1998

School of Computational Science, MNPS: Biotechnology, Fall 1998

School of Computational Science, Forensic Biosciences, Fall 1998

School of Public Policy, MNPS: Transportation Policy, Spring 1999

School of Public Policy, MNPS: Peace Operations, Summer 2001

1996- 1997: Director, Organizational Learning Track, Masters in New Professional Studies Program, George Mason University.

1995- 2000: Director, Organizational Learning Laboratory, George W. Johnson Learning Center, George Mason University. 

Designed, won approval, and developed the Organizational Learning Laboratory, originally located in a 6,000 square feet area in George W. Johnson Learning Center. A first of its kind, the laboratory set new standards for researching organizational learning combining simulation, modeling tools, and postmodern analysis. A number of organizations such as the American Management Systems, EDS, Fannie Mae, AT&T Solutions, Xerox, and Steel Case participated in the activities of the laboratory. The Lab was featured along with the MIT Center for Organizational Learning as an innovative research facility for organizational learning at the Academy of Management Conference in August, 1997. The lab was also featured as an innovative learning center in a Project Management Journal editorial.

2001- 2002: Program Chair, Research Methods Division, Academy of Management.