ARTICLES CONCERNING
STEVEN BUSHARDT, FORMER PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT, CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER
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(April 16, 2007) The CoB Dopplegänger Matrix How Proximity and Influence are Intertwined in USM’s College of BusinessWith the “resignations” of CoB Dean D. Harold Doty and his Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand, CoB sycophants and “dopplegängers” (Bedeian, 2002) were scrambling around Joseph Greene Hall like Christmas shoppers at 8:00am on Black Friday. From professor of management David Duhon to visiting assistant professor of international business John Lambert, the “yes men” were in self-preservation overdrive, feverishly working the water cooler conversations trying to ascertain where their future fortunes rested.
(April 29, 2007) Are CoB Students Getting Their Money's Worth? by Duane Cobb The question in the title above struck me as an important one after putting some thought into the recent probationary report from the AACSB, the CoB's accrediting agency. A number of reports available here at usmnews.net have built a case for an answer of "no."
(May 24, 2007) CoB News, May 2007 Though the spring 2007 semester has officially come to an end, there are still a number of news stories involving various CoB officials to report on. This issue (May 2007) of "CoB News" is set to do just that. Enjoy.
(June 14, 2007) Will D. Harold Doty’s Work Hit the Timbers Nursery? Stephen Bushardt’s SEDONA Vita Says So Something really interesting turned up in the “Intellectual Contributions” section of management professor Stephen Bushardt’s SEDONA vita. A piece of that section, the part relevant to this report, is shown below:
(June 27, 2007) 31st & Pearl In the CoB, Sabbaticals = Paid Vacations The selection of Alvin Williams for a 2007-08 sabbatical (IHL Meeting Minutes, Apr-07) continues a curious string of CoB award recipients for this type of leave. Williams is working on 28 years at USM now. Just what sort of return is the IHL expecting on a sabbatical investment in Williams at this point?
(July 6, 2007) Believe in Yourself Stephen Bushardt Recites Rudyard Kipling’s “If” to Inspire Scholars The CoB’s own Stephen Bushardt (professor of management) spoke at the Spring 2007 BCT Banquet at Jones County Junior College. Bushardt took the dais and recited Rudyard Kipling’s famous “If” to the assembled group. As the caption accompanying the photo of Bushardt below states, the former CoB Graduate Programs Director “encouraged Laurel scholars to believe in themselves.”
(July 11, 2007) 31st & Pearl Black Knew Then What We Know Now So many CBA faculty thought it completely silly that, during the Ty Black administration of the college, faculty had to submit actual copies of their scholarship at annual review time. The running joke was that it was bush league, that reputable schools don't operate in that way. Well, Black knows people, at least CoB (then CBA) people, as good as or better than