ARTICLES CONCERNING
RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
(July 14, 2006) Sedona "... What you see above is the educational listings of 7 CoB faculty from various
departments. Four of these indicate completion of a Ph.D. degree, although the relevant faculty members fail to
provide a date or institution. The remaining 3 list the additional information along with "Ph.D." (although in the
case of Lopez there is some inconsistency). These three individuals do provide the requisite information to
substantiate qualification to potential visitors, such as an AACSB Reaffirmation Team...".
(July 17, 2006) Do ‘Good’ Business Schools Publicize Their Faculties’ Research? "... At the USM College of
Business, only one department (Economics, Finance, and International Business) has selected publications
available for viewing directly on the College website. Accounting and Information Systems, Management and
Marketing, and Tourism Management have no such information available. The USM Library’s website has
discontinued its tracking of faculty publications...".
(July 17, 2006) Sedona "... In this installment, we present some interesting information about CoB administrators
that we have encountered in SEDONA. For example, Roderick Posey’s (Director of Accounting/MIS) entire
SEDONA file consists of only 79 words. We will be sure to have calculator in hand when his 2006 merit raise is
known...".
(July 25, 2006) COB Confidential "Just what sorts of things in academia are not confidential? You might be
amazed. We recently visited one of the homepages of The Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education
and found some interesting items. For instance, Stephen Bushardt (Professor of Management) serves on the
Journal’s editorial review board...".
(July 17, 2006) 31st & Pearl" The Faculty Member's Standard of Accuracy If you've read the ". . . Mock Interview
with a CoB Administrator" by now, then you have seen the title above before. One of the CoB administrators
actually wrote this line as part of a longer statement describing how the "all information used and published [in
the new SEDONA database] on our faculty is consistent, to the faculty member's standard of accuracy."
(August 14, 2006) SEDONA Files In this issue we visit the SEDONA records of David Duhon (Associate
Professor of Management). Under the heading Faculty Development, the following entry appears among a list
of development-related matters in David Duhon's SEDONA records: