HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
Position Description:
The Head of the Department of Management provides leadership for the Department and is also a member of the College's Executive Committee. Through a process of shared-governance, the department head is expected to provide strategic direction for the Department, as well as manage the ongoing activities of the Department, in a manner that results in continuous improvement. The job requires balancing leadership in the department with interdisciplinary College leadership. The Department Head has frequent contact with external constituencies and, therefore, is an important representative of both the Department and the College. The position is to remain open until filled.
Required Qualifications:
- Ph.D. or equivalent with qualifications to be appointed at rank of full professor.
- Background and experience required to serve as the academic leader of a department spanning strategic management and entrepreneurship, including setting strategy and growing academic programs.
- Ability to manage financial and budgetary responsibilities.
- Ability to work effectively across sub-disciplines in management and with other disciplines in the College of Business Administration and University.
- Evidence of collegiality, team building, consensus-style leadership coupled with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a commitment to diversity.
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstrated innovation and excellence in teaching experience spanning undergraduate, masters, doctoral and/or executive education.
- Successful hands-on experience in work with industry.
- A track record of research demonstrating a balanced commitment to rigor, answering relevant questions for business, and funded research.
- Experience in development.
Program Information
The Department of Management is positioned within the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee. The Department encompasses programs in strategic management, human resource management, and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship has been identified as one of the primary strategic initiatives of the College, with significant private funding devoted to teaching and research in this area. The Department enjoys a strong and meaningful position within the College, and faculty members are active participants in College-wide programs and priorities.
An Application For This Position Should Include:
- A cover letter that expresses interest in this position
- A resume or academic vita
- Names and complete contact information for three references. (References will not be contacted until a final pool of candidates is approved and finalists have cleared our checking their references.)
The application should be addressed to:
Prof. Matthew B. Myers, Chair - Management Department Head Search Committee
c/o Tami Touchstone
The University of Tennessee
College of Business Administration
453 Haslam Business Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4140
Email: tamit@utk.edu
Representatives from the University of Tennessee will be conducting interviews at the Academy of Management conference in Montreal.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the state's flagship research institution, a campus of choice for outstanding
undergraduates, and a premier graduate institution. As a land-grant university, it is committed to excellence in learning,
scholarship, and engagement with society. In all its activities, the university aims to advance the frontiers of human
knowledge and enrich and elevate society. The university welcomes and honors people of all races, genders, creeds,
cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and
integrity. The university intends that its graduates will promote the values and institutions of representative democracy,
and be prepared to lead lives of personal integrity and civic responsibility.
The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, or covered veteran status.
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