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Greetings,

Our university is involved in an ongoing review process of our existing
programs and curriculum. As such, we are taking a multiple stakeholder
approach to help us refine our programs. Besides information from advisory
committees, employers, graduates, etc. we are trying to identify recent
industry sources/studies, professional standards, etc. that would help us
identify what graduates from various management programs should know, be
able to do and value.

I'd appreciate any suggestions or assistance that would help us to ensure
that we have appropriate program objectives and are exposing our students to
content that is consistent with the best practices in the field.

If others are interested, I am more than willing to summarize the
suggestions and post them to the lists.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and help.


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Eric Goodman, Ph.D. (719) 590-6772
Colorado Technical University egoodman@coloradotech.edu

"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from
themselves"
-James Barrie
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They should be well versed in human resource management, such as
performance management (including poor performance management), pay
appraisal, industrial relations, change management, recruitment and
selection processes - in particular, what processes are the most valid
and reliable.

I am sure there are others, like various aspects of financial
management, strategic planning, and policy development, however, I'll
let the experts on those detail them!

Eric Goodman, Ph.D. of Colorado Technical University asked help with
identifying "recent industry sources/studies, professional standards, etc. that would help us identify what graduates from various management programs should know, be able to do and value."

I am sometimes asked by organizations to evaluate what managers are able to do and how well they are able to do it. Some of this work has been published in a series of articles. Probably the most helpful, recent ones are as follows:

Shipper, F. (Forthcoming). "A Cross-Cultural, Multi-Dimensional, Nonlinear
Examination of Managerial Skills and Effectiveness." Abstract to be published in the 2000 Proceedings of the Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada, August 4-9, 2000.Nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award.

Shipper, F. , & Dillard, Jr., J. E. (Forthcoming). "A Study of Impending Derailment and Recovery of Middle Managers Across Career Stages." Human Resource Management Journal.

Shipper, F. (1999). "A Comparison of Managerial Skills of Middle Managers with MBA's, With Other Masters', and Undergraduate Degrees Ten Years After the Porter and McKibbin Report."Journal of Managerial Psychology, Volume 14, Number 2, pp 150-163.

Shipper, F. , & White, C. S. (1999). "Mastery, Frequency & Interaction of Managerial Behavior Relative to Subunit Effectiveness." Human Relations, Volume 52, Number 1, pp. 49-66.

Shipper, F., Pearson, D. A., & Singer, D. (1998). "A Study and Comparative Analysis of Effective and Ineffective Leadership Skills of Physician and Non-physician Health Care Administrators." Health Services Management Research Journal, Volume 11, pp. 124-135.

You can find titles and abstracts of these and older articles related to this subject on my web site listed below. If you would like copies of any of these that you cannot get in your local library, please send me an e-mail off-list with your postal address and I will send them to you next week. It's finals week (oh joy)! I'm sure you understand.



Frank Shipper, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Perdue School of Business
Salisbury State University
Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone: (410) 543-6333
FAX: (410) 546-6208
E-mail: fmshipper@ssu.edu
Home Page: http://perdue.ssu.edu/~fmshippe/home/welcome.htm