The Pacific Lutheran University School of Business invites applications for a tenure-track position in management starting September 2012. Primary responsibilities are teaching in and coordinating the entry level undergraduate business course, and in area of expertise (preference for one of the following - entrepreneurship, strategy, organizations and human behavior, or international business). Education: Ph.D. in a Management discipline from AACSB accredited university. ABD will be considered, but Ph.D. must be in hand by September 1, 2012.
We seek a dynamic teacher. There is also a preference for candidates with corporate and international experience. We seek collegial faculty who view themselves foremost as educators and possess a commitment to scholarship. Only candidates who would be deemed academically or professionally qualified in accordance with our AACSB International accreditation will be considered.
The School's BBA and MBA programs have been continuously accredited by AACSB-International since 1971. The faculty and staff seek to advance the University's vision of academic distinction through enhanced global focus, student-faculty collaboration in research and service projects, and by helping students find their own paths to meaningful as well as successful lives. The School has an explicit teaching mission with the goal of producing graduates with both the character and competence to be leaders in the enterprises they serve as well as in the greater community we all share. Faculty are expected to engage in service that benefits the university, their profession, and the community through lives of thoughtful inquiry, work, leadership, and care.
Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) is a comprehensive university with an enrollment of about 3,500 students, including international students from two dozen countries. Located in a uniquely scenic region on the Pacific Rim, the university's campus is 40 miles south of Seattle in suburban Tacoma, Washington. PLU's academic program is an integration of the liberal arts and professional programs, and the university's mission is to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care. PLU enjoys a healthy and progressive relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The university is committed to exploring, affirming and enriching dignity and diversity in the campus community and endorses the goals of equal opportunity and affirmative action. PLU actively seeks applications from women and persons of color.