[With apologies for inevitable cross-posting... - david k.]
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
ROBERT H. SMITH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY POSITIONS IN STRATEGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College
Park invites applications and nominations for three faculty positions
in strategy and entrepreneurship. We are interested in candidates with
a deep commitment to research and teaching and invite applications
from scholars interested in any sub-domain within the fields of
strategy and entrepreneurship, broadly construed. Faculty rank is
open.
The Robert H. Smith School of Business (www.rhsmith.umd.edu) is
recognized as one of the world's leading business schools for its
strong track record in both research and teaching. The school is also
known for a highly collaborative culture at the faculty as well as
student levels. Within the business school, the Management &
Organization department is particularly proud to be viewed as one of
the strongest departments (please visit
www.rhsmith.umd.edu/management to learn more about the M&O faculty).
We expect our new colleagues to help make an already strong department
even stronger.
The Smith School has leading-edge MBA and undergraduate programs, a
rapidly expanding portfolio of executive education programs including
EMBA programs in both the US and China, as well as a strong doctoral
program. In the most recent surveys (2007), the Financial Times ranked
the Smith MBA #17 in the U.S. and Business Week ranked the Smith MBA
among the Top 25. Given our location in the Washington, DC
metropolitan area, faculty members enjoy a strong institutional
environment along with the pleasures of living in a vibrant,
cosmopolitan global city. The region features world-class museums,
some of the country's best public and private schools, and is within
short driving distance of beaches, hiking, and other outdoor
activities.
For full consideration, we encourage applications to be received by
October 15, 2007. Interested candidates should send a vita with brief
letter highlighting specific strengths for initial consideration,
three letters of reference, teaching record, and examples of research
and publications to:
Professor David Kirsch, Chair - Strategy Search Committee
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Tel: +1-301-405-0559, Fax: +1-301-314-8787, email: dkirsch [at] umd [dot] edu
The University of Maryland is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer, and encourages applications from women and minority
candidates.
ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT
The Management & Organization (M&O) department at the Smith School of
Business, The University of Maryland, consists of 24 core faculty,
including tenure-track professors and Tyser Teaching Fellows. The
group's interests and responsibilities cover the following areas:
organizational behavior, human resources, strategy, and
entrepreneurship.
M&O faculty are proud of the department's very strong track record in
research as well as teaching. A recent analysis of publications in the
most prestigious strategy, OB, and HR journals indicated that, on a
worldwide basis, M&O ranked among the top 5 over the period 2001-2005.
Some other indicators of the strength and scholarly reputation of M&O
faculty include: (a) five Fellows, including Dean of Fellows, of the
Academy of Management; (b) two Past Presidents of the Academy of
Management; (c) several past members of the 11-member board of
governors of the Academy of Management; (d) six University of Maryland
Distinguished Scholar-Teachers; (e) multiple editorships and editorial
board memberships on highly prestigious academic journals; and (f)
multiple best paper awards from prestigious journals and academies.
M&O also has a vibrant PhD program which is getting stronger each
year. Some of the schools where PhD graduates from the M&O department
are currently serving as faculty include: Dartmouth, Connecticut,
Cornell, Iowa, Virginia, Wisconsin-Madison, UT-Austin, Minnesota-Twin
Cities, Vanderbilt, Instituo di Empressa (Spain), and Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology.
M&O faculty also believe in excellence in teaching. Over the last
several years, as a department, M&O faculty have earned the highest
average teaching ratings across all departments every single semester.
It is our belief that, aside from having a group of excellent faculty,
part of the explanation for why M&O excels at both research and
teaching has to do with a culture of collaboration where colleagues
are expected to foster intellectual synergy. It is our hope that we
will be able to continue this cultural strength as we become a larger
group.
The Smith School has leading edge MBA and undergraduate programs, a
rapidly expanding portfolio of executive education programs including
EMBA programs in both the US and China, as well as a strong doctoral
program. In the most recent surveys, U.S. News & World Report ranked
the Smith Undergraduate Program as #18, while Financial Times and
BusinessWeek ranked the Smith MBA Program as #17 and #25,
respectively, in the U.S.
Given the Smith School's location in the Washington DC Metropolitan
Area, faculty and staff at Smith enjoy not only a strong institutional
environment but also the pleasures of living in a vibrant and leading
global city which is very cosmopolitan, rich in world-class museums
and the performing arts, architecturally delightful, full of greenery
with the beautiful Potomac River flowing right through the city,
within one to two hours of driving distance from not only beaches but
also ski slopes, and home to some of the country's best public and
private schools. For additional information, please visit the
department's website at http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/management.