Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
College of Business
Iowa State University
The Department of Management in the College of Business at Iowa State University is inviting applications for two tenure-track faculty positions, one in Strategic Management and one in Entrepreneurship, to start in August 2013.
The successful candidates will have a Ph.D. in Management or a closely related field, conduct scholarly research with high-impact publications in top-tier management journals, and be able to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Preference will be given to candidates with several years of experience.
Current members of the Department of Management (http://www.business.iastate.edu/directoryListing?LTYPE=Major&Department=MGMT) include Marc Anderson, Ginny Blackburn, Tom Chacko, Sam DeMarie, Pol Herrmann, Roy Johnson, James McElroy, Paula Morrow, Andreas Schwab, Brad Shrader, James Summers, James Werbel, Howard Van Auken, and Robert White. Iowa State University and its Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship rank 4th among public universities nationally for students who want to be entrepreneurs, according to a survey by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
The College of Business(http://www.business.iastate.edu/) is in the heart of a beautifully landscape in the state-of-the-art Gerdin Business Building, which was inaugurated in 2004. We currently have a Ph.D. program in Business and Technology and the faculty in the Department of Management enjoy a high level of independence and conduct intense collaborative research with a variety of approaches in strategic leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, business ethics, organizational learning, project ventures, personality, social networks, managerial cognition, virtual organizations, employee turnover, work commitment, compensation management, absenteeism, and employee selection, among others.
Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications.
The College is accredited by AACSB International and has an enrollment of approximately 3,100 undergraduate (BS) and 300 graduate (MAcc, MBA, MSIS, and PhD) students. Iowa State University is a land-grant university with an enrollment of approximately 30,000 and is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities representing 61 major research universities in the US and Canada. It is located in Ames, Iowa, a community of approximately 55,000 people located 35 miles from Des Moines, the state capital and largest city in Iowa.
Ames continually ranks top in the nation for a highly-educated work force, excellent public schools, and as one of 20 Best Places to Live and Work. This college town is a paradise for families, with a low cost of living, a safety environment, and a friendly and hospitable community. The outdoor lovers can enjoy about 33 woodland parks and open spaces, 55 miles of bike and pedestrian trails as well as the 14-acre Reiman Gardens, one of the largest public gardens in Iowa, featuring distinctive theme gardens that change annually, an indoor conservatory and an indoor butterfly wing." Sports opportunities abound in a brand new aquatic center, as well as for ice skating, golf, cross country, and even for sailing in the innumerable surrounding lakes. Cultural opportunities are another attraction of Ames, thanks to the Fisher Center and Stephens Auditorium, which regularly draws Broadway musicals and international symphonies.
Ames brags about its beautiful housing developments, partially motivated by some of its largest employers, which include a 3M manufacturing plant; Sauer-Danfoss, a hydraulics manufacturer; Barilla, a pasta manufacturer; and Ball, a manufacturer of canning jars and plastic bottles. Ames is served by the Mary Greeley Medical Center, a 220-bed regional referral hospital which is adjacent to McFarland Clinic PC, central Iowa's largest physician-owned multi-specialty clinic, and also Iowa Heart Center.
Iowa State University (ISU) is in a campus that was rated one of America's 25 most beautiful in the book "The Campus as a Work of Art and is the home of the closely allied U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center, the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory (a major materials research and development facility), and the main offices of the Iowa State Department of Transportation. The ISU Research Park is a rapidly growing technology community of more than 50 companies, which offers great opportunities for research.
We will begin review of applications on July 20 and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration of your application, we recommend applying before August 20.
Candidates are requested to submit their applications using our online system at https://www.iastatejobs.com/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp
Any inquiries or nominations may be sent to –
Pol Herrmann, Search Committee Chair
Department of Management
College of Business
2350 Gerdin Business Building
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-1350
Telephone: 515-294-3548
Email: pol@iastate.edu
Iowa State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages women and minority candidates to apply.