>Rice University has four open rank tenure track positions in Strategic
>Management, Organizational Behavior, and Operations Management starting
>Fall 2006. Two of the positions are in Strategic Management. One position
>will receive the Sarofim Chair in Strategy. The position in operations
>management will be filled at the rank of associate or full professor to
>help us build capabilities in operations. The Jones School recently
>expanded its programs and faculty with the addition of several talented
>researchers. Faculty members enjoy a vigorous and growing intellectual
>community supported by highly attractive research resources and teaching
>schedules.
>
>Qualifications. A strong scholarly research record appropriate to rank as
>evidenced by publications in premier journals of the field is required.
>Candidates must have demonstrated research and teaching interests in the
>areas of strategic management, organizational behavior, or operations
>management. Interests in teaching partially in our joint program with
>engineering and/or teaching electives in entrepreneurship, innovation,
>negotiations, service operations, technology management or other electives
>may be a plus. Demonstrated teaching excellence appropriate to rank in a
>growing MBA program also desired.
>
>Faculty members are expected to be collegial and contribute to the
>development of the Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University,
>and our multiple stakeholders. Salary and summer support are competitive
>with other major research universities.
>
>The <http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/jonesgsm/Default.asp>Rice MBA prepares
>students for leadership in global companies through the rigor of its
>program and the advantage of its location-America's fourth largest and
>among the world's most international cities. Houston, with 82 foreign
>consulates, ranks third in the United States for number of consulates and
>boasts more than 90 languages in common use. It is second only to New York
>in number of Fortune 500 corporations, has the world's largest medical
>center, and leads the world in energy industries.
>
>The global perspective is infused in the Rice MBA through the highly
>diversified composition of the student body, the internationally
>recognized faculty, the course materials, and our Action Learning
>Projects. Action Learning Projects give students an applied, integrative
>experience that draws on all of the core business disciplines while giving
>the students consulting experience in globally connected companies. Rice
>is one of very few business schools to require this kind of experiential
>learning of every full-time student. The Jones Graduate School of
>Management's Rice MBA and MBA for Executives programs were ranked the best
>in Texas and the Southwest by the
><http://jonesgsm.rice.edu/jonesgsm/Financial_Times_Rankings.asp>Financial
>Times in 2004 and 2005.
>
>Rice University is consistently ranked one of America's best teaching and
>research universities. It is distinguished by its collaborative culture
>which crosses disciplines and integrates teaching and research. The Rice
>Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is one of a number of
>examples of Rice's collaborative culture. Founded by a Jones Graduate
>School of Management professor in 1999, the Rice Alliance is a
>collaborative venture with the Jones Graduate School, the George R. Brown
>School of Engineering, and the Wiess School of Natural Sciences.
>SmallTimes ranked Rice No. 1 in nanotech commercialization, citing "The
>combination of an ambitious nanotechnology initiative, a collaborative
>business school and an administration that supports tech transfers....
>Many of its fledging companies get assistance through the
>university-sponsored <http://alliance.rice.edu/alliance/Default.asp>Rice
>Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. The program provides a
>network for inventors and entrepreneurs in the Houston region." The Rice
>Alliance has assisted in the launch over 150 technology companies that
>have raised over $200 million in funding.
>Application Procedure: By October 1, 2005, or if not filled the 1st and
>15th of each month thereafter until search closed. Candidates must supply
>curriculum vitae and a letter of interest to Dean Bill Glick c/o Ms. Patsy
>Barker by e-mail or snail mail (Jones Graduate School of Management MS
>531, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77004; or email,
barker@rice.edu). The
>position will remain open until filled. References will be requested
>during the latter stages of the selection process. If you have any further
>questions, please contact Duane Windsor, Jennifer George, Shannon
>Anderson, or Bill Glick.
>
> Rice University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
> Employer
>
>
>
>Bill Glick
>Dean
>H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management
>Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management
>Rice University
>(713) 348-5928
><mailto:
Bill.Glick@rice.edu>
Bill.Glick@rice.edu
>