Faculty Search Announcement
Strategic Management
Department of Managerial Sciences
Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
The Robinson College of Business seeks applications and nominations for
multiple tenure track faculty positions in the area of Strategic
Management. Rank is open, with a particular interest in applications from
more senior scholars. Successful candidates will begin employment in
August, 2013.
These positions offer an exceptional opportunity to qualified candidates.
The Department of Managerial Sciences has many outstanding faculty
colleagues with research and teaching interests that represent the
different facets of Management including Strategic Management,
Entrepreneurship, Organization Behavior, Human Resource Management,
Business Analysis, and Operations Management. Our faculty members are
enthusiastically engaged in research and regularly publish in the top
journals in their disciplines, hold leadership positions in professional
associations and sit on the editorial boards of top journals. They are
also engaged with colleagues in other units of the College, the University,
and neighboring universities in the Atlanta area in a variety of
professional activities to form an involved community of scholars. The
Robinson College of Business hosts and co-sponsors the highly-regarded
Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference (ACAC), which attracts eminent
scholars from around the world. The city of Atlanta provides an excellent
setting for someone with interests in Strategic Management with 13 Fortune
500 companies headquartered in the metropolitan area along with a number of
regional headquarters, a large number of regional, national and global
enterprises, and a vibrant entrepreneurial community. Georgia State has
strong ties with the Atlanta business community, many of whom are alumni of
the College.
Candidates must have an earned doctorate in a relevant field from an AACSB
accredited university and a current record of scholarly publications
consistent with rank, as well as a demonstrated ability or high potential
for teaching within Strategic Management. Individuals applying for a
senior level position are expected to be eminent scholars with an
international scholarly reputation; willingness and ability to mentor
junior faculty members and PhD students are expected as well, and interest
in and capability to contribute to executive programs is a plus. The
College expects and strongly supports faculty research leading to
publication in top tier journals. Collegiality and a demonstrated ability
to develop and work with others to define and conduct research are
important at all ranks. The positions include teaching at the graduate
and/or undergraduate levels in the College’s academic programs. Salary,
teaching loads, and other types of support are competitive with other
research universities. These positions are contingent upon final budget
approval by the University.
The Robinson College of Business, accredited by the AACSB, is one of the
largest in the country with approximately 6,000 undergraduate, 1,500
master’s and 100 Ph.D. students. Our MBA program for working professionals
is ranked among the best by Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News & World
Report, and the Executive MBA is on the Financial Times list of the world’s
best EMBA programs.
Application review will begin immediately and continue until the positions
are filled. To apply, email a letter of application, vita and, for junior
candidates, a writing sample to: Dr. Pamela Barr at:
Stratjob@gsu.edu.
Please put “Tenure Track Strategy” in the subject line. If necessary,
applications may be sent by mail to Dr. Barr at the following address:
Department of Managerial Sciences, Robinson College of Business, Georgia
State University, P.O. Box 4014, Atlanta, GA 30302-4014. Be sure to
indicate in the cover letter that you are applying for a tenure track
strategy position.
Georgia State University is an equal opportunity educational institution
and an affirmative action employer.