Practitioner-in-Residence; Management Faculty

Practitioner-in-Residence (Management Faculty)

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Request to Recruit Position Title Practitioner-in-Residence (Management Faculty) Tenure Status Non-Tenure Track Provide Rank Lecturer Position Number 097401 Department Management - 255300 Working Location (City, State) Hickory, NC Position Summary Information Minimum Qualifications

• A Master’s Degree in Business or a closely related discipline. If the Master’s degree is in an area other than business, candidates must have received at least 18 credit hours in the discipline in which they would teach.
• Additionally, the candidate will have 10-15 years of relevant industry experience.

Areas of Interest (No Minimum Level Required) The Department is especially interested in candidates with professional experience and teaching interest in one or more of the following areas – Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management, Ethics/Diversity/Inclusion, International Management, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Business Analytics/Data Visualization, and/or Leadership.

License/Certification Required N/A Description of the Department or Unit We are a vibrant community of teachers, scholars, and professional practitioners that are passionate about developing the next generation of business leaders. Our faculty have studied at the best universities in the world, have led global enterprises, and are successful entrepreneurs. The department offers two undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Business Administration ( BSBA ) degree programs: the major in management ( MGT ) and the major in hospitality and tourism management ( HOS ).

The department also offers, for both business and non-business majors, minors in innovation & entrepreneurship, human resource management, and sustainable business. At the graduate level, the Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management Program ( IOHRM ) is an interdisciplinary and award-winning Master of Arts degree program offered jointly by the Department of Management and Department of Psychology. Also, management faculty provide instruction in the Master of Business Administration ( MBA ) program offered by the Walker College of Business.
The Walker College is an AACSB
-accredited business school, and in 2019 was featured in The Princeton Review’s edition of Best Business Schools. The Department of Management is the largest department within the Walker College of Business, which itself has the largest business school enrollment in the 17-campus UNC system (approximately 4,000 students).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities This position will primarily serve Appalachian State’s new campus in Hickory, NC.
Teach four (4) management classes per semester and develop programming to engage the business community. Primary teaching duties will be in-person courses and holding office hours on the Hickory campus. Teaching duties may also include online and/or hybrid courses, or in-person courses in Boone, NC.

Type of Position Full Time Position Appointment Type 1.0 Number Of Months Per Year 9 Physical Demands of Position Typical physical demands of a professional position at the university. Description of University Appalachian State University, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all.

The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and…