TIM Division List Serve
Vol. 7, No. 26 (September 8, 2010)
Table of Contents:
· Call for Participation
o Submit by 8 October for MERInstitute grant offers 1) up to $100,000 funded for one to three year periods, 2) Year-long $50,000 faculty fellowships for research at the fellows' home institution or 3) Year-long $20,000 doctoral student fellowships for research at the fellows' home institutions
o Conducting four live, interactive, synchronous online structural equation modeling (SEM) workshops (with complete post-workshop recordings provided) in September and October
· Call for papers
o Deadline to submit 20 Nov 2010 – International Academy of e-Business 11th Annual Conference APRIL 21-24, 2011- Toronto, Canada @ Intercontinental Toronto Centre Hotel (Negotiated Rate: C$119)
o Second and final Phase is open until Sept. 27, 2010 for 15th IBIMA Conference http://www.ibima.org - Cairo, Egypt November 6-7, 2010 General Theme: Knowledge Management and Innovation: A Business Competitive Edge Perspective
o Due Date February 28, 2011 - BUSINESS & SOCIETY – Special Issue – Call for papers
· Books
o Introducing the newly released book: WEB 2.0-BASED E-LEARNING: APPLYING SOCIAL INFORMATICS FOR TERTIARY TEACHING
· Job Positions
o Apply by 30 September - PostDoc Position at ETH ZURICH, The Chair of Sustainability and Technology within the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics of ETH Zurich
o Rick and Jo Berquist Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. This is an endowed position at the full professor level (tenure possible at the time of appointment)
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Call for Participation
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Deadline for submission: October 8, 2010
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Management Education Research Institute (MERInstitute) funds research projects through our grant program, innovative thought leaders through our faculty fellowship program, and talented new professionals through our doctoral student fellowship program. Last year six projects were awarded a total of more than $380,000 in funding for 2010 by the Institute. The winning proposals were selected from among 55 applications rigorously reviewed by a committee of business school faculty. More information is available at www.gmac.com/merinstitute.
The MERInstitute offers
· Grants up to $100,000 funded for one to three year periods.
· Year-long $50,000 faculty fellowships for research at the fellows' home institutions.
· Year-long $20,000 doctoral student fellowships for research at the fellows' home institutions.
Management Education for Tomorrow Innovation Challenge-submit three paragraphs outlining an idea you think will improve business education, the most promising idea wins $50,000 in cash. See www.metfund.org for more information.
Regards,
Rachel Edgington
Director, Market Research & Analysis
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+1-703-668-9830
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Creating Access to Graduate Business Education(SM)
The Graduate Management Admission Council (www.gmac.com), based in Reston, Va., is a nonprofit education organization of leading graduate business schools worldwide dedicated to creating access to and disseminating information about graduate management education. GMAC annually surveys thousands of corporate recruiters, MBA students, and alumni. The organization also owns the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®), used by business schools around the world to assess applicants. The GMAT was created in 1954 and remains the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs.
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In cooperation with University of Hamburg and Radboud University, we are conducting four live, interactive, synchronous online structural equation modeling (SEM) workshops (with complete post-workshop recordings provided) in September and October.
This is the only notice for these online workshops that will appear on this listserv. There will be no additional notification until courses for the November / December period are announced.
(1) Intermediate PLS path modeling (SEM) using SmartPLS (September 10-11 @ 12 Noon-4PM ET and Sept 17-18 @ 6PM-10PM ET). Registration fees are: $295 USD faculty/practitioners and $225 full-time students (using registration discount code 'student6');
There is an Intermediate PLS Path Modeling workshop on September 10 and 11, 2010, from 12 Noon until 4PM ET. The timing of this workshop is meant to be convenient for participants in Europe, North and South America:
https://www.regonline.com/pls-sept-10-11-2010
There is also an Intermediate PLS Path Modeling workshop on September 17 and 18, 2010, from 6PM until 10PM ET. The timing of this workshop is meant to be convenient for participants in the Pacific Rim countries, including Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore and the rest of Malaysia:
https://www.regonline.com/pls-sept-17-18-2010
You may view a detailed PDF agenda (http://andyswebtools.com/uploads/3616/IntermediatePLS-PM.pdf) for these Intermediate PLS Path Modeling workshops.
(2) Introductory PLS path modeling (SEM) using SmartPLS (October 1-2 @ 6PM-10PM ET and Oct 22-23 @ 11AM-3PM ET). Registration fees are: $295 USD faculty/practitioner; $225 full time students (using registration discount code 'student6');
There is an introductory SmartPLS workshop on October 1-2, 2010, from 6PM until 10PM. The timing of this workshop is meant to be convenient for participants in the Pacific Rim countries, including Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore and the rest of Malaysia:
https://www.regonline.com/pls-oct-1-2-2010
There is also an introductory SmartPLS workshop on October 22-23, 2010, from 11AM until 3PM ET. The timing of this workshop is meant to be convenient for participants in Europe, North and South America:
https://www.regonline.com/pls-oct-22-23-2010
You may view a detailed PDF agenda (http://andyswebtools.com/uploads/3616/SmartPLS-workshop.pdf) for these Introductory SmartPLS workshops.
Each of the four live, interactive, synchronous workshops are conducted on two consecutive days for four hours each day. The workshops are taught using the award-winning Elluminate Live ! electronic classroom which is free to use for participants. You simply point your browser to the URL for the electronic classroom.
All workshops present instructional material and demonstrate exercises (with provided data sets) appropriate for the beginner and intermediate PLS Path Modeling (SEM) users, respectively. Participants receive: (1) live, synchronous, online, interactive participation in the workshop; (2) all workshop slides, exercises and data sets; (3) relevant literature and citations; (4) SmartPLS software; and (5) complete, high-fidelity audio- and video- Internet-based recordings of the workshop, when completed, for unlimited, repeated reviews of the workshop for three months following each workshop.
These workshops are being produced in cooperation with faculty from multiple universities. In addition, workshop revenues are returned to the academic institutions and to the SmartPLS software development team to keep SmartPLS free to use for academics.
Please address questions to Geoff Hubona at ghubona@gmail.com. Also, there is more information available at http://www.pls-seminars.com (please copy and paste URL)
Geoffrey Hubona
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Call for Papers
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS OR PAPERS -
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF E-BUSINESS 11th ANNUAL CONFERENCE -
APRIL 21-24, 2011- Toronto, Canada @ Intercontinental Toronto Centre Hotel (Negotiated Rate: C$119)
Proposal/Paper SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 20, 2010
Please email each proposal separately to conference@iaeb.org (and cc to: adm@iaeb.net ) (with Subject Line, "PROPOSAL 2011") – including each author's name, university/ organizational affiliation, email, etc.. More details at www.iaeb.org or www.iaeb.info
Dear Colleagues:
Hope you had wonderful summer holidays. Below are some news and updates.
As you begin to plan your activities for the current academic year, please note the outlined call for conferene papers and proposals above. The Academy plans to publish some outstanding papers in its two refereed journals, the Journal of E-Business and the E-Business Review (both listed in Cabell's Directory of Business Journals/Periodicals, other academic indices)
The book entitled Healthcare Business: International Dimensions and Perspectives is ready and under review for publication with a major publisher. We plan to have this book of research studies published in 2011.
The book Executive Greed (details www.executivegreed.com) has received good exposure as well as good reviews because this international problem is timely and the book provides an in-depth analysis of straegic management failures in different areas and their underlying reasons that lead to business disaster. You may be able to get an examination copy from Palgrave-MacMillan for possible class adoption.
We wish you a very successful and productive year.
Vinay
Vinay Kothari, Ph.D.
Regents' Professor Emeritus (retired)
Stephen F. Austin State University
vkothari@iaeb.net
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We have had an excellent First Phase of Call for papers that ended on Sept.
3, 2010. Now, the Second and final Phase is open until Sept. 27, 2010.
2nd Phase Call for papers
The 15th IBIMA Conference http://www.ibima.org - Cairo, Egypt November
6-7, 2010
General Theme: Knowledge Management and Innovation: A Business Competitive Edge Perspective
The conference will be held in Cairo, one of the world's great cities, established 1000 years ago. Cairo is located in a very close proximity to Great Sphinx and the pyramids.
The conference is in cooperation with the American University in Cairo and is scheduled to be held at the elegant Sheraton Cairo Hotel (5 *Stars).
Website: http://www.ibima.org (OR just type IBIMA is any search engine)
2nd phase Submission deadline: Sept. 27, 2010
IBIMA conference proceedings are indexed by ISI Thomson Index
Major Tracks : Session en Français
High quality papers will be fast tracked to one of IBIMA Publishing 35+ journals (conditions apply). http://www.ibimapublishing.com IBIMA Publishing, publisher of open access journals to promote widest possible distribution of research work worldwide. All journals are now index by EBSCO and each article will receive DOI to ensure lifetime preservation.
IMPORTANT: Four types of Conference submissions:
1- Full Research papers
2- Short papers or abstracts
3- Organized sessions
4- Virtual presentation
Conference proceedings will be published as an e-book on a CD with an ISBN
Visit the general conference website for complete details:
http://www.ibima.org
We look forward to meeting you in Istanbul.
Sincerely,
Khalid S. Soliman
15th IBIMA Conference Chair
IBIMA Publishing, USA
http://www.ibimapublishing.com
International Business Information Management Association, USA
http://www.ibima.org
Associate Professor of MIS
Hempstead, New York 11549 USA
http://www.khalidsoliman.com
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BUSINESS & SOCIETY – Special Issue – Call for papers – August 2010
The Social Performance and Responsibilities of Entrepreneurship
Guest Editors:
Mark Casson; University of Reading, UK
Stephen Pavelin; University of Reading, UK
Entrepreneurial behaviour enacts change. An entrepreneur may start-up a company that, when entering a market, broadens consumer choice and intensifies competition for market share among providers. Furthermore, entrepreneurship can drive the introduction of new products, improved versions of old products, efficiency gains in production processes, innovative business models and paradigm-shifts in corporate culture. It is straightforward that such fruits of entrepreneurial spirit can result in social benefit – new products that please consumers, a disruption of an established competitive balance among incumbents that drives down prices, technological change that extends production possibilities, and so on. However, this circumstance does not imply that entrepreneurship is necessarily bound to make some positive contribution to social welfare.
In highlighting productive and unproductive (even
destructive) roles of entrepreneurship, Baumol
(1990) notes that "if entrepreneurs are defined, simply, to be persons who are ingenious and creative in finding ways that add to their own wealth, power, and prestige, then it is to be expected that not all of them will be overly concerned with whether an activity that achieves these goals adds much or little to the social product" (pp. 897-898). Entrepreneurial behaviour guided by self-interest may channel into whichever activities maximise private gain, even if they include socially harmful rent-seeking, dirty tricks against rival companies, deceptive marketing, tax evasion and (perhaps more subtly) even the promotion of intensified rivalry in economic relationships to the possible detriment of social cohesion.
This reality presents a question: What are, and what factors determine, the effects of entrepreneurship on corporate social performance (CSP)? The extant literatures on social and environmental entrepreneurship have highlighted and evaluated an emergent tendency for entrepreneurship guided by a stated intention to build-in a regard for social and/or environmental issues as a core component of adopted business models. Has this tendency made entrepreneurship, and corporate conduct in general, more socially beneficial? More generally, is entrepreneurial behaviour socially productive, and how might institutional reform promote a channelling of entrepreneurial spirit away from less-than-productive endeavours?
This planned special issue will discuss the impacts of entrepreneurial behaviour on social welfare and also assess the responsibilities of entrepreneurs in relation to social and environmental issues. Some research questions that might be addressed in this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
· What are the social responsibilities of an entrepreneur?
· How does entrepreneurial behaviour
affect the welfare of society in general and perhaps certain stakeholder constituencies in particular?
· What factors determine the impacts of
entrepreneurship on social and environmental issues?
· How do institutional factors influence
the manner in which entrepreneurial efforts are distributed across productive, non-productive and destructive behaviours?
· Can public policy reform promote a
greater prevalence of socially beneficial entrepreneurship?
· To what extent have documented trends of
social and environmental entrepreneurship brought an improvement in corporate social performance at the firm-, industry-, regional- or global-level?
· Has the manner in which corporate social
responsibility is understood and practiced undergone significant change that reflects the entrepreneurial introduction of innovative business models?
· Does the prevalence and strength of
entrepreneurial spirit affect the development and maintenance of social cohesion?
This special issue is open to papers from various academic disciplines that are conceptual, theoretical or empirical in nature and present new insights on the social responsibilities of entrepreneurship and the effects of entrepreneurial behaviour on CSP. Possible topics are the following:
· The social responsibilities of entrepreneurs;
· The social performance of entrepreneurial behaviour;
· Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship;
· Social and environmental entrepreneurship.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Due Date: February 28, 2011
Contributors are requested to submit full papers electronically to the corresponding guest editor, Dr. Stephen Pavelin (s.pavelin@reading.ac.uk) no
later than February 28, 2011. (Special issue
submissions should NOT be loaded to the manuscript central online system for regular
submissions.) Submissions to the special issue should follow the Business & Society manuscript submission guidelines outlined on the journal's website at http://bas.sagepub.com (then click on 'Submit a Manuscript'). Papers should include a 100-150 word abstract followed by three to five keywords. The paper itself should contain no indications of authorship (including self-citations or references). A title page containing full author contact information should be sent as a separate document. The citations and references should be APA compliant (see BAS guidelines).
A Business & Society Special Issue Workshop
(titled: The Social Performance and
Responsibilities of Entrepreneurship) will be held at the International Association for Business and Society Annual Meeting 2011, to be held in Bath, UK on June 23-26. Authors will be informed whether their paper has been accepted for presentation at the Workshop by March 31, 2011. While accepted authors will be encouraged to attend the Workshop, further consideration of a submitted paper is not contingent upon such attendance. Following the Workshop, all papers under consideration will go through the journal's double-blind review process. Please feel free to address any questions you have regarding the special issue to the guest editors:
Prof. Mark Casson
School of Economics, University of Reading, United Kingdom
E-mail: m.c.casson@reading.ac.uk
Dr. Stephen Pavelin
School of Economics, University of Reading, United Kingdom
E-mail: s.pavelin@reading.ac.uk
DISTRIBUTED BY DUANE WINDSOR, BAS EDITOR, odw@rice.edu
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(Dear colleagues, apologies for cross posting...)
Introducing the newly released book:
WEB 2.0-BASED E-LEARNING: APPLYING SOCIAL INFORMATICS FOR TERTIARY TEACHING
ISBN: 978-1-60566-294-7<tel:978-1-60566-294-7>; 483 pp; July 2010
Published by IGI Global under the imprint Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference)
http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=40272
Edited by:
Mark J. W. Lee, Charles Sturt University, Australia Catherine McLoughlin, Australian Catholic University, Australia
DESCRIPTION
Educational communities today are rapidly increasing their interest in Web 2.0 and e-learning advancements for the enhancement of teaching practices.
Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching provides a useful and valuable reference to the latest advances in the area of educational technology and e-learning. This innovative book offers an excellent resource for any practitioner, researcher, or academician with an interest in the use of the Web for providing meaningful learning experiences.
"this collection of well-thought-out responses should prove an invaluable starting point for the effective application of new social learning technologies to teaching and learning in higher education. ... Mark and Catherine have edited a collection that should challenge us to re-examine our pedagogies, our notions of who is in control, our notions of where and how learning occurs, and most importantly, our notions of fun, play, and creativity in the endeavor."
- Professor John G. Hedberg, Millennium Innovations Chair of ICT & Education and Head, Department of Education, Macquarie University, Australia
TOPICS COVERED
- Web 2.0, social software and their implications for e-learning
- Learner-generated contexts
- Students' perspectives on personal and distributed learning environments
- Personal knowledge management
- University students' self-motivated blogging
- Wikis in teacher training and foreign language learning
- Mobile 2.0
- Podcasting in distance learning
- Social networking in tertiary education
- Digital natives and the Net Generation
- Web 2.0 and assessment
- Web 2.0 and professional development of academic staff
- Beyond Web 2.0: Web 3.0
For more information about Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching, and to view the Table of Contents, go to <http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=40272> http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=40272 . On this site you will also be able to read the full text of the Preface of the book, which provides an introduction and thematic overview of the various chapters. You can also download the first chapter of the publication for free from the site.
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Mark J. W. Lee is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the School of Education at Charles SturtUniversity. He concurrently holds Adjunct Senior Lecturer and Honorary Research Fellow appointments with the Distance Education Hub (DE Hub) research institute at the University ofNew England and the Graduate School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Ballarat, respectively. Previously, he worked in a variety of teaching, instructional design, and managerial roles within the private vocational education and higher education sectors. Mark has published extensively in the areas of educational technology, e-learning, and innovative pedagogy in tertiary education, with over 50 refereed publications to his name. He is the immediate past Chair of the New South Wales Chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Education Society, a former director of the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (ibstpi), and a former executive committee member of the Open and Learning Distance Association of Australasia (ODLAA). Presently, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of Impact: Journal of Applied Research in Workplace E-learning, in addition to being on the editorial boards of several other highly reputable international journals. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Australian Computer Society (ACS), and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM).
Catherine McLoughlin is an Associate Professor with the School of Education at the AustralianCatholic University, Canberra, where she formerly served as Head of School. She also is the coordinator of the Australian Capital Territory branch of the Research Centre for Science, Information Technology and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR). With over 20 years' experience in higher education in Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Australia, Catherine has experience and expertise in a variety of educational settings, with diverse students and across a wide range of cultural contexts. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), with oversight for the Society's research strategies and initiatives, and Editor of ASCILITE's official journal, the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. Last but not least, Catherine is an editorial board member of a number of leading journals, including the British Journal of Educational Technology.
The editors can be contacted via email at <mailto:web2.0ishere@gmail.com> web2.0ishere@gmail.com<mailto:web2.0ishere@gmail.com> .
CONTRIBUTORS
Jon Akass, Media Citizens Ltd, UK
Cameron Barnes, University of New England, Australia Tony Bates, Tony Bates Associates, Canada Maria Elisabetta Cigognini, University of Florence, Italy Wilma Clark, Institute of Education, UK Lisa Cluett, The University of Western Australia, Australia Gráinne Conole, The Open University, UK John Cook, London Metropolitan University, UK Matt Crosslin, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Nada Dabbagh, George Mason University, USA Peter Day, University of Brighton, UK Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Aalborg University, Denmark Peter Duffy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Nigel Ecclesfield, Becta, UK Palitha Edirisingha, University of Leicester, UK Henk Eijkman, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy,Australia Idoia Elola, Texas Tech University, USA Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University, USA Fred Garnett, Institute of Education, UK Tom Hamilton, University of Sussex, UK Henk Huijser, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Chris Jones, The Open University, UK Lucinda Kerawalla, The Open University, UK Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, The Open University, UK Mark J. W. Lee, Charles Sturt University, Australia Rosemary Luckin, Institute of Education, UK Catherine McLoughlin, Australian Catholic University, Australia Shailey Minocha, The Open University, UK Ana Oskoz, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Kai Pata, Tallinn University, Estonia Maria Chiara Pettenati, University of Florence, Italy John Pettit, The Open University, UK Rick Reo, George Mason University, USA Judy Robertson, Heriot-Watt University, UK Thomas Ryberg, Aalborg University, Denmark Michael Sankey, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Judy Skene, The University of Western Australia, Australia Kairit Tammets, Tallinn University, Estonia Belinda Tynan, University of New England, Australia Terje Väljataga, Tampere Technical University, Finland and Tallinn University, Estonia Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, UK Denise Whitelock, The Open University, UK Andrew Whitworth, University of Manchester, UK
To view the full contents of this publication, check for Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching in your institution's library. If you library does not currently own this title, please consider recommending it to your librarian.
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Job Positions
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Apologies for cross postings
PostDoc Position at ETH ZURICH
The Chair of Sustainability and Technology within the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics of ETH Zurich investigates organizational responses to environmental challenges from an integrated technology, management, and policy perspective. Our main empirical fields are energy technologies and climate change. To strengthen our team, we are now looking for a Postdoctoral/Senior Researcher.
The successful candidate is expected to conduct research on either management strategies in the context of technology and innovation (e.g., based on the resource-based view or institutional theory) or technological change (e.g., from a systems or policy perspective on innovation).
You hold a PhD in a management related field and have a clear aspiration to pursue an academic career. Your publication record in peer-reviewed journals demonstrates your academic qualifications. In addition, your previous interest in business strategies and/or technologies related to sustainability in general, climate change, or energy issues is valuable to us.
We offer an entrepreneurial research atmosphere within a dynamic team at a leading academic institution. We also offer national and international development opportunities through several collaborations within academia and with industry as well as a competitive salary and an attractive location. The starting date is negotiable.
This is an abridged version of the full position announcement which is available at www.SusTec.ethz.ch. For additional information, please visit our web page or contact us via email. We look forward to receiving your application by September 30, 2010.
Prof. Dr. Volker Hoffmann
Chair of Sustainability and Technology
ETH Zurich
vhoffmann@ethz.ch
www.SusTec.ethz.ch
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Dear Colleague,
I am pleased to announce our search for the Rick and Jo Berquist Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. This is an endowed position at the full professor level (tenure possible at the time of appointment) but all ranks will be considered. The individual may also serve as the Co-Director of the University's Institute for Leadership and Innovation, which includes entrepreneurial activities and programs.
The position announcement can be found at http://www.mtu.edu/business/positions/. All inquiries and application materials should be sent electronically to the Berquist Professorship Search Committee at sbe-search@mtu.edu.
You were sent this message because you may be interested in this position or you may know qualified colleagues who would be interested. Please forward this message to others you think may be interested in this opportunity.
Sincerely,
Darrell Radson
Dean
School of Business and Economics
Michigan Technological University
103 Academic Office Building
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Phone: 906-487-2668
e-mail: radson@mtu.edu
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Darlene,
Darlene Alexander-Houle
TIM Division List Serve Manager
Adjunct, University of Phoenix
Global Program Manager, Hewlett Packard
dahoule@sbcglobal.net
dahoule@email.phoenix.edu