Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
The Management and Human Resources (MHR) Department in the College of Administration at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) invites applications for a tenure-track position in Strategic Management at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2019.
The university: At Cal Poly Pomona we cultivate success through a diverse culture of experiential learning, discovery, and innovation. We demonstrate academic quality, relevance, and excellence through our teaching, learning, scholarship, and creative activities with student centered faculty in an evidence-based culture. Cal Poly Pomona is committed to being the model for an inclusive polytechnic university that inspires creativity and innovation, embraces local and global challenges, and transforms lives.
The Position: The Department seeks a candidate who strives for excellence in both teaching and research in a highly collegial working environment. The new faculty is expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses, maintain a well-defined stream of quality research, advice students, and demonstrate a commitment to participate in department, college, university and professional service. The candidate will be asked to teach primarily undergraduate and graduate courses in Strategic Management. Applicants whose work incorporates a global perspective and a commitment to diversity in higher education are particularly encouraged to apply.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Qualified candidates must have a doctorate in Strategic Management/Business Policy from an AACSB International accredited business school (or its international equivalent). ABD students who will have completed their doctorate by August 20, 2019, may also apply.
- Candidates must have exemplary teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels commensurate with experience and must provide evidence of, or potential for, working effectively with multicultural constituencies and a diverse student body.
- Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to publishing in quality peer-reviewed journals in their areas of expertise.
- Demonstrated ability or potential to contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and/or service and work as well as experience working in an inclusive environment
Preferred/Desired Qualifications:
- Experience and involvement with extracurricular student activities, student clubs, and student competitions.
- Relevant professional industry experience
- Willingness to develop relationships with the business community
- Expertise with grant writing
- Experience teaching Entrepreneurship
Compensation and Support Environment: Compensation is commensurate with experience. An excellent, comprehensive benefits package is available (For a detailed description of benefits, see http://www.cpp.edu/~benefits/). To support scholarship, the college and university provide an attractive research incentive program, and travel support. The University provides various competitive grant opportunities.
The position is open until filled. First consideration will be given to completed applications received no later than August 27, 2018. Early response is encouraged
IMPORTANT: Dr. Carlos Gonzalez and Dr. Hector Flores will be meeting with candidates during the Academy of Management meetings in Chicago. If you would like to know more about the position and Cal Poly Pomona, please email us at mhrsearch@cpp.edu to coordinate a meeting.
The University: Cal Poly Pomona is one of two polytechnic universities in the 23-campus California State University system. Our ethnically diverse student population of approximately 22,000 enrolls in 52 baccalaureate, 26 master's degree programs, 11 credential and certificate programs, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership, presented by 1,200 faculty. We recruit students increasingly from throughout California and beyond. The students are success and career focused and extremely diverse. We are proud of our status as a Hispanic Serving Institution. We have a strong commitment to supporting scholarship, research, and student achievement. Our scenic and historic 1,400-acre campus, once the winter ranch of cereal magnate W. K. Kellogg, is located about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in one of the most dynamic economic and cultural regions in the country, and within an hour's drive of beaches, mountains, and desert. The university is committed to diversifying its faculty and staff and has made educational equity one of its highest priorities. The mission of the university is to advance learning and knowledge by linking theory and practice in all disciplines, and to prepare students for lifelong learning, leadership, and careers in a changing, multicultural world.
The College of Business Administration and the Management and Human Resources (MHR) Department: The College of Business Administration offers comprehensive undergraduate programs as well as MBA and MS in Business Administration. The college is located in a $30 million, state-of-the-art, three-building complex that houses over 100 faculty and staff, classrooms, lecture halls, labs, conference rooms, and student club rooms among others. The College is accredited at both the undergraduate and graduate levels by AACSB International. MHR is one of six departments in the College of Business Administration, which serves almost 5,000 students. The MHR Department has 17 tenure-track faculty members and more than 950 majors. The faculty holds Ph.D. degrees from some of the top research universities in the U.S. The faculty is conscientious about the teacher-scholar model embraced at Cal Poly Pomona, and strives to integrate research into teaching in a highly collegial working environment. http://www.cpp.edu/~cba/
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. The University seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning. Cal Poly Pomona subscribes to all state and federal regulations and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability, genetic information, medical condition, and covered veteran status. The University hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. As required by the Clery Disclosure Act, the university's annual security report is available at http://www.cpp.edu/~police/annual-security-report.shtml. The person holding this position is considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.