Master Professor
Robert Wharton
 Bob Wharton
"The most important thing any teacher has to
learn, not to be learned in any school of education I ever heard
of, can be expressed in seven words: Learning is not the product of
teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of
learners."
~John Holt, in 'Growing Without Schooling' magazine #40 |
Hall of Fame: | Inducted in 2007 December, 2007 (2 BSI Grand Champions) |
| BSG Tradition: | First adopted The Business Strategy Game for classroom use in 1992 (2nd edition). | |
| School: | University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business |
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| Title: | Assistant Professor | |
| Education: | PhD (Complex Organizations) Rutgers University,
1988 MA (Sociology) Rutgers University, 1985 BA (Psychology and Sociology) Upsala College, 1975 |
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| Courses Taught: | Undergraduate and MBA Business Strategy Undergraduate Organizational Behavior and Theory Undergraduate Marketing |
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| Research interests and selected publications: | Current: Strategic Reference Points and Strategic Performance (with Mark Yockey). Risk Assessment in the Financial Industry: The Organization of Hazardous Behavior (with Kirsten Rosacker). Critical Managerial Skills and Abilities: Views East and West (with Zen Zheng). 2007: The Course of Strategy and Leadership Development in a Business Strategy Simulation. Journal of Learning in Higher Education. 2007: Teaching and Learning in Internationalized MBA Programs. Journal of the American Academy of Business Cambridge. 2006: Instilling Organizational Commitment: A Look at Student Orientation Programs (with Paula Potter and Linda Parry). Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education. 2005: Social Capital and the Success of Cooperative Strategies: The Role of Trust. Leadership and Organisation Development Journal (under review). 2004: Managing R&D Productivity: A Contingency Approach to Leadership Strategies (with F.M. Hull). Journal of High Technology Management & Research. 2004: Keeping the Faculty: Issues of Socialization, Justice, and Commitment to the Workplace (with P. Potter and L. Parry). Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management. 2003: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Using Experiential Learning in the Classroom (with L. Parry). Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Spring. |
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| Honors and Awards: | Various teaching and research awards |
