Teaching Responsibilities

"I have been a student for a long time.
I enjoy being in a classroom and learning new things.
Being in college for the past 3 years I have had many different professors and instructors
and I have been introduced to many different styles of teaching.
This class showed me that without pressure I can learn more and at the end succeed.
This class was different from many of my other classes,
the class atmosphere was relaxed and the pressure wasn't high.
The professor was always there to answer our questions and to help us in many ways.
So when applying this pressure idea to the real world and to being a manager,
I have learned that if we don't put too much pressure on our employees/staff,
more work can be done: people will be more relaxed,
and more can be accomplished because of the positive atmosphere".
Y. O.- Student,
MG 310.0, Principles of Management
December 2004

Area of Teaching

My teaching pertains to the area of business and management with an emphasis in personal and organizational behavior. I teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The courses I have taught most frequently in the undergraduate program are:

At the graduate level, I have predominantly facilitated the following courses:

Course Load

I teach in the spring and fall semesters as well as in the summer. Although my course load usually entails a total of three to five courses per term or semester, the courses are spread over 2 accelerated sessions, the day school format, and one or more weekend courses within a semester, resulting in an average of not more than 3 courses concurrently.

Perceptions on My Teaching Area

I perceive the area of business and management as a foundational, thus vital, area of life. I therefore gear my course structuring and implementation toward this paradigm. In my courses I steadfastly emphasize acceptance, understanding, and mutuality as the basics for enhanced gratification in personal and organizational performance.

Advising

As a participating adjunct I advise an average of 30 MBA students per semester. I consider myself fortunate for having had the opportunity to serve as a full time academic advisor before, which has enabled me to gain important experience into prevalent curricular and student-related issues. I consider this experience of great value to my effectiveness and efficiency in advising students. As an advisor I have also been able to attend several seminars from the National Academic Advising Association, NACADA, while I got papers accepted for NACADA, CAP (Commission for Accelerated Programs) and CAEL (The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning) conferences in 2005.

The titles of my accepted papers and presentations are, thus far:

Published papers resulting from my adult advising and attendance to advising seminars were:

My efforts as an advisor of adult learners also resulted in the production of a report titled "The Woodbury University Adult Advisor"