Dr. Douglas K. Peterson
Assistant Professor of Management

"We manage in an environment that shows increasing dynamic complexity and internationalization. In order to deal with the increased scope and complexity, managers must develop a broader and more integrated base of knowledge, skills and abilities than ever before."

"My mission as a scholar is to promote learning. I do this by providing instruction, by researching topics of interest to scholars and management professionals, and by providing professional outreach services to the institution and to relevant members of the environment.

- Douglas Peterson, Ph.D.

I completed my Ph.D. in "The Interdisciplinary Areas of Business" at the University of Nebraska in 1997. My areas of study currently include international organizational behavior, international human resources management, and organizational theory. I am also interested in the application of compensation systems on employee attitude development. Prior to receiving my Ph.D. at Nebraska, I completed an M.B.A. in general management at the University of Kansas School of Business, and a B.A. in Political Science and Personnel Administration at the University of Kansas.

I've worked in higher education for thirteen years.  I began teaching at the collegiate level at the age of 26. Over the years, I've taught a great many different courses at both the M.B.A. and the undergraduate levels.  It is my mission to always perform my best, and to deliver meaningful instruction and professional service wherever I work. I have been nominated for several teaching awards, including the Associated Students of Nebraska Outstanding Faculty Award, and the College of Business Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award.  My favorite classes to teach are Principles of Management, Organizational Behavior, International Business, and Organizational Theory. Before joining higher education, I worked for Prentice-Hall Publishing Company, and for the Flecto Corporation.

Professional organizations I am affiliated with include the Academy of Management, the Decision Sciences Institute, the Society for Human Resources Management, the Academy of International Business, and the Pan Pacific Business Association. I've traveled throughout Southeastern Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia. I also travel frequently throughout the Americas, including frequent trips to Mexico, Central America, Brazil, and Columbia. I speak English, Spanish, French, and some Bahasa.

For professional outreach, I've developed a consulting practice called Peterson and Associates Professional Consulting Services (PNA).  PNA provides international human resources and general management- organizational design related consulting and research services to government, corporations, and small business. So far, PNA has proven to be the excellent source of research data and business contact (in both the private and public sector) that I use to inform and enliven my lecture and classroom activity.

For further information contact me at mfdgls@befac.indstate.edu.