FACULTY PROFILE

Dr.Max E. Douglas
Professor of Management

I launched my career in education in 1966 when I left General Motors to begin teaching a curious class of fifth graders at a parochial school.  This initial experience with teaching at the elementary level was very rewarding and stimulated my interest in becoming a professor in higher education.  After completing my master’s degree in business, I was hired in 1968 as an instructor in the School of Business at Indiana State University. During my 31 years at ISU, I have taught a variety of undergraduate courses including the following: Introduction to Business, Management & Organizational Behavior, Business & Society, Small Business/Entrepreneurship, Advanced Organizational Behavior, Leadership & Organizational Change, and Contemporary Management Practices.   During the period 1972-75, I served as an Assistant Dean of Summer Sessions and Director of the Summer Honors Program. In 1979, I completed my doctorate in higher education at Indiana University.

My research interests have focused primarily on eustress, ethics in the workplace, case research and classroom pedagogy. Some of my articles have been published in the following journals: Supervision, Journal of Business Education. Journal of Management Education, Business Case Journal, Training & Development Journal, Business Education Forum and Journal of Business & Economic Perspectives.  In addition, I have presented numerous research papers at various regional and national meetings.   Here are a few citations of my more recent publications:

"Creating Eustress in the Workplace: A Supervisor’s Role", SuperVision, October, 1996, pp.6-9.

"Testing a Stepwise Empowerment Model in the Classroom: Focus on the Corporate Social Responsibility Audit", Seventh Annual International Association of Business & Society Conference Proceedings, March, 1996, pp. 632-637.

"Listening Effectiveness Quotient: Saving An Endangered Species", Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Midwest Management Society, March, 1997, pp. 66-69.

"Teaching Portfolios:  Issues and Challenges for the Management Discipline", Proceedings of the 1998 Conference of the North American Management Society, March, 1998, pp. 51-56.

"Deming’s Paradigm of Quality Management and Virtue Ethics: An Ideological Comparison", Proceedings of the 1999 Conference of the North American Management Society, Chicago, March, 1999, pp. 69-76.

"Small Business/Entrepreneurship-A Foundation for Lifelong Endeavors", Business Education Forum, October, 1999, pp. 32-35

Douglas, Max E. & Adams Mary E., "Developing and teaching a High School Entrepreneurship Course Part I: Rationale and Content", Business Education Forum, October, 1999, pp. 32-35.

Douglas, Max E., Using Realistic Previews as a Faculty Recruitment Strategy, Proceedings of the 2000 Conference of the North American Management Society, March, 2000, pp. 78-82.

Douglas, Max E. & Dean, F. Peter, An Ideological Comparison of Deming’ s Philosophy and Virtue Ethics, Ethics & Critical Thinking Quarterly Journal, December, 2000, pp.26-34.

Douglas, Max E. & Dean, F. Peter, Should We Teach Business Students That Utilitarianism is an Appropriate Basis for Ethical decision-Making? (Abstract) Proceedings of the International Association of Business & Society, March, 2001, p.26-37

Douglas, Max E. & Dean, F. Peter, Should We Teach Business Students That Utilitarianism is an Appropriate Basis for Ethical decision-Making? (Abstract) Proceedings of the International Association of Business & Society, March, 2001, p.26-37.

Douglas, Max E., Striving for Pedagogical Excellence Within The Management Discipline: Personal and Organizational Barriers, Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, XXVIII(1) Spring/Summer 2002, pp. 5-12.

Douglas, M. E., Chait, H. & Dougherty, V., Coffee Grounds: Community Voice, Not Corporate Choice, Proceedings of the North American Case Research Association, 16(1) Banff, Alberta, Canada, October 3-5, 2002, p.12 (abstract of case)

Douglas, M. E., Servant -Leadership: An Emerging Supervisory Model, Super Vision, 64:2, February 2003, pp. 6-9

My professional memberships include the Academy of Management, National Business Education Association, International Association of Business & Society The North American Management Society, The Society for Case Research, and the North American Case Research Association.  I strive for pedagogical excellence and use the following philosophy as a paradigm for my teaching: Students want to know how much you care before they care how much you know.
 

For any inquiries contact me at 812-237-2104 or mfdgls@befac.indstate.edu
Max E. Douglas