Stephanie Newport
Ph.D., Professor, Head of Department of Management, Marketing and Finance, Pey State University. President of Southern-American Association of Management, USA
Education
Ph.D. 1990 The University of Texas at Arlington
M.B.A. 1985 Austin Peay State University
B. S. Management, 1982 University of Maryland, European Division, Summa cum Laude.
Academic Expirience
1993-present Austin Peay State University, Professor (tenured, 1996)
Invited Adjunct Faculty, Southeastern University, Washington, D.C. for the distance learning Executive MBA program in Hong Kong, May 1995, June 1996
1990-1993 Creighton University, Assistant Professor
1986-1989 University of Texas at Arlington, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
1985-1986 Austin Peay State University, Instructor
1983-1985 Austin Peay State University, Graduate Administrative and Teaching Assistant
Membership and Academic Achievments
Elected to membership in the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 1981
The University of Texas at Arlington Best Professional Publication Award (with Dess and Rasheed) for "Nurturing Strategic Coherency", 1993
FAR/Planning Forum Best Paper Award for "Nurturing Strategic Coherency", 1991
Recipient, John Dean Stanley Scholarship, University of Texas at Arlington, 1987, 1988
Invited Participant, Doctoral Consortium, Organizational Theory Division, Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, 1988
Nominated for Austin Peay State University Socrates Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1994
Awarded Austin Peay State University Socrates Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1995
Publications
(1991) Effects of absolute and relative sunk costs on the decision to persist with a course of action. With Howard Garland. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes,48, 55-69.
(1991) Nurturing strategic coherency. With Gregory Dess and Abdul Rasheed. Planning Review, November/December, 18-27, 47.
(1991) Case commentary, Waimaru Travellers' Tours.With Gregory Dess. In Sligo, Frank.Organisational Behaviour: Case Studies and Commentaries.Palmerston North, New Zealand: The Dunmore Press, Ltd., pp. 33-34.
(1992) Hasbro, Incorporated:A Case Study. Proceedings of the Southwest Case Research Association, San Antonio, Tx.
(1993) Configuration Research in Strategic Management: Key Issues and Suggestions. With Gregory Dess and Abdul Rasheed. Journal of Management, 19, 775-795.
1994) Hasbro, Inc. and the Toy Industry:A case study. With Regena Farnsworth. In Wright, P., Pringle, C., and Kroll, M.Strategic Management, 2nd ed., Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 531-547.
(1994) Hasbro, Inc.: A Case Study is also available on computer disk as part of the CaseVue database, a collection of supplementary cases for courses in strategic management. Flower Mound, TX:The Hardscrabble Group, Inc.
(1994) The Decline of A Rural Hospital. With Jeffrey Zelda. Proceedings of the Southwest Case Research Association , Dallas, TX
(1994) Experiential exercise: Forced retrenchment at Atkinson Paper. With Gregory Dess. In instructor's manual to accompany Dess/Miller Strategic Management, New York: McGraw-Hill.
Presentations
(1988) Strategy making process and its correlates: An exploratory field study. With Wayne Bodensteiner and Gregory Dess, paper presented:Academy of Management Meetings,Anaheim, CA
(1990) Configuration Research in Strategic Management:Key Issues and Suggestions. With Gregory Dess and Abdul Rasheed, paper presented:Academy of Management Meetings, San Francisco, CA
(1992) Strategic Configurations in the Health Care Industry:A Field Study. With Gregory Dess and Abdul Rasheed, paper presented: Academy of Management Meetings, Las Vegas, NV
(1992) The Phoenix Prescription: Surviving Downsizing, speech presented: Separations and Capital Recovery Division of U.S. West Telecommunications, Inc., Omaha, NE
(1992) TQM: Recapturing Excellence, speech presented: Omaha Metro Area Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants, Omaha, NE
(1994) Integrating Ethics into Management, Business Ethics Workshop, Austin Peay State University
(1994) Applying TQM to Teaching Strategic Management, Joint Panel (Austin Peay State University, Murray State University, University of Tennessee at Martin)Teaching/Research Conference, Martin, TN
(1994) The Manager's Feud: Television Game Show Adapted for Classroom Use. With Kathleen Brannen. Presented to Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
(1995) Reality Testing: Taking the G-r-r-r out of Grading. Presented to: Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Macomb, IL
(1995) Creativity Across the Curriculum, Joint Panel, Ken-Tenn Annual Conference, Murray, KY
(1996) A Fair Share Solution: How to Design Conflict Out of Team Projects. Presented to Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Keene, NH
(1996) First Timer's Look at Hong Kong, with Dr. A. Hutcheson, APSU International Lecture Series
(1996) Triple Threat: Multiple Answers to Multiple Choice Questions. Ken-Tenn Annual Conference,Clarksville, TN
(1997) Surviving the Transition for Doctoral Student to Tenure Track Faculty. Invited presentation to Doctoral Student and Junior Faculty Consortium of the Southwest Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA
(1998) Bullies and Babies: The Delegation Dilemma. Presented to the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada
(1999) Leadership for Police Officers. Presented to City Police Department, Clarksville, TN
(1999) Ethics as a component of a Leadership Program. Presented to Ken-Tenn Annual Conference, Murray, KY
(1999) Group Processes and Financial Analysis: A Model for Learning Two Things at Once. With Susan Herman. Presented to Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Las Cruces, NM
(2000) Growing Pains: House Calls, Inc. A Case Study. With Steven J. Anderson, Michael D. Phillips, and John X. Volker. Presented to American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV
(2001) Dysfunctional Managerial Behavior in the Workplace: implications for Employees, Supervisors, and Organizations. With Roy Baker. Presented to American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV
(2001) Achievement Academy: A Case Study. With Steven J. Anderson, Michael D. Phillips, and John X. Volker. Presented to American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV
(2001) Teaching Financial Analysis: Dispelling the Mystery and Fear with Language and Logic. Presented to Southwest Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA
