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Dr. Driver has an extensive service record and a strong commitment to serving her institution as well as her professional field. Currently, Dr. Driver is serving on two committees at Western, namely the Graduate Studies Council as well as the Center for Teaching Excllence. Dr. Driver has also supervised an honor's project for a student doing qualitative research on stress in the workplace and has dedicated time and resources to enhancing her web-based instructional and informational resources including her faculty web-page in support of Western's goals for enhancing our web presence.

Dr. Driver has also devoted significant time and resources to serving her professional field as a reviewer, guest editor and member of a number of editorial boards. In 2009 alone, Dr. Driver has reviewed over a dozen manuscripts and completed work on a
Special Issue of the top-ranked journal Organization for which she served as a guest editor.

 

Some of Dr. Driver's previous service activities are listed below:

A. Service to the University (Committee Work etc.):

 

·         Provided support for the college-wide learning outcome assessment effort by collecting assessment data over the course of one semester (Spring 2006) in two course sections of MGMT 4030 on oral intensive communication learning outcomes and development

·         Chair of the Faculty Development Committee, 2003 to 2004

·         Represented the College of Business on a panel discussing cross-cultural issues in media communication and marketing strategies with a delegation of media industry leaders from various regions in Russia, October, 2003.

·         Development and Delivery of “The Art of Leadership” a one-day seminar to develop leadership skills. This seminar was offered on Saturday February 1, 2003 to the faculty of the College of Business at ETSU and also to the MBA students at ETSU in November 2003 for their orientation and retreat.

·         Chairing the Instructional Development Committee from 2002 to 2004, notable accomplishment during my time as Chair: During the budget year 02/03 funding for grants was cut by nearly fifty percent. While the Committee received a record number of proposals for a total of over $100,000, we had to allocate only $25,000. This was a difficult process. As Chair I was able to facilitate the process in such a way as to stretch our funding and maximize support for mission critical projects. The Committee members were very satisfied and felt that I had made a potentially difficult process with many constraints and exceptionally limited resources easier as well as effective relative to the Committee’s mission.

·         Preparation for, Development of and Implementation (in partnership with Dr. Smith) of the Strategic Experience in Europe for MBA graduate students.

·         Development and delivery of a faculty development workshop for the faculty of the College of Business in November, 2002 on online instruction where I shared with them my experiences of teaching one of the first graduate courses delivered entirely over the Internet and shared with them insights about the differences between teaching on the ground versus online

·         Served on the Search Committee for a Strategic Management position in Fall and Spring of 2002/3

·         Served on the Instructional Development Committee for the University Spring 2001-2004

·         Served on a Thesis Committee in the Spring and Fall of 2001

·         Served on the Faculty Development Committee from August, 1998 to 2004

·         Served on the Search Committee for an MIS faculty position, Spring and Fall 2000 and Spring 2001

  • Development, re-development and delivery of the College of Business MBA Retreat, a full day orientation and development workshop for entering graduate students, this included developing and conducting the program once to twice yearly.
  • Development of a new course, MGMT 4030, for Oral Intensive Status, Spring 2002
  • Represented the Department during Junior Day, Spring 2003
  • Development of MGMT 3000 as an Oral Intensive course for Spring 2003
  • Panelist at the Women In Business Leadership Conference sponsored by the Business Journal of the Tri Cities where I spoke to attending business leaders on the topic of Organizing Chaos, Fall 2002
  • Presenter at a Faculty Development Workshop on Teaching, topic: Navigating through problems in the classroom, April 20, 2000.

·         Represented the department during Junior Day, April 2000

·         Created and delivered a Faculty Development Workshop on Web-based Instruction for the College of Business, sponsored as an official faculty development activity by the Faculty Development Committee, 1999.

·         Developed an MBA project with Siemens, Johnson City, TN, in meetings held from March 1999 – August 1999, Program Managers and faculty from the Management Department at ETSU sought to outline a project structure for an MBA culminating experience to last from August 1999 until May 2000.  The two phased project for which I am a faculty mentor is designed to allow MBA students to apply the skills acquired in our program to a strategic issue at the client organization.  Siemens in turn receives a gratuitous consulting project designed to evaluate and modify processes in relation to new client and product start ups.

  • Designed and conducted a day long seminar on creative thinking called the Wonders of the Mind for adult students and professionals affiliated with the Center for Adult Programs and Women’s Resource Center at ETSU.  The seminar was free to participants and designed to enhance their ability to practice creative thinking at work and in their personal lives.  The seminar entailed presentations and exercises developed by me specifically for this purpose, 1999
  • Participated as a presenter in annual Executive Briefings sponsored by the College of Business, held in May and September 1999 and in April and September 2001.  My presentations on Creating a Learning Organization and Managing Change in Turbulent Times offered the attending members of the business community insights into how they can apply theoretical concepts from my research in their organizations for improved performance.

·         Organized an exhibit on the “Learning Organization” in the College of Business.  The exhibit contained over 40 collages from graduate students in my BADM 5120 class on the topic of the learning organization.  The exhibit in Sam Wilson Hall was open to the public from April 21-30, 1999.  Its purpose was to raise awareness of the learning organization and stimulate discussions around the applicability of ideas developed by students to improve business organizations.

·         Represented the Department during Senior Day 1998.

·         Participated as a panelist in a presentation on Developing Economies to give the public information on developments in the economies of Russia, China and Germany, 1998.

·         Involvement in the development of an International Management Major in the department of Management.

 

B. Services to my discipline or other areas of academic life (e.g., professional memberships and offices, and work done in professional organizations):

 

  • Reviewer for the 2009 Academy of Management Meeting, CMS division
  • Serving as reviewer for the journal Organization – one of the top journals in the field of management and organizational research – since November 2008
  • Reviewer for the 2008 Academy of Management Meeting, CMS division
  • Member of the editorial board (essay section) for the Journal of Management Inquiry since November, 2007
  • Member of the editorial board for the Journal of Organizational Psychodynamics since May, 2007
  • Serving as reviewer for the International Journal of Management Education since February, 2007
  • Serving as reviewer for the CMS interest group at the Academy of Management Conference, 2007, Philadelphia
  • Member of the International Editorial Board of Management Learning, since October 2006 (this includes reviewing journal papers as well as editorial board meetings and organizational activities throughout the year and during academic conferences like the Academy of Management conference)
  • Serving as reviewer for the Journal of Applied Social Psychology since August, 2006
  • Serving as reviewer for the journal Organization Studies – one of the top journals in the field of management and organizational research – since April, 2006
  • Discussant for the MSR Program at the Academy of Management Conference, 2006, Atlanta, GA
  • Guest Editor for the journal Management Learning, Special Issue on Critical Perspectives on MBA Education, 2005/6
  • Co-Convenor for the stream or program track ‘Whither the MBA?’ at the 5th International Critical Management Studies Conference, July 4-6, 2007, Manchester University, UK (this includes facilitating the marketing, organization and actual implementation of the stream at the conference as well as reviewing and serving as editor for papers submitted to the stream)
  • Serving as reviewer for the Journal of Organizational Change Management journal – a well-respected journal and leader in the field of management particularly change and alternative approaches to organizational research – since July, 2005
  • Serving as reviewer for the Journal of Management Inquiry journal – one of the most innovative and cutting edge journals in the field of management and organizational research – since February, 2005
  • Serving as reviewer for the Academy of Management Review journal – one of the best perhaps the best journal in the field of management and organizational research – since February, 2004
  • Serving as reviewer for the journal Culture and Organization (Journal of qualitative methods, cultural studies and organization theory) - since August 2004
  • Served as reviewer for a new textbook on the Management of Organizational Change by Mc-Graw-Hill Publishing
  • Served as a reviewer for the Academy of Management Conference 2004, Management, Spirituality and Religion Group
  • Panelist/Participant in a Social Issues in Management (SIM) professional development workshop on the theme: "Stakeholder dialog and workplace spirituality: Seeking a higher level of actionable knowledge" held at the Academy of Management meeting in New Orleans in August 2004.
  • Co-Convenor for the stream or program track ‘Whither the MBA?’ at the 4th International Critical Management Studies Conference, July 4-6, 2005, Cambridge University, UK (this includes facilitating the marketing, organization and actual implementation of the stream at the conference as well as reviewing papers submitted to the stream)
  • Serving as a reviewer for the Journal of Management Studies – since November, 2003
  • Serving as a reviewer for the journal Leadership Quarterly – since September 2003
  • Member of the editorial board for the journal Tamara, Journal of Critical and Postmodern Organizational Science – an important and cutting edge journal in organizational research, the other board members are widely known and well-respected researchers in the field – since August of 2003
  • Serving as a reviewer for the journal Human Relations – one of the top journals in organizational research – since May of 2003
  • Contributor to the Academy of Management’s Division, Management, Spirituality and Religion, Newsletter, July of 2003 - a feature length article on applying ideas on spirituality in organizations
  • Chaired the session “The Politics of Control”, Sub Theme 6: “The Open Organization and its Enemies” at the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) Conference –an internationally recognized conference in the organizational studies field and it is a great honor for a young scholar to be called to chair one of the sessions, 19th Colloquium, July 5th, 2003
  • Served as a reviewer for the Academy of Management Conference 2003, MSR and AA divisions, reviewer #19
  • Serving as reviewer for Management Learning-an important research journal in the field of Organizational Learning - since February 2001
  • Serving as reviewer for the Journal of Business Education since October 1999.
  • Served as reviewer during the fall of 1999 for the Distance Education Conference 2000.  I reviewed several proposals for this national conference organized by The Center for Distance Learning Research
  • Member of the Academy of Business Education since October 1999

 

 

 

C. Public Service Involving Professional Expertise:

 

·         Developed the vision and strategic objectives for a German Steel Manufacturer with the company’s executive team in a three-day workshop, January 2008

·         Developed and delivered a presentation on diversity and spirit at work for the Rotary Club of Johnson City, TN, October 2004

·         Developed and delivered a presentation on spirituality in the workplace for the annual staff appreciation luncheon of Hunter, Smith & Davis, LLP, April 2003

·         Presenter at the 2002 Human Resource Expo, workshop on the Learning Organization for ca. 40 HR professionals from the region, October 2002

·         February 2001 to May 2001 – Coordinated Home Health Care, Johnson City, TN, created and delivered a Leadership Development Program on Gaining Power and Influence in Organizations

·         August 1 – October 31, 2000 Healthspan – Coordinated Home Health Care, Johnson City, TN, designed and delivered a Pharmacy Leadership Development Program, leadership training for the top executives of the pharmacy division on Managerial Communications

·         September 28, 1999 – December 15, 1999, Healthspan – Coordinated Home Health Care, Johnson City, TN, created and implemented processes for turning an Activity Based Costing system into an organizational learning tool.

·         August 25, 1999 – September 23, 1999, Healthspan – Coordinated Home Health Care, Johnson City, TN, co-designed and conducted a Leadership Workshop for executives on Leading for Learning in Organizations

·         March 26 -April 20, 1999 – Developed and conducted a “Lunch and Learn” program for executive at SPS Payment Systems in Gray, TN, the 90 minute program included a presentation on the Learning Organization and discussions with executives on how this approach could be implemented in their organization for improved performance.

·         Contributed Editorials to the Business Journal, a regional publication.

 

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