Dr. Allen Amason is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1993 and has been a member of the Georgia faculty since 1996. His research focuses mainly on strategic decision making in top management teams and has been published in such outlets as the Academy of Management Journal the Journal of Management, the Journal of Management and Organizational Dynamics.

Professor Amason has received a number of teaching awards, including the Terry College Teacher of the Year in 2006, the IBM Outstanding Professor in 2005, and the MBA Teacher of the year in 1999. He has also served as Sr. Associate Editor of the Journal of Management as well as on the Editorial Boards of the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Management, the International Journal of Conflict Management, and Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice. He is currently Program Chair Elect of the Southern Management Association and will serve as the SMA President, beginning fall of 2007.

Dr. John H. Blackstone, Jr. is a Professor of Management. He has also taught at Auburn University. He holds a B.S. and M.S.in Economics from Auburn University and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. His research interests include theory of constraints (drum-buffer-rope scheduling) and other machine scheduling and capacity management topics. Dr. Blackstone is the author of FOUR books: Capacity Management, Computer Simulation (with Hugh Watson), Production, Inventory Management (with Don Fogarty and Tom Hoffman) AND MANAGING OPERATIONS (WITH JIM COX AND JOHN SCHLEIER. He has also authored or co-authored over two dozen journal articles in such journals as Journal of Operations Management, Industrial Engineering Transactions, Production and Inventory Management, and The International Journal of Production Research. He is a member of APICS, POMS, and TOC-ICO.

Dr. Ann K. Buchholtz is an Associate Professor at the Terry College of Business of the University of Georgia. She received her Ph.D. from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. Since joining the University of Georgia faculty in January 1997, Dr. Buchholtz has taught courses in strategic management, business ethics, and organizational development. Her research focuses on the intersection between corporate governance and business ethics. Journals in which her work has been published include the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Management, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business & Society, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization Science. She has been elected to chair the Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division of the Academy of Management and serves on the board of directors of the International Association of Business and Society (IABS). Dr. Buchholtz was on the task force that developed a code of ethics for the Academy of Management and now serves as the inaugural chair of the ethics adjudication committee. She is the coauthor, with Archie Carroll, of Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management (6th Ed.). Prior to entering academe, Dr. Buchholtz's work focused on the education, vocational, and residential needs of individuals with disabilities. She has worked in a variety of organizations, in both managerial and consultative capacities, and has consulted with numerous public and private firms.

Dr. Archie B. Carroll is Professor Emeritus and Director of the Nonprofit Program in the Terry College of Business. In August, 2000, he was appointed Director of the Nonprofit Management and Community Service Program, following service as Department Head of the Department of Management from 1995-2000. He was a full-time faculty member from 1972-2005. He received his three academic degrees from The Florida State University. He is the senior co-author of Business & Society: Ethics & Stakeholder Management, 6th Edition (2006), as well as ten other books and dozens of scholarly journal articles. Dr. Carroll has served in many professional capacities. He has been President of the Society for Business Ethics (1998-1999), Chairman of the Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division of the Academy of Management (1976-1977) and has served on the Editorial Review Boards of the Academy of Management Review and the Journal of Management. He is currently on the Editorial Review Boards of Business Ethics Quarterly, Business and Society, and the Journal of Public Affairs. He has served on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Business and Society (IABS) and the Governance Board of the Southern Management Association (two terms). He completed a term on the Board of Directors of the Society for Business Ethics (1997-2001) and a second term on the Board of the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management (2000-2003). His research and teaching interests embrace business ethics, moral leadership, corporate social performance, corporate citizenship, non-profit management, and stakeholder theory. In 1992, Dr. Carroll won the Sumner Marcus Award for Outstanding Service given by the SIM Division of the Academy of Management. In 1993, he received the Distinguished Research Award from the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia. In 1996, he was named a Fellow of the Southern Management Association. In 2003, he was recognized with the Terry College Distinguished Faculty Service Award for thirty years of service to the college, university, and profession. In 2005, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Management. He continues to be an active researcher, author, and public speaker for profit- and non-profit organizations.

Dr. Richard Daniels is Professor of Management and Director of the EMBA Program at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA in 1986. His research interests focus primarily on operations planning and control issues, specifically multi-criteria production scheduling, resource flexibility and its impact on operational performance, and incorporating uncertainty into operational decision-making. His articles have appeared in leading management journals, including Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of Operations Management Naval Research Logistics, Annals of Operations Research, HE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics, and Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. His teaching interests include quantitative methods, service operations management, operations strategy, and supply chain management.

Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Georgia, Professor Daniels taught in the DuPree College of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Center for International Business Education and Research, and Northern Telecom, Inc. He serves on the editorial board of Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, and is an associate editor for HE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics. He has taught in numerous executive education programs, including professional development programs for Lockheed-Martin, Scientific Atlanta, UPS, and Apple South. He has also consulted extensively on projects with the Coca-Cola Company General Dynamics. Northern Telecom, and Scientific Atlanta.

Dr. Daniel C. Feldman is the Associate Dean for Research at the Terry College of Business, where he also holds the Synovus Chair of Servant Leadership. He has served on the faculties of Yale College, the University of Minnesota Industrial Relations Center, Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and the University of Florida. He has also been a Visiting Lecturer at MIT, Dartmouth, Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Yale University.

Dr. Feldman is the past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Management. He has also served as Chair of the Careers Division of the Academy of Management, as Associate Editor for Human Resource Management, as Consulting Editor for Journal of Organizational Behavior, and on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Professor Feldman has also won numerous graduate and undergraduate teaching awards, including being voted MBA Teacher of the Year five times at the University of Florida. At USC, he received the Alfred G. Smith Award for Teaching (outstanding teacher in the Moore School of Business), the Michael A. Hill Distinguished Faculty Award (best teacher in the Honors College), and was named an Eli Lilly Senior Teaching Fellow by the university for successfully combining research and teaching excellence. In 2005, he received an Outstanding Teaching Award in Management at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Feldman is the author of six books and over one hundred articles on career management issues in organizations. His book with Carrie Leana, Coping with Job Loss: How Individuals, Organizations, and Communities Respond to Layoffs, was named one of the four outstanding books of the year by the Academy of Management and has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. His research interests include the transition from school to work, career indecision, part-time and temporary employment, underemployment, expatriation, and early retirement incentives.

Dr. Scott D. Graffin Assistant Professor of Management, received his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He received his BBA in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and his MBA from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. His research interests include corporate governance, top management teams, and the impact of reputation, status, and press coverage on organizational outcomes. Professor Graffin's research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal. He currently teaches courses in strategic management and international management.

Christopher C. Hanks is an entrepreneur and owner of multiple businesses, including e-commerce, retail, service, and publishing ventures. Prior to joining UGA, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship at Georgia State University. He is very active with the Herman J. Russell, Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship and serves as Executive Director of the Robinson College of Business Eagles program, a resource for the "best of the best" in entrepreneurship in the Southeast.

Certified as a business appraiser, Mr. Hanks provides expert witness testimony regarding the value of privately held businesses. He serves as a developer for a $15 million private equity fund and is also very active in the franchising industry, serving as a speaker and consultant to franchisors and franchisees. He participates in several organizations, including the Business Enterprise Institute, International Franchise Association, Robinson College of Business Eagles Program, and Institute of Business Appraisers. He received a BBA in Risk Management from the University of Georgia and an MBA in Finance from San Jose State University. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Mr. Hanks held corporate risk management positions in the pharmaceutical and beverage industries.

Dr. Robert R. Hirschfeld, Lecturer in Management, received his Bachelor of Science in Management and Master of Business Administration from Tulane University, and his Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from Auburn University. He currently teaches courses in management and leadership, and has received recognition for his teaching. His research interests center on issues of motivation, learning, development, and performance in organizational settings, and he has conducted field studies at both the individual and team levels. He has published articles in Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Group and Organization Management, Educational and Psychological Measurement, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and Journal of Business and Psychology.

Dr. Melenie J. Lankau is an Associate Professor of Management at the Terry College of Business. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Business Administration at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. She was a faculty member for four years at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration prior to her current position as an Assistant Professor at the Terry College of Business. Her area of expertise is in Organizational Behavior. She teaches and conducts research on leadership, mentorship, team process, and diversity in the workplace. She has published articles on these topics in academic journals such as Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Vocational Behavior. She has also conducted team-building seminars for managers and employees in health?care and hospitality organizations.

Dr. Gideon D. Markman is an Associate Professor of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the Terry College. Previously, he served a faculty member of the Lally School of Management & Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research interests include innovation management, technology transfer, and technological entrepreneurship. His work was published in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Research Policy, and Academy of Management Executive. Markman has published several book chapters in edited volumes, and he is on the editorial board of several journals, including Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Technology Transfer, and Journal of Management Studies.

Dr. Karen J. Napoleon, Lecturer in Management, received her degree in Management from the University of Pittsburgh, and her Master's of Science in Management and Ph.D. in Operations Management from Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to her graduate education, she was in a management position in the hospitality industry. She teaches courses in Operations Management, Service Operations Management, Project Management, and Supply Chain Management. Her work is published in Production and Operations Management. Her current research focuses on the impact of information technology in service industries.

Olivia Amanda (Mandy) O'Neill, Assistant Professor of Management, received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She received her B.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on three major themes: (1) organizational culture defined through emotions; (2) emotions and strategic management; and (3) gender and career attainment. O'Neill has presented her research at national conferences including the Society for Industrial / Organizational Psychology and the Academy of Management. Her work has been published in the Handbook of Organizational Studies and featured in Fast Company and HR Magazine. O'Neill currently teaches courses in Introduction to Management, Organizational Behavior and Organizational Change.

Dr. Robert J. Vandenberg is a Professor of Management. He received his B.A. in psychology with a minor in business and his M.S. in psychology from the University of Georgia, his Ph.D. in Social Psychology was awarded by University of Georgia, and he completed post-doctoral work in management information systems at the University of Minnesota. His primary teaching interest is organizational behavior. His current research includes the implications of high involvement work processes for organizational effectiveness, the development of individual commitment to the organization, and the influence of rater frames of reference to the scale development and construct validation process. His writings have appeared in several scholarly journals, and he serves on the editorial review boards of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, the Journal of Applied Psychology and Organizational Research Methods. He is the 2000-2001 chair of the Research Methods Division for the Academy of Management. Further, he has served in a number of executive positions in national and regional professional associations.

Dr. Andrew Ward is an Assistant Professor at the Terry College of Business of the University of Georgia. Prior to joining the University of Georgia, he was a member of the management faculty at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. He received his PhD. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He conducts research on CEO successions, the roles and concerns of the chief executive officer, CEO/board relations, leadership, and corporate governance, and has published articles in several academic journals including Administrative Science Quarterly and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Dr. Ward's work has been featured in numerous publications including Business Week, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Directorship, Directors and Boards, Investor's Business Daily and Leaders Magazine. His recent book, The Leadership Lifecycle: Matching Leaders to Evolving Organizations (Palgrave, 2003) examines how leadership needs change over the course of an organization's life. His forthcoming book, Triumphant Tragedies: How Leaders Recover from Catastrophic Career Setback, is co-authored with Dr. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale University and is due to be published by Harvard Business School Press in 2004. His forthcoming book, Firing Back: How great leaders rebound from career disasters, co-authored with Dr. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale University, will be released in February 2007 by Harvard Business School Press.