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Smeal Alumni in Profile: Management alumna founds nonprofit organization

5/14/13

A 2006 Penn State Smeal College of Business alumna, Bernice Innocent, is using her skills in leadership and talent development not only in her senior human resources position at Lockheed Martin, but also as the founder and CEO of nonprofit organization, the Berrette Family Foundation, Inc.

Lean manufacturing, sustainability issues the focus of recent forum

4/23/13

The Penn State Smeal College of Business Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change (CMTOC) held its biannual Advanced Manufacturing Forum on April 4 to 5 at the Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center in State College, Pa. The spring forum focused on lean manufacturing and applying lean methodologies to sustainability, with presentations from managers with extensive experience in implementing lean and/or green practices that focus on product design, manufacturing and the supply chain.

Organizations benefit from fluid team dynamics, less rigid authority lines

3/28/13

Organizations can benefit by making more use of team members’ skills and enhancing creativity, rather than adhering to more rigid authority lines and hierarchies, according to a paper on team dynamics co-authored by Stephen Humphrey, associate professor of management at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.

Professor, doctoral candidate to study sustainability collaborations in business

3/4/13

Barbara Gray, Smeal Executive Programs Fellow and professor of organizational behavior at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, and Smeal doctoral candidate Jenna Stites have received a $25,000 (Canadian dollars) award to study multi-stakeholder collaborations — particularly collaborations between businesses and stakeholders — from the Canadian-based Network for Business Sustainability (NBS).

Organizations need new architectures to remain competitive

2/21/13

Increasingly dynamic and complex business environments necessitate a retooling of hierarchical organizational schemes according to research co-authored by Penn State Smeal College of Business Professor Charles Snow. In place of these traditional structures, organizations must provide individuals and groups with greater freedom to act in collaborative ventures and respond more efficiently to business challenges.

Smeal Alumni in Profile: Management alumna founds nonprofit organization

5/14/13

A 2006 Penn State Smeal College of Business alumna, Bernice Innocent, is using her skills in leadership and talent development not only in her senior human resources position at Lockheed Martin, but also as the founder and CEO of nonprofit organization, the Berrette Family Foundation, Inc.

Lean manufacturing, sustainability issues the focus of recent forum

4/23/13

The Penn State Smeal College of Business Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change (CMTOC) held its biannual Advanced Manufacturing Forum on April 4 to 5 at the Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center in State College, Pa. The spring forum focused on lean manufacturing and applying lean methodologies to sustainability, with presentations from managers with extensive experience in implementing lean and/or green practices that focus on product design, manufacturing and the supply chain.

Organizations benefit from fluid team dynamics, less rigid authority lines

3/28/13

Organizations can benefit by making more use of team members’ skills and enhancing creativity, rather than adhering to more rigid authority lines and hierarchies, according to a paper on team dynamics co-authored by Stephen Humphrey, associate professor of management at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.

Professor, doctoral candidate to study sustainability collaborations in business

3/4/13

Barbara Gray, Smeal Executive Programs Fellow and professor of organizational behavior at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, and Smeal doctoral candidate Jenna Stites have received a $25,000 (Canadian dollars) award to study multi-stakeholder collaborations — particularly collaborations between businesses and stakeholders — from the Canadian-based Network for Business Sustainability (NBS).

Organizations need new architectures to remain competitive

2/21/13

Increasingly dynamic and complex business environments necessitate a retooling of hierarchical organizational schemes according to research co-authored by Penn State Smeal College of Business Professor Charles Snow. In place of these traditional structures, organizations must provide individuals and groups with greater freedom to act in collaborative ventures and respond more efficiently to business challenges.