INSID E THIS ISS UE:
June 10, 2013
FOCUS
Table of Contents:
Dr. M. Dee Guillory Competes at UNC-CH
NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
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Social Entrepreneurship Conference
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Faculty Research—Dr. Suresh Gopalan
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Message from Dean Bailey
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Where In the World
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Dr. M. Dee Guillory & Colleagues Win UNC Competition
The UNC Chapel Hill campus held
The Entrepreneurial Mindset—
Maximizing Faculty Impact workshop on
Monday, May 13 through Thursday, May 16.
Dr. M. Dee Guillory was nominated to be one
of the attendees representing Winston Salem
State University. The seminar focused on
entrepreneurial thinking and turning ideas
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money, developing goals and assessing
progress toward meeting those goals. Each
participant was asked to come with a specific
project in mind. Projects could be institutes,
programs, non-profit entities or for-profit
endeavors. As all of the projects could not be
actively developed in the one week seminar,
each team voted on a project to work on
The UNC Social Entrepreneurship
Conference
In February of 2014 , North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State University will host
the University of North Carolina (UNC) Social
Entrepreneurship Conference . This event brings
together more than 500 participants to learn from
featured speakers like speakers like UNC President
Dr. Tom Ross and Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad
Yunus, both of whom spoke at the event in 2012.
The 2012 WSSU SBE and SOHS Teams with Chancellor
Reaves, Dean Bailey, Dean Peggy Valentine, Dr. Dorothy
Bethea, Dr. Vanessa Duren-Winfield, Dr. Megan Edwards,
and Dr. Notis Pagiavlas
Drs. Deborah A. Powell, W. Stewart Thomas, M. Dee Guillory and Ram Neta
into reality. The University of North Carolina
is determined to create an atmosphere that
encourages faculty to think big and to pursue
their dreams. They believe that this is the
way UNC's faculty will create new knowledge,
inspire students, and help solve the world's
many problems. Although, this was the fifth
year for the workshop on the UNC Chapel Hill
campus, it was the first year faculties from
campuses throughout the UNC System were
invited to participate.
A week before the workshop,
participants were sent two books, Innovation
and Entrepreneurship by Peter F. Drucker and
Engines of Innovation – The Entrepreneurial
University in the Twenty-First Century by
Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein. They
were also sent several articles to review. The
workshop was led by a team of faculty and
entrepreneurs from the UNC Chapel Hill
entrepreneurship minor. The goal of the
seminar was to identify faculty who had a
project in mind and give them the tools to
begin implementing their idea. The seminar
focused on matters such as identifying
opportunity, developing a strategy, selling the
idea, writing a plan, calculating costs, raising
during the workshop.
During the workshop, attendees
participated in intense discussions and were
exposed to entrepreneurs, university
speakers, and community members. The four
days together ended with each group having
the opportunity to "pitch" their project and get
feedback. The first pitch was made to Tom
Ross, President of the University of North
Carolina System. After feedback, the final
pitch was made to three prominent members
of the local business community. This
presentation set forth the specific opportunity
in the form of a preliminary plan for the
venture, which was developed during the
week. A winning project was chosen based on
the best project pitch.
Dr. Guillory was on the winning team, which
pitched an idea for a critical skills assessment
test called Jobnition. The team included Dr.
Ram Neta (Professor of Philosophy) from UNC
Chapel Hill; Dr. W. Stewart Thomas (Assistant
Dean - School of Business) from UNC
Pembroke; and Dr. Deborah A. Powell
(Associate Professor of Language and
Literacy) from UNC Wilmington.
An important element of the conference is a
business plan competition featuring social enterprise
proposals from students representing all of the 17
UNC campuses. The competition is divided into a
graduate and undergraduate component. The
undergraduate teams are asked to create a business
plan for a sustainable new venture that achieves a
social objective important to North Carolina (e.g.
providing healthcare or financial services for the
poor, nutrition for malnourished children, renewable
energy opportunities, etc.). Graduate student teams
are asked to work with a non-profit organization to
either develop a business plan to assist with the
development of a new product or service or to help
the non-profit to create a new revenue-generating
product or service that supports the core mission of
the organization. Both undergraduate and graduate
student teams from WSSU will have the opportunity
to work with Small Business Technology
Development Center (SBTDC) staff to help refine
their business plans and objectives.
By September 16, 2013, each of the campuses
will select participating graduate teams and submit
their names to UNC General Administration (GA). On
September 23, the UNC GA will announce which
graduate teams have been assigned to work with
which non-profits.
On November 22, undergraduate teams will be
selected and names submitted to UNC GA and the
event will be held in February of 2014. Dr. Notis
Pagiavlas will be the faculty advisor for both teams.
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A Message from
Dean Bailey
Last week, I had the
privilege of participating in
the HBCU Business Deans’
Roundtable Annual Summit
which was held at the
Sheraton Four Seasons in
Greensboro, North Carolina.
The event, which ran from
June 6 to June 8, was hosted by NC A&T. As
Immediate Past President of the Roundtable
and Chair of the Development Committee, I
had the pleasure of working with other
business school deans to plan and execute
this historic conference.
The Summit has become a unique venue
at which business school deans at the
nation’s HBCUs meet and consider the
opportunities and challenges facing our
institutions. This year’s meeting was
themed, Economic Security: The New Civil
Right? Renowned speakers at the
conference included Dr. John Silvanus
Wilson Jr., the Eleventh President of
Morehouse College in Atlanta GA, and Dr.
Ralph Christy, Director of the Cornell
International Institute for Food, Agriculture,
and Development and Professor of Emerging
Markets at Cornell University in Ithaca NY.
One of the members of the SBE Business
Advisory Council, Mr. Duane Davis, Senior
Investment Advisor and Senior Vice
President of First Tennessee Private Client
Group, addressed the deans in a special
session Friday afternoon. He offered
guidance on developing investment
strategies for the Roundtable.
The 2014 Summit will take place in
Miami, Florida in June of next year.
Jessica Bailey
Faculty Research—Dr. Suresh Gopalan
Dr. Suresh Gopalan, Associate Dean and Professor of Management at the School
of Business and Economics (SBE) took time to speak about his dissertation and
research interests and to provide abstracts from recent articles he co-authored with
other faculty at the SBE.
“My dissertation focused on exploring the relationship between
national and organizational cultures in three countries: Brazil,
India, and the United States of America,” he explained. “It required
reading beyond ‘traditional’ business literature and exposed me to
writings in sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, etc.
Additionally, I had an opportunity to read published works written
by international writers which offered refreshingly different
perspectives than what I was familiar with. These readings defined
the path for my intellectual activity.”
Dr. Suresh Gopalan
“My research has led me to appreciate the pervasive influence of culture on all
aspects of management thinking, practice, and behavior. It has also made me look at
issues from a holistic perspective. To date, the bulk of my publications have dealt
with the impact of national culture on organizational cultures, ethics, managerial
practices and behaviors in a variety of national settings. In addition to national
cultures, I have written extensively on the subject of racial and ethnic diversity in the
United States.”
“While my research efforts focused more on publishing in journals, lately I am
transitioning to writing case studies and grants. Over the last few years, I have
published a case study and have been successful in collaborating as co-principal
investigator in securing two nationally competitive grants.”
Trends Impacting Global Services Offshoring: Will India Remain the World
Leader? (with Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi)
Abstract—The presence of a number of factors has positioned India as the leading
offshore destination for services. This dominance is increasingly challenged by many
countries that have emerged as competitors to India. Global offshoring dynamics is
impacted by a number of key factors such as demographics, access to an extensive
talent pool, nearshoring & reshoring, and a portfolio approach to offshoring services.
To remain competitive, India must invest in its urban infrastructure and education to
grow the talent pool. International Journal of Innovation, Management and
Technology, Vol. 3, No. 1, February 2012
An Exploratory Investigation Of The Impact Of National Culture On Motivation
And Learning Styles Of B-School Students From India (with Moula Cherikh and
Mak Khojasteh)
Abstract—India has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
Business magazines and newspapers routinely refer to India as an emerging global
powerhouse along with Brazil, China, and Russia (commonly referred to as the BRIC
economies). The Indian GDP has experienced a real growth of 8.9 percent from 20032007 and is projected to grow by 7.1 percent in 2009 and 7.5 percent in 2010. India’s
GDP was US$911 billion in 2007 (data obtained from Economist.com and
EconomyWatch.com). The rapid economic growth rate can be attributed to the
following three factors: 1) deregulation policies adopted by the Indian government
in the early 1990s, 2) dynamics of globalization, and 3) ever advancing capabilities of
the Internet and other forms of telecommunication. Journal of International
Education Research – First Quarter 2011 Volume 7, Number 1
The following students or alumni have provided updates on their employment status. We welcome the opportunity
to provide information about all of our students and alums in future issues. Please send updates to
greenebp@wssu.edu.
Name
Employer
Darlana Harris
City of Rocky Mount
Doris G. Moore
Moore’s Consulting Company