2006–2007 - Florida Institute of Technology

College of Business
Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Business Administration
Business and Environmental Studies
Information Systems in Business
Management Information Systems
Undergraduate Minor Programs
Accounting
Business Administration
Management
Management Information Systems
Executive Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
Associate Dean
Barbara G. Pierce, Ph.D.
Director, Healthcare Chair
TBD
Director, Industry Education Programs
Thomas J. Stauffacher, M.S.
Professors
LuAnn G. Bean, Ph.D., accounting choice decisions, financial reporting
and valuation, internal auditing, information technology.
Shirley A. Becker, Ph.D., software engineering, information management
Anthony J. Catanese, Ph.D., real estate finance, architecture, urban
planning.
A. Thomas Hollingsworth, Ph.D., enhancement of creativity in
organizations, relating pay to performance, small business development,
ethical behavior in organizations, health care management.
T. Roger Manley, Ph.D., behavior of individuals in work organizations,
organizational effectiveness and productivity, work redesign, organizational
change and development, measurement and management of work-related
stress, measurement of organizational culture.
David M. Steele, Ph.D., role of soft vs. hard skills in global management,
quality as a transformational tool, change management in large technologydriven
organizations.
Associate Professors
Judith Barlow, Ph.D., Web-based technologies, high performance database
systems, telecommunications and networking, cross-curricular technology
integration, distance education, technology innovation.
Karen Chambliss, Ph.D., financial management, investments, financial
institutions, financial services.
Theresa A. Domagalski, Ph.D., organizational behavior, human resources,
employee rights and responsibilities, organizational justice, power and
resistance to organizational change, emotions in organizations.
David D. Hott, Ph.D., management decisions, operations research
quantitative methods for business, management information systems,
E-commerce.
John R. Patton, D.B.A., international business.
Barbara G. Pierce, Ph.D., segmental disclosures and earning predictability,
segment information, earnings forecasting, distance education, technologysupported
curricula.
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Michael H. Slotkin, Ph.D., international economics, strategic trade policy,
managerial economics, environmental and resource economics.
Assistant Professors
Deborah S. Carstens, Ph.D., human error, process and safety optimization,
patient safety, human-computer interaction, usability.
B. Andrew Cudmore, Ph.D., quality perceptions, Internet marketing,
persuasion knowledge, customer/salesperson interaction, store brand
management, customer complaining behavior.
Carolyn J. Fausnaugh, Ph.D., strategic management, entrepreneurial
studies.
Alexander R. Vamosi, Ph.D., demographic and technological change in
macroeconomics, monetary policy, trend movements in income distribution.
Professors Emeriti
John P. Callahan, Ed.D.; Gerald F. Goldberg, Ph.D.;
F. Robert Searle, D.B.A.
Adjunct Professors
W.R. Northcutt, J.D.; D.L. Wildman, J.D.
Lecturers
T.J. Stauffacher, M.S.; S.A. Villaire, Ed.D.
Dean David M. Steele, Ph.D.
Curricula in the College of Business are designed to develop and
expand a student’s skills and capabilities in preparation for successful
leadership in today’s dynamic business environment. They
provide exposure to the computer tools necessary to compete in
the international marketplace, and more importantly, they focus
on the use of these tools in the decision-making process, thereby
providing a value-creating competency for the knowledge-based
competitive environment.
Access to high-tech programs on campus, as well as proximity to
the space industry’s top innovative firms, creates an atmosphere
of dynamic change and adaptation important in the rapid product
and economic cycles of the 21st century. Due to relationships
developed with firms in a variety of industries, the college has
established an active participation program involving executives
from both local companies and multinationals with locations in
our area. These executives contribute to the programs in many
ways, such as through membership on the college’s board of overseers,
whose charter is to assure the college is meeting the needs
of employers; and in support of the business practicum, where
students obtain practical experience; and the mentor program, by
which students have opportunities of one-on-one interaction with
executives, in preparation for life in management.
The faculty are encouraged to stay on the cutting edge of their
fields of expertise and are provided with the technical tools
needed to accomplish this goal. They are also heavily involved in
student activities and actively pursue opportunities to help each
student reach his or her full potential.
The College of Business offers its M.B.A. program on the
main campus and at the Spaceport Education Center. Students
may enroll in classes offered in Melbourne or at either of the
Spaceport Education Center sites, Patrick Air Force Base or John
F. Kennedy Space Center.