Events
- Great Teaching Round-up
- Leading from the middle
- fall conference for faculty leaders
- The Texas Network
"I think there is something more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision."
Events: 2008 TCCMEA Schedule
Friday, February 22nd, 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
From Individuals to Contributing Team Members--From Students to Employees and Managers: Transitioning Into The Workplace of Today and Tomorrow
Speaker: Dr. James D. Bell
In our one-hour session, the group will learn "research based" and classroom tested and proven techniques used by Dr. Bell to "turn individuals into managers" and "groups into teams."
Biography: Director, Professional Development and Education, Former Associate Dean, College of Business (12 yrs.) Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, McCoy College of Business Administration (Professor Bell's website)
Ph.D., The University of Akron
*Masters in Counseling, The University of Akron
M. Ed. , Kent State University
B.B.A., Kent State University
A.A.S., State University of New York at Canton
Awards
- Texas State University Student Foundation, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2007
- Texas State University , Mitte Honors Professor of the Year Award, 2005-2006
- M. Stevens Piper Teacher Award, Top Fifteen Professors in Texas , 2004
- Texas State , Everette Swinney Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004
- SWT Alumni Association, Teaching Award of Excellence, 2000
- Freedoms Foundation, Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, 1998-99
- SWT, Texas Piper Professor Nominee (Top Ten Professors in Texas )
- Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society -- Teaching Award for Professors, 1997-98; 1998-99
- SWT, Faculty Senate Teaching Award, 1994-95
- SWT Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence, 1992.
- SWT, School of Business Advisory Council Teaching Excellence Award, 1991-92.
CONSULTING, TRAINING, AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
Designed materials and presented educational, consulting, and development workshops for Motorola (Austin and Seguin Facilities, 4 hrs. to two-day sessions); 3M, Austin (worked with three outside consultants to design, develop, and teach "Team" curriculum for the site); USAF (Randolph AFB) Training Directors, Manpower, and Human Resource Directors (designed and presented 56, four-day seminars in management); McNeil Labs (a Johnson & Johnson Company); Travis County Appraisal District, one week session; Texas State Treasury; Texas Department of Commerce; Dell Computers; Fundsxpress.com; Employees Retirement System of Texas; Texas Instruments; Executive Development Programs in Business, U.T. Austin; Melton & Melton CPA's, Houston; Schulse, Hartwig, Richter, & Company CPA's, Houston; CPA firms in Texas and Michigan, Texas Society of CPA's EXPO; 4 hrs. to two- day sessions; TWCC and Texas Insurance Commission; Texas Security Board; Texas General Land Office, 9 hr. session; A+; Public Employees Credit Union; IBM Federal Credit Union (delivered three sessions on persuasive writing; and worked w/ staff to revise all electronic communication for the site), Associated Credit Union of Texas (Houston; worked with Board on long-range planning); Michigan Judicial Institute; Texas Department of Public Safety, Trooper and Ranger Officers; Washington State Patrol Officers and Staff, 15 hrs of sessions; Dallas County Community Supervision and Corrections Department; MagRabbit, Inc.; Spectrum, Inc. (developed strategic plan and competitor assessment); Texas Department of Information Services; The University of Texas at Austin, Elite Program; and Mid-Level Staff Development for three state universities.
• Former Director/Coordinator, Division of Business/Managerial Communication, The University of Texas , Austin , College of Business
• Past Administrative/Research Intern for the Texas College and University Coordinating Board
• Previous employers include Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) and AMTEC Corporation
Friday, February 22nd, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
So You Have to Explain Financial Statements to Your Students?
Speaker: Dr. William Petty
Understanding and interpreting the significance of a firm’s financial data is undoubtedly a skill vital to running a business, but ignored by many students and small-business owners alike at the expense of potential failure.
The session will provide a framework that can be used to help students in small business management and entrepreneurship courses gain a better understanding of the interconnections among a venture’s profits, its asset and financing requirements, and its cash flows. The attendees will be provided the following:
· A power point presentation that begins with simple concepts and then builds one block at a time until the student can see and understand the key relationships that have frequently been “hidden” from them in the financial statements.
· A student-to-student video presentation, where two students are helping each other gain a better understanding of financial statements.
· Several problems and a short case that can be used in class to help students apply what they have learned.
Throughout the session, there will be time for interaction among the attendees.
Biography: Bill Petty is Professor of Finance, and the W.W. Caruth Chairholder of Entrepreneurship, at Baylor University, where he is designated as a University Master Teacher. Before entering the academic profession, he worked in the oil and gas industry, and currently serves on the board of a publicly-traded independent energy firm. He has published in numerous finance journals and is the co-author of two leading corporate finance textbook, Financial Management, and Foundations of Finance, and co-author of a widely used text, Small Business Management. He has also co-authored a book, Value-Based Management: Corporate America’s Response to the Shareholder Revolution, published by the Oxford University Press.
Saturday, February 23rd, 9:00-10:15 a.m.
TCCMEA Annual Business Meeting & Election of Officers
Ms. Ira Wilsker, President, Presiding
Discussion on Perkins requirement for student certifications
TCCMEA (Managment Educators) Section Chair:
Ira Wilsker, Lamar Institute of Technology