Economics and Management

Author: Kathy

  • Props to the CAB for bringing Sandy Hodges & Company

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    Kathy

    Wow. WOW. Just back from Christ Chapel where Sandy Hodges and her gospel group completely took over CC. I can’t believe the Campus Activities Board got them here. A small but totally into it crowd! The last time my husband and I heard that kind of singing was at St. Alphonsus of the Rock Catholic…

  • Making their lives count– Tunheims in El Salvador on a Habitat build

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    Kathy

    Just got Kathi’s first update and message since her arrival in San Salvador this weekend for a Thrivent/Trinity Lutheran Church Habitat build. You can find a blog here and read about other participants from Trinity (Long Lake). Here is what Kathi wrote: We arrived in San Salvador at 12:30 on Sunday . We were surprised…

  • The most fun you can have while talking about lawsuits and data….

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    Kathy

    …. is participating in the Gustavus alumni event the Passion for LifeLong Learning, which I got to facilitate last Thursday, March 20th. OK– so crunching through legal decisions about Title VII religious discrimination cases is not for everyone, but wow, what a great group we had at the American Swedish Institute that night! The gist…

  • Conflict? Negotiation? No worries– insights from John Davis ’91

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    Kathy

    What a difference it makes to have tried-and-true executive leadership weigh in on what we cover in class! Although the Manager’s Hot Seat video cases are truly realistic in how real managers handle complicated and difficult situations, our own Gustie corps of experience is invaluable. Today we discussed a Manager’s Hot Seat case about conflict,…

  • New Finance Club shares tips for successful personal financial management

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    Kathy

    Gustavus’ Finance Club was established with initial mission of assisting the Financial Wellbeing Initiative, one of the nine Wellbeing aspects.  The club currently boasts 15 members meeting every other week to discuss and develop projects/programs aligned with the mission and vision of Gustavus’ Wellbeing program. The Club’s academic advisor is Sheng Yang, who is the…

  • E/M’s own Sheng Yang takes first prize again

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    Kathy

    Not only is Sheng Yang famous for his excellent teaching, winning the 2013 Swenson-Bunn Award, but now he is famous for his award winning chili! Participating in the 2014 Chili and Pie Cook Off last Friday, Sheng took the evening with his szechuan-style creation. He also won last year, making it a two-peat in the…

  • Getting up to speed at Sage Publications

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    Kathy

    While LA in January has de facto appeal, it was both enlightening and a bit overwhelming to head to Sage Publications with my new Journal of Management Education co-Editor-in-Chief buddy and colleague Jeanie Forray of Western New England University. We assumed our EIC roles as of Jan 1 for the next 18 months. JME has…

  • Time off… priceless….

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    Kathy

    Harriman State Park, just outside Yellowstone So getting out of town to my favorite state park in the west is awesome…

  • Student–faculty research collaboration presented in Montreal

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    Kathy

    Dr. Kathi Tunheim and Elizabeth Johnson ’14 presented their collaborative paper, “Women and Leadership in Sweden,” at the International Leadership Association Conference in Montreal, Quebec. The ILA is a unique organization that truly blends academics and practitioners from all over the globe. Many of leadership’s stars attend and present at the ILA. Exhibit A, and…

  • The ethics of student evaluations

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    Kathy

    I just posted my new ETHICIST blog post for the Academy of Management, about the ethics of student evaluations of teaching [SET]. Darrin Good helped me out with some information about our effort at Gustavus to improve the SET we use, so please take a look at the post. [Caveat: it’s long] [and, it has…