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THE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">UNIVERSITY</st1:placetype> OF <st1:placename w:st="on">MARYLAND</st1:placename></st1:place>

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">ROBERT</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">H.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">SMITH</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">SCHOOL</st1:placetype></st1:place> OF BUSINESS

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT

TYSER TEACHING FELLOW POSITION IN

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & HUMAN RESOURCES

The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">College Park</st1:place></st1:city> invites applications and nominations for a Tyser Teaching Fellow faculty position in Organizational Behavior (OB) and Human Resources (HR), with the appointment effective as of August, 2008.  Tyser Teaching Fellows are responsible for teaching 6-8 <st1:place w:st="on">OB</st1:place> and/or HR courses per year, depending upon compensation and service responsibilities.  We are particularly interested in teaching fellows who are effective teachers at the MBA and Executive MBA levels.  Evidence of teaching excellence/quality is the most important qualification, with collegiality and willingness to participate fully in the department and School service missions also being very important.  This position is a full time faculty position, specializing in teaching and service.  A PhD or other terminal degree in management or related fields is required.

The Robert H. Smith School of Business (www.rhsmith.umd.edu) is recognized as one of the world's leading business schools for its strong track record in both research and teaching.  The school is also known for a highly collaborative culture at the faculty as well as student levels.  Within the business school, the Management & Organization department is particularly proud to be viewed as one of the strongest departments (please visit http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/management to learn more about the M&O faculty). We expect our new colleagues to help make an already strong department even stronger.

For full consideration, we encourage applicants to submit a complete set of materials by March 15, 2008.  Email submission of application materials is encouraged.  Interested candidates for all positions should send a vita with brief letter indicating their specific strengths relative to this position, three names with telephone numbers and addresses for references, teaching record including summaries of student evaluations to:

Professor Gilad Chen, Chair – OB/HR Search Committee

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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename></st1:place>

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">College Park</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">MD</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">20742</st1:postalcode></st1:place>

Tel: +1-301-405-0923, Fax: +1-301-314-8787, Email: giladchen@rhsmith.umd.edu

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename></st1:place> is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, and encourages applications from women and minority candidates.

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MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT

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The Management & Organization (M&O) department at the Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland, consists of 24 core faculty, including tenure-track professors and Tyser Teaching Fellows. The group's interests and responsibilities cover the following areas: organizational behavior, human resources, strategy, and entrepreneurship.

M&O faculty are proud of the department's very strong track record in research as well as teaching. A recent analysis of publications in the most prestigious strategy, <st1:place w:st="on">OB</st1:place>, and HR journals indicated that, on a worldwide basis, M&O ranked among the top 5 over the period 2001-2005. Some other indicators of the strength and scholarly reputation of M&O faculty include: (a) five Fellows, including Dean of Fellows, of the Academy of Management; (b) two Past Presidents of the Academy of Management; (c) several past members of the 11-member board of governors of the Academy of Management; (d) six University of Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teachers, a campus-wide recognition; (e) multiple editorships and editorial board memberships on highly prestigious academic journals; and (f) multiple best paper awards from prestigious journals and academies. M&O also has a vibrant PhD program which is getting stronger each year. Some of the schools where PhD graduates from the M&O department are currently serving as faculty include UC-Berkeley, Connecticut, Cornell, Iowa, Virginia, Wisconsin-Madison, UT-Austin, Minnesota-Twin Cities, Vanderbilt, Instituo di Empressa (Spain), and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

M&O faculty also believe in excellence in teaching. Over the last several years, as a department, M&O faculty have earned the highest average teaching ratings across all departments every single semester. It is our belief that, aside from having a group of excellent faculty, part of the explanation for why M&O excels at both research and teaching has to do with a culture of collaboration where colleagues are expected to add intellectual synergy to each other. It is our hope that we will be able to continue this cultural strength as we become a larger group.

The <st1:placename w:st="on">Smith</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> has leading edge MBA and undergraduate programs, a rapidly expanding portfolio of executive education programs including EMBA programs in both the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>, as well as a strong doctoral program. In the most recent surveys, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Smith Undergraduate Program as #18, while Financial Times and BusinessWeek ranked the Smith MBA Program as #17 and #25, respectively, in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>

Given the Smith School's location in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, faculty and staff at Smith enjoy not only a strong institutional environment but also the pleasures of living in a vibrant and leading global city which is very cosmopolitan, rich in world-class museums and the performing arts, architecturally delightful, full of greenery with the beautiful Potomac River flowing right through the city, within one to two hours of driving distance from not only beaches but also ski slopes, and home to some of the country's best public and private schools. For additional information, please visit the department's website at http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/management.