ALVIN WILLIAMS, FORMER PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT AND INTERIM DEAN
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(August 8, 2006) The 2006 Merit Raises as seen through USMPRIDE.COM Bytes
(August 21, 2006) Passport Series: IHL Board Records Tracking Potential International Travel in the College of Business since 2002 "This installment of Passport Series presents IHL-approvals of international travel from January of 2003 through January of 2006. All of the information you see below was taken from various IHL Board Meeting minutes available on the IHL's website...".
(September 23, 2006) Special Report Niroomand & Doty "Recruiting" in Vegas An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Travel "This Special Report examines some documents turned over to usmpride.com that indicate that CoB Dean Harold Doty and CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand traveled to Las Vegas in June of 2006 in order to "recruit new Tourism Management faculty." After the Spring of 2006, the CoB's Tourism Management Department was devastated by faculty departures...".
(November 6, 2006) Did You Know? part 3
(November 17, 2006) 31st & Pearl Bludgeoned The whole concept of tenure serving as a club over someone's head, to use EFIB Chair George Carter's description, is nothing new among Tier IV colleges and universities. That stated, the CoB's case is interesting, given recent events. Former Management/Marketing Chair Alvin Williams, current Management and Marketing Chair Barry Babin, and CoB Dean Harold Doty seem to be writing all sorts of new procedures and rules to get management and marketing faculty tenured and promoted. From 4th year reviews to so-called "letters of agreement," if anything is being held over the heads of faculty in this department it's little more than a feather.
(March 1, 2007) Of Little Ability to Discern Looking at back at Alvin Williams’ Remarks about D. Harold Doty in June of 2003 CoB Dean Duane Harold Doty arrived in Hattiesburg as the CBED’s new Dean in the summer of 2003. Doty arrived to much fanfare. This report takes a look at the USM press release of June 2003 (below) describing the anticipation of Doty’s arrival.
(April 3, 2007) Heroes and Storytellers In a recent usmnews.net report, readers were treated to some of Management Professor Stephen Bushardt’s views on rewards, specifically the Hero/Storyteller Culture. This columnist began thinking about exactly who the Heroes and Storytellers currently are in the CoB and who might be next. Remember that Heroes aren’t really heroes; they are simply the individuals who are the poster children for how the corrupt Bushardtian Establishment wants things done. As a word of note, there is a third category added – Hybrid – that denotes individuals who are used in different situations at different times. What follows is a best guess list for each category.