Management Quality
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SAL KUKALIS
Long Beach, CA 90840
Office: 562-***-**** or 985-4557
Email: ***.*******@*****.***
Webpage:www.csulb.edu/~skukalis
CURRENT POSITION
Professor (Department of Management, Human Resources Management) School of Business
Administration, California State University, Long Beach.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
- Ph.D. University of Arizona
Major: Strategic Management
Minor: Statistics
- MBA Degree in Finance
The American University
- B.S. (Honors) in Accounting/Economics
The American College
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Professor, Department of Management/HRM, California State University, Long
Beach.
- Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of Management and Policy,
University of Arizona.
- Lecturer, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine.
- Visiting & adjunct professor at several national and international universities.
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Courses Taught :
Strategic Planning
Business Policy
Industry and Competition Analysis
Organization Theory
Organization Development
Leadership
Policy Analysis
Principles of Management
Operations Management
Project Management
International Business Policy
Managing Mergers and Acquisitions
Integrated Analysis
Business Statistics
Research Methods
International Business
Financial Accounting
Financial Management
Business Finance
Marketing Management
Small Business Management
International Management
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Referee to a number of professional journals and publications
- Consultant, private consulting practice specializing in seven areas: strategic
planning; feasibility studies analyses; organization development, management
training, strategic marketing planning, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and
survey research.
- Stocks and securities analyst (stock options specialist),
Carpenter Investment Company, Phoenix, AZ, and the E. F. Hutton Corp.
- Several finance-related jobs in hotel & financial services industries.
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PROFESSIONAL, CREATIVE AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Publications (refereed journal articles) :
Agglomeration Economies and Firm Performance. Journal of Management,
Vol. 36 No. 2, March 2010, 453-481
A Survey of Recent Development in Strategic Management. International Journal of
Management, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2009.
Corporate Strategy and Company Performance: The Case of Post-merger Performance.
International Journal of Finance, December, 2007.
Strategic Impact of Structural Changes in Leisure Time: Implications for Recreational
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Industries, (with D.Bates), International Journal of Management, 2006.
"Impact of Changes in Leisure Time Structure,"(with Donald Bates),International
Business Trends: Contemporary Readings, 2000 edition.
The Aerospace Endgame - A Disaster Waiting to Happen?, (with Donald Bates), Long
Range Planning, October, 1998.
"An Evaluation of American Top Management's View of Quality Using Malcolm
Baldridge Quality Award Criteria" (with Philip Chong), International Journal of
Management, September, 1997.
The Effects of Academic Background on the Research Interests of Management
Information Academies: A Survey, with M. B. Khan, International Journal of
Management., September, 1997.
"Ashton-Tate Corporation: Strategic Alliance and Corporate Evolution," Pinnacle, a
database of cases for strategic management. Primis, McGraw Hill Electronic Publishing
Division, Fall, 1995.
"Thums Long Beach Company: Strategic Planning Considerations," Pinnacle, a database
of cases for strategic management. Primis, McGraw Hill Electronic Publishing Division,
Fall, 1995.
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"Strategic Planning for a Joint Venture" (with Mark Jungennann), Long Range Planning,
June, 1995.
"Object Oriented Concepts Applied to Strategic Planning" (with George Senf),
International Journal of Management, June, 1995.
"How Does American Top Management View Productivity? (with P. Chong)." Total
Quality Management Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1993.
"Sun Microsystems Reorganizes For Growth," Long Range Planning, October, 1993.
Generic Requirements of an Integrated Production Planning & Simulation System,
(with Gus Khoury), International Journal of Management, June, 1992.
How Does American Top Management View Quality, (with Philip Chong),
International Journal of Management Science (OMEGA), Vol. 19, No, 5, 1991.
Determinants of Strategic Planning Systems in Large Organizations, Journal of
Management Studies, March 1991.
Ashton-Tate Corporation: Strategic Alliance and Corporate Evolution, Case Research
Journal, Autumn, 1991.
MIS Professionals: Education and Performance, (with M. Khan), Information and
Management Journal, No. 19, 1990.
30 Ways to Trim I/S Budgets, (with M. Khan), Managing MIS Personnel, Volume 4,
No. 8, March 1990.
Strategies for Strategic Planning: Using a Group Decision Support System in the
Planning Process, (with L. Jessup), Long Range Planning, June, 1990.
Managing in Hard Times, an interview published in The Wall Street Journal, (pp. B1
and B2), Oct. 31, 1990.
Using Microcomputer-Based MRP Software to Teach Materials Management, (with P.
Chong), Production and Inventory Management Journal, Fourth Quarter, 1989.
MIS Budget Cutbacks: Alternative Actions for MIS Managers, (with M. Khan),
Journal of Information Systems Management, Fall, 1989.
The Relationship Between Strategic Planning and Environmental Complexity: A New
Investigation, International Journal of Management, December, 1989.
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The Relationship Among Firm Characteristics and Design of Strategic Planning Systems
in Large Organizations, Journal of Management, December, 1989.
The Changing of the Guard: CEOs and Board Chair Turnover and the Nature of the Top
Leadership Positions, (with R. Harrison and D. Torres), Administrative Science
Quarterly, June, 1988.
Strategic Planning in Large U.S. Corporations, The International Journal of
Management Science (OMEGA), November, 1988.
Is Voluntary Turnover Really Voluntary? (with Ken Teel), Personnel Journal,
November, 1988.
Publications ( selected refereed Proceedings):
Post-Merger Performance: Do market-based performance measures hold for
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operating-based performance measures? A new investigation. Proceedings of the
Western Sciences Institute, Hawaii, 2009.
* Strategies for Improving Effectiveness of HOV Lanes (Carpooling). Proceedings of
the Western Decision Sciences Institute, San Diego, March, 2008.
* Strategic Management in the New Millennium: The Emerging Trend Exigencies, (with
Andy Demirdjian). Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral
Sciences Conference. Las Vegas, February 2007.
Impact of External Environment on Organizational Structure. Proceedings of the
Western Decision Sciences Institute, Hawaii, April, 2006.
Relationship Between Organizational Culture and Financial Performance for Global
Businesses, Proceedings of the Hawaii Conference on Business, June, 2002.
Clusters and Financial Performance: A Strategic Assessment, Proceedings of the
Hawaii Conference on Business, June, 200l.
Location and Firm Success: A New Investigation, Proceedings of the International
Conference of the Academy of Business & Administrative Sciences, Quebec City,
Canada, July, 200l.
"Impact of Changes in Leisure Time Structure,"(with Donald Bates),International
Business Trends: Contemporary Readings, 2000 edition.
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Changes in the Structure of Leisure Time: Impact on Recreational Industries, (with
Donald Bates), Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, Hawaii, April,
2000.
How to Survive in the Small Defense Contractor Sector, Proceedings of the Annual
Western Decision Sciences Institute, Hawaii, March, 1997.
Telecommuting on the Edge of the Pacific Rim, Proceedings of the 1996 Annual
National Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Orlando, Florida, 1996.
"MIS Researchers' Academic Background, Research Interests, and Research Output,"
Proceedings of the Western Decision Science Institute Conference, Hawaii, March 30 -
April 4, 1994.
Recession Proofing Your Sales Force, an interview published in Sales & Marketing
Management Magazine, February, 1991.
MIS Professionals Educational Background, Professionals Performance and
Perceptions for Professional Success, Proceedings of the International Conference on
Computing and Information (International Conference), Toronto, May 1989.
The Impact of Government Policies in Shaping Economic Strategies: A Study into the
Brazilian Experience, Proceedings of the Business Association of Latin American
Studies Annual Conference, 1987.
Selected List of Presentations:
Industry Clusters and Global Competitiveness. Fourth Annual American Business
Research Conference, New York, June 2012.
"Post Merger Performance: Operating-Based Measures Compared to Market-Based
Measures under four Different Situations." Presented at the Annual National Conference of
Decision Sciences Institute (DSI). San Diego, November 19-23, 2010.
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"Do Competitive-Based Strategies Outperform Innovations-Based Strategies?"
Presented at the Annual National Conference of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI). San
Diego, November 19-23, 2010.
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Regulation and Composition of Boards of Directors. Accepted for presentation at the
Annual conference of the Academy of Management (Anaheim, California, 2008), but I was
not able to present it due to a conflict with another assignment (paper s abstract was
published in conference proceedings).
* Corporate Pursuit of Mergers and Acquisitions: An Inquiry Into Post Merger Performance.
Association for Global Business Conference, Newport Beach, November 2006.
The Effects of Geographic Location on Firm Performance, The 2003 National Academy of
Management Conference, Seattle, August, 2003 (accepted for a paper session, but presented
in a different conference forum).
"An Evaluation of American Top Management's View of Quality and Productivity Using
Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award Criteria," The 1993 Production and Operations
Management Society Conference, National Conference, Boston, October 3-7, 1993.
How Does American Management View Productivity, The 1992 National Academy of
Management Conference, Las Vegas, August, 1992.
Generic Requirements of an Integrated Production Planning and Simulation System,
International Academy of Business Disciplines National Conference, Washington, April,
1992.
Thums Long Beach Co., The 1992 Western Case Writer s Workshop at the Western
Academy of Management, Spokane, April, 1992.
Farmers Insurance Group, The Bates Takeover Bid: A Case Study, The 1992 Western
Risk and Insurance Association Conference, Phoenix, January, 1992.
Regulation and Organizational Structure: Board of Directors of Financial Institutions,
Eastern Academy of Management Fourth Biennial International Conference, Nice, France,
June 6-8, 1991.
How Does American Management View Quality? Western Decision Science Institute
Conference, Hawaii, March 19-20, 1991.
MIS Professional Educational Background, Professional Performance and Perceptions for
Professional Success, International Conference on Computing and Information, Toronto,
May, 1989.
Strategic Planning and Company Performance: A New Investigation, Strategic
Management Society International Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October, 1988.
The Practice of Strategic Planning in U.S. Corporations, Western Academy of
Management, Montana, March 24-26, 1988.
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Strategic Planning in Large U.S. Corporations: A Survey, The Strategic Management
Society Conference, National Conference, Boston, Oct. 14-17, 1987.
Strategic Planning: An Investigation into Determinants of the Planning Process in 174
Corporations, Academy of Management Conference, National Conference, New Orleans,
August 12-15, 1987.
The Impact of Government Policies in Shaping Economic Strategies: A Study Into the
Brazilian Experience, The 1987 Business Association of Latin American Studies Annual
Conference, Phoenix, February 26-28, 1987.
The Change of the Guard: CEOs and Board Chair Turnover and the Nature of the Top
Leadership Position, The Strategic Management Society Conference, National Conference,
Singapore, October 13-16, 1986.
Structural Analysis of Boards of Directors of Financial Institutions, Academy of
Management Conference, National Conference, Boston, August 12-16, 1984.
Research In Progress and Papers Under Review:
Relationship between organizational culture and company performance for global
businesses: A new investigation.
Regulation and Composition of Boards of Directors.
Industry clusters and Global Performance.
Strategic planning in the digital age.
Symposia and Conferences Chaired:
Chairperson and discussant for a session on Bridging Between Organizations, Tenth
Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, September 24-
28, 1990.
Chairperson and discussant for a session on the Cognitive Issues in Strategy, The
Strategic Management Society Conference, National Conference, Barcelona, Spain,
October 10-14, 1985.
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PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
CSULB University, College and Department Committee work
University Committees:
Member, Academic Senate, 1990-1992
Member, CSULB s Strategic Planning Committee, 1987-89
Member, UCES Dean Advisory Board, 2004-2010
Member, University SCAC committee, 2007-2008
CSULB Scholarship Committees (several committees), 2006 - Present
CSULB s International Education Committee, 2007
College Committees:
Member, Graduate Curriculum, 1987-90; 1994-2006
Member, Lottery, 1990-94; 1994-95 (Chair); 1995-97
Member, Instructional Technology, 1992-93
Member, RTP Committee, 2001-2004
Co-Chair, CBA Strategic Planning Committee 2000-2004
Chair, Faculty Development Committee (2002-2004)
Faculty Council, 2003-2005
Department Committees:
Member, RTP Committee, 1996-2006
Member, Personnel Committee, 1993-2006
Member, Curriculum Development Committee, 1986-present
Member, Elections Committee, 1986-88
Management Department Advisor, 2000-Present
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