Short Professional Resume
H. Martin Shane, PhD
BUSINESS ADDRESS
Department of Business Administration
School of Business
The University of Texas at Brownsville
& Texas Southmost College
** **** Brown
Brownsville, Texas 78520
Office Phone: 956-***-****
Email: ****.*.*****@***.***
HOME ADDRESS
1900 University Blvd., # 4A
Brownsville, Texas 78520
Phone: 956-***-****
EDUCATION
PhD, The University of Iowa (Business Education in Ed Policy & Leadership Studies, 1977).
Supporting areas are as follows: Organizational Communication, and Industrial Relations.
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of the Present and Ideal Roles of Communication
Directors in Selected Business Organizations.
M.B.A. Northern Illinois University (Management, 1972)
B.S. Northern Illinois University Management, 1971)
ACADEMIC HONORS
Selected for inclusion in the Academic Keys who s Who in Business Higher Education,
2003.
Selected for inclusion in the seventh edition of whose Who among America s Teachers,
2002.
Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honorary
Sigma Iota Epsilon, Management Honorary
Elected to the Western Illinois University Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Scholastic
Honor Society, February 2002.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC
June 2006-September 2009: Dean of the School of Business [pursuing initial AACSB
Hugh M. Shane (Continued)
International accreditation], The University of Texas at Brownsville & Texas Southmost
College, Brownsville, Texas [tenured Professor in the Department of Business
Administration], returned to full-time teaching on September 1, 2009.
June 2004-May 2006: Dean of the School of Business [accredited by AACSB International],
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia [tenured Professor in the Department of
Management & Decision Sciences].
August 1983-May 2004: Chair, Department of Management, Macomb & Quad Cities
Campuses, College of Business & Technology [accredited by AACSB International] at
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois [tenured Professor in the Department of
Management].
BUSINESS
1981-1982: Vice President and Assistant Secretary, Board of Directors, The Stoneman
Company, Ltd.
1962-1971: Esso Standard (an affiliate of Exxon Corporation), appointed Employee Relations
Supervisor in 1971. Other positions held included Senior Employee Relations Assistant and
Labor Relations Assistant.
FUND RASING & GRANTS
Assisted with a fund raising naming opportunity at NSU for one million dollars to name a
Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship, 2006.
The NSU School of Business was been selected [one out of five nationally] by Denny s
Foundation to receive $20,000 [for the Department of Tourism and Hospitality student and
Faculty initiatives] to enhance the Company s workforce diversity and link with minority-
serving higher education institutions, June 2005.
Assisted with and received a grant for $60,000 from the Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and the Human Resource Development Canada (HRDC) to
implement the conference on the Partnership for the Education of Future Global Business
Leaders, in Washington, D.C., fall 2001.
The Education and Mobility in International Business, the North American Consortium for
International Advancement (NACIA) a $209,000 grant from the U.S. Department of
Education. The NACIA Program is funded by the North American Mobility in Higher
Education of the government of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The NACIA was
established to develop new initiatives that focused on curricula design, student/faculty
exchanges and research. [Participated in the implementation of the grant, February 2000]
Coauthored and received a grant for $2,200 from the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency to develop and analyze an employee satisfaction survey (320 employees), October
2000.
Hugh M. Shane (Continued)
The International Trade Professional Certificate, grant received from the Office of Faculty
Research, Western Illinois University, March 2000. [$3,000]
A Multi-Cultural Study of College Student Attitudes toward Public Service:
A Comparison of Mexican and U.S. Students, grant received from the Office of Faculty
Research, Western Illinois University, and March 2000. [$3,000]
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Presentation on The Future of Management Education: Challenges Facing
Business Schools, at the College of Business & Management, the University of Sharjah,
UAE, April 10, 2005. [Invited]
Program Consultant co-developed the program for the International Business
Conference on Developing International Leaders for the New Millennium, held in
Washington, DC, September 24-27, 2003.
Reviewed the M.B.A. Program, the University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar, and March 2002.
[Invited]
Assisted with the Master s thesis of a student in e-Commerce at the Institute Tecnologico
y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Campus, Mexico. Her thesis title is A
Feasibility Study on the Establishment of an Internet Free Trade Park in the City of
Guadalajara, Mexico, December 2001. [Invited]
Participated in the First Annual meeting of the North American Consortium for
International Advancement (NACIA) hosted by the Universidad Veracuzana, Mexico,
January 2001. Served as Leader of the session on Comparative Management, Culture,
and Language, part of a four-year grant project for NACIA. [Invited]
Planned a three-university (ITESM Campus Guadalajara, Western Kentucky University,
and Western Illinois University) collaborative teaching project involving a graduate
strategic management course using distance-learning technologies, fall 2000.
Partnership for the Education of Future Global Business Leaders: A Conference on
Educational, Business, and governmental Alliances, hosted by Western Illinois
University, University of Ottawa, and Western Kentucky University, September 20-23,
2000, Washington, D.C.:
a. Prepared the conference goals, introduction, and programs.
b. Served on the conference Steering Committee.
Chaired the session on Internationalizing of the Business Curriculum.
c.
Hugh M. Shane (Continued)
Co-planned and implemented the International Visiting Scholar Program. Faculty
members from Mexico and the U.S. visit a campus for one week and guest lecture in
undergraduate and graduate classes, meet with colleagues to discuss joint research
projects, visit a business organization, and engage in cultural/sightseeing activities.
Arranged for faculty members from the WIU Department of Management to participate in
the Visiting Scholar Program:
a. Two visited the ITESM Campus Guadalajara, March 2000.
b. Three visited the ITESM Campus Guadalajara, June 2000.
c. Two visited the ITESM Campus Mazatlan, November 2000.
Completed an intensive Spanish language course at the Universidad Autonoma De
Guadalajara, Mexico, and June-July 1999.
Presented a seminar on Working across Cultures, NAFTA-The Mexican Perspective.
A program sponsored by the North American Consortium for International Advancement
(NACIA), April 8, 1999.
CONSULTING
The American Council on Education (ACE) Corporate Programs, Graduate School of
Banking at Colorado, the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, May 1-2, 2003
[This was my last program review on behalf of ACE.]
(An independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1918, the American Council on
Education is the umbrella organization for the nation s colleges and universities. ACE
provides a forum for discussion and decision-making on education issues. The Center for
Adult Learning and Educational Credentials is ACE adult learning unit. ACE Review
Teams, professionals from Academe & Business, conduct program/course evaluations of
non-collegiate sponsored instruction offered by private & public sector organizations, and
make college credit recommendations. These are published by ACE in annual national
Directories and are used by Registrar s at colleges and universities to determine transfer
credit.) [Served as Consultant/Evaluator since 1987]
Director of the Small Business Institute (SBI)--U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA), Western Illinois University--managed graduate student teams and completed six
small business cases, fall 1995.
SCHOLARLY AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
PUBLICATIONS
Renewable Energy and its Impact on Creating Economic Prosperity in Developing Regions
of China and the U.S.: A Comparative Study, Work in Process, 2010. [Coauthor]
Hugh M. Shane (Continued)
Workable and Ethical Means of Discouraging Tobacco Use, Work in Process, 2009.
[Coauthor]
The Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods: In Whose Interest Do We Regulate? Work
in Process, 2009. [Coauthor]
Opinion Leaders and their Impact on Consumer Purchasing Behavior in Saudi Arabia,
Completed Manuscript, will be submitted to a journal, 2009. [Coauthor]
Managing the Labor Shortage: An Impending SME Crisis [Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises] presented and published in the Proceedings of the June 2005 International
Council for Small Business Conference [ICSB), Golden Opportunities for
Entrepreneurship, Washington, DC. [Coauthor]
Managing the Skills Shortage of the New Millennium: A Leadership Challenge, presented
and published in the refereed Proceedings of the International Academy of Business and
Public Administration Disciplines Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 23-25,
2004. [Coauthor]
The Impact of Netcentricity on Business Alliances: The Management of the Supply Chain,
Presented and published in the refereed Proceedings of the International Applied Business
Research Conference to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and March 2004. [Coauthor]
Service-Learning: A Comparative Study of Higher Education Practices in Europe and the
United States, presented and published in the refereed Proceedings of the International
Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines Conference, New Orleans,
Louisiana, January 23-25, 2004. (Coauthor) [This article was selected for the Best Research
Paper Award]
Workplace Abuse: Problems and Consequences, the International Business & Economics
Research Journal, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 2003. [Coauthor]
Managing the Workforce Of the 21st Century: The Diversity Challenge, presented and
Published in the refereed Proceedings of the 2003 International Applied Business Research
Conference, Acapulco, Mexico on March 17, 2003. [Coauthor]
Workplace Abuse: Problems & Consequences, presented and published in the refereed
Proceedings of the 2003 International Applied Business Research Conference, Acapulco,
Mexico on March 17, 2003. (Coauthor) [This paper was selected for the Best Paper Award
Certificate]
Implications of Digital Networks for Corporate Structure and Management: Building Global
Competitive Advantages, the International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations,
A special series of the International Journal of Technology Management, V2, N2, 2004.
[Coauthor]
Service-Learning: a Comparative Study of Higher Education Practices in Mexico and the
Hugh M. Shane (Continued)
United States, presented at the 2nd Annual International Conference on Service-Learning
Research hosted by the Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, October 2002, was also
published in a monograph by the ITESM Campus Guadalajara, Mexico. [Coauthor]
The Impact of Netcentricity on Virtual Teams: The New Performance Challenge. The
International Journal of Team Performance Management. Vol.10 (1/2), April 19, 2002.
[Coauthor]
Distance Learning Technology: An Emerging Challenge for Higher Education. Journal of
Contemporary Business Issues, Vol. 6, No. 2, (1999) 19-26. [It was one of ten exemplary
papers selected for publication from a pool of 60 considered at the Emerging Issues in
Business & Technology Conference Fall 1998.] (Coauthor)
The Abusive Organization: The New Challenge for Human Resource Professionals.
Refereed Proceedings, the Emerging Issues in Business and Technology Conference,
(November 1998). [Coauthor]
Distance Learning Technology: An Emerging Challenge for Higher Education. Refereed
Proceedings, the Emerging Issues in Business and Technology Conference, (November
1998). [Coauthor]
Global Competition for Highly Skilled Human Resources: Strategies for Corporate America
In the 21st Century. Refereed Proceedings, the Emerging Issues in Business and
Technology Conference, (November 1998). [Coauthor]
TEACHING INTERESTS
Principles of Management
Introduction to Business
Strategic Management
International Management
International Human Resource Management
Collective Bargaining
Updated on: January 12, 2010