Management

My name is Jim Jawahar. I'm a professor and chair of the Department of Management in the Anderson School of Management. As department chair I get to teach one class per semester and I teach a class called Developing and Retaining Talent. It covers a wide variety of HR topics, starting from strategic human resource management, recruitment, selection, performance management, some theories on motivation, leadership, stress management, compensation and then also some career issues.

Graduate degrees are becoming very important. It used to be, you get an undergraduate degree, you can get a professional job, but in most places to advance in your career, it's good to have a graduate degree. An MBA would be perfect, particularly if you want to move up in the corporate ladder and the management ranks, that would be a good option to pursue. You not only learn a lot of skills but also build a network, and you're ready to take on more complex problem-solving tasks involved or that are called for by higher level managers.

There are lots of things to love about Anderson, certainly in my department. The faculty are excellent; they're very collegial, they are experts in their research fields and they're really motivated in engaging students in the classroom. They work with students on independent studies, research projects and provide career counseling so that they can be well prepared to enter the workforce.

My name is Rob DelCampo; I am a professor in the Department of Management. I teach in the EMBA program. I'm also the Executive Director of the Innovation Academy and Senior Executive Director of Corporate and Community Engagement.

Getting a graduate degree at Anderson is incredibly valuable. Not only does it lead to higher salaries; in a really concrete manner, I think it's also really valuable in that it takes you to the next level of understanding how your experiences really interplay with some of the theoretical underpinnings that we teach in our classes. So while everyone comes to business school and wants very pragmatic approaches to how do I solve this problem, how do I solve that problem, you really start to learn about how academic research can inform the greater good. So how these thousands of observations that people plug into academic research papers really can give you a good blueprint and a way to solve some of the problems that at a micro level you might approach in your work life as you move forward.

I teach an early-on class for the EMBA and working with them at those early stages is kind of a cool experience, because you get to see as the relationships are starting to grow and build, and then over time you see where these unique groupings really take hold and people create these concrete relationships that will move forward. I've also led the EMBAs on the international residency, which was a great opportunity to see them really kind of blossom and be very uncomfortable, many of them. Although these folks are in relatively high level positions, it's amazing how many have not traveled outside of the country. We just recently got back from Japan and there are people who are pretty freaked out while they were there, but over the course of six or seven days they really grow and become more comfortable and really immerse themselves in the culture, looking at how people do business and really had some great insights and took away a lot of really great information that was really gratifying to not have to spell out, and for people to learn through experience.

I think I would just say that Anderson's a really special place and the people we have here are really unique. It's not only faculty and staff but also the students who reshape our experience every day. The people that come through the door are really looking to make positive change in themselves and in the state of New Mexico. That's really exciting, and to have an opportunity to teach those folks and be part of their trajectory as they move forward is really exciting.

Hi, my name is Daniel Ravid and I am an assistant professor in the Management department. This semester I am teaching Management 306, Organizational Behavior and Diversity, and Management 466, which is Training and Development.

My research broadly explores the changing nature of work, and within that broad research program I primarily explore how organizations can effectively and ethically integrate emerging technologies in the workplace, and how we can prepare people for the jobs that are going to be open in the future.

Well, I chose Anderson for a couple reasons. One reason was because of the warm and welcoming culture among faculty here; everyone's really friendly and happy to reach out. The second reason was because of the diversity of backgrounds and experiences that students bring with them to the classroom. It really enriches class discussion and learning, and keeps my research relevant as the workplace continues to reflect this diversity of experiences.

I'm excited to get to know the local businesses here and all the restaurants and breweries, and also excited to get out in nature and experience all that New Mexico has to offer outdoors. I also might try to finally take up skiing this year with Santa Fe so close by.