On behalf of the College of Commerce and Business Administration and Jacksonville State University, welcome to the class

On behalf of the College of Commerce and Business Administration and Jacksonville State University, welcome to the class. Let me share with you a little bit about myself.

I am a native of the state, born and raised in Sheffield, AL (northwest corner of the state). Most of my extended family and parents still live there.

Education. I received my BS degree (Major: Management, Minor: Music) from the University of North Alabama. While working on this degree, I worked part-time for a small manufacturing firm (McDaniel & Co.) in Florence, AL. After completing my Bachelor of Science degree, I went to work full time for McDaniel & Co. and started work on my Masters in Business Administration (MBA). After completing the MBA, I took a short break from school. After this break (9 months), I started the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) program in Business Administration at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR. While in the program, I taught undergraduate classes in Organizational Behavior and Business Communications. I completed the coursework in four fun filled years. In 1989, I accepted a position at Jacksonville State University. By 1991, I had completed the dissertation and successfully defended it in December of that year. My Ph.D. dissertation was entitled: The Impact of an Absence Control Policy on Absenteeism, Performance, and Satisfaction: A Replication of Baum and Youngblood (1975). This research focused on the social aspect of the use of punishment with the main emphasis on what others think when you don’t punish wrongdoers (good stuff). I graduated in May 1991, Major: Management, Minors: Marketing & Sociology. I completed my post graduate studies at the University of South Carolina (International Management) in 1993.

Jacksonville State University (JSU). I’ve been with JSU since 1989. I’m a tenured Full Professor in the Department of Management. I’m probably here for the duration of my academic career or until the University no longer needs my services. JSU is an enjoyable place to work with an accommodating administration and staff.

Teaching is 50% of my annual evaluation and I teach a variety of courses:

COURSES TAUGHT

Business Information Management

E-Commerce

Organizational Behavior

Business Communications

Organizational Communications

International Business

International Management

The next element of my annual evaluation is research and I try to keep busy in this area:

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

Borstorff, Patricia & Hearn, W. Mark. (2009). Globalization: How We View it. A.T. Business management Review. Vol 5, no 1, p. 8-16. April.

Borstorff, P. C., Thomas, J. L., Hearn, M. M. (2007). Retirement Contributions and Gender: Why are Women Coming Up Short?. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Vol 12, no 3, p. 3-16.

Hearn, W. Mark, Patricia Borstorff, & James Thomas. (2005). Preparing for Retirement: The Roles of “How Soon” and “How Much”. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Vol 10, no 1, p. 95-110.

Borstorff, Patricia & W. Mark Hearn. (2003). Knives for Trade: Bear Cutlery. Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies. Special Edition, Volume 9, Number 2: p. 79-88.

Borstorff, Patricia, Hearn, W. Mark, & Judith Harrison. (2002). Retirement Preparation: Is there a Gender Difference? Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Vol 7, no 2, p. 27-41.

Borstorff, Patricia & Hearn, W. Mark. (2000). Going Abroad: Tyson Foods in Mexico. Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies. Vol 6, no 1, p. 87-94.

Borstorff, Patricia, & W. Mark Hearn. Rethinking the Communication of Employment-At-Will: What to Do? (1998). Academy of Managerial Communications Journal. Vol 2, no 1, p. 43-52.

Trivoli, George W., Hearn, W. Mark, & Graham, Robert G. 1998. Market Microstructure Factors Based on Bid-Offer Spreads on NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq Markets. Journal of Contemporary Business Issues, Spring, Vol. 6, no 1, p. 35-49.

Borstorff, Patricia, Hearn, W. Mark, & McCormick, Michael B. 1998. What your Employment Application Communicates: Job Applicant Perceptions of Employment-At-Will Statements. Journal of Contemporary Business Issues, Spring, Vol. 6, no 1, p. 50-56.

Sullivan, Edward J., & Hearn, W. Mark. 1996. Modeling Turnover Levels: A Cost-Benefit Approach. Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Fall/Winter, p. 146-155.

Published Articles

Hearn, W. Mark. 1997. Employee Turnover: Cost or Benefit. JSU Economic Update, Volume 6, Issue 5, p. 1-3.

Hearn, W. Mark. 1995. Employee Turnover: Hooray or Boo Hoo. OVERLOOK: A Quarterly Supplement to Northeast Alabama Magazine, May, p. 14-15.

Books

Schweizer, Tim P. & Hearn, W. Mark. 1986. Instructor's Manual for White and Bednar's Organizational Behavior: Understanding and Managing People at Work, Boston, Massachusetts, Allyn and Bacon.

Proceedings

Borstorff, Patricia & Hearn, W. Mark. 2008. Globalization of Trade: How We View It. Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Academy of Business Disciplines. Ft. Myers Beach, FL, November 6-8, 2008.

Borstorff, Patricia, W. Mark Hearn, & Judith Harrison. 2001. Retirement Preparation: Is there a Gender Difference? Proceedings of the Southern Management Association. P. 191-195.

Borstorff, Patricia & Hearn, W. Mark. 2000. Going Abroad: Tyson Foods in Mexico. Proceedings of the International Academy for Case Studies, Volume 7, Number 1. p. 31-36.

Borstorff, Patricia, & Hearn, W. Mark. 1998. Rethinking the Communication of Employment-At-Will: What To Do? Proceeding of the Academy of Managerial Communications, Vol. 3, no 1, p. 17-25, Myrtle Beach.

Borstorff, Patricia, McCormick, & Hearn, W. Mark. 1998. What Your Employment Application Communicates: Job Applicant Perceptions of Employment-At-Will Statements. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference Proceedings. p. 61-66. Dallas, TX.

Borstorff, Patricia, McCormick, & Hearn, W. Mark. 1998. Job Applicant Perceptions of Employment-At-Will Statements: What Your Employment Application Communicates. Proceedings of the Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management. p. 183-187. Dallas, TX.

Borstorff, Patricia, McCormick, & Hearn, W. Mark. 1998. Employment-At-Will: A Communication Dilemma. Proceedings of the Association for Business Communication Southwestern United States Conference. p. 11-16. Dallas, TX.

Borstorff, Pat, Hearn, W. Mark, & Harper, Laura. 1997. Employment-At-Will: Communicate or Abandon? Association for Small Business Entrepreneurship Conference Proceedings, New Orleans, LA, p. 29-34.

Hearn, W. Mark, & Sullivan, Edward J. 1996. Turnover Levels: Too High? Too Low? Where's Just Right? Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management, San Antonio, Texas, p. 139-142.

Hearn, W. Mark. 1993. Absence Sanctions: Should We? When? and How? Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana, p. 92-96.

Hearn, W. Mark. 1988. Teleconferencing: The Good, The Bad, and The Loopholes. Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management, San Antonio, Texas, p. 100-104.

Schweizer, T. P. & Hearn, W. Mark. 1987. Mindlessness in Organizations: Implications for the field of Organizational Behavior. Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management, Houston, Texas, p. 70-74.

Presentations

Hearn, W. Mark, Cobb, R. East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission Annual Meeting, Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce, Anniston, AL, "Economic Update on East Alabama Region", Non-Academic, Contributions to Practice. (April 22, 2009).

Hearn, W. Mark, Cobb, R. Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce Economic Forum, Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce, Anniston, AL, "Calhoun County Economic Forum", Non-Academic, Contributions to Practice. (January 29, 2009).

Borstorff, Patricia & Hearn, W. Mark. Academy of Business Disciplines Conference, Fort Myers, FL, “Globalization: How We View It”. (November 7, 2008).

Hearn, W. Mark, Cobb, R., Fielding, B. T., Scroggins, B. A., Northeast Economic Activity Zone, Etowah Chamber of Commerce, Gadsden, AL, "Analysis of the Northeast Economic Activity Zone", Non-Academic, Contributions to Practice. (April 15, 2007).

Hearn, W. Mark, Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce Economic Forum, Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce, Anniston, AL, "Calhoun County Economic Forum", Non-Academic, Contributions to Practice. (January, 2006).

Hearn, W. Mark, Cobb, R., Fielding, B. T., Scroggins, B. A., Choccolocco Economic Activity Zone Exposition, Anniston City Meeting Center, Anniston Alabama, "Analysis of the Choccolocco Economic Activity Zone", Non-Academic, Contributions to Practice. (September 22, 2005).

Borstorff, Patricia, W. Mark Hearn, & Judith Harrison. 2001. Retirement Preparation: Is there a Gender Difference? 2001 Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association. November 7-10, 2001. New Orleans, LA.

Borstorff, Patricia, Hearn, W. Mark. 2000. Going Abroad: Tyson Foods in Mexico. Allied Academies 2000 Spring International Conference. Myrtle Beach, SC. April 5-8, 2000.

Borstorff, Patricia, Hearn, W. Mark. 2001. Retirement Preparation: Is there a Gender Difference? November 2001. Southern Management Association. New Orleans, LA.

Borstorff, Pat, McCormick, Michael, Hearn, W. Mark. 1998. Employment-At-Will: A Communication Dilemma. March 1998. Association for Business Communication Southwestern United States Conference. Dallas, TX.

Borstorff, Pat, Hearn, W. Mark, Harper, Laura. 1997. Employment-At-Will: Communicate or Abandon? March 1997. Annual Meeting of the Association for Small Business Entrepreneurship, New Orleans, LA.

Trivoli, George, Graham, Robert, Hearn, W. Mark. 1997. Measurement of the Relative Liquidity of the NYSE, AMEX, & Nasdaq. April 1997. Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Key West, FL.

Trivoli, George, Hearn, W. Mark, Graham, Robert. 1996. The Decision to List on the NYSE, AMEX, or Nasdaq Based Upon Relative Liquidity. November 1996. Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting. Panama City Beach, FL.

Hearn, W. Mark, Sullivan, Edward J. 1996. Turnover Levels: Too High? Too Low? Where' s Just Right? March 1996. Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX.

Hearn, W. Mark. 1993. Absence Sanctions: Should We? When? and How? Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Division of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hearn, W. Mark., & Roberds, Robert. 1991. Leader Impact on Organizational Effectiveness: A Customized Comparison. Sixty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science, Jacksonville, Alabama.

Jenkins, G. Douglas., Jr., Gupta, Nina, & Hearn, W. Mark. 1989. Career Stages and Productivity. Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Washington, D.C.

Hearn, W. Mark. 1988. Teleconferencing: The Good, The Bad, and The Loopholes. Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management, San Antonio, Texas.

Hearn, W. Mark. 1987. A Process Model of Training: An Integration of Transfer, Evaluation, and Institutionalization Research. Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Schweizer, Tim. P. & Hearn, W. Mark. 1987. Mindlessness in Organizations: Implications for the field of Organizational Behavior. Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management, Houston, Texas.

Brown Bag Luncheon Presentations (CCBA):

Hearn, W. Mark, & Sullivan, Edward J. 1996. Turnover Levels: Too High? Too Low? Where' s Just Right?

Hearn, W. Mark. 1993. Absence Sanctions: Should We? When? and How?

Other Activities:

Reviewer, BQuest Journal 1995-present.

Honor Societies:

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Pi: University of Arkansas Chapter 1989

Sigma Delta Chapter, Sigma Iota Epsilon Honorary Management Fraternity 1984, President 1986, Vice President 1987

HONORS & AWARDS

JSU Research Award 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009

CCBA Excellence in Research Award 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

CCBA Excellence in Teaching Award 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

CCBA Excellence in Service Award 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching 2007

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service 2000, 2002

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research 1998

University of South Carolina Faculty Development in International Business Academic Achievement Award 1994

Allied Signal's Total Quality Leadership Workshop Certificate 1994

Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce Quality Team Facilitator Training 1993

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Department

Chair, Department of Management and Marketing Social Committee (1996-present)

Member, Management Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2000-present)

Member, Information Management/ECommerce Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (1996-2004)

College

Web Page Coordinator, CCBA. (1995-2009)

Member, Curriculum Committee, CCBA (1998-2009)

Member, CCBA Promotion and Tenure Committee (2007, 2008)

Member, Jeff Parker Scholarship Committee, CCBA (2005-2008)

Member, Visiting Professor Jiang Chun Liaison Committee, CCBA (2005)

Day Chair. Leadership Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce (2001, 2002)

Day Chair. Youth Leadership Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce (2001, 2002)

University

Member, Faculty Senate (May 2009-present)

Member, Safety and Environmental Health Committee (2005-2009)

Member, University Computer Advisory Committee (2005-2009)

Coordinated CCBA sponsorship of Business After Hours through Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce (2000 - 2009)

Member, Teacher Education Program Candidate Interview Committee. Candidate: Michael Owens (02/04/09).

Guest Speaker, Joint Powers Authority (2004), Subject: Calhoun County Economy

Participated in IM/EC proposal to ACHE (2002)

Guest Speaker, JSU Recruiting Trips. “Georgia Nights” Carrolton and Rome, GA (09/05/00 & 09/14/01)

Guest Speaker, Leadership Calhoun County Chamber Commerce. 02/05/01. Subject: Consensus Building.

Guest Speaker, Anniston Army Depot. 03/13/01. Subject: Leaders in a Changing Environment.

Guest Speaker, Northeast Alabama Entrepreneurial Center, Anniston, AL. 10/24/00. Subject: ECommerce

Member, Faculty Advisory Council for the International House and Program (2005-2008)

Day Chair, First Annual Emerging Leaders Day. 11/10/00

Participant, JSU Faculty Exchange visit to UADY, Merida, Mexico. 05/25/00-06/02/00.

Member, Enrollment Management Committee (2005)

COURSES TAUGHT

Business Information Management

E-Commerce

Organizational Behavior

Business Communications

Organizational Communications

International Business

International Management

PUBLIC SERVICE

Anniston Planning Commission (May 2001-present)

McClellan Development Authority (Dec 2008-present)

THE HEARN FAMILY (Optional personal stuff. Could be classified as TMF (too much information))

My wife is Linda Hearn. She is the Business Development Director for the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce. If you're ever in the Chamber in Anniston, AL, say hello and drop off a resume. She usually knows who is or isn’t hiring in this area.

We have two kids, a boy (12) and a girl (9). Both are red heads. Let the fun begin.

HOBBIES

My hobbies branch into two main areas: shooting sports and triathlons. In the shooting sports, I’m active with the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA). The local club is Moss Branch Shooting Range. You are all welcome to come join us for some trigger pulling.

Most of the time I compete in the pistol division.

I also compete in the rifle division.

And, the shotgun division. My highest finishes (locally, regionally, and nationally) have been in the shotgun division.

As you might guess, this sport is an acquired taste and is not for everyone.

My other hobby involves short distance triathlons. Linda, my wife, is a runner who has branched out into triathlons. I decided to go with her. We train together. The biking and swimming elements are normally my favorites. I enjoy the cross training nature of triathlons. My parts don't seem to wear out as fast when I mix up my training. The biking element is probably my favorite.

However, it can get a bit rough.

On a less painful note, Two of the more important women in my life are Mary Klug (in the following picture on my right) and my wife (on my left). Mary is the secretary for the Department of Management and Marketing. She is also the go to person if you need to get in touch with me and the normal channels are not working. She may not admit it; but, she generally knows where I am at all times and can most always get a message to me if she want to do so. Be nice and offer treats. Her contact information is as follows: (256) 782-5787 and mklug@jsu.edu.

Well, that’s a little about me and mine. Thanks for checking me out.

Mark Hearn