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Balkin, David B

Professor Emerita/Emeritus

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Research

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  • One of my research projects focuses on theorizing the relationship between discretionary employee benefits and employee performance with a theoretical model based on organizational support and equity theories to explain the relationship. A second research paper examines the effect of gender inequities and what to do about reducing them related to teaching management in U. S. business schools. A third research project theorizes about the treatment in the workplace of essential gig workers with a moral self-awareness ethical perspective. A fourth research project examines ways that the governance of scholarly journals in management could be improved by making the process for evaluating and revising academic articles more transparent.

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  • management of employee rewards, knowledge management, management of innovation and entrepreneurship, gender in the workplace

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Teaching

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  • MGMT 3030 - Critical Leadership Skills
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Provides an opportunity to learn about and practice the skills required of all managers. These skills include leadership, negotiation, conducting performance appraisals, delegation, effective communication, interviewing and making hiring decisions, and managing employees with problem behaviors. Objectives include developing self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses as a manager, gaining familiarity with theory-based skills, and developing proficiency in the use of these skills. Formerly MGMT 3030. Degree credit not granted for this course and LEAD 1000.
  • MGMT 4030 - Managing Employee Reward Systems
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Examines theories of work motivation and relates them to the strategic use of compensation and other reward systems. Topics include procedures for managing base pay; linking pay incentives to productivity at the individual, group, and organizational levels; developing cost-effective programs of employee benefits; and the use of nonfinancial reward systems. Formerly MGMT 4030
  • ORGN 3030 - Critical Leadership Skills
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
    Provides an opportunity to learn about and practice the skills required of all managers. These skills include leadership, negotiation, conducting performance appraisals, delegation, effective communication, interviewing and making hiring decisions, and managing employees with problem behaviors. Objectives include developing self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses as a manager, gaining familiarity with theory-based skills, and developing proficiency in the use of these skills. Formerly MGMT 3030.
  • ORGN 4030 - Managing Employee Reward Systems
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
    Examines theories of work motivation and relates them to the strategic use of compensation and other reward systems. Topics include procedures for managing base pay; linking pay incentives to productivity at the individual, group, and organizational levels; developing cost-effective programs of employee benefits; and the use of nonfinancial reward systems. Formerly MGMT 4030
  • ORMG 7320 - Doctoral Seminar: Organization Theory
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Fall 2021
    Critically investigates major issues in organization theory and provides students with experience in comprehensively surveying literature in subject areas such as organization design, power, culture, innovation, technology, environment, size, and strategy. Instructor consent required.

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