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Department of Management

Topics of Interest

Team Building

Diversity in the Workplace
Women in Corporate Leadership

Health Care Management

All faculty experts can be reached through the Office of Communication and Marketing by calling Janel Shoun at 615.966.7078 or Kim Chaudoin at 615.966.6494 or by submitting an online  media resources request by clicking here.

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Ray Eldridge
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Chair of Department of Management
Associate Professor of Management
615.966.5946
 
Academic Specialties
-- Personal and Team Leadership
-- Continuous Quality Improvement 
 
Other Topics
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award • Service Operations • Business School Accreditation • Assessment of Learning • Business Leadership Lessons & the American Civil War
 

 

 
Allison Duke
Assistant Professor of Management
615.966.5732
 
Academic Specialties
-- Women in Business
-- Political Skill in the Workplace
 
Other Topics
Women in corporate leadership • Mentoring • A Christian perspective on business • Managing a diverse (cultural, racial, gender, age) workplace
 

 

Patti Elaine Griffin
Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness

  • Healthcare management
  • Strategic planning
  • Service operations
  • Customer service and human resources
  • The effect of wellness issues on workplace productivity

Griffin holds the bachelor of arts from Stephens College, the master in health care administration from the University of Minnesota, the M.B.A. from Southwest Missouri State University, and the Ph.D. from Walden University. She is also a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Griffin has been a member of the Lipscomb University faculty since 1999.

She may be reached at 615.966.5818 or by e-mail at elaine.griffin@lipscomb.edu.

 

Michael Kendrick
Associate Professor of Management
615.966.5773
 
Academic Specialties
-- Human Resource Management and Team Building
 
Other Topics
Recruitment selection • Training and Development • Performance Management • Compensation • Team Building, Development, and Leadership • Communicating with employees in uncertain times (Public Relations Society of America)
 

 

Leanne Smith
Instructor of Management
615.966.5954
 
Academic Specialties
-- Business Communication
-- Life Skills for Career Building
-- Mentoring
 
Other Topics:
Global business (China) • Team-building in business • Conflict resolution in business teams •  Film clips as educational aids • Scripture in business
 

 

 
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Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship
Clinical Professor of Management
615.966.6229
 
Academic Specialties
-- Entrepreneurship
-- Business strategy
-- Strategic execution
 
Other Topics
Creating small businesses • Entrepreneurship trends • Social entrepreneurship  •  Entrepreneurship and charity