I link people and strategy. Experienced with talent acquisition, talent development, and talent management. Expertise includes strategic planning, change leadership, employee engagement, and learning experience design and facilitation. Current performance reflects past actions. The future depends on continuous positive adaptation to challenging conditions. Let's talk about the future of your organization.

In the MBA program, teach International Business, Business Analytics, and Operations Management.

In the MBA program, teach Human Behavior in the Management of Organizations, Dynamics of Leadership, Team Leadership and Group Dynamics, and the Marketing Environment.My research interests are improving organizational performance, building organizational resilience and sustainability, and developing knowledge-sharing relationships. A knowledge-sharing relationship is an interpersonal relationship with the ability, as well as the inclination, to share knowledge relevant to organizational performance improvement initiatives.My teaching interests are all aspects of organizational strategy including leadership, ethics, environmental analysis, as well as crafting and implementing strategies. I view customer and employee relations as core components of the strategic management process. As a result, my teaching interests include marketing, human resource management, and organizational behavior.

Provide leadership for the business programs on the campus while fostering a robust learning community. Work with Dean of the College of Business and other Business Program Directors to provide quality programs and implement academic initiatives. Taught Entrepreneurship, International Business, Organizational Change, and Staffing & Performance Management,

After completing my PhD, I wrapped up my career at LTU COM with my 67th course (teaching HRM on the Chrysler campus). I taught the following courses:·Global Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and Small Venture Management, Ethics and Business in Society, Managing Multi-Cultural Organizations, Human Resource Management, and Leadership. I often traveled to Vancouver to work with graduate students from China, Taiwan, and Korea. In 2012, I redesigned the MBA Capstone course moving from Strategic Management to Global Strategic Management. I also taught fully online courses.Emmons, C. B. (2013, March). Improving organizational performance: Building organizational resilience and sustainability through knowledge sharing relationships. Poster session presented at the Lawrence Technological University Inaugural Research Day and Presidential Colloquium, Southfield, Michigan. Emmons, C. B. (2010, October). Reflective learning and student-instructor interaction through Blackboard. Presentation conducted at the meeting of Educational Technology Organization of Michigan, Flint, Michigan.

Established company as a collaborative, diversified, experienced, highly competent group of 60 consultants specializing in staffing, training, and other human resource interventions. I obtained over 30 client engagements in automotive, banking, energy, foundations, health care, high tech, insurance, manufacturing, retail, and service industries.Successfully managed training projects involving several hundred days of onsite delivery utilizing teams of training professionals; workshops focused on customer service, leadership, employee engagement, valuing diversity, and harassment free workplaces. Researched, designed, and conducted employee relations audits in several organizations.Published an 80 page 120 slide report titled Guidelines for Effectively Managing Mental Health Care Costs; a training program was developed from these materials and two related articles were published in HR.com.

Directed the employee relations function for seven states in the field service organization of a major computer company. Changing business environment required additional employee competencies; introduced 200 employees to development program resulting in the highest customer and employee satisfaction indexes in the division as well as the greatest number of promotable individuals.Facilitated the management assessment center for 50 participants and developed a technique for the design of action plans for each individual based on their feedback.Administered 800 attitude surveys and led over 45 discussion groups to identify and resolve problems.

Managed the recruitment, selection and placement of exempt, non-exempt and hourly personnel in a high technology research and manufacturing facility.Provided outplacement counseling and other related services during a major reduction in employment from 1860 to 1000 employees over an 18 month period, including the merging of two plants, while successfully administering the union contracts; these tasks were completed with a 30% reduction in department personnel.

Provided for the recruitment, selection, and placement of management personnel in a large region (350-450 stores).Reduced turnover from over 50% to 0% within six months while hiring over 100 trainees.