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International business competition, export tax, tax on foreign income, capital allocation among industrial nations, accounting

Consumer Behavior, Psychological Effects of Pricing, Advertising Effects and Cross-cultural Issues.

Information sharing in manufacturing assembly systems.

Market development, including: planning, strategy, brand positioning and branded content development

Security Issues, Agency Costs, Payout Policies

Consumer well-being, stigmatized identity, health decision making, service marketing, information provision and counterpersuasion, goals and motivations, vice consumption

Financial markets, prediction markets, business education, educational-corporate partnerships

• Labor relations
• Safety & organizational reliability
• Research methods
• Quality

Lean Six Sigma

Quality Engineering

Leam Manufacturing

Supplier Development

Supplier Audit

Continous Improvements

Project Management

APQP

• Organizational Behavior
• Human Resources
• Leadership
• Negotiations
• Teams & Multiteam Systems
• Research Methods

Portfolio Management

Securities Analysis

Investment Policy

Personal financial planning and wealth management

Banking

Leadership, Fairness in the Workplace, Team Effectiveness, Relationship Building & Interpersonal Skills (trust, active listening, feedback, difficult conversations, conflict management)

• Social capital

Research themes: Buyer-supplier relationships, Business value of information technology

Research topics: 1. Supply chain networks and productive efficiency, 2. Crowdfunding performance and social ties

Providing pragmatic solutions to Business, IT and Professional Services organizations.  Help pinpoint areas for process improvement, organizational effectiveness and related business outcomes.  Strong focus on the business of IT and its alignment with the business.  Areas include:

Business Plan Review/Viability/Recommendations for Improvement

IT Sales Advisory

Interim Leadership

Outsourcing Advisory

Due Diligence

• Entrepreneurship & Innovation
• Global Supply Chain Management
• Healthcare Supply Chain Management

Corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, cash holdings, capital structure, payout policy and market microstructure.

 Entrepreneurial Finance, Venture Capital

• Organizational programs in diversity and affirmative action; court decisions and employee reactions regarding such programs;
• Judgment and decision making at the individual and group levels;
• Perceptions of, and attitudes toward, corporate social responsibility.

• Systems strategy and planning
• Systems design
• Nexus of business and information technology
• Machine learning

 Dynamics and processe in teams, team diversity, team faultlines, newcomer adjustment in teams, identity work and play

• Business law and contract negotiation
• Startup operations and growth strategy
• Compliance frameworks for emerging industries

The practice of professional leadership.

Innovation systems and team building.

Entrepreneurial coach and mentor.

Building value through diverse groups.

Labor relations, Collective bargaining, Compensation administration, Union stewards, Contract ratification, Union loyalty, Part-time work, Work satisfaction, Effective crew chief utilization

Workplace issues and public policy, business ethics, workplace privacy, workplace violence, unions and labor-management relations, business and labor political activity, conflict management and negotiations, and public/federal sector labor-management relations

Statistics; Quantitative Research; Assessment and Evaluation.

Teaching Expertise: Organizational Behavior, Management and Supervision, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management

Research Expertise: Leadership Theory, Self-efficacy, Female Leadership

Research themes: Environmental sustainability in supply chain management and buyer-supplier relationships

Research topics: 1. Consumer reactions to environmentally irresponsible sourcing practices, 2. The impact of supply chain relationship configurations on supplier performance, 3. Procurement spend and environmental expertise of suppliers

 Creative and Cultural Industries

International management and operations, Product development, Strategic planning, New venture start-ups.

Work-life issues, remote work, workforce aging, commuting, strategic HRM, employee/labor relations

Remote Work, Leadership, Inclusion in Organizations 

• Team development and leadership
• Performance appraisal and improvement
• Emotional intelligence and personality management
• Corporate culture development
• Process improvement and knowledge management
• Enterprise learning and development
• Reflection and design thinking
• Course and curriculum design/development
• Marketing and corporate communications
• Event management and implementation

Innovation and Diffusion; SaaS and Agility; Customer Relationship Management; Technology and Inertia; Digital Sales and Consulting; Solution Selling Sales Leadership; New Business and Territory Planning; Managing Complex Sales Cycles; Building Executive Relationships; Pioneering Innovative Directions; Customer Retention/Referrals; Enterprise Technology Sales

Current auditing and accounting issues, Fraudulent financial reporting, Business valuations, Bankruptcy, Changes in accounting education, Accounting

 For-Profit and Not-For-Profit accounting, audit, and tax.

After a 30+ year career at General Motors, I retired to start a law firm and teach part-time at MISB. During my 32 years at GM, I worked as an attorney in the tax department, in Organization & Development, as the leader of GM Learning, in Human Resources providing services to over 10,000 engineering professionals, in strategy, and as an executive coach. My specialty was helping global executives transition to new roles. During my time there, I was sent to over a dozen different countries on five continents. I led the global employee engagement operations, developed a training curriculum for the global HR staff, and started a day-long new employee orientation program. As an internal consultant, I became the confidant and leader of change management for a number of senior executives, mostly in the engineering function.

Operations and Supplier Management Strategies in the automotive industry

 Community-based economies, co-designed information systems, automation and AI

 Statistics and Mathematics

Dr. Scott has experience in program design, implementation, and facilitation with proven proficiency in managing administrative functions for various programs that support the training and development of participants from multicultural backgrounds. Dr. Scott is highly skilled at designing and implementing program evaluation assessments; compiling and analyzing data, using results to support program funding and continuation. Adept in grant management, strategic planning, marketing, event planning/coordination, cross-functional collaboration, and social media management with strong talents in identifying program needs, supporting program progress, and engaging in risk management and problem resolution strategies.

In addition to her program administration background, Dr. Scott has worked in both collegiate and youth sports administration. Her work within athletics spans across events and championships, sports information, football operations and serving as adjunct faculty in the sports administration program in the College of Education at Wayne State University and Michigan State University. 

I've spent most of my career -- more than 25 years --  leading within fast-growth, innovative companies in technology, internet, telecommunications, digital marketing, professional services industries. I been the CHRO in large, global organizations and smaller, scrappy pre-IPO companies.

I've had amazing opportunities to craft people strategies to support the performance, culture, rapid change needed to accelerate business results within companies that leverage HR to its full extent.

Along the way, I've been privileged with invitatations to serve as adjunct faculty to teach HR courses as well as management, business communication, organizational behavior, organizational design, and change management.

What I strive to bring to the classroom is a blend of what I've learned as life-long academic instructor and a practitioner. Teaching is a passion.  I work hard to become better with each class I teach.  I am grateful for what I learn from every class, every student .

• Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
• Generative AI
• Business Analytics
• Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Electric and autonomous mobility

Entrepreneurism; creativity and innovation; improvisation training; youth entrepreneurism; organization behavior; Detroit small business;

 Finance, banking, cryptocurrency

Futures and options pricing, Market efficiency 

Information Systems

Ethics, Business ethics, Epistemology, Moral sense, Morality, Corporate governance, Tax, Taxation, Income tax, Estate tax, Gift tax, Generation-skipping tax, Fiduciary accounting, Trusts, Estates, Probate, Audit committee, Board of directors, Liability 

Technology in Accounting, Business computer networks, Management of information systems, Information systems for manufacturing firms

Macro and micro-environmental analysis, strategic foresight and strategic planning, higher education trends and innovative solutions, consumer behavior - adoption and diffusion, marketing communication / marketing of new ventures, entrepreneurship and venture development, intersections of business and healthcare.

 I am a veteran within the field of Management Information Systems specializing in data networking and security. I am also an experienced and certified project manager professional (PMP) and Scrum Master.

Investments, Asset Pricing, Options and Derivatives and Financial Regulation.

Sport & Entertainment Management

• Marketing and public policy
• Advertising
• Food and nutrition labeling
• Sustainable marketing
• Corporate social responsibility

• Supply chain management
• Automotive Industry Supply Chain Management
• Logistics Management
• Transportation Policy
• International Logistics

• Financial Economics
• Applied Economics
• Behavioral Economics 
• Credit ratings
• Regulations
• Role of equity analysts
• Dynamics of CEO turnover
• Trade Credit
• Policy Uncertainty
• Debt Maturity Structure

• Corporate Misconduct
• Earnings Management
• Organizational Capital
• Political Corruption
• Strategic Alliances
• Venture Capital Investment

Commercial law and regulation, Business ethics, Constitutional law, Taxation policy 

Specialties: employee and labor relations, recruiting and staffing, compensation and benefits, payroll management and administration, training and development, University-level college instruction, health, safety, and security (OSHA Compliance), mergers and acquisitions, and labor and employment law.

Additional Expertise: Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, Onboarding, Recruiting, Personnel Management, Employment Law, New Hire Orientations, Organizational Development, Employee Training, Payroll Management and Administration, Performance Management, Benefits Administration, Interviews, Sourcing of Employment Candidates, Health, Safety and Security, Mergers and Acquisitions, Employment Policy Development and Administration. 

Marketing research, Consumer behavior, Marketing strategy 

• Business management
• Project administration
• Management information systems
• Supply chain, Logistics
• Manufacturing
• Production operations

Experimental and Quasi-experiment Designs; Analytical Modeling; Nonprofit Operations, Sustainability, and behavioral topics.

Cross-cultural consumer behavior issues; marketing in emerging markets; strategy and structure in internationalizing firms; international business theory; marketing theory; and marketing strategy questions

Research themes: Supply chain risk management and logistics optimization

Research topics: 1. Supply chain risk management during COVID-19, 2. Risk mitigation strategy efficiency evaluation and 3. Reliable supply chain design