May 18th, 2005
Rocki Lee DeWitt - Ph.D., Dean of UVM School of Business Administration
Topic - Business Success: What Can You Learn From the Work You Do?
Software developers frequently create business process solutions for their clients. These engagements can provide an opportunity to reflect on your own business practices. Which ones you choose to adopt and which you discard should depend upon your strategy. We'll discuss different strategies and the processes associated with making those strategies work.
Speaker Bio
Prior to joining the UVM faculty in January 2002, Dr. DeWitt was the Associate Dean for Professional Masters Programs at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. DeWitt has received numerous teaching awards and has discussed teaching innovations at multiple national conferences. Her research on downsizing and restructuring has been published in top tier journals. Dr. DeWitt serves as an advisor to mature and declining businesses as well as startups.
Expertise: Downsizing, layoffs, workforce reductions, commercialization of technology, management of organizational change, eBusiness
Affiliations: Strategic Management Society, Academy of Management
Advisory Boards: Intuitive Controls, Advanced Interface Technologies