- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/management/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:19:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Awards Varela with 2021 Harper W. Boyd Jr. Professor of Excellence Award /news-archive/2021/11/11/varela-professor-of-excellence-award/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:19:42 +0000 /news/?p=80329 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Awards Varela with 2021 Harper W. Boyd Jr. Professor of Excellence Award]]> 鈥淥ne of the things we brag about is the quality of our faculty in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock School of Business,鈥 he said. 鈥淢y colleagues have an outstanding devotion for teaching and research. It鈥檚 a humbling and honoring experience to be selected from my group of colleagues for this honor.鈥 The Boyd Professor of Excellence Award was established to recognize a professor for his or her distinction as a scholar, a teacher, and a leader in the college, university, and community. The winning professor receives a $5,000 award to use toward research and pedagogy. 鈥淒r. Varela has been an outstanding faculty member since his first day at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock,鈥 said Dr. Robert Mitchell, director of the School of Business. 鈥淚 remember interviewing him at an Academy of Management conference and knew immediately that he fit our needs completely. During his tenure at the university, he has been an outstanding teacher and an extremely strong contributor to program development and external relations. He is very deserving of the Boyd Award.鈥 Varela joined 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock as an assistant professor of management in 2010. He received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award for the College of Business in 2016 and the Faculty Excellence in Research Award for the College of Business in 2018. In 2020, Varela was promoted to a full professor of management. Varela earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in legal and political sciences from Universidad Central Venezuela and a MBA from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas as well as a master鈥檚 degree in international business and Ph.D. with a concentration in organizational behavior from Tulane University. His research focuses on the development of managerial skills, the effectiveness of pedagogical interventions, and professional careers in academe. His work has been published in renowned journals, including 鈥淭he Academy of Management Learning and Education,鈥 鈥淛ournal of Business and Psychology,鈥 and 鈥淕roup Dynamics, Theory, Research, and Practice.鈥 Varela鈥檚 teaching involves distinct aspects of organizational behavior topics including leadership and teams. In addition to teaching in the U.S., Varela has served as a visiting faculty member in nine business schools located in South America, North America, and Europe. 鈥淭he university has given me the freedom to do the research I wanted to do,鈥 he said. 鈥淣ow I am trying to understand faculty success and what triggers success criteria. I鈥檓 also conducting research on teacher effectiveness and the quality of techniques teachers use to be successful.鈥 Most recently, Varela has been instrumental in founding the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Leadership Academy, which provides customized and affordable professional development training for local businesses and organizations. The Leadership Academy offers a variety of training in areas including business decision-making, personnel management, and communication through in-person or in hybrid learning.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Names Mitchell as Director of School of Business; Woolridge as Interim Chair of Management, Marketing, and Technology Department /news-archive/2021/08/18/mitchell-woolridge-business/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:31:46 +0000 /news/?p=79235 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Names Mitchell as Director of School of Business; Woolridge as Interim Chair of Management, Marketing, and Technology Department]]> Dr. Robert Mitchell has been appointed as the director of the School of Business at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 鈥淚 am honored to be the director of the School of Business, as we address the evolving needs of our students, faculty, and employers through our career-centric programs of study and outreach activities,鈥 Mitchell said. 鈥淚 look forward to working with our business faculty, who have a strong academic and corporate background, in addressing the changing landscape of higher education and the business environment.鈥 Mitchell has more than four decades of experience at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, having started at the university in 1979. Before becoming director, he worked as the chair of the Department of Management, Marketing, and Technology. He has also served as chair of the Department of Business Information Systems, associate dean for Undergraduate Studies, and interim dean of the College of Business. Mitchell brings both experience and knowledge to the position. His teaching and research interests include IT strategy, technical training, business communication, and pedagogy. He spent 24 years in organization management in the nonprofit sector as director of Delta Pi Epsilon; a professional organization focused on promoting excellence in research and teaching in business. He has received the College Excellence in Research Award, multiple distinguished paper awards presented by the Federation of Business Disciplines, and the John Robert Gregg Award. Additionally, Dr. Richard Woolridge, associate professor of information systems, has been named the interim chair of the Department of Management, Marketing, and Technology.
Dr. Richard Woolridge

Dr. Richard Woolridge

Woolridge joined 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock as a professor in 2010. He holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in information systems from the University of Texas at Arlington as well as a master鈥檚 degree and a Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of Alabama.听 Wooridge has extensive business and information technology experience gained over a 35-year career. He has broad industry experience including manufacturing, financial services, insurance, oil and gas, software, transportation, and government.听 He has functional expertise in operations, governance, accounting, administration, asset management, engineering, inventory control, logistics, procurement, product management, sales, and technology and served in many technical roles. He managed projects, consulting practices, small companies, and commercial software products.]]> Facilities Management employee earns business degree 17 years after starting /news-archive/2020/05/19/kendrick-raino-commencement/ Tue, 19 May 2020 13:05:40 +0000 /news/?p=76901 ... Facilities Management employee earns business degree 17 years after starting]]> Kendrick Raino, operations center manager at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, is graduating this semester with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in management. 鈥淭here is a huge sense of accomplishment, but I鈥檓 also thinking, 鈥業t鈥檚 about time,鈥欌 Raino said. A native of Fountain Hill, Arkansas, Raino began his higher education journey at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2003, but left the following year due to a family emergency. 鈥淎fter I graduated high school, I went to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock for two years. Then, because of a family situation, I was forced to stop and work two jobs just to support the people around me,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 got good enough to be a manager. I came to a point that if I wanted to move forward, I knew I needed to finish college. I switched careers so I could go back to school.鈥 Raino began working in Facilities Management in 2011 as an administrative specialist and was promoted to operations center manager in 2013. By 2017, he enrolled for a second time, taking four to six classes a semester to finish his degree. He is a recipient of the Facilities Management Scholarship, and his co-workers are impressed by his hard work and dedication to his education. 鈥淲orking through lunches, breaks, well into the evenings, and online, he has persevered, completing his final term as a senior this semester,鈥 said David Millay, associate vice chancellor of facilities management. 鈥淭hroughout it all, Kendrick has not broken stride, overcome life鈥檚 hurdles, and proceeds undaunted to reach his goal. Kendrick is a model employee and student, and represents a brighter future for himself, his family and friends, and indeed our society in general. I commend him more for his ideals, his fortitude, and for his hard work in seeking and attaining this important life goal.鈥 Being able to pursue his degree online has been a godsend for Raino and his busy schedule. He鈥檚 thankful to Dr. David Montague, director of online learning, for introducing him to the program, to his advisor, Heyam Dannawi, and Shannon Gwinn, director of the Center for Student and Career Services in the College of Business, for being his 鈥渁dvocate and supporter since day one.鈥 Raino thinks of his college classes as a useful learning lab that has made him more successful in his career. Many of his on-the-job accomplishments, such as streamlining billing processes and increasing departmental response time to customer service calls, have been made in part to what he鈥檚 learned in his classes. 鈥淎 lot of college classes are meant to prepare you to be in the workforce,鈥 he said. 鈥淪ince I鈥檓 already in the workforce, I鈥檝e taken what I鈥檝e learned to help me be a better employee.鈥 Though he is both working and going to school full time, Raino still volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas and the Arkansas Food Bank. Now that he鈥檚 completed his undergraduate degree, Raino has no plans to slow down his academic pursuits and has applied for the Master of Business Administration program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in the fall. 鈥淚t鈥檚 absolutely never too late to try to strive to be a better version of yourself for yourself and the people around you,鈥 Raino said. 鈥淓very step I鈥檝e taken has made it that much more rewarding to where I鈥檓 at right now.鈥漖]> College of Business online programs ranked among most affordable in country /news-archive/2017/10/18/affordable-online-business-degrees/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:36:28 +0000 /news/?p=68250 ... College of Business online programs ranked among most affordable in country]]> Three online programs from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Business have been ranked among the most affordable in the country.听 The educational resource website,, ranked 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 online degree programs in accounting, human resources, and management among its respective lists of the top 25 most affordable online college degree programs in 2018. All three 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock programs ranked within the Top Ten on their lists. ranked fourth, while and, ninth. Rankings were based on program data from the 2016-17 school year collected from official school websites, including available degrees, tuition rates, and program coursework. Data on acceptance rates, programmatic accreditation, and profit status of the schools were collected from accreditation agencies or the National Center for Education Statistics. OnlineU is designed to aid students in obtaining college degrees without taking on the burden of massive debt. The website provides unbiased rankings based on the factors students care about most 鈥 affordability, accessibility, and quality 鈥 to help them find the best possible match. 听]]>