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Dr. Ross Wirth serves as Program Chair, Business Administration. Prior to joining Franklin University Dr. Wirth held a number of management positions with functional experience in IT, retail & wholesale marketing, program development, supply & distribution, operations & strategic planning, Human Resources, business development, and many special assignments on corporate change initiative teams.
Dr. Wirth’s research interest focuses on emergent organizational change through empowering self-leadership and self-initiated change aligned with a shared strategic vision.
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| Ph.D., | Walden University, 2004, Applied Management & Decision Science with a specialization in Leadership & Organizational Change |
| M.B.A., | New Mexico State University, 1975 |
| B.S., | University of New Mexico, 1973, Biology & B.A. Chemistry |
| 2008 - Present | Franklin University, Program Chair, Business Administration - BSAD 495 Business Administration Capstone. |
| 2006-2007 | University of Phoenix - Houston campus, MGT 578 - Strategy Formation and Implementation; MBA 530 - Human Capital Development; and MBA 520 - Transformational Leadership. |
| 2005-2007 | Belhaven College - Houston campus, MBA 618 Statistics for Business Decisions; MBA 682 Principles of Executive Leadership; and BUS 362 Human Resources. |
| 1975-2007 |
Citgo Petroleum Corp., Manager Business Development; Manager Human Resources Planning, Manager Organizational Learning; Manager Marketing Special Projects; Wholesale Marketing Program Development Manager; Gasoline Product Manager; Manager Supply & Distribution Business Strategy; Manager Retail Marketing Financial Services; Retail Marketing Performance and Evaluation Manager; Management Science Systems Analyst. |
| 1986 |
Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1986, The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Klingman, D., Phillips, N., Steiger, D., Wirth, R. A., Young, W., Keyes, J. & Beckert, B. (1986). Successful deployment of management science throughout the operations of a major independent petroleum corporation. Paper presented at the Franz Edelman Outstanding Management Science in Practice, Vancouver, BC. |
| 2005 | (Book chapter) Gap analysis. In H. Nauheimer (Ed.), Taking stock: A survey on the practice and future of change management (p. 91). Berlin: Holger Nauheimer. |
| 2005 | (Book chapter) Lewin/Schein's change theory. In H. Nauheimer (Ed.), Taking stock: A survey on the practice and future of change management (p. 101). Berlin: Holger Nauheimer. |
| 2004 | Introduction to 'Science and Complexity' (originally published in 1948, Warren Weaver). Emergence: Complexity and Organization, 6(3), 65-66. |
| 2004 | The relationship between self-leadership and self-initiated change leadership: Personal empowerment for emergent organizational change. [Dissertation]. |
| 2002 | Building a Learning Organization at CITGO Petroleum. Paper presented at the 4th International Knowledge Management Forum, Caracas, Venezuela. |
| 1987 | Klingman, D., Phillips, N., Steiger, D., Wirth, R. A., Padman, R., & Kroshnan, R. An optimization based integrated short-term refined petroleum product planning system. Management Science, 33, 813-830. |
| 1986 | Klingman, D., Phillips, N., Steiger, D., Wirth, R. A., & Young, W. The Challenges and Success Factors in Implementing an Integrated Products Planning System. Interfaces, 16(3), 1-19. |
| 1986 | Klingman, D., Phillips, N., Steiger, D., Wirth, R. A., Young, W., Keyes, J. & Beckert, B. Successful deployment of management science throughout the operations of a major independent petroleum corporation. Paper presented at the Franz Edelman Outstanding Management Science in Practice, Vancouver, BC. |
| 1985 | Klingman, D., Phillips,N., Steiger, D., Padman, R., & Wirth, R. A. An Optimization Based Integrated Short-term Refined Petroleum Product Planning System. Center for Business Decision Analysis, Univ. of Texas at Austin. |
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Capital City Organization Development Network, 2008-present |
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Business Advisory Council at NMSU College of Business, 1998-2007 |
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CPsquare (Community of Practice coordinators), 2003-2005 |
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Society for Organizational Learning, 2001-2004 |
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Tulsa Computer Society (past president & board member), 1978-1990 |
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Boy Scouts (Scoutmaster, Church Representative, & District trainer), 1989-2003 |
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