H. WAYNE HUIZENGA SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 7
NOVEMBER 2004
UNIVERSITY
AC U ME N
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN BUSINESS, PUBLIC AND
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
STUDYING LEADERSHIP: LIVING LEADERSHIP FORUM, APPLE CO-
FOUNDER STEVE WOZNIAK AND JANET RENO
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Huizenga School students have Approximately 200 people at- spoke at the Shepard Broad Law
never been satisfied with tended the Fort Lauderdale ses- Center about “Public Interest
PUBLICATIONS/ 2 merely reading about leaders. sion, and between 100-200 and the Law. “ Reno, who grew
CONFERENCES
people attended the sessions up in South Florida, was the first
Fortunately, at the Huizenga
hosted at the Student Educa- woman to hold the post of U.S.
HOSPITAL 2
School, they don’t need to be.
PLANNED AT
tional Centers. Attorney General, and continues
NSU The Huizenga School kicked off to work as a consultant and
On November 14, Steve
its leadership studies with the public activist.
MARK 2 Wozniak, co-founder of Apple
TEMPLETON, Living Leadership Forum, of-
CITRIX
Computer, came to Nova South-
fered to graduate and under-
eastern University to discuss the
graduate students at multiple
ALUMNI 3 history of Apple computers and
PROFILE locations, including the main
future trends in computing tech-
campus in Fort Lauderdale and
nology and online education.
EDWIN BLACK
NSU Student Educational Cen-
3 Wozniak, who designed the Ap-
ters in Miami, Tampa, Jackson-
ple I and Apple II computer,
ville and Las Vegas. The Living
joined partner Steve Jobs to take
MILESTONES 3 Leadership event, simulcast
a leadership role in the revolu-
throughout the country, allowed Janet Reno
tionary development of the per-
participants to gain leadership
sonal computer. Wozniak is also “Reading books is great,” said
EDITOR’S NOTE 4 training and hear Donald
the only person who has devel- Dr. Terrell Manyak, Huizenga
Trump, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jim
oped both the hardware and school professor. “But it’s also
Collins, Peter Drucker, Russell
software for a commercially suc- important to have the opportu-
Simmons, Larry Bossidy, Rosa-
cessful computer program. nity to interact and watch lead-
beth Moss Kanter, and Ken
Blanchard discuss current The very next day, former U.S. ers in action, which students can
trends in corporate leadership. Attorney General Janet Reno do here.”
MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM STUDIES PLANTFIND.COM
On October 14, faculty and staff “Raising Money for Accelerated Florida based company is the
of the Huizenga School and the Growth,” focused on the uncon- leader in supplying plants and
MIT Enterprise Forum met with ventional methods used by supplies over the Internet.
Mike Ferraro, founder and Plantfind.com to raise more
Joining the discussion were
president of Plantfind.com. than $2 million in funding from
South Florida entrepreneurs
Plantfind.com is a B2B com- industry and private funding.
Mike Docherty, Ray Costa, Greg
mercial site for the South Flor- As a result, Plantfind.com sur-
Horn, Edward Meyer and Dave
ida wholesale landscape and vived the many failures of other
Spector.
nursery industry. Ferraro’s talk, dot-coms. Today, the South
ACUMEN Page 2
PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCES NOVEMBER 2004
October 2004: Dr. Art Weinstein, Joo-Seoung Park (DBA ‘04), Dr. be presenting “Banking Industry
Dr. William Johnson, and Dr. Hilton Barbara Dastoor, Dr. Joseph Bal- Performance, An Analysis of the
Barrett (DBA ‘96) presented loun, Dr. Josephine Sosa-Fey (DBA Japanese Industry,” at the Global
“Creating Value in Service Organi- ‘01) and Dr. Jutaporn Sungkhawan Trends Conference of the Academy
zations Via the S-Q-I-P Model,” at (DBA ‘00) presented “Cultural of Business Administration, Decem-
the Atlantic Marketing Association Shifts in Asia-Pacific and India: ber 18-22, 2004, Montego Bay,
2004 Annual Conference, Ameri- 1980-2000,” at the Asian Confer- Jamaica. The paper will also be
can Marketing Association, Chatta- ence of the Academy of Human published in the 2005 edition of
nooga, TN, October 8, 2004. Resource Development, Seoul, Contemporary Business Readings.
Korea, November 23.
Dr. Pan Yatrakis and Dr. Muleka Pamela Kasyan-Itzkowitz (DBA
Kikwebati (DBA ‘04) presented Troy D. Callicoatte (DBA student) student) is the principal investiga-
“Financial Development and Eco- presented “An International Busi- tor on Personal Empowerment Via
nomic Growth in Sub-Saharan ness View of Corruption,” at the a Multi-Disciplinary Diabetes Edu-
Africa,” at the 58th International Third Asian Conference of the cation Program. This research
Atlantic Economic Conference, Academy of Human Resource project will study the efficacy of
Chicago, IL October 8, 2004. Management (KAHRD), November conducting multidisciplinary diabe-
20-23, Seoul, Korea. tes self-management education. It
November 2004: Dr. Robert Prezi-
has been awarded a 2004-2005
osi is the editor of The 2005 Pfief- Forthcoming:
President’s Research and Develop-
fer Annual: Human Resource Man-
Conrad Francis (DBA student) will ment Grant Award by NSU.
agement.
Did you know?
NSU AND NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT EXPAND
STRATEGIC AND EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCES NSU’s Hudson
The Health Professions Divi- 2008. The Huizenga School contin- Institute offers
sion (HPD) at NSU received ues to play a strong part in
“This is part of the ongoing customized
the welcomed news that the these alliances, offering on-
fruitful alliance between NSU
North Broward Hospital Dis-
and the North Broward Hospi-
site MBA classes for hospital executive
trict is planning to open a administrators. Thirteen
tal District,” noted Dr. Pre- education
150-bed hospital on NSU’s students graduated from the
ston Jones. The alliance
main campus in Davie, FL, to program in October, and hos- programs for
includes cross-training in
be used as a teaching hospi- pital officials have requested
various health specializations organizations
tal benefiting Broward County the Huizenga School to start
including medicine, physical and individuals.
residents and HPD students another cluster group this
therapy, nursing, and hospi-
alike. The hospital has a January.
tal administration.
tentative opening date of
CITRIX CEO MARK TEMPLETON SPEAKS AT HUIZENGA SCHOOL
Just 15 years ago, Citrix was erations in Europe, Latin and professors and the South
a small technology firm with America and Asia/Pacific. Florida Technology alliance.
an innovative idea. Today, Citrix focuses on access infra-
The South Florida Technology
Citrix employs 2,300 people structure for on-demand en-
Alliance focuses on fostering
and generates $589 million terprises.
the growth of IT hardware,
in revenues. The company
Citrix CEO Mark Templeton software and service firms in
has also created a global
spoke at the Huizenga School South Florida.
channel and alliance network
on October 28 about Citrix’s
of more than 7,000 partners,
growth strategies to an audi-
and continues to extend op-
ence of Huizenga students
H. WAYNE HUIZENGA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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ALUMNI PROFILE: DR. SHELETTE STEWART
Trying to track down Dr. Stew- The executive was right, but being recognized as the first
art can be a daunting task. she now admits that working individual in her family to be
Dr. Stewart, a Senior National full-time while attending blessed to earn a doctorate
Sales Executive for the Coca- classes and writing her dis- and leveraging this distinc-
Cola Company, is responsible sertation could be stressful — tion to encourage and moti-
for managing her company’s but manageable. So manage- vate others to pursue higher
partnership with the Burger able, indeed, that Dr. Stewart education and academic
King Corporation, a role that had completed her disserta- excellence. The NSU DBA,
keeps her constantly on the tion, The Relationship Be- she notes, complements her
move. It’s a career that also tween Strategic Planning and existing professional creden-
led her to the Huizenga Growth in Small Businesses, tials, and serves as a vehicle
School for her doctoral pro- before she even took her for her to make unique and
gram. comprehensive exam. Stew- positive contributions to the
art also took advantage of business arena.
Dr. Stewart chose NSU be- both the weekend and insti-
cause of the program’s flexi- tute class formats to accom- “I would highly recommend
bility and course offerings in modate her schedule. Her NSU, and its talented faculty,
multiple national locations, a favorite part of the program: students, and staff members,
necessity for her job. She having the privilege to meet to anyone interested in pur-
also wanted to challenge and work with so many moti- suing higher education,” Dr.
herself academically, and vated and talented people. Stewart says.
thought the rigor of the pro-
gram would fit that need. Her proudest achievement:
EDWIN BLACK : BANKING ON BAGHDAD Did you know?
NSU’s Hudson
New York Times bestselling Banking in Baghdad. In November 10. On the follow-
author Edwin Black, author of 2004, he won First Prize from ing day, Black
Institute clients
IBM and the Holocaust, the American Jewish Press came to include Office
visited NSU to discuss his Federation, and in 2003, he speak at the
Depot, Bank
latest book, Banking on received the top two editorial Huizenga
Baghdad, which discusses awards from the American School. Black Atlantic, JM
the history of Iraq over the Society of Journalists and spoke to stu- Family
past 7,000 years. Authors. dents and
faculty about Enterprises, and
Edwin Black has been nomi- Black spoke to members of
nated for the Pulitzer Prize NSU and the American Jew-
the history of Iraq and current Pollo Tropical.
conditions in the area.
eight times, most recently for ish Congress on Wednesday,
MILESTONES
Dr. Sidney Yeomans (DBA Dr. Tom Healy (DBA ‘03) was tency in residential and/or
‘04) was recently promoted recently awarded the Certi- commercial real estate fi-
to Director, Corporate Strat- fied Mortgage Banker (CMB) nance. Dr. Healy is also a
egy, at the Nissan Motor Cor- designation, the highest pro- Master-Faculty Fellow of the
poration, responsible for fessional designation for the Mortgage Bankers Associa-
short, mid and long-range real estate finance industry. tion.
strategy implementation. In Dr. Healy joins a select num-
Dr. Larry Flegle (DBA ‘03) has
January, he will take on an ber of real estate finance
recently been appointed As-
additional role as adjunct professionals who have ex-
sistant Professor of Graduate
professor at Trinity Interna- hibited superior knowledge,
Studies at the United States
tional University. understanding and compe-
Sports Academy.
FROM THE EDITOR
If you haven’t been reading several ways to do this, but submit a paper you’ve written
The Journal of Applied Man- one thing you might consider for a class or a paper that is
is submitting an article to the a part of your dissertation
agement and Entrepreneur- Journal of Applied Manage- research. Before you submit,
ship, the Huizenga School’s ment and Entrepreneurship however, be sure to look at
research journal, you’ve been (JAME). This journal is pub- student papers that have
lished quarterly by the been published in JAME to
missing out on a lot: discus-
Huizenga School. As a regis- see the approach they took
sions of ethics in the work tered doctoral student you to get published as well as
place, an intriguing look at receive the journal, and each the format, etc.“
software piracy, and the pos- issue includes two papers
from our own doctoral stu- For more information, con-
sible roles of an HIV/AIDS dents. So there are eight tact Dr. Barnes at
policy in the workplace. But opportunities every year to barry@huizenga.nova.edu.
you might be missing out on get published! As always, if you have any
something else as well. As As Student Papers Editor, I suggestions for Acumen,
encourage you to submit a contact me at
Dr. Barry Barnes explains:
paper. If you do, usually cgregory@huizenga.nova.edu
“As you know, all doctoral within six weeks you’ll receive
students must publish a pa- reviewer feedback on your Enjoy!
per as part of the degree paper as well as a decision Christine Gregory
requirements. There are on whether the paper will be
published or not. You can Editor, Acumen
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