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Research - Ellen West

Expertise

  • Organizational change strategies
  • Use of improvisation in business

Selected Recent Activity

Refereed Journal Articles

West, Ellen, "Fueling Creativity in a Business Classroom," The Journal of Learning in Higher Education, Fall 2007.

Huffaker, Julie and Ellen West, "Enhancing Learning in the Business Classroom: An Adventure with Improv Theater Techniques," The Journal of Management Education, December 2005.

Ash, Joan and Ellen West, "Technology Innovation in Excellent Organizations." Organization Development Journal, Fall 1994.

West, Ellen, "Addressing Sexual Harassment: A Strategy for Changing the Climate in Higher Education," co-authored with Janice Jackson and Candyce Reynolds. NASPA Journal (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators), Winter 1994.

Selected Conference Presentations

West, Ellen, "Creating Soul and Spirit in a Business Classroom: Examining Design Assumptions about Learning." Third Annual International Conf. on Design Principles and Practices, Berlin, February 2009.

West, Ellen, "Unlocking the Force: Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom." Fourth Art of Management and Organizational Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 2008.

West, Ellen, "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life: Strategies for Revitalizing Faculty Mid-Career." Fourth Annual Academic Business World International Conference, Nashville, May 2008.

West, Ellen, "Fueling Creativity in a Business Classroom." Third Annual Academic Business World International Conference, Nashville, May 2007. Received a Best Paper Award.

West, Ellen, "A New Vision of Management: Nurturing Creativity in a Business Classroom." Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, August 2005.

West, Ellen, "Sacred Cows and other Reflections on an International Adventure." Allied Academies International Spring Conference, Memphis, April 2005.

West, Ellen, "This Must be Heaven and Other Stories about Nurturing Creativity in a Business Classroom." Allied Academies International Fall Conference, Maui, October 2004.

West, Ellen, "The Care and Feeding of Adjunct Business Professors: Strategies for Improved Performance." Allied Academies International Spring Meeting, New Orleans, April 2004.

West, Ellen, "The Power of Soul and Spirit in Business: Expanding the Boundaries of Student Learning within a Business School." The Third International Connecting Learning and Critique Conference, Cambridge University, UK, July 2002.

Leiberman, Devorah A., J. Reuter, and Ellen West, "Strategies for Diffusion of Technology Innovation: Engaging Faculty and Assessing Student Learning," Proceedings, Improving University Teaching Annual Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1997.

 

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