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George J. Titus
Professor, General Strategic Management
Fox School of Business and Management
Speakman 361
1810 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6083
Phone: (215) 204-8188
Fax: (215) 204-8029
E-mail: gtitus@surfer.sbm.temple.edu
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| EDUCATION | ||
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Ph.D., Management The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
1977 | |
| M.A.,
Applied Economics University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
1976 | |
| M.B.A.,
Management/Operations The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
1974 | |
| M.S.,
Mechanical Engineering Duke University Durham, NC |
1965 | |
| B.M.E.,
Mechanical Engineering Gannon University Erie, PA |
1963 | |
| ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE | · | |
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Professor of General and Strategic Management Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
1993 - present | |
| Associate
Professor of Management Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
1983- 1993 | |
| Director
Small Business Development Center Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
1982 - 1986 | |
| Assistant
Professor of Management Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
1977 - 1983 | |
| Instructor
in Engineering Duke University Durham, NC |
1963 - 1965 | |
| RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS |  |
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| GRANTS RECEIVED | ||
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$120,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for
the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in 1986. · $25,000 grant from the SBA to establish a Minority Business Development Program within the SBDC (1986). · $100,000 grant from the SBA to continue the SBDC program (1985). · $10,000 grant from the SBA to study the feasibility of central database for SBDC's in Pennsylvania (1984). · $100,000 grant from the SBA to expand the operations of the Temple SBDC (1984). · $20,000 grant from the SBA to study the adoption of new technology by owner-operated machine shops in Southeastern Pennsylvania (1983). · $60,000 grant from the SBA to continue the operations of the SBDC (1983). · Received Summer Research Grant from temple University (1983). · $40,000 grant from the SBA to continue the newly established SBDC at Temple University (1982). · $20,000 grant from the SBA to establish the first SBDC at Temple University (1981). · Received Grants-in Aid funding from Temple University (1979 and 1981). |
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| COURSES DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT | ||
| Ph.D. | Seminar in Management Information systems | |
| M.B.A. | ·
Entrepreneurship · Decision Support Systems · R & D Management · Management of Technology & Innovation |
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| OTHER COURSES TAUGHT | ||
| M.B.A. | ·
Business Policy · Operations Management · Management of Technology & Innovation · Competitive Industry Analysis · Taught in the Executive M.B.A. Program · Faculty of Department of Defense Technology/Management M.B.A. Program in Tokyo, Japan. (July 1995, July 1966) |
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| Undergraduate | ·
Business Policy · Operations Management · Systems Analysis · Organizational Planning & Control · Intellectual Heritage (University Required Course) |
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SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY |
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Chairman of Departmental Faculty Recruiting Committee · Member of the Faculty Senate · Chairman Undergraduate Curriculum Committee · Member of School-wide Research Committee · Director of Temple Small Business Development Center · Chairman of the Undergraduate Program Evaluation Committee · Chairman of Faculty Evaluation Committee · Chairman of Departmental Merit Procedure Committee · Member of School-wide Merit Allocation Committee · Member of Departmental and School-wide Tenure and Promotion Committee · Member of Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination Committee · Member of the Undergraduate Affairs Committee · Faculty Advisor for the Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) |
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| BUSINESS/INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE | ||
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· GENERAL MANAGER, Edimax Division, UTI Corporation, Collegeville, PA (1974-75). Responsible for planning, budgeting, and implementation of production and marketing of a new EDM (Electrical Discharge Machine) System in the U.S. and Europe. · ENGINEERING MANAGER, Special Projects and Development, Keystone Carbon Company, St. Mary's, PA (1967-72). Coordination of manufacturing, engineering, and R&D departments in developing and implementing new processes and products. · PROCESS ENGINEER, Fibers Division, Allied Corp., Petersburg, VA (1965-67). Responsible for coordinating R&D, engineering, and manufacturing departments in pilot plant operations for special synthetic fiber production.
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| CONSULTING EXPERIENCE | ||
| Conducted an analysis of Research/Technology Planning and Business Strategy in a multi-million dollar chemical division of a multi-billion dollar corporation (1989). | ||
| Advised more than 50 small companies and entrepreneurs of start-up and ongoing businesses on financial analysis, preparation of business plans, and loan proposals. | ||
| Designed and instituted a computerized internal control system for financial management of a large diversified construction company. | ||
| Conducted training programs for CPA's to use statistical sampling techniques in auditing. | ||
| Worked on the planning and marketing phase of introducing a new and innovative machine developed in France for the U.S. market. Prior involvement in the same project included a two month feasibility study of the product in France. Related travels to England, Holland, and Germany. | ||
| Participated as a consultant in writing proposals to the NASA and to the SBA to bid for contracts for a project for Technology Transfer from federally funded R&D programs to small businesses in the Delaware Valley area. | ||
| Collaborated in developing an instrument to collect data in a nationwide survey conducted by the National Science Foundation to study policy implications for government funding for R&D projects. | ||
| MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| The Institute for Operations Research & Management Science Academy of Management Decision Sciences Institute | ||
| HONORS | ||
| Member of Sigma Xi | ||
| PUBLICATION AWARD | ||
| Best paper of the year award received from R & D Management, Manchester, England (1983) for the paper entitled "Synthesizing R & D Planning and Business Strategy", Vol. 13, No. 4., pp. 207-218. | ||
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