Associate Professor of Management Systems
Management Systems Department

Office: Copeland 530
Phone: 740-593-9322
Email: coombs@ohio.edu
Homepage: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~coombs/

Departments:

• Copeland Scholars
• Executive MBA 0608
• Management Systems Department
• Professional MBA 06-08

Education

PhD, University of Colorado - Boulder, 1994. Business (Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory; minor in Social Psychology).

MBA, University of Denver, 1981, Management.

BS, Stanford University, 1979. Engineering (product design).

Research Interests

Innovative pedagogy in management education, creativity in business, organizational demography.

Professional Experience

Various administrative positions including academic programs officer, network administrator, assistant records officer, and part-time instructor. Economics Institute 1982-1987.

Researcher for commercialization of large-scale solar thermal technologies. Solar Energy Research Institute, 1980.

Selected Publications

Sherman, H., Core, D., & Coombs, G. (2006) “Using a Non-Profit Business Partner to Develop Business Management Skills for MBA Education” Research in Management Education and Development, Vol. 5: New Visions of Graduate Management Education. Charles Wankel and Robert DeFillippi, Editors, Information Age Publishing.

Coombs, G. & E. Yost (2004) "International Consulting Projects: Collaborating Across Borders" Research in Management Education and Development, Vol. 3: The Cutting Edge of International Management Education. Charles Wankel and Robert DeFillippi, Editors, 2004: 285-305, Information Age Publishing.

Coombs, G. & Elden, M. (2004) “Problem-based learning as social inquiry – PBL and management education.” Journal of Management Education, 28 (5): 523-535.

Coombs, G. (2004) “Comments on ‘Prompting the Transformation of Public Organizations’: The Danger of Assumptions and Anecdotes.” Public Performance and Management Review, 27 (4): 41-43.

Li, D., H. Lou, J. Day, & G. Coombs (2004) “The effect of affiliation motivation on the intention to use groupware in an MBA program” Journal of Computer Information Systems., 64 (3):1-8.

Yost, E. & G. Coombs (2003) “Lessons Learned From a PBL Experience: US EMBAs in Macedonia” Journal of the Academy of Business Education, Vol. 4. Academy of Business Education.

Perrotti, V., Gunn, P., Day, J., & Coombs, G. (1998) Business 2020: Ohio University’s Integrated Business Core. In R.Milter, J.Stinson, & W. Gijselaers (Eds.) Educational Innovation in Economics and Business III: Innovative Practices in Business Education, 1998: 169-188, Kluwer Academic Press.

Coombs, G. & Sarason, Y. (1998) Culture circles: A cultural self-awareness exercise, Journal of Management Education, 22 (2): 218-226.

Coombs, G. (1996) Keys to creative business teaching via distance education, Mid-American Journal of Business, V. 11(2), 68-72.

Coombs, G. (1992) Organizational demography: Implications for the practice of organizational development. In S. Bacharach & P. Tolbert (eds.), Research in the Sociology of Organizations, V.10: 199-220, JAI Press.

Coombs, G. & Rosse, J. (1992) Recruiting and hiring the high technology professional: Trends and future directions. In L. Gomez Mejia and M. Lawless (eds.) Human Resource Strategy in High Technology, V.1: 91-107, JAI Press.

Coombs, G. & Gomez-Mejia, L.R. (1991) Cross-functional compensation strategies in high technology firms. Compensation and Benefits Review, 23(5), 40-48.

Awards

Service Award, College of Business, Ohio University, 2005.

Service Award, Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, 2004.

Society of Alumni and Friends Award for Outstanding Contributions in Service, 1999.

Apple Award for Contributions to the Center for Teaching Excellence, Ohio University, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98.

Teaching Recognition Award, Office of the Provost, Ohio University, 1995.

Excellence Award for Innovation/Creativity in the Classroom, College of Business, Ohio University, 1994/95.