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Job: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

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Chair of the Department of Marketing

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MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD, OHIO
POSITION DESCRIPTION
DEPARTMENT CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING

Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of the Department Chair fall into three broad areas: Strategic Leadership, Operational Administration, and Relationship Management. These areas are defined as follows:

  • Strategic Leadership: Directing and facilitating the ongoing improvement of the department in its mission to deliver the highest quality Marketing education at both the undergraduate and graduate level and to contribute high-quality scholarship to the Marketing discipline.
  • Operational Administration: Coordinating and managing the day-to-day operations of the department including budgeting, staffing, scheduling, mentoring and supervision of the faculty and staff.
  • Relationship Management: Building and developing relationships with multiple constituencies including faculty, administration, current and prospective students and their families, alumni, and the local and regional business communities.

In addition to these responsibilities, the Department Chair will serve as a member of the Farmer School’s Executive Committee and will report to the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Qualifications:

At a minimum, the applicant should have a Doctorate in Marketing or a related discipline with a distinguished and ongoing record of both teaching and research in Marketing that would merit appointment as a tenured full professor. Ideally, the applicant will also have demonstrated effectiveness in each of the three areas of responsibility discussed above.

Background:

The Farmer School of Business was recently named by Business Week among the top 25 undergraduate business programs in the United States and the seventh ranked among public institutions. The School has 140 full-time faculty members in seven departments, approximately 4,000 undergraduate students in 11 baccalaureate degree programs, and 80 graduate students in three master’s degree programs. The mission of the school is to be a premier business program that provides students with the life-long ability to seek and acquire knowledge and translate it into responsible action in a competitive global environment. Towards that end, the School endorses a commitment to liberal education along with the business-specific curriculum. The school has been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) at the undergraduate level since 1932 and the graduate level since 1961. The Department of Marketing is the largest department at Miami University serving close to 1,200 majors. The department has 19 full-time faculty members. Visit for more information.

Miami University is one of the nation’s premiere public universities and is located in Southwestern Ohio. Founded in 1809, Miami has a long tradition of dedication to excellence in teaching, liberal education, and research. The university has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students on four campuses and awards baccalaureate degrees in over 70 areas, master’s degrees in 50 areas, and doctoral degrees in 11 disciplines. The Central campus is in Oxford, a city with a population of 12,500, located 35 miles north of Cincinnati and 45 miles southwest of Dayton.

Contact Information:

To apply for the position, submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae. Review of applications will begin August 15, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled. Miami University is an EOE/AA employer with smoke-free campuses offering full same-sex domestic partner benefits. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For information regarding campus crime and safety, visit . Hard copy upon request. Electronic submissions are preferred and may be sent to Jeff Smith, Chair of the Marketing Chair Search Committee, at jeff.smith@muohio.edu. Applications may be sent via surface mail to Department of Marketing, Farmer School of Business, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 (Attn: Marketing Chair Search).