Email: ssmith at presby dot edu Phone: (864) 833-8454 Office: 234 Jacobs Hall

Economics and Business Administration
Faculty

Dr. Suzanne J. Smith (Suzie)
Professor of Business Administration

Joined PC Faculty: 1987

Degrees:
B.S., Presbyterian College; B.E., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Clemson University

Areas of Specialty:

• Management
• Operations Management
• Managerial Communication
• Teaching and Technology
• Disney Management

Courses taught:

• Management & Organizational Behavior
• Operations Management
• Applied Management Information Systems
• Managerial Communication
• Managing the Magic: Lessons on Management from the Mouse (2006)

Awards
Presbyterian College Professor of the Year, 2001
Presbyterian College SGA Spirit of PC Award, 2001
Presbyterian College Outstanding Young Alumna Award, 1999

Professional Activities:
Decision Sciences Institute member, SC Liberal Arts College Consortium of Management and Organizational Behavior Faculty, Disney Institute 2005

Recent Presentations and Publications:
"Student Video Research Projects: Expanding Communication Platforms in Management & Organizational Behavior," Decision Sciences Institute, November 2003.

"Creating and Presenting Dazzling PowerPoint Presentations," South Carolina Association of School Librarians Annual Meeting, March 2000 (co-presented with Norman Scarborough).

"Management and Organizational Behavior:  Using the Web to Develop a Business Plan and Understand Management Principles," Syllabus 97 Conference, Summer 1997 (co-presented with Norman Scarborough).

"Developing Outstanding Classroom Presentations Using PowerPoint," Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference, Murfreesboro, TN, April 1997.

"Using the Web Effectively in Management Classes," Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference, Murfreesboro, TN, April, 1997.

"Integrating Web Projects and Multimedia Applications In Management Classes," Syllabus '97 Conference Proceedings, Summer 1997, co-authored with Norman Scarborough.

"A Post-Gutenberg Study of Web Activity," Proceedings of the Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference, l997.