I graduated with a Ph.D. in Organizationall Behavior from the Department of Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, in May 2006 and have joined the Departments of OB and Marketing Policy Studies at Case Weahterhead School of Management, as a full-time non-tenure track faculty member.
As a scholar-activist, I am interested in exploring the social issues of management from a critical perspective and generate positive alternatives. As a teacher, I want to faciliate students learning about these issues critically and systemically and equipping them with the necessary skills to address these challenges. One of my objectives is to create action-learning networks among various stakeholder groups like North East Ohio Breastfeeding Education and Advocacy Network (NEOBEAN), an action learning network that I have co-founded. My research areas are:
Critical Management Studies
Generative capacities of post colonial societies
Social and Organizational Transformation
Qualitative Inquiry Methods
Action Research
Dissertation: Generative Capacities and Processes for Social Change/Organizational Transformation
This Comparative Case Study is situated in post colonial context and draws from Critical Management Studies and Organizational Theory. Data has been collected from 1) a community initiative towards successful transformation of their ecology, Rajasthan, 2) a social experiment in Village Self-Governance, Tamil Nadu and 3) Livelihood Advancement Business School (LABS), a corporate consortium run developmental agency focusing on training the underprivileged urban youth for livelihood in the New Economy. This study of organizational change will contribute to theoretical discourses on Paradigmatic and epistemological issues of studying and effecting change, Relationship between vision and organizational routines in the context of change, Generative leadership which is an organizational process located in the relationship rather than behaviors of particular individuals and Interplay between Intentional and Emergent Organizing in Change initiatives.
North East Ohio Breastfeeding Education and Network (NEOBEAN), an Action Research Project
I am a co-founder of this action learning network that focuses on creation of partnerships among various stakeholder groups in the region including health professionals, county government entities, business and other employing organizations, insurance companies, community leaders, and citizens in an effort to create a breastfeeding supportive society. Theoretically, this project is intended to study the role and processes of collaboration, partnerships, leadership, and social networks in a multi-stakeholder change initiative.We are planning an interactive workshop, titled, “Building Powerful Partnerships for a Breastfeeding Supportive Region.” This research project has won multiple university research grants.
A compartive study of relief response and media coverage between the Tsuami disaster in India and Hurricane Katrina in the US. I am also part of the CMS Interest Group of AOM putting together a proposal for a Professional Development Worskshop (PDW) in AOM, 2006, to be held in Atlanta.
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