Center Faculty and Staff
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Dr. Jeffrey S. Hornsby, SPHR is a professor and Director of the Human Resource Management Program in the Management Department at Ball State University. His research has concentrated in the areas of compensation, team building, corporate entrepreneurship, honesty testing, and human resource management practices for emerging businesses. He has authored or co-authored over forty articles appearing in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Strategic Management Journal, Group and Organizational Management, Journal of Small Business Management, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Public Personnel Management, Mid-American Journal of Business, Advanced Management Journal, Small Business Forum, Journal of Leadership Studies and the Journal of Business and Psychology. Dr. Hornsby is also certified by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as a Senior Professional in Human Resource Management (SPHR). Dr. Hornsby's related experience includes extensive corporate training and consulting in Team building, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Surpervisory Management, Compensation, Market Research, and Human Resource Management. He has worked with several firms including BorgWarner Automotive, Bank One, Ameritech, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, VEI/IMM (a subsidiary of Community Hospitals), Ontario Systems Corporation, State of Indiana Department of Commerce, Frank Miller Lumber Company, Muncie Power Products and Pathologists Associates. |
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Dr. Michael G. Goldsby teaches and writes in the areas of entrepreneurship, business ethics, strategic management, and international business. His current research interests include the development of entrepreneurial environments, natural perspectives on competition, the impact of varying views of human nature on business, the development of social capital as a source of competitive advantage, the logistics/strategy link, and the usage of self-leadership in entrepreneurship, ethical decision making and individual and group motivation. Additionally, as a management educator, Goldsby received the Jack Hoover Award for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech. Professor Goldsby has published research in The Journal of Managerial Psychology, Eastern Economic Journal, Management Decision, Teaching Business Ethics, and The Journal of Legal Studies Education. The Council of Logistics Management published a case that he and his brother, Dr. Thomas J. Goldsby of Ohio State, had accepted in an international competition. It was also presented as the featured case at the National M.B.A. Competition in Logistics in 2001. He has presented his research findings at national conferences in locations such as New York City, Miami, Kona, Hawaii, Toronto, Canada, Boston, and Atlanta, and also served as keynote speaker at various ceremonies and banquets. He is currently a member of the Academy of Management, the International Association of Business and Society, the Southern Management Association, the Midwest Academy of Management, USASBE, and the Society for Business Ethics. Dr. Goldsby received his Ph.D. in strategic studies in management from Virginia Tech in 1998, and taught three years in the School of Business at the University of Southern Indiana. |
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Rob Mathews is the Coordinator of Outreach Programs at the Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center. In this capacity, he serves as the Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship Dynamics Laboratory at Ball State. Additionally, Mathews teaches in the area of small business management. He also works directly with students on business feasibility and business plan research and writing. Mathews has been published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. He was an Outstanding Young American in 1998. Mathews was a finalist for the National Retail Hardware Association’s National Young Retailer of the Year Award in 1998 and 1999. Mathews received his undergraduate degree from Ball State in 1997 in Entrepreneurship, where he won the Entrepreneurship Excellence Award. He received his M.B.A. from Ball State in Entrepreneurship and Management Information Systems in 2001. |
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Maggie Ailes is the Executive Assistant for the Institute of Entrepreneurship and the Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center. She has been a tremendous influence to both entities. She demonstrates attentiveness to detail with every aspect of her job responsibilities making her efficient and informed. Above all, she is friendly and always willing to provide her assistance. Ms. Ailies is the licensed ACE-Net Operator for the state of Indiana. Her history of service to Ball State University have been in the following departments: University Computing Services, Psychological Science, Department of Management, and the Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center. Some of her accomplishments include being nominated for the A. J. Morton Award for Excellence and Staff Performance in 2000 and 2001, and being awarded the Academic Affairs Meritorious Service Award in 2002, the Entrepreneurial Support Award in 2002, and also being honored by the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board for her tireless support in 2003. |
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Karen A. Vaughn is the Public Relations and Technology Coordinator for the Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center and the Entrepreneurship Dynamics Lab. Her main responsibilities include website management, information technology related issues and all public relations for the Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center. She received a Bachelors of Science Degree from Ball State University’s Entrepreneurship Program. She went on to launch Gift Baskets From the Heart, Inc., a retail business that she owned and operated for 14 years in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was awarded Outstanding Young Women of America, 1990 and the Emerging Young Entrepreneur Award in 1991. She returned to Ball State University and completed a Master of Science Degree in Information and Communication Sciences. |
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