dr. sc. Randy Richards

Randy Richards

Dr. sc. Richards je stekao doktorat na Sveučilištu Iowe iz filozofije 1996. godine, te je ostvario uglednu poslovnu i akademsku karijeru u Managementu ljudskih potencijala. Trenutno je jedan od Direktora programa Magisterij Organizacijskog vodstva Sveučilišta St. Ambrose u Davenport, Iowi, gdje i predaje. Dr. sc. Richards na Zagrebačkoj školi ekonomije i managementa predaje kolegij Management promjena i ljudski potencijali na MBA programu.
Dr. sc. Richards je gostujući predavač na Sveučilište Vilnius u Litvi, te je bio gostujući profesor na Tehničko sveučilište Kaiserslautern u Njemačkoj. Uz akademsku karijeru, Dr. sc. Richards ujedno održava radionice za HR managere diljem svijeta, u kojima dijeli svoje bogato iskustvo iz gotovo 20 godina duge managerske karijere.
Dr. sc. Richards je objavio i niz znanstvenih radova, članaka i konferencijskih prezentacija, kao i kazališnih predstava. Njegova područja interesa uključuju obrazovanje i razvoj odraslih osoba, upravljanje konfliktima, organizacijsko ponašanje s naglaskom na vodstvo i grupne interakcije, te poslovna etika.

Znanost

  1. “Performance, Achievement and Motivation at Work”, Profit Magazine, Belgrade, Serbia, February 2010, pp.126-127
  2. Use of Credit Scores by the Insurance Industry: Iowa Consumers’ Perspective, by Richards, Quinlan, O’Leary. A consumer survey of 1200 Iowan’s undertaken for the State of Iowa Insurance Commissioner’s Office. December 2009
  3. Nacela eticnosti u upravljanju ljudskim potencijalima (published in Croatian, “Principles of Ethicality in Human Resource Management”), Randy Richards Ivona Škreblin Kirbiš, Mirna Korican, Obnovljeni život, Vol. 64. No. 4, December 2009
  4. “Filming in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of the The Jungle wedding reception” article for Lithuanian Heritage Magazine, Nov/Dec 2008
  5. “In Search of the Bride’s Roots from The Jungle,” article on historical investigations on the ground in Lithuania,Lithuania Heritage Magazine, Nov/Dec 2007
  6. “In Search of the Groom’s Roots from The Jungle,” article on historical investigations on the ground in Lithuania,Lithuania Heritage Magazine, Sept/Oct 2007
  7. Formed a corporate partnership with Giedrius Subacius and Rise Sanders GRR Productions to write and produce a national documentary film on the writing of The Jungle. Summer 2006
  8. Diary of the 2000 Trip To Lithuania with 2005 commentary and updates published on Giedrius Subacius, Professor of Baltic Languages, University of Illinois Chicago webpage as a class e-book reading assignment. Spring 2006
  9. Diary of the 2000 Trip To Lithuania, published on Giedrius Subacius, Professor of Baltic Languages, University of Illinois Chicago webpage as a class e-book reading assignment, Fall 2005
  10. Played role of Cardinal Wolsey in University production of A Man for All Seasons, April 10-13, 2003.
  11. “Management Skills: Behavioral Styles in Managing Conflict”, HR Advisor, City of Austin, Texas, April 2002, pp. 3-6. Article used my behavioral styles conflict assessment tool and explanation.
  12. Performance of my play, Sylvan Slough, March 21-23, 2002, Studio Theater, Galvin Fine Arts Center, Davenport Iowa
  13. Introduction to Viatical Settlements, a self-contained web-based Insurance Continuing Education Course, April, 2001.
  14. “Commission, clients and conflicts”, The Mirror, February 2001
  15. “The Ethics of Listening”, The Mirror, August 2000
  16. “The Ethics of Business by the Numbers”, The Mirror, June 2000
  17. “E-commerce and ethics”, The Mirror, Feb 2000
  18. “E-Commerce and Insurance Ethics in the Next Century”, The Mirror, Dec 1999
  19. “The Road Ahead”,The Mirror, October 1999
  20. “Loyalty and work”, The Mirror, June 1999
  21. “The Ring of Gyges: What happens to ethics when there is no fear of punishment?”, The Mirror, April 1999
  22. “Holland’s Hiker Cabin”, Adventure Cyclist, January/February 1998, p.9
  23. March 1997, http://condor.depaul.edu/ethics This is a professional refereed journal.
  24. Published An End to Deceptive Insurance Sales Practices a new insurance education workbook approved for use in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska by their respective state insurance departments, July 1996
  25. Appointed as a referee for The Journal of Philosophical Research, May 1996.
  26. Ethics for the Professional Insurance Agent, A manual and workbook for licensed insurance agents, approved for continuing education credit by the state insurance commissions in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.