A faculty team headed by Miami anthropologist Mark Peterson will examine connections between anthropology and organizational reporting issues and create a four-class session module on the topic, thanks to a grant just awarded by the Farmer School’s Center for Business Excellence (CBE).
The $9000 grant was one of three awarded to Miami faculty teams in the center’s first round of grants through a curriculum development initiative it sponsors jointly with international public accounting firm KPMG LLP. Recipients of the other two grants were members of Farmer School faculty. One team, composed of T. Rajkumar, Doug Havelka, and Jeff Merhout, will explore and develop curriculum on the links between master data issues and organizational governance. The third project will involve supply chain management professor William (Rocky) Newman working with George Zsidisin of Colorado State to develop curriculum exploring links between supply chain management and risk management issues within organizations.
“We are very pleased with the quality of the scholarship and curricular applications that our grant investment will generate,” said Brian Ballou, professor of accountancy and co-director of the Center for Business Excellence.
The goal of the initiative is to develop a set of courses and curriculum modules that can be used in business courses to demonstrate the importance of the underlying topics in developing long-term value at organizations. KPMG is providing funding for the modules and courses developed under the joint initiative.
After a three-year developmental period, the curriculum will be placed on the BCE website so that faculty members at universities throughout the world will have access to it.
There will be opportunities for additional curriculum development grants for Miami University faculty later in 2009, co-director Dan Heitger said. Requests for proposals will be distributed to faculty members during the fall semester.
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