The Management Group in the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University invites applications for multiple tenure track positions starting July 2009. The positions will be filled at the rank of Assistant , Associate or Full Professor of Management .
About the Management Group: The Management Group currently consists of 14 tenured or tenure track faculty members and 6 practice track faculty members. They work across the following research areas: international business, strategic management, entrepreneurship, macro-organisational theory and technology and innovation management. They are drawn from leading universities in the United States and Europe such as Carnegie-Mellon, HBS, INSEAD, LBS, MIT, Oxford, Tilburg, Tufts, RPI, UCLA and Wharton. The Management Group is largely composed of young, active researchers who have been able to create a strong research culture and a collegial working atmosphere. Further information about the faculty members is available on http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/faculty/index_discgrp.asp?discgrp=MGMT .
Working conditions and compensation are comparable to major research universities in the United States. Supports for conference, research grants, and a visiting scholar programme are generous. The normal teaching load is four sections/courses. Entry level positions have a reduced teaching load of three sections and have in the past taught them all in one term.
About Singapore Management University and Lee Kong Chian School of Business: Since its incorporation in 2000, Singapore Management University (SMU) has established undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that aim to produce leaders and creative entrepreneurs capable of excelling in a rapidly changing and dynamic world. Set up as Singapore's first private university offering a style of education modelled after The Wharton School, SMU occupies a state-of-the-art city campus located in the heart of Singapore's civic, cultural and business districts. Today, SMU is home to more than 6,000 students and 240 faculty members and comprises six schools: the School of Accountancy; Lee Kong Chian School of Business; School of Economics; School of Information Systems; School of Law; and School of Social Sciences. SMU's vision is to be a premier university, internationally recognised for its world class research and distinguished teaching. Lee Kong Chian School of Business is the largest of SMU's six schools. The school is home to around 3,000 students and around 100 faculty members. A milestone in the school's development was the launch of the MBA programme in 2008.
Application deadline and procedure: The application deadline is October 31, 2008. Applicants should submit (1) a letter with their research and teaching statement, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) examples of research, (4) evidence of teaching ability, if available, and (5) three letters of reference. The applications should be sent to managementcv@smu.edu.sg . Applications after the deadline will be considered if the positions are not filled. Applicants must have completed the doctoral degree prior to taking up employment. Any further questions relating to the positions can be directed to Mats Lingblad, Assistant Professor of Management ( matslingblad@smu.edu.sg ).
Mats Lingblad
Assistant Professor of Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University
50 Stamford Road
Singapore 178899
Singapore