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Faculty Profile - Sharon L Oswald

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Head of Management and Colonel George Phillips Privett Professor

Phone: (334) 844-6508
Email: oswalsl@auburn.edu
Office: 401C Lowder Business Bldg.
Website: http://business.auburn.edu/~oswalsl

At Auburn since 1987

Education:
PhD, University of Alabama, 1988
MBA, University of Alabama Birmingham, 1982
BA, Auburn University, 1976

Areas of Expertise:
Strategic management
Small business management
International strategy
International health care
Project management

Professional Activities:
Dr. Oswald has published more than 50 articles in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, California Management Review, Industrial Labor Relations Review, Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Small Business Management. She has been an invited lecturer for numerous business organizations in the US on issue of competitive advantage, as well as internationally on the topic of strategic health care management. She serves a core teacher in the Executive MBA program and the Physician's MBA and certificate programs. She has served as a strategic management consultant for numerous organizations, school systems, and health care facilities, and has taught in the continuing education program for state government officials. She has conducted feasibility studies and business plans, as well as provided management training, for both private and public organizations in a wide array of businesses. Much of her research interest today lies in strategic international business issues and small business management.