A Master's Degree in Business or a closely related discipline is required.
If the Master's degree is in an area other than business, candidates must have received at least 18 credit hours in the discipline in which they would teach.

The department is especially interested in candidates with:

Professional experience and teaching interest in Systems Thinking, International Management, Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship.

Additional possible teaching needs include courses in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Ethics/Diversity/Inclusion, and/or Leadership.

5+ years of relevant industry experience.

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We are a vibrant community of teachers, scholars, and professional practitioners that are passionate about developing the next generation of business leaders. Our faculty have studied at the best universities in the world, have led global enterprises, and are successful entrepreneurs. The department offers two undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree programs: the major in management (MGT) and the major in hospitality and tourism management (HOS). The department also offers, for both business and non-business majors, minors in innovation & entrepreneurship, human resource management, and sustainable business. At the graduate level, the Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management Program (IOHRM) is an interdisciplinary and award-winning Master of Arts degree program offered jointly by the Department of Management and Department of Psychology. Also, management faculty provide instruction in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program offered by the Walker College of Business.

The Walker College is an AACSB-accredited business school, and in 2019 was featured in The Princeton Review'sedition of Best Business Schools. The Department of Management is the largest department within the Walker College of Business, which itself has the largest business school enrollment in the 17-campus UNC system (approximately 3,000 students).

The Management Department at Appalachian State University invites applications for a non-tenure track, nine-month Lecturer faculty position beginning Fall of 2024. The position will primarily serve Appalachian State's main campus in Boone, NC.

The Lecturer will teach four (4) management classes per semester and is encouraged to engage and develop relationships with the business community.

Primary teaching duties will be in-person courses and holding office hours on the Boone campus.

Teaching duties may also include online and/or hybrid courses or in-person courses in Hickory, NC.

Typical physical demands of a professional position at the University.

Appalachian State University, in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.

ABD with reduction in rank and salary: ABD will be considered for this position. Evidence of successful defense of the dissertation must be received by July 31 for a fall hire or November 30 for a spring hire. If confirmation of defense is not provided by the deadline, the candidate will receive a new one-year fixed-term contract and be hired at the rank of Instructor. The candidate's salary will also be reduced to a lower rate commensurate with other full-time instructors in the same department. However, if degree verification is provided before the end of the one-year fixed-term contract, the candidate will be returned to the rank of assistant professor with commensurate compensation beginning July 1 of the following academic year.

No ABD consideration: Only candidates with an earned doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution will be considered for the position. Since ABD will not meet the minimum requirements, ABD will not be considered.

For a complete application, please apply and submit all below-required documents electronically through Appalachian State University's Job Site:

Official transcripts of all graduate level work, although not required with the application, will be required prior to appointment.

The continued employment of a special faculty member during the term appointment may be made expressly contingent on items such as the continued availability of funding from any source, on enrollment levels, or any other contingency established by the institution.