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Robert Leonard

Robert Leonard

Professor of Business Administration

Email: leonard@lvc.edu

Phone: 717-867-6105

Office Location: Clyde A. Lynch 137

B.A., Ohio University; M.A., Ohio State University; M.A., St. Francis Graduate School; ABD, Ohio State University

Expertise:
Organizational Behavior/Theory, Principles of Management, Strategic Management

Research & Practice Areas:
Team Teaching approaches, techniques and benefits research; Leadership development in nonprofit organizations; Work-nonwork issues, Organizational design, and culture

Professor Robert Leonard shares a wealth of professional and academic experience with his undergraduate and graduate students, including from his time in the banking and defense industries and years teaching at Ohio State University and Northeast Missouri State University.

Former decade-long chair of LVC’s Department of Business and Economics and Chair of the MBA Committee, Professor Leonard is the Founder and President of the Executive Development Institute, a nationwide nonprofit corporation specializing in management development programs for nonprofit organizations.

Professor Leonard is best known by his current and past students for his leadership of the College’s Strategic Management capstone, which includes participation in the international Business Strategy Game simulation. Through the years, his mentorship and teaching has guided numerous LVC students to top ten placements globally, including several top five performances.

Papers Accepted for Presentation

Leonard, R., The Impact of Motivation and Leadership Behavior on Satisfaction in Nonprofits, by the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences Annual Conference, Las Vegas, February 2012. Selected as best paper of the Leadership Track.

 

Papers

Leonard, R., Team Teaching as a Catalyst for Change.  Article published in the Academic Leader, Spring 2003.

Leonard, R., Team Teaching as a Catalyst for Change.  Paper presented at the Annual Chairpersons Conference, Orlando, FL, February, 2003.  Also published in the annual proceedings.

Leonard, R., The Implications of Organizational Structure in Work and Nonwork Relationships. Paper presented at the Sixth Annual I/O and OB Graduate Conference, April 1985. (Nominated ‑ Best Paper Award.)

Leonard, R., An Integrated Approach to Organizational Theory and Life Satisfaction.  Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Southwest Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, March 11‑14, 1987. (Nominated by reviewers for the Best Paper Award, 1987.)

Leonard, R., Organizational Culture and its Diversity of Impact.  Paper presented at the Midwest Business Administration Association annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 25‑27, 1987.

Textbook reviews for Allyn & Bacon, Simon & Schuster Education Group, Houghton-Mifflin, and McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

 

Addresses (partial list):

Association of Community Bankers, Annual Conference Presentation, Leadership Development in Service Organizations, October, 2008, Hershey Convention Center, Hershey, PA.

Director and session leader, Leadership Development and Change, EDI programs 2001-2006.

LVC Board of Trustees Presentation, The State of the Business and Economics Department, 2004.

LVC Brown Bag lunch presentations (Team Teaching, Computer Simulation, Study Abroad), 2002 & 2004.

Director and session leader, Management Development, EDI Institutes 1987-2000.

Invited Speaker, Management and Organizational Behavior topics, various nonprofit organizations. 1986-98.

Faculty Development Seminar, Communication across the Curriculum, November 1998.

Invited Panel Discussant,  The Value of Business Accrediting Associations. The Association of Pennsylvania University Business and Economic Faculty Annual Conference, State College, Pennsylvania 1996.

Faculty Development Seminar, Implementing a Case Approach to Teaching, Spring 1993.

Invited Address, Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, Supervisory Management Training in the Lebanon Valley, 1993.

Invited Speaker, The Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania Conference, Camp Hill, PA.  November 4, 1988.

Keynote Speaker, Sigma Phi Epsilon Annual Banquet, 1988.

Invited Speaker, Missouri Department of Social Services, Executive Directors Meeting, Jefferson City, Missouri, November 12 & 13, 1987.

Invited Participant, Working  with Others: A  Management Process. A program in conjunction with The Leadership Development Center, Chicago, Illinois, December 4‑6, 1987.

  • Computer Applications in Business
  • Organizational Behavior (BUS350 & MBA810)
  • Human Resource Management (BUS420 & MBA850)
  • Principles of Business (BUS130)
  • Principles of Management (BUS230)
  • Management Information Systems (BUS460)
  • Strategic Management (BUS485)
  • Managerial Finance (BUS361)
  • Operations Management (BUS383)
  • Training and Development (MBA851)