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University of Colorado Denver Business School, offering Bachelor, MBA, MS, and PhD degrees

Business School, University of Colorado Denver
 

Kenneth Bettenhausen

Associate Professor and Director of MS Management
Kenneth Bettenhausen

Education

PhD Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana Chamaign
BS Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Courses Taught

  • Managing Individuals and Teams, BUSN6520
  • Organization Design, MGMT4370
  • Bargaining and Negotiation, MGMT6804

Areas of Expertise

  • Organizational behavior
  • Group dynamics and norm formation
  • Organization design

Teaching Philosophy

Three personal values underlie my approach to teaching:

  • Students deserve to be challenged
  • Students deserve to be respected
  • Students deserve my very best effort--always

I approach each class with enthusiasm. I respect my students as individuals and believe in their ability to produce high quality work. I work to establish and maintain a supportive learning environment where students feel free to make course material personally relevant by questioning, doubting and challenging what they read or hear said. I also try to challenge my students. I have high expectations. I feel CU-Denver students deserve courses that are rigorous and demanding .

While my pedagogical approach varies depending on what I am teaching and the type of students in the class, I approach each class with four basic objectives in mind:

  • To expose students to the most current academic and practitioner thinking while helping them understand and see the value of the field's established theoretical truths
  • To develop students' critical reasoning skills
  • To help students recognize the complexity of managerial issues
  • To have students use what they are learning to address real problems

Professional History

Academic Experience:

  • Director of MS in Management and Oraganization, 2007-present
  • Associate Dean, Academic Programs, University of Colorado at Denver, 1999-2007
  • Associate Professor, University of Colorado at Denver, 1998-present
  • Associate Professor (visiting appointment), London Business School, 1999
  • Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Denver, 1991-98
  • Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, 1986-91

Selected Publications

Articles

  • "Perceptions of Positive Politics and Their Impact on organizational Outcomes," Journal of Applied Social Psychology, In press. (with D.B. Fedor, Mo Maslyn and S Farmer)
  • "Clarifying the Attributes of Organizational Crises," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2001 (with S. Kovoor-Misra)
  • "Peer Reviews: Employees' Dual Roles as Raters and Recipients," Group and Organization Management, 1999 (with D. B. Fedor and W. Davis)
  • "Peer and Upward Appraisals: A Comparison of Their Benefits and Problems," Group and Organization Management, (with D. B. Fedor)
  • "The Motivational Impact of Executive Compensation Systems in Problems of Corporate Control: An Experimental Analysis," Group and Organization Management, 1992 (with R. D. Kosnik)
  • "Five Years of Groups Research: What We've Learned and What Needs to Be Addressed," Journal of Management, 1991
  • "The Development of an Intragroup Norm and the Effects of Interpersonal and Structural Challenges." Administrative Science Quarterly, 1991 (with J. K. Murnighan)
  • "Understanding Prosocial Behavior, Sales Performance, and Turnover: A Group Level Analysis in a Service Context," Journal of Applied Psychology, 1991 (with J. M. George)
  • "The Impact of Purpose, Participant Preconceptions and Self-Serving Bias in the Acceptance of Peer Evaluations," Group and Organization Studies, 1989 (with D. B. Fedor)
  • "The Emergence of Norms in Competitive Decision-Making Groups," Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985 (with J. K. Murnighan)

Selected Consulting Experience

  • US West
  • Neodata
  • USDA
  • University of Colorado Executive Programs

Achievements and Honors

  • Listing in Who's Who in the Management Sciences, 2000
  • Outstanding Service Award, Business School at the University of Colorado at Denver, 1997
  • Listing in Who's Who Among America's Teachers: The Best Teachers in America Selected by the Best Students, 1996
  • Best Paper Award, Organization Communication Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 1989

Academic and Professional Activities

  • Member: Academy of Management
  • Representative-at-Large: Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management, 1993-95
  • Editorial Board: Journal of Management, 1991-99; Academy of Management Review, 1993-97; Academy of Management Journal, 1997-2002
  • Reviewer: Various journals