Marjorie Chan
Department
Management, Operations & Marketing
Biography
Dr. Marjorie Chan received her BS degree in Business Administration from California State University at Fresno, and her MBA and Ph.D. degrees from UCLA. Dr. Chan is a Certified Online Instructor who received her online teaching certificate from the Sloan-Consortium on September 3, 2011. Dr. Chan has conducted empirical research in companies across various industries such as aerospace, banking, advertising, media buying, and medical technologies. Her publications have appeared in the Journal of Management Case Studies, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Case Studies and Research, Management Research News, Business Journal, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Journal of Business Ethics, Business and Society Review, the Open Ethics Journal, and the Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics. Dr. Chan has also cases and articles published in books on management policy and strategy, small business management, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Chan has presented papers in both national and international conferences held in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Korea, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
Dr. Chan received 15 "Dean's Office Monetary Journal Publication Awards" for 15 refereed journal articles published during 1995 through 2010. She also received in May of 2009 the College of Business Administration's Outstanding Research Award for 2008-09. In the summer of 2009, she completed her work as a guest editor of a special issue titled "Executive Compensation" for the Open Ethics Journal (Bentham Science Publishers), and she contributed the editorial pages and a refereed article to this issue. Also, she received five Leadership Awards for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005,and 2006 from the International Conference on Advances in Management for chairing the Strategic Management and Organization Theory track. Dr. Chan has been a board member of the following: International Journal of Organizational Analysis from 1998 to June of 2007 and CSU Stanislaus College of Business Administration's Family Business Center from the spring of 2001 to June of 2004. Dr. Chan has been an ad hoc reviewer for the International Journal of Organizational Analysis from 1998 to June of 2007. She has served as an elected board member of the Annual International Conference on Advances in Management for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Currently, Dr. Chan is a board member of the Open Ethics Journal and the Open Business Journal.
Dr. Chan is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society, and a former Associate Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Also, she was listed in the first edition of the International Leaders in Achievement. Cambridge, England: International Biographical Center, 1988.
Academic Credentials
BS in Business Administration from California State University at Fresno; MBA and Ph.D. in Management Theory with minors in Finance and International Business from UCLA.
Area of expertise
Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
What have you learned from your students?
Their creativity as exhibited in the following:
- Their oral presentations in the Business Policy classes
- Their written business plans required in the Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation class.
Why do students choose CSU Stanislaus?
Students choose CSU Stanislaus for it delivers a high quality education at reasonable cost.
How do students succeed in your class?
They have to know the materials presented in the course, and apply what they have learned in their written and oral group assignments. To succeed in my class, students need to have the following:
- Very good oral and written communication skills
- Great analytical ability
- Ability to work well in teams
- A sense of responsibility to get work done.
What brought you to CSU Stanislaus?
I received all my university degrees from the state of California, and I was keen in serving a state university in California.
If you were not teaching, what other career do you see yourself in?
If I were not teaching, I see myself as a Management Consultant or Executive in the corporate world.
Describe a former student who has attained professional success.
Years ago, Jessie Garza-Roderick took two MBA courses from me, and she did an MBA project with me as well. Jessie pursued her education further and earned an Ed.D. degree from the University of the Pacific. Currently, she is an Associate Dean at San Joaquin Delta College's Tracy Learning Center. Prior to this position, she worked as Director of CSU Stanislaus' Stockton Center for nine years. Jessie and her husband own several pharmacies in Stockton, Modesto and Merced.
E-mail Address
MChan@csustan.edu
