Georgia Southern University is the state’s largest and most comprehensive center of higher education south of Atlanta. With 142 degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern has been designated a Carnegie Doctoral/Research university and serves more than 27,000 students from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico as well as 102 nations. With three vibrant campuses — the Armstrong Campus in Savannah, the Statesboro Campus and the Liberty Campus in Hinesville — Georgia Southern offers an attractive campus environment that encourages learning, discovery and personal growth. Georgia Southern’s nationally accredited academic programs prepare diverse scholars for leadership and service as world citizens. A unit of the University System of Georgia, the University boasts 200-plus student organizations, outstanding Division I athletics, and state-of-the art residence halls and campus facilities.

Since 1906, the University’s hallmark has been a culture of engagement that bridges theory with practice, extends the learning environment beyond the classroom, and promotes student growth and life success. Central to the University’s mission is the faculty’s dedication to excellence in teaching and the development of a fertile learning environment exemplified by a free exchange of ideas, high academic expectations, and individual responsibility for academic achievement. Faculty, staff, and students embrace core values expressed through integrity, civility, kindness, collaboration, and a commitment to lifelong learning, wellness, and social responsibility.

Georgia Southern University

New Row

Contact expert @[Full Name](fullname), @[Job Title](job_title) at @[Organization](organization) for media, speaking, professional opportunities and more.

@[Full Name](fullname) at @[Organization](organization) | Contact Form

Expert Inquiry

Open Sans

Values heterogeneity: An overlooked but important antecedent of TMT Conflict and Effectiveness.

Russia-US kruzhki-storyshops and education cultural diplomacy as soft power: Communicating metaphorical shared experiences in the era of disruptive innovation

Why won’t task conflict cooperate? Deciphering stubborn results

Icarus’ paradox revisted: How strong performance sows the seeds of dysfunction in future strategic decision making.

Perception is Reality: Values, conflicts, and leadership in top management teams

Leadership, adaptability, value creation. These are the skills necessary for tomorrow’s managers. Allen Amason approaches the topic of strategic management with these traits in mind. Rather than simply teaching theory and research, he seeks to communicate to them the fundamental keys to how strategy works. This book is designed to help students think critically and understand fully how to strategically manage their future firms. In so doing, it will enable them to adapt and learn, even as their circumstances change; to apply sound logic and reasoning, even in new and unfamiliar settings. By conveying enduring and fundamental principles of economic and human behavior rather than simply reporting on the latest innovations, this book succeeds in preparing students to excel in the business environment over time, regardless of how it evolves.

Strategic Management: From Theory to Practice

It was December 2006 when Yanna left St. Petersburg, Russia to spend a month with our family in the United States. It would be a great experience for us all but it would be over in just 32 days. For all we knew, the journey would end after that; Yanna would return to her orphanage and all our lives would return to normal. But God had a different plan. Expensive Yanna tells the story, at least the story as I remember it, of how we fell in love with and ultimately adopted our fourth child. It was a long process, nearly 16 months in total, but it was a labor of love. More than anything though, it was a process of transformation. Expensive Yanna illustrates the power of God, to change hearts, to change lives and to change families.

Expensive Yanna: An Adoption Story

The Human Side of Project Leadership is a collection of academic studies related to the human side of project management. Taken as a group, these three studies illuminate the ways in which leadership, project spirit and conflict management skills impact project success.

The Human Side of Project Leadership

Allen C. Amason is Dean of the Parker College of Business at Georgia Southern University.  He earned his Ph.D. in International Strategic Management from the Moore School of Business, at the University of South Carolina.  He served previously on the faculties of Mississippi State and the University of Georgia, and he was Chair of the Management Department at the UGA Terry College of Business.

Dr. Amason’s research focuses on strategic decision-making and the role of top management in the strategy process.  He is the author of the popular book, Strategic Management: From Theory to Practice, and has published more than 40 articles, monographs, and chapters in various scholarly outlets.  He has been on several editorial boards and served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Management Studies and the Journal of Management.  He is past-President of the Southern Management Association.

Professor Amason’s teaching and consulting focuses on strategic management and decision-making.  He has served on the boards of various organizations including Georgia Oak Partners, the Russian Foundation for Population Health & Recovery, and the Ocean Exchange.  He has done C-level consulting on issues related to strategy and strategic decision making with a variety of firms including, Exide Technologies, Primewest Energy, the UGA Athletic Association, Rosetta Marketing, Johnson & Johnson, Computer Associates, Novartis, Tenet Healthcare, Schneider Electric, and AMD.

He holds a bachelors degree in finance, from Georgia Southern, and has been married for 35 years to his high school sweetheart, and Georgia Southern alumna, Cricket Amason.  They have 4 children; the youngest of whom is the subject of his most recent book, Expensive Yanna: An Adoption Story.

Select Inquiry Type