Faye A. Sisk, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Management
Business & Education Academic Building, Office 243
(678) 547-6127, Fax (678) 547-6160

Email: sisk_fa@mercer.edu

 

Period: Fall 2003 – Fall 2008

EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:  

  • Ph.D. University of Florida
  • M.B.A. Kennesaw State University
  • M.Ed. University of North Florida
  • B.A. Agnes Scott College
  • MT (ASCP) Emory University Hospital

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

  • Director of Graduate Programs & Associate Professor of Management, Mercer University
  • Director  of Health Care Management Program  & Assistant Professor Health Care Management, Mercer University
  • Assistant Adjunct Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
  • Professor, Allied Health Professions, Florida Community College
  • Instructor, Allied Health and Nursing, Santa Fe Community College

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • Management Consultant
  • HBO  &Company/ McKesson HBOC- Executive Director Research & Development; Director Industry Marketing
  • IMS America – Consultant to CDC, NIDA, FDA

PUBLISHED RESEARCH: PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

“Strategies for Managing Organizational Politics to Optimize the Quality Chain through Total Quality Management” co-authored with Arthur L. Rutledge Ethics & Critical Thinking Journal September 2008.

“Increasing Small Business Strategic Speed through Information Technology Empowered Teams” co-authored with Arthur L. Rutledge Business Journal for Entrepreneurs March 2008.

PUBLISHED RESEARCH: PEER REVIEWED PROCEEDINGS

“Sarbanes-Oxley and Its Impact on Non-Profit Health Care Organizations” The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines Proceedings, January, 2005.

“The Risk vs. The Reward: Beating the Odds of an Epidemic” Association of Global Business Conference Proceedings, November 2003.

PRESENTATIONS:

“Rethinking Forecasting: An imperative whose time has come” Production and Operations Management Society, May 2008 (with Arthur L. Rutledge).

“Is OODA Just so much Voodoo? Contrasting the OODA Loop or Boyd Cycle to Conventional Approaches of Strategic Decision Making”   Decision Science Institute, November 2007 (with Arthur L. Rutledge).

 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS & CONSULTING:

 

“From Spillover to Waterfall: The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Healthcare Organizations”. Presented to the Voluntary

Hospitals of America.  September, 2005.

 

Consultant for Ardent Health Systems, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Engagement included operations & workflow assessment;

personnel reorganization & leadership development plan; training program & curriculum development for multi-hospital & reference laboratory information system Implementation involving 400 employees in 6 locations. Summer 2007.

 

WORKING PAPERS:

 

“The Continual Evolution of Corporate Responsibility and Global Workplace Safety” target publication Journal of Human Resource Management.

 

“Forecasting as an Interdisciplinary Topic for Business Education” target publication Journal of Education for Business

ACADEMIC REVIEWER:

·        International Journal of Management and Innovation

·        American Journal of Managed Care

·        Southern Management Association Annual Meeting

MEMBERSHIPS & HONOR SOCIETIES:

  • American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE)
  • Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
  • EMBA Council
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society
  • Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society
  • Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society