School of Management

Jim Steele

Steele
Assistant Professor of Management
Phone: 503-554-6177
Email:  jfsteele@georgefox.edu
Office Location:  Portland Center South, #194



Office Hours: Class nights, 4-6 p.m.
                      and by appointment






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Professor Steele has taught at George Fox since 2004. He brings to the classroom more than 25 years of professional and management experience at organizations including Intel Corporation and Matsushita, and continues to serve as an advisor to area companies.

His passion in teaching management is to seek practices that encourage personal growth and respect the human spirit. Jim and his wife, Deb, have been married more than 30 years and love international travel. He has led two groups of George Fox graduate students to Shanghai, China. Jim is an avid amateur musician who enjoys jazz and plays guitar, bass, mandolin and trombone.

Professor Steele teaches:

  • Organizational Behavior and Theory
  • Leadership and Management
  • Global Awareness
  • Bibliographic Research Methods

Education

  • EdD in Educational Foundations and Leadership from George Fox University
  • MS in Management from Marylhurst University
  • BCE (Bachelor of Christian Education) from Trinity Lutheran College

Community Service

  • Examination Development Panel for the Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) certification, volunteer position with HR Certification Institute, Alexandria, VA.
  • Worship leader at Living Savior Lutheran Church, Tualatin, OR.

Research Interests

  • Workplace learning
  • Professional identity
  • Organizational change and transition
  • Cross-cultural competence

Selected Publications/Presentations

  • Steele, J. (September 2008). Change resistance: Turning a liability into an asset. Northwest Human Resource Management Association Regional Conference, Kennewick, Washington.
  • Steele, J. (February 2008). Professional identity and professionals' workplace learning: A theoretical proposal. Academy of Human Resource Development International Research conference in the Americas, Panama City, FL.
  • Steele, J. (October, 2007). Veterinary professionals in a corporate practice: Diagnosing sources of friction between professional and business roles. Best paper award for Organizational Behavior, Development and Theory from the Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management Conference, Reno, Nevada.
  • Steele, J. (September 2006). Human resource managment: An integrative discipline. Northwest Human Resource Management Association Regional Conference, Spokane, WA.