[AISWorld] Chair, Department of Business Informatics at Northern Kentucky University

[Samuel Goh]

*Business Informatics Department Chair - Position Announcement *

The Business Informatics department at Northern Kentucky University invites
applications for the position of Department Chair. The new chair will
assume duties by July 1, 2015. The Business Informatics department,
formerly the Information Systems department, is part of the College of
Informatics (
http://informatics.nku.edu/departments/business-informatics.html), which is
also home to the departments of Computer Science and Communication as well
as the Center for Applied Informatics. The College has experienced
continual growth since it was created in 2005, and now enrolls over 2,100
students. It moved into its state-of-the-art $52M new building, Griffin
Hall, in 2011.

The Business Informatics department offers an AACSB accredited Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Informatics and an AACSB accredited Master of
Science degree in Business Informatics (MBI). It also offers a Master of
Science degree in Health Informatics and operates as the academic home for
the Library Informatics program. The department provides information system
based courses in multiple degree programs for the College of Informatics
(most recently the new Data Science program) along with the College of
Health Professions and the College of Business.  Additionally, it has
created joint graduate programs with Chase College of Law.

A successful department chair will promote excellence in teaching and
scholarship, maintain a focus on student success, and encourage
transdisciplinary collaboration, innovative curricula, and experiential
learning, the key hallmarks of the college. The duties of the chair
include: maintenance, development, and evaluation of innovative academic
programs, personnel and budgetary management, responsibilities to students,
mentoring and evaluating faculty, and a 1-1 teaching load. The Chair is a
member of the College’s Executive Team and reports to the Dean of the
College.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. or DBA in Information Systems or a closely
related field from an AACSB accredited university. The chair will have a
record of effective teaching and scholarly activity appropriate for
appointment to either the Associate or Full Professor level at an AACSB
accredited school, administrative experience in an academic environment,
and effective communication and interpersonal skills. The ability to bring
in external funding is desirable.

NKU is located just seven miles from downtown Cincinnati in a region
offering an outstanding quality of life. NKU currently enrolls nearly
16,000 students and is a nationally recognized metropolitan university
committed to active engagement with the Northern Kentucky/Greater
Cincinnati region of nearly two million people and built on core values
that emphasize multidimensional excellence, learner-centered education,
civic engagement, multiculturalism, innovation, collegiality, and
collaboration across disciplines and professional fields.

A department representative will be available to meet at AMCIS 2014 in
Savannah, Georgia.  Prospective applicants attending AMCIS that desire to
learn more about the position may contact Dr. Samuel Goh (samuel.goh at nku.edu)
to schedule a meeting time.  It is anticipated applications will begin to
be accepted mid-late September with a formal announcement including the
application website address to come.
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