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Fernando Pargas

Lecturer of Management

Office: 642 Zane Showker Hall 
Phone: (540) 568-3214
E-mail: pargasfa@jmu.edu
Mailing address: JMU, College of Business, Harrisonburg, VA 22807

 

 

 

 

Education:
M.B.A. - Virginia Tech
B.A. - George Mason University

Recent Courses Taught
COB 300 - Management: Integrated Functional Systems
COB 202 - Interpersonal Skills
MGT 390 - Organizational Behavior
MGT 465 - International Management
MBA 565 - International Marketing
MGT 312 - Individual and Organization Behavior
COB 300 - Faculty Member in Residence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Senior Manager's Course (United Nations Program) Amman, Jordan
Senior Manager's Course (Organization of American States), Lima Peru

Professional Interests:
Member of the United States Chamber of Commerce International Policy Committee, Washington, D.C.
World Federation of Direct Selling

Key Publications:

Book:  The Male Leadership Myth: How Women Can Save Us From Destroying Ourselves, published March , 2013

Book: Stopping Big Business from Bleeding America: An Agenda for the New Generation, published November 8th, 2011 (available at Amazon.com)

Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, The End of the Ugly
American Business Person, August 14, 2008.  Site:
http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/research/chr/news/newsroom/detail.html?si
d=34069

Leadership in Action, Business Magazine of Australia and New
Zealand (Sept 2007): 2-3, (Feb 2005): 2, (June/July 2004): 2, June/July
2003): 2.

Leadership in Action, Business Magazine of  Melaleuca of Europe (Oct 2007):
2, (Dec 2006): 4

Time Life Books "Report" (March 1997): 7

Experience:
Vice President of International Time Life (Time Warner Inc).
Adjunct Professor, Idaho State University
Vice President of Production and Business Affairs, Time Life Music

Of Note:
Other interests: Horse riding, skiing, biking, hiking, clay shooting, and foreign languages