Daniel Rowley Daniel Rowley
Professor of Management
Email: daniel.rowley@unco.edu

Website:www.djrphd.net
Phone: (970) 351-1222
Office: 1090-D
Office Hours:
Tuesday-10:30am-11:00am; 12:15pm-2:00pm; 2:15pm-3:00pm
Thursday-10:30am-11:00am; 12:15pm-2:00pm; 2:15pm-3:00pm
Research: Strategic Mgmt/Higher Ed, Problem Based Learning

Education:
  • Ph.D. Management/Business Policy 1987, University of Colorado
  • M.P.A. in Public Administration 1979, University of Denver
  • B.A. in Political Science/History 1969, University of Colorado

    • Recent Publications:

  • The Missing Inventory at Zenith International Trucks, Inc. in Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies (2008)

  • The Death of a Salesman Revisited in Business Case Journal (2008)

  • D & R. Patio Homes: For the Sake of a Nail, The Kingdom Was Lost in Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies (2008)

  • The Big Stink at darius D'Amore's Fragrances, Inc in Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies (2007)

  • D & H Management and D & H Patio Homes: To Dream the Impossible Dream (B) in Journal Of Behavioral And Applied Management (2007)

  • The Big Stink at Darius DAmoure's in IBAM (2007)

  • Take the Money and Run in Business Case Journal (2007)

  • Developing a Strategic Profile: The Pre-Planning Phase in Strategic Management in Journal is not in list - being petitioned (2007)

  • Sabre Yachts in Journal is not in list - being petitioned (2007)

  • The Death of a Salesman Revisited: Part A & Part B in Northeast Business and Economics Association (2007)

  • D H & R Construction: Parts A & B in New England Journal of Entrepreneurship (2006)

  • DHR Patio Homes, LLC in Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies (2006)

  • The Demise of Harwich Point College - New England University: Parts A & B in Journal Of Behavioral And Applied Management (2006)

  • DHR Patio Homes, LLC and Snowy Mountains, LLC: Who Goes There? Friend or Foe? in Journal Of Business Ethics (2006)

  • The Reluctant Manager in Journal Of Behavioral And Applied Management (2006)

  • To Invest or Not to Invest, That is the Question in Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies (2006)

  • To Invest or not to Invest, That is the Quiestion! (Instructor's Notes) in Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies (2006)

  • Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow: DHR Patio Homes, LLC and Family Firm Management. in Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management (2006)

  • Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow: DHR Patio Homes, LLC and Family Firm Management. in Proceedings of Cases in Progress (2006)

  • Developing a Strategic Profile: The Pre-Planning Phase in Strategic Management in Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management (2006)

  • Strategic Planning in Public Research Colleges and Universities: Challenges, Conflict & Change in Proceedings of the Northeast Business and Economics Association (2006)

  • Sstrategic Planning in Public Research Colleges and Universities: Challenges, Conflict & Change in Northeast Business and Economics Association (2006)

  • Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: DHR Patio Homes, LLC and Family Firm Management in New England Journal of Entrepreneurship (2006)

  • DHR Patio Homes, LLC and Snowy Mountains, LLC: Who Goes There? Friend or Foe? in Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management (2005)

  • Leining on DHR Construction, LLC in Organizational Management Journal (2005)

  • D & H Management, LLC in Journal Of Behavioral And Applied Management (2004)

  • The special challenges of academic leadership in Management Decision (2003)

  • Supervision in education: An introduction in IBAM National Meetings (2003)

  • Former CEO of the Security Traders Association Lee Korins on managing through chaos in Academy Of Management Executive (2003)

    • Recent Books:

  • Strategic Planning in Public Research Colleges and Universities:Challenges, Conflict & Change in Emerging Theories for Educators and Practitioners (2008) Published by Cambridge Scholars Press

  • Strategic Direction and Decentralization in Public Research Universities in Fixing the Fragmented University: Decentralization With Direction (2007) Published by Anker Publishing Company

  • R&S Enterprises in Cases in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, 8th Edition (2006) Published by Prentice Hall

  • Strategic Management in Large Public Research Universities in Fixing the Fragmented University: Decentralization with Direction (2006) Published by Anker Publishing

  • Strategic Management: An Organization Change Approach (2006) Published by University Press of America

  • Academic planning: The heart and soul of the academic strategic plan (2004) Published by University Press of America

  • Supervision in Colleges and Universities (2004) Published by Auker Publishing

  • Academic Planning: The essential component of the college or university strategic plan (2003) Published by University Press of America, Inc.

    • Awards Received:

  • Honor: Universidad el Bosque, Bogota, Colombuia, Key Noter for University's 20 Anniversary Celebration, also honored as honorary faculty member (2007)

  • Award: Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, Best published case of the year (2005)

  • Honor: University of Northern Colorado, Selected as the University Scholar for 2004 - an honor that looks at a pattern of academic achievement over a period of years. (2004)

  • Honor: Monfort College of Business, Selected as the Monfort College's top scholar for the academic year of 2003-2004 and named as the Wells Fargo Professor (2004)

    • Bio: Dan Rowley is currently a full Professor of Management, and has been named the Wells Fargo Chair at the Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado. He is also begun to develop a national reputation for his work in strategic planning on college and university campuses. Between 1992 and 1995, he headed the development of a strategic planning process at the University of Northern Colorado. Beyond his experience in business strategic planning, this particular effort was designed to uniquely fit the needs and characteristics of public higher education, an area that is gaining broad national interest. He is the lead author of several scholarly articles on the subject of strategic planning. He is also lead author on 5 scholarly books and one associated workbook on strategic planning in higher education published by Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc. between 1997 and 1999.
    Working with Dr. Herb Sherman of Southampton College (LIU), he also was the lead author on three successor scholarly books on strategy implementation in colleges and universities. These books were released by Jossey-Bass in 2001 and by University Press in 2002 and 2004. Along with Dr. Sherman and Dr. Barry Armandi of SUNY-Old Westbury, Dr. Rowley wrote a general text book on strategic management which is currently in press at University Press and will be released in October, 2005. Dr. Sherman and Dr. Rowley have also presented to national and international conferences and have coauthors two articles on strategic planning in higher education. As a result of his work, he was named the Monfort College Scholar of the year as well as the University of Northern Colorado Scholar of the year in 2004.
    Dr. Rowley received his baccalaureate at the University of Colorado at Boulder in political science. He earned a masters degree in public administration at the University of Denver, and his Ph.D. in organizational management and strategic management at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has served the University of Northern Colorado as the University Strategic Planner, Chief of the PresidentÂ’s Staff, Secretary to the Board of Trustees, and as Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees for Planning. In his capacity as the Strategic Planner at UNC between 1992 and 1995, he oversaw the development of strategic planning at the University, division, college and unit levels, and worked directly with the UNC Board of Trustees in developing and approving strategic management policy. In July of 1995, Dr. Rowley went back to the classroom, where he teaches courses in organizational theory as well as strategic management and policy. He assumed the Chair of the Management Department in August, 1998 and served for 7 years. He has also done extensive consulting work with several colleges and universities around the United States and the world.