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Dean, School of Business
University of North Carolina, Pembroke
P. O. Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372
(910) 521-6214 (office)
(910) 521-6750 (fax)
Eric.Dent@uncp.edu
Biographical Sketch
Eric B. Dent, Ph.D. is Professor, School of Business, University of North Carolina, Pembroke . He was formerly Dean of the School of Business at UNCP. Prior to that, he was Executive Director, Doctoral Programs at the University of Maryland University College . Dr. Dent has a Ph.D. in Management and Organization from the School of Business and Public Management at GW. He has an M.B.A. - major in Organizational Behavior and Development, minor in Finance, and both M.S. and B.S. degrees in Computer Science from Emory University.Dr. Dent is the author of several journal articles and two books , Organization Development (1993) and Management: Perspectives, Processes, and Productivity (1995). Dr. Dent's research interests include leadership in turbulent environments, new
In 2002-2003 Dr. Dent cohosted LeaderTalk , a talk show in which CEOs and other thought leaders were interviewed about their business wisdom.
In 1993, Dr. Dent founded Always Improvement, a management consulting firm dedicated to organizational improvement. His recent work has been in the areas of organizational change, consultation skills, team-building, conflict resolution, strategic planning, total quality management, leadership, and business process assessment.
Prior to founding Always Improvement, Dr. Dent served as Vice President, Operations and General Manager of the Washington, DC office of the Todd Organization, a national executive compensation consulting firm. For several years Dr. Dent worked as a management consultant with Macro International . As Technical Director, he managed over $10 million of training and development contracts with the federal government. He most frequently consulted with The Royal Bank of Canada , The Navy, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Dr. Dent's career began as a computer scientist. He worked for several years designing satellite communication systems for the IBM Corporation.Dr. Dent is a member of the Academy of Management and serves on several editorial review boards.
