Business and Executive Programs

Graduate School of Management and Technology

Dr. Judith B. Kirkhorn
Adjunct Professor

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Courses Instructed

AMBA 600 MBA Fundamentals Overview and Purposes
AMBA 601 The Role of Managers and Organizations in Society
AMBA 602 The Dynamics of Individuals and Groups at Work
AMBA 635 Techniques of Leadership
XMBA 601 The Role of the Manager in Organizations and Society
XMBA 602 Organizational Leadership, Management of Human Resources, and Business Ethics

Brief Statement About Instructor

Judith Kirkhorn is an adjunct professor, Business and Executive Programs, at University of Maryland University College (UMUC). She was with UMUC full-time for fourteen years and held positions as curriculum manager in the MBA program, associate dean of Graduate Outreach, and director of Executive Programs.

Prior to joining UMUC, Dr. Kirkhorn worked for eleven years at AT&T and held several positions in various corporate organizations, including the Corporate Human Resources Organization where she directed the design and implementation of management and leadership development systems. She also worked in AT&T training and strategic planning organizations in Ohio and New Jersey. Before this corporate experience, for almost a decade she taught classes and led curriculum development projects at the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, the University of Kentucky College of Allied Health, and University of Wisconsin adult and teacher education programs.

Dr. Kirkhorn received her PhD in Urban Education with an emphasis on Adult Education, Psychology, and Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin. She has had numerous articles published in professional journals and textbooks, often focusing on leadership, professional development, team building, applications of technology to improve performance, and/or assessment of performance. A member of several professional organizations, Dr. Kirkhorn has been most active in the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) where she served as vice president of Technology Applications, and held several other leadership positions. She has consulted with a number of Fortune 100 and 500 companies

Publications

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Kirkhorn, J.B. (2004). Assessing e-learning in an MBA program. Proceedings for the Ed-Media Conference, Portugal 2003.

Kirkhorn, J.B. and Alden, J. (2004). Managing team projects in online courses. eSociety Conference Proceedings. Lugano, Switzerland, 2004.

Kirkhorn, J.B. (2003) Assessing competencies in an MBA program. Proceedings for the Ed-Media Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2002.

Kirkhorn, J.B., and Alden, J. (1996). Case studies. The ASTD training & development handbook: A guide to human resource development. New York: McGraw Hill, pp. 497-516.

Kirkhorn, J. & Alden, J. (1995). Case study design and implementation. Manual used during seminars presented to Anderson Consulting employees.

Honors/Awards

Elected to the Executive Board of the International Society for Performance and Instruction (ISPI) and received the ISPI President’s Award for planning and directing two major annual conferences in Los Angeles and Toronto.

Elected Chairperson of the ISPI National Leadership Development Task Force

Nominated to Phi Kappa Phi

Received AT&T Director’s Quality Award for efforts to improve the professionalism of Corporate Human Resources staff

Elected Director, International Board of Standards for Training Performance and Instruction

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