Business and Executive Programs

Graduate School of Management and Technology

Dr. Murray D. Blank
Associate Professor

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Courses Instructed

AMBA 600 MBA Fundamentals
AMBA 601 The Role of Managers and Organizations in Society
AMBA 602 The Dynamics of Individuals and Groups at Work
AMBA 603 The Marketing of New Ideas
MGMT 625 Organizational Communication and Group Development

Brief Statement About Instructor

After a brief career in the Navy and prior to UMUC, Dr. Blank helped managers in the telecommunications and nuclear power industries build their interpersonal, organizational, and managerial skills. He is a behaviorist who demonstrated that Herzberg, and B.F. Skinner’s theories work in business - he reduced turnover 80% and increased productivity 30% in his organization. Dr. Blank is a telecommuting pioneer – in addition to writing about the technology he was able to show its efficacy by raising his personal productively by about 60%.

Publications

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"Learnings from Team Teaching Across Two Contiguous Seminars" (co–authored with Jane Ross, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Program Director, UMUC). The DE Oracle @ UMUC
http://info.umuc.edu/de/ezine/features/mar_april_2002/ murray_blank.htm

"Educating the Exec" Training and Development Journal September, 1987.

"Performance Management". The Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland August 7 and 14, 1986.

"Managing for Increased Productivity" The Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland September 12, 1986.

"Selecting Remote Workers and Managers" Training October, 1985.

"Remote Management" Personnel July, 1985.