Faculty

Dr. Norman Wright
Professor of Management
Acting Dean
College of Business
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Email: nwright@alfaisal.edu
Tel : +(966-1) 215-7701 office

Education:
Ph.D.	1997	The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Management
M.A.	1995	The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Business Management
M.P.A.	1992	Brigham Young University, USA, Public Administration
B.A.	1990	Brigham Young University, USA, Economics

Research Interests:

Comparative teamwork
Multicultural team processes
Entrepreneurship in and around protected areas
Business and the natural environment

Current projects:

Wright, Norman S. (Alfaisal University) and Hadyn Bennett (University of Ulster), Moderating Influences of Team Member Heterogeneity on Patterns of Participation and Voice, submitted to the Australia New Zealand Academy of Management 2009 Annual Conference in Melbourne, Australia
Wright, Norman S. (Alfaisal University) and Hadyn Bennett (University of Ulster), Strategic Business Planning in the Tsiseb Conservancy
Bennett, Hadyn (University of Ulster) and Norman S. Wright (Alfaisal University), A Comparison of British and Indian Subcontinent Students in Mixed Culture Teams
KACST ARG (submitted) N. Wright Co-Investigator, H. Abad (PI). Black Carbon Sequestration in the Agricultural System of Saudi Arabia

Publications: (Last five years )
Refereed journal papers:

Wright, Norman S., Jeff Caneen, Nathan Alexander, and Gomez, Andrew. Conservation Area Start-Ups: Combining Theory and Practice, accepted for publication in the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship.
Wright, Norman S. and Hadyn Bennett. 2009. Cross-cultural Teamwork Issues in Pacific Island Sustainability. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability. v5. no. 4, p. 257-268.
Wright, Norman S. and Hadyn Bennett. 2008. Harmony and Participation in Arab and Western Teams. Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues, v. 1 no. 4, p. 230-243.
Wright, Norman S, Rodney Redding, and Marwah Eltom. 2007. Online Quizzes: A Self-Conscious Exploration of Strategic Trade-offs in the Middle East. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives. v. 4, no.2.
Wright, Norman S. and Glyn Drewery. 2006. Forming Cohesion in Culturally Heterogeneous Teams: Differences in Japanese, Pacific Islander and Anglo Experiences. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal. v.13, no. 1, p. 43-53.
Wright, Norman S., Timothy Watson, and Tamatoa Jonassen. 2005. Tahitian Black Pearls: A Family Business Strategy Case. Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies. v. 11, no. 3, p. 45-58.
Wright, Norman S. 2005. Community Participation in Protected Area Decision Making: How Much Is Optimal? International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability. v. 1, issue 4, p. 16-23.
Wenner, Mark D., Norman S. Wright, and Abhishek Lal. 2004. Environmental Protection and Microenterprise Development in the Developing World: A Model Based on the Latin American Experience. Journal of Microfinance v. 6, no. 1, p. 95-122.

Teaching:

Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA
Undergraduate courses :

MGT 101: Introduction to Management
MGT 301: Leadership

Zayed University (Dubai, UAE) (2006-2007)

Undergraduate courses:

BUS 401: Business Leadership

Graduate Courses:

EMBA 515: Organizational Behavior

American University of Sharjah (Sharjah, UAE) (2003-2005)
Undergraduate courses:

MGT 301: Organizational Behavior
MGT 303: Leadership

Graduate Courses:

MBA 602: Organizational Behavior
MBA 612: Organizational Leadership

Brigham Young University (Hawaii, USA) (1996-2006)
Undergraduate courses:

BUSM 300: Leadership
BUSM 301: Finance
BUSM 361: Operations Management
BUSM 499: Business Strategy
IBM 400: International Organizational Behavior
IBM 431: International Marketing
IBM 432: International Finance

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