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Associate Professor (OB/HRM)

B.Sc., (Mount Allison University), B.Ed., (Mount Allison University), M.Ed., (Acadia University), Ph.D. (University of Toronto)

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Biography

Dr. Ramsoomair is a Member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of The "Journal of Internet Research" and the "Journal of Campus Wide Information Services". He received the "Most Outstanding Reviewer" Award from the Emerald Literati Society, London, England in May 2008. He has won six major local and international Teaching Awards, as well as three Best Paper Awards at academic conferences. He conducts research and consults to firms on the traditional areas of Management and Human Resources, but integrates the experience with leading edge methodologies and techniques which make extensive and productive use of the Internet. He has a special interest in applying Six Sigma to nontraditional milieu and possesses a Black Belt in this regard. Experiences encompass training in cross cultural management techniques, with extensive use of the Internet as a tool for communicating. The Internet provides an excellent medium for real time, international communication, so that techniques including streaming video and sound are used in practical exercises, involving managers in various countries. The traditional areas of Human Resources Management have also been taught/managed including, but not limited to : The Internet in Education Conflict Management, Perception and Attribution, Politics in the Organization and Compensation. He has most recently been nominated for the Best Lecturer Award sponsored by TV Ontario.

Research Interests

Six Sigma Applications and the Balanced Scorecard

Selected Publications

Ramsoomair,Franklin and Singh,John(2009) Cutbacks at Techwini Ramsoomair,Franklin and Ausman, Steve Ausman.(2009) Surviving the minefield Ramsoomair, Franklin and Aggarwal, Bharat. (2008) Revisiting the balanced scorecard and international components. International Journal of Strategic Management, Volume 8, Number 2, October 2008, Pp. 62-71

Ramsoomair, Franklin and Noriega, Axel. (2008). Cross Cultural Differences between Eastern Europe and Canada. Journal of Problems and Perspectives in Management, Issue 2, Spring, Pp-32

Ramsoomair, Franklin. and Desjardins, Simon (2008). Challenge at TechNow. i-manager's Journal on Management, March-May Vol. 2, No. 2, Pp. 42-49

Ramsoomair, Franklin and Aggarwal, Bharat (2008). Innovative wireless solutions i-manager's Journal on Management, March-May Vol. 2, No. 2, Pp. 68- 75

Ramsoomair, Franklin and Saunders, Lawrence Progressive discipline versus summary termination, (2006) i-manager’s Journal on Management. Vol. 1, No. 2, 7 – 20 (The Journal is enclosed with the promotion package)

Ramsoomair, F. and Borras, C. (2005). Video Surveillance in the Ontario Workplace. In G. Richards (Ed.), Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Pp. 2651-2657 Chesapeake, VA.

Ramsoomair, Franklin and Howey, Ross. (2004).The hard realities of soft skills. Journal of Problems and Perspectives in Management, Issue 4, Fall, 237-245 (I was invited to present this paper at the CTMS Conference in Reno, Nevada. (Best Paper Award)

Ramsoomair, Franklin. (1998) From theory to reality: One university reaches out. Business Quest-The Journal of Applied Topics in Business and Economics, November

Ramsoomair, Franklin. (1997) The internet in the context of cross-cultural management. Internet Research, Vol. 7, Number 3, 189-194, (Outstanding Paper of the Year Award.)

Ramsoomair, Franklin. (1997) Enhancing cross cultural education through the internet. CMC, August 1997.

Ramsoomair, Franklin. (1994). Relating theoretical concepts to life in the classroom: Applications of the Myers-Briggs Type indicator”. Journal of Management Education, Vol. 18, Number 1, 111-116

Ramsoomair, Franklin. (1992).The forgotten group member. Case Research Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 1992, 63-73.

Ramsoomair, Franklin. (1992.) The Semesters of Living Dangerously: From fear of flying to love of flying". Performance and Instruction, Vol. 31, No. 8, September, 19-23

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